An expedition is to analyse the effect of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the marine environment in the Bulgarian waters for the first time. The research is part of the project SCIRENA II by the Institute of Marine Research of the Kingdom of Norway and the Black Sea Basin Directorate in Varna, the regional administration in Varna has announced. The study will also involve the military research ship Saints Cyril and Methodius. SCIRENA II, which is financed by the European Economic Area will continue until April 2025. The project will study the extent to which the munition and weapons have affected the Black Sea species and water. At the beginning of the war there were dolphins – which are at the top of the food chain in the Black Sea - which were seriously injured and burned. They also suffer acoustic traumas from the military sonars also which hampers them from finding food.
We are working with the INSAIT Institute in Sofia. If they approve our project, in 2026 we will build an AI factory, Petar Statev from the Supervisory Board at Sofia Tech Park has told the Bulgarian National Radio. The..
According to the regular sociological survey by Gallup International Balkans in January 2025, society has moderate expectations for positive changes in Europe and Bulgaria from the policies of the new US President Donald Trump. 30.4%..
The Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London is covering all the costs for the festive concert-performance that will mark the national holiday. The concert will be held at the Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society on March 1,..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
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