The first disinfection robot against Covid-19, supplied by the EU, was presented in Bulgaria at a ceremony on 3 August in Plovdiv.

President Rumen Radev offered on Friday, 30 July, an exploratory mandate for formation of a government to There Is Such a People (TISP) in their capacity as the largest group in the new Bulgarian legislature, BTA reported. The President handed the mandate to MP Plamen Nikolov, TISP's Prime Minister designate.

Bulgarian caretaker Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told Parliament that migration pressure on the country is increasing. “We are indeed seeing an increased migration pressure, the kind of pressure that also existed before the caretaker government took office,” Rashkov said during a parliamentary hearing on 30 July.

President Rumen Radev is going to hand the first exploratory mandate for the formation of a government to There Is Such a People (TISP) at 17:00 today. He said that to reporters in the northern town of Pleven where he will be attending a ceremony at the Air Force Academy.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev paid a working visit to Salzburg on 26 July, at the invitation of Austrian Federal President Alexander van der Bellen.

For the first time, Bulgarian children and students talked live with the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday. The video link was provided by the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, in partnership with the US Embassy in Sofia, and along with over 30 organisations involved in educational initiatives in the field of science and technology. BTA broadcasted the conversation - titled Hello Space! Bulgaria/EU calling - via a live video conference with the International Space Station.

President Rumen Radev opened consultations Friday with the parties in the newly elected Bulgarian Parliament ahead of presenting a mandate for the formation of a government. He started with There Is Such a People (TISP) whose 65 MPs make up the biggest group in Parliament. On the back of the start of talks, the formerly ruling GERB party, which now is the second biggest in Parliament, announced at a news briefing that they were not going to meet with the President.

There is Such a People (TISP) will send today invitations for talks to all parties represented in the parliament, except GERB. This was announced to journalists in the National Assembly by Filip Stanev, deputy chairman of the parliamentary group, and Stanislav Balabanov from TISP.

The newly elected 46th National Assembly opened its inaugural sitting on Wednesday. The MPs took the oath of office.

President Rumen Radev has presented the Order of the Madara Horseman - First Degree to the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria, Bea ten Tusscher. The award recognises H.E. Tusscher's extraordinary contribution to strengthening and deepening the friendly relations and cooperation between Bulgaria and the Netherlands.