The Capital Film Studio has released the latest installment in its fake-news soap opera Lords of Junk, which has been force-fed to its audience for years. The goal of the series is always the same – to take a swipe at enemy №1 of the behind-the-scenes clique Delyan Peevski, who earned that distinction with his legislative initiatives and his publications’ consistent policy of exposing the shady deals of the oligarchs defrauding the Bulgarian public. The series is the work of indicted oligarch Ivo Prokopiev, who uses the same formula, the same lies. Only the actors change.

Bulgaria carried out a comprehensive judicial reform. This conclusion underlies the monitoring report of the European Commission for the country, which was presented on Wednesday (See here).

The acquisition of the F-16 Block 70 jet fighters is more than a transaction, it is evidence of Bulgaria's wish to complete the modernisation of its armed forces with an eye to achieving real operational compatibility with the rest of the NATO member countries. This statement was made by PM Boyko Borissov at a meeting with representatives of the US defence company Lockheed Martin, from which Bulgaria bought the fighter aircraft for its army, the Council of Ministers announced. US Ambassador to Sofia, H.E. Herro Mustafa participated in the conversation as well.

“There is no alternative to the United Nations in developing international law and multilateral cooperation. Moreover, in the current situation of coronavirus pandemic, the world more than ever needs the UN as a moral leader,” stated Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in his speech during the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, which is being held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced.

Just 90 kilometres southeast of Sofia, at the foothills of Central Sredna Gora Mountains, lies the small and pretty town of Panagyurishte. It is best known as the centre of the April Uprising of 1876, which subsequently led to the formation of the modern Bulgarian State, as well as for the breathtaking Thracian golden treasure found in its vicinity.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared two Russian diplomats to Sofia persona non grata, the ministry announced on 23 September. The Russian embassy has been notified via an official note. The two diplomats have 72 hours to leave the country.

With the implementation of Balkan Stream, Bulgaria turns into a regional strategic gas distribution centre and guarantees diversification of natural gas supplies. The project is entering its final phase. This was posted by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Facebook. Before that, he inspected the construction site of Balkan Stream from air, via a government helicopter.

A Bulgaria’s court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at the country's Burgas airport, AFP reported from Sofia.

The archaeological complex Provadia - Solnitsata (Salt Pan), in northeastern Bulgaria, is in fact a prehistoric tell settlement, over which a Thracian tumulus, or burial mound, was built. The prehistoric settlement is considered to be Europe's earliest salt works and oldest fortified prehistoric city.

In relation to an article in Der Spiegel magazine as well as 14 September reports in Bulgarian media outlets such as Dnevnik, Mediapool, Sega and Club Z, the Anti-Corruption Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture (ACCIAF) released a statement by ACCIAF chairperson Sotir Tsatsarov, predecessor to the current prosecutor general: