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Bulgaria's Week, Explained in 5 Minutes

Every week we gather Bulgaria's most important stories across politics, the economy and the euro, energy, culture and travel, and put them in context. There is no race for breaking news here. You get a clear timeline, the background you need and facts cross-checked across several outlets.

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Bulgaria GuideEssential facts, not news

Country basics

Capital
Sofia
Population
About 6.4 million
Area
About 111,000 km²
Language · Script
Bulgarian · Cyrillic
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Currency
Euro (EUR, €) since 1 Jan 2026 · former lev fixed at 1.95583 BGN = €1
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET) · UTC+3 in summer (EEST)

Emergency & help lines

Police · Fire · Ambulance
112 (single emergency number)
Mountain rescue
1470
Child helpline
116 111
Missing children hotline
116 000

Traveler essentials

Country code
+359
Voltage · Plug
230V 50Hz · Type C/F
Driving side
Right-hand traffic
Major cities
Sofia · Plovdiv · Varna · Burgas · Ruse · Stara Zagora · Pleven · Sliven

Public holidays

Jan 1
New Year's Day
Mar 3
Liberation Day (National Day)
Orthodox Easter (movable)
Good Friday to Easter Monday (4 days)
May 1
Labour Day
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May 6
St George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
May 24
Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature
Sep 6
Unification Day
Sep 22
Independence Day
Dec 24
Christmas Eve
Dec 25–26
Christmas (2 days)

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