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Bulgarian National Radio's programme "Bulgaria Today" aired on Friday, 16 October 2026, at 16:00. The programme was scheduled to open with a news bulletin covering the day's main developments.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry (MVR) has carried out 140 operations against vote buying so far and opened two investigations linked to the cases. The report was published on Friday, 16 October 2026.
The Border Police General Directorate reported extremely heavy traffic at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border crossings on Friday, 16 October 2026, caused by freight vehicles trying to exit toward Turkey. Traffic at all other crossings with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania is flowing normally.
Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said the country has written to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte requesting support to strengthen its defence capacity. Speaking to journalists in Sofia on the anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian Air Force, Stoyanov said the aim is to secure the country’s airspace and territorial waters and to demonstrate its military presence.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on 15 October 2026 that the European Union should take a position on attacks on civilian ships, stating: “This unacceptable aggression must end.” He stressed that the Black Sea is not only a security zone but a strategic corridor for transporting food, fertiliser and energy resources, on which millions of people depend.
KNSB, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, the country's largest union, will hold a car convoy protest in front of the Parliament building at 12:00 tomorrow, 16 October, against the government's proposed minimum wage of 660 euros for next year.
Bulgaria's Consumer Protection Commission will impose fines of between 10,000 and 50,000 euros for each food product found to have an unjustified price increase. Commission Chair Maya Manolova told Nova TV that the commission will continue to focus its inspections on food products.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has presented the 2027 State Budget draft. It aims to limit spending, reduce the deficit and cut the nominal amount of new state debt compared with the previous two years.
Under an agreement signed between Bulgaria and Turkey and approved by the government, a new border crossing called Kapitan Andreevo – Kapıkule North will be built.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, answering a parliamentary question on attacks on vessels in the Black Sea, said that logic points to Russia but that the country cannot prove it. He said: “Logic really points to Russia, but the problem is that we cannot prove it.”
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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