Velichko Cholakov

Bulgaria's Karlos Nasar claimed the Olympic gold medal in the 89 kg weightlifting category at the Paris 2024 Games, delivering a stunning performance that saw him shatter two world records. The 20-year-old Bulgarian lifted a total of 404 kilograms, surpassing the previous world record by eight kilograms.

Amid deliberations over amendments to the Constitution, the proposition to alter Bulgaria's national holiday has been abandoned between the initial and subsequent readings. Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Radomir Cholakov, made this announcement from the parliamentary podium ahead of the second vote on revisions to the Basic Law.

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev on February 19 met with the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Representative Boyan Magdalinchev and members of the board of the SJC Prosecutors' College, Daniela Masheva and Yordan Stoev.

The weightlifter champion Velichko Cholakov has died suddenly, his relatives reported,quoted by BTV. 

They explained that he fell sick after 10:00 am today, that they called a team of emergency care, who found he had a heart attack. Velichko Cholakov is an honorary citizen of Smolyan.