Section: Bulgaria
Balkan Developments
At UN session Greece calls on Turkey to restore museum status of Hagia Sophia Greece, along with a number of international organizations, wants Turkey to return the former status of the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul. Ankara turned the ancient architectural monument into a mosque in 2020. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias spoke at...
Iran Pledges to Give More Detailed Responses about Ukrainian Air Boeing Crash
Iran will provide “detailed responses” to accusations by a UN expert over Tehran’s accidental downing last year of a Ukrainian passenger jet, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed shortly after take off from Iran’s capital Tehran killing all 176 people...
Bulgaria Mulls Building Small Nuclear Reactor
US-based NuScale Power said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) on the possible deployment of NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) technology at the Bulgarian plant. The news comes several weeks after Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that Kozloduy NPP...
Bulgaria’s Kardzhali looking for international workforce
In Kardzhali, Southern Bulgaria, the lack of workers has led to the need of hiring workforce from abroad, BNR correspondent Valya Apostolova reported. A company for the production of hydraulic cylinders in Kardzhali is the first in the district to hire foreign workers. 10 people from Ukraine have already started work there. Another 70 are...
Bulgarian super band tops rock charts in Greece and Portugal
A song by Bulgarian band Intelligent Music Project has topped the charts of three Greek radio stations, while Chilean Ronald Ronnie Romero, vocalist and frontman of the band, became number one in Portugal. Dr. Milen Vrabevski stands in the core of these events as he is author of the music, lyrics and arrangements of all the songs of the super...
NATO Scales up Black Sea Presence to Counter Alleged Russian Threat
NATO is boosting its presence in the Black Sea, the organization’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. The alliance attributed this move to the allegedly growing Russian threat. Kiev and NATO plan to hold joint military drills in Odessa this year, Izvestia writes. Deputy...
Balkans and Black Sea in Focus of Massive US European Defender Military Exercise
The Army is concentrating this year’s major European Defender exercise on training for high-end warfare in the Balkans and the Black Sea, the service’s top general there said last week. Speaking at an online forum of the Association of the United States Army, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa...
Problems turn apiculture from a traditional occupation into a hobby
The number of Bulgarians who devote themselves to beekeeping has decreased recently, because apiculture in this country is in a deep crisis. On February 10, when we honor the memory of Great Martyr Charalambos the Wonder Worker who is regarded the patron saint of bees and apiarists, we are trying to get to the root of the problem. On one hand,...
Vaccination in Ukraine is About to Start: Top Leaders Discuss Fight against COVID-19 at Ukraine 30 Forum
The All-Ukrainian Forum ‘Ukraine 30. Coronavirus: Challenges and Responses’ began with addresses from Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy. In this opening speech the President noted that this year was the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence, and that after 30 years the country has reached the point for “a long-term, substantial...
Josep Borrell: EU and Russia Willing to Develop Ties Despite Controversies
The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said during a visit to Moscow on Friday that the bloc’s ties with Russia were under “severe strain” following the arrest and imprisonment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. “Our relationship is indeed in a difficult moment,” Borrell said at the start of talks with...
