Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
No More Heavy Weapons on Either Side of Donbass Front Line – Ukraine Army
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed that pro-Russian rebels have pulled back a vast part of their heavy arms, adding most of the government forces’ weapons have also been removed.The withdrawal was part of a peace deal Kiev struck with representatives of self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” and...
US Sending 3000 Troops to Baltics for 3-Month NATO Drills
Around 750 US Army tanks and other vehicles and military equipment are already in Latvia for the so-called “Operation Atlantic Resolve” exercises with NATO partners. The drills will continue for three months, though a US military source quoted by various media outlets argues the equipment will remain in the region even after this...
NATO Accuses Russia of ‘Militarizing’ Crimea after Putin Comments
Russia has significantly built up its military capabilities in Crimea since the peninsula was incorporated into its territory following a local referendum, NATO officials say.The processes there “are easy to describe as militarization”, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Philip Breedlove has told Ukraine’s 1+1 TV channel.Gen...
Norway to Grant EUR 126.6 M to Bulgaria under Bilateral, EEA Mechanisms
Bulgaria will be granted EUR 126.6 M for the next five-year period under bilateral and multilateral European Economic Area (EEA) financial mechanisms. This emerged after political consultations between Bulgaria and Norway at the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers, which took place in Sofia on Monday, the ministry’s press service reports. The...
Ukraine Rebels Claim Heavy Weapons Withdrawn under Minsk Deal
There are no more rebel weapons in Eastern Ukraine’s front line, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic claims. According to Aleksandar Zakharchenko, who heads the “Republic”, the heavy arms have been “fully removed” under a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus, in February. Zakharcheno is quoted by...
Bulgaria to Back New Sanctions if Russia Violates Minsk Agreement
Bulgaria is ready to support further measures against Russia if Moscow fails to abide by the deal reached in Minsk on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister has said.Mitov is attending a two-day meeting of EU member states’ top diplomats dedicated to the situation in the Donbass region where Kiev forces and...
Russia Police Arrests Two over Nemtsov Killing
Two men have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian oppositioner who was shot dead late on February 27, Russian officials say.They are named as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB) director Aleksandr Bortnikov. Bortnikov told Russia’s state-owned Pervy Kanal (First Channel) the...
Pavel Vacek: Bulgaria’s Politicised Regulation Has Devalued Czech Investment
Novinite has interviewed H.E. Pavel Vacek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Bulgaria, on various bilateral issues, but mostly on issues in Bulgaria’s energy sector and the repercussions they have on Czech companies. Mr Vacek has been his country’s envoy to Sofia since April 2011. Prior to his Sofia assignment, he was Director...
Nemtsov’s Girlfriend ‘Received Death Threats’
Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was accompanying Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov when he was murdered, claims to have received death threats, prosecutors say. Duritskaya, a key witness in a murder investigation against Nemtsov, lodged a claim with the country’s chief prosecutor’s office on Thursday, March 05 and is currently...
UK’s Hammond States EU Readiness for New Sanctions against Russia
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has stated Thursday that sanctions against Russia can only be lifted in case the Minsk agreement is upheld. He arrived in Kiev for an official visit and met with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, President Petro Poroshenko, and PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Hammond re-stated his view on the matter at the...
