Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Shelling of Donetsk Hospital Kills Civilians
An artillery shell hit a hospital in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, killing and wounding civilians. The city administration said on its website the shell hit at 1200 local time and several school buildings had also suffered in the explosion. According to some media reports, at least three people had been...
NATO Defence Ministers to Meet to Finalise Decision on Command Centres
The defence ministers of NATO member states are to gather at a one-day meeting on Thursday in Brussels, where they are expected to decide on the stationing of the proposed command centres on the Alliance’s eastern flank. The focus will be the implementation of the Readiness Action Plan, which had been approved at the NATO Wales Summit in...
Bulgarian Parliament Rejects Proposed Limitation of Sanctions on Russia
The Bulgarian Parliament rejected the proposal of the opposition BSP party to discuss the possible limitation of further EU sanctions against Russia on Wednesday. Last week, the parliament similarly refused to include the discussion of the proposal in its weekly agenda. Before that it was turned down by the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee...
Bulgaria Won’t Allow to Be Destabilized, President Plevneliev Says
Bulgaria will not allow to be unnerved and destabilized by Russia, President Rosen Plevneliev has said. In an interview with Czech daily newspaper Lidove Noviny published last week Plevneliev said that Bulgaria is worried to see elements of “unconventional and asymmetric conflicts” being demonstrated not far away from its borders. While...
Bulgaria Won’t Allow to Be Destabilised, President Plevneliev Says
Bulgaria will not allow to be unnerved and destabilized by Russia, President Rosen Plevneliev has said. In an interview with Czech daily newspaper Lidove Noviny published last week Plevneliev said that Bulgaria is worried to see elements of “unconventional and asymmetric conflicts” being demonstrated not far away from its borders. While...
Russian MP Proposes to Recalculate WWII Reparations Due by Germany
A workgroup in the Russian Duma will take the task of recalculating the reparations owed by Germany as a means of alleviating the consequences of World War II. The final result as stated will be presented to the German government. Mikhail Degtyarov, MP from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia made the proposal on Tuesday, reported by TASS. He...
Russia To Calculate German Reparations Due After WWII
A workgroup in the Russian Duma will take the task of recalculating the reparations owed by Germany as a means for alleviating the consequences of the World War II. The final result as stated will be presented to the German government. Mikhail Degtyarov, MP from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia made the proposal on Tuesday’, reported...
DefMin: Russia Spreading Rumors of ‘War Preparation’ in Bulgaria
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev feels that there is a Russian propaganda center in Bulgaria attempting to create tension in the local and international communities over a possible war preparation. ”I have that feeling because the sources are always the same,” he said in an interview for NOVA television. ”Also, the...
Germany, Hungary Call For Peaceful Solution to Ukraine Conflict
Germany will not supply weapons to Ukraine government forces, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday. Instead, Germany prefers to seek a diplomatic solution to the fighting between Kiev government troops and the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine “It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily,” Merkel...
Bulgarian FM, EU Ambassadors Discuss Ukraine, Energy Union, Refugees
Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held a working meeting with ambassadors of EU member states to Bulgaria on Monday, at which topics such as Ukraine, the Energy Union and refugees were discussed. Mitov participated on the invitation of Latvian Ambassador Ilgvars Klava, as his country is chairing the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, the...
