Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Violence Against Journalists Remains Rife – Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) released its annual report on abuses of journalists in 2014 on Tuesday. The report shows that the number of journalists killed on duty in 2014 was 66, which is a decrease of 7 % from the 2013 figure. This brings the number of journalists killed in connection with their work in the last ten years to a total of 720....
Russia Hikes Key Rate to 17% to Halt Rouble’s Slide
Russia’s central bank announced on Tuesday it increased its key lending rate to 17% with immediate effect to avert a currency crisis. The rouble on Monday posted its biggest one-day drop versus the US dollar and the euro since 1999. The Russian currency traded 5.22 roubles lower to the dollar at 63.4 and 6.53 rubles lower to the euro at...
Bulgarian FM Responds to Medvedev, Points to Struggling Russian Economy
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov responded on Monday to an earlier comment of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the negative consequences of Bulgaria’s membership to the European Union (EU). Mitov told journalists in Brussels that if he was in Medvedev’s position, he would be more worried about the state of the Russian...
US Chevron Considers Retreat from Shale Gas Project – Ukraine
Senior Ukrainian official Valeriy Chaliy announced on Monday that US energy giant Chevron considers to retreat from the shale gas project that had been agreed in November 2013. Ukraine reached an agreement with Chevron shortly before the anti-government protests in Kiev toppled then President Viktor Yanukovich and ensued in the ongoing conflict...
Russian PM: Bulgaria ‘Worse Off’ after Joining EU
Bulgaria is a negative example in terms of economic development after its EU accession, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes.”After entering the EU in 2007, in 6 years unemployment has increased from 6.9% to 11.8%. Foreign investment has shrunk nine times within the same period (from EUR 9.051 B to EUR 1.092 B). And are...
Ukraine Has No Interest in Restoring Its Nuclear Status – President
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that he never had interest in restoring his country’s status as nuclear power. Poroshenko said in an interview for Australian television channel ABC that such a move will be “absolutely irresponsible”. The Ukrainian President stated that the buildup of nuclear power, which was a technology...
Over 4600 People Killed in Eastern Ukraine Since Start of Conflict
More than 4600 people were killed since the beginning of the conflict in eastern Ukraine this spring, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). According to the OCHA report, released on Friday, as of December 7 at least 4634 people were killed and 10 243 were wounded. Around 5.2 million people still live in the...
Bulgarian PM, German Chancellor to Meet, Discuss Energy Matters
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting scheduled for December 15 in Germany. This was announced by the administration of the German Chancellor, which also revealed that Borisov is to be welcomed with military honours. It is expected that the two are to discuss their countries’...
Ukraine President Says ‘Real Ceasefire’ Being Upheld
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asserted a “real ceasefire” which entered into force on Tuesday is now being observed.While on an official visit to Australia, Poroshenko asserted a truce had been registered “for the first time in seven months in Ukraine.””You cannot imagine how important this is to me. This...
UN Reports Record Number of Migrants Crossing Seas
The United Nations Refugee Agency warned that the international community was faced with increasing difficulties to respond to the growing number of people making dangerous sea journeys in search of asylum or migration. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that some governments were increasingly...
