Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Russia is “Agnostic” When it Comes to Serbia-Kosovo Deal
Interview with Dimitar Bechev originally seen on European Western Balkans. , research fellow at the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Bechev is also a member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)....
UNICEF has Expressed Concern About the Epidemic of Measles Around the World
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the world’s measles epidemic and indicated that in ten countries, including Brazil, Ukraine and France, nearly three quarters of the increased number of people in 2018 registered. A total of 98 countries have reported more measles cases in 2018 than in 2017, a step...
BGN 5.8 million Have Been Spent by the Bulgarian MFA on Projects Abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spent BGN 5.8 million on the financing of 67 development projects abroad. The biggest aid is for Serbia and Northern Macedonia, BGNES reported. For comparison, BGN 4.96 million was spent in 2017, BGN 4.6 million in 2016, and BGN 3.5 million in 2015. “The figures undoubtedly testify to a successful increase in...
UN: Human Rights Around the World are in Retreat
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern at rising xenophobia, racism and intolerance, and warned that human rights are losing ground in the world, the Associated Press reported. At the opening of the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres alarmed that civil society collapsed and journalists and...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Will Take Part in Today’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva is to represent Bulgaria at today’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The Council will be discussing events in Syria and Venezuela, as well as the situation in Ukraine, with a focus on the upcoming elections in the country. …read more Source:...
US Launches Campaign Against “Turkish Stream”
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during their tour to European countries next week, will call on them to give up their support for the Turkish Stream project, a senior State Department official said,quoted by Econ.bg Pompeo will visit Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium and Iceland on 11-15 February. “In Hungary we will continue to insist...
Sofia Open Starts Today with Two Bulgarian Matches in the Qualifiers
The first round of qualifying starts today with the fourth edition of the ATP 250 category tennis tournament in Sofia. The focus of the first day program is two games in which two Bulgarian tennis players meet the most titled players in the main circuit. The champion of the national championship in the hall Gabriel Donev will face the Ukrainian...
Bulgaria and Russia Move Ahead on Gas Pipeline
Bulgaria has pledged to build a new pipeline to pump Russian gas from Turkey to Serbia, EUOBSERVER reports. Three firms, including Russia’s Gazprom, Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz, and Swiss firm MET signed contracts to use it. The project could strengthen EU dependence on gas and undermine Ukrainian security, EU and US diplomats fear. Russia...
Reuters: Bulgaria will Build Pipeline to Transport Russian Gas
Bulgaria will build a pipeline to transport mainly Russian natural gas to Serbia from its border with Turkey after three companies, including Gazprom, filed binding offers for capacity at its gas network, officials said on Thursday, reports Reuters. The project, which forms part of Bulgarian efforts to set up a regional gas hub and win the...
For the First Time Foreign Tourist Visits to Bulgaria Exceed 9 Million, Beating the Record Levels of the Last Two Years
More than 9,273 million were the foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, or a 4.4% increase compared to a year earlier, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the press office of the Ministry of Tourism said.First position for inbound tourism last year belonged to Romania, with more than 1.377 million visits, or an...
