Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria Air Stopped its Flights To and From Odessa
Due to the declared military situation in Ukraine, the recommendations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and for the safety of the passengers, the national carrier “Bulgaria Air” stopped its flights between Sofia and Odessa until 16 December 2018 inclusive, according to the carrier’s website. Depending on the...
G20 Enters Final Day with Work to be Done on Bridging Divisions
The day will also see a highly anticipated meeting between US president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whose nations have been embroiled in an escalating trade war with new US tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect a month from now. The divisions among the world’s leading economies were evident from the moment...
Bulgarian PM Borisov: A Threat of 40 Million Migrants from Africa Hangs over the EU
A threat from 40 million economic migrants from Africa hangs over the European Union. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov warned, Nova TV reported. From Morocco, the prime minister also expressed a sharp stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Late in the evening Thursday, Borisov insisted on an urgent solution to the crisis and warned that tensions...
Ukraine Bans Entry to Russian Adult Men: Border Service Chief
Ukraine has banned Russian adult men aged 16-60 years from entering Ukraine, the head of the border service Petro Tsygykal said in a televised meeting on Friday, quoted by Reuters. “Today, the entry of foreigners is limited – primarily citizens of the Russian Federation – non-admission of citizens of the Russian Federation aged...
Ukraine Attempts Anti-Putin Protest at G20
A Ukraine government plan to embarrass Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit failed Thursday when an Argentine company refused to erect a protest poster outside the meeting, AFP reports.Kiev planned to mount a giant billboard depicting a bleeding Kerch strait off Crimea where Russia’s capture on Sunday of three Ukrainian ships...
Trump Cancels Planned Putin Meeting
US President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin two days before they were scheduled to sit down on the sidelines of the G20 summit, reports CNN. The President pinned the cancellation on Russia’s refusal to release Ukrainian Navy ships and sailors seized during a maritime...
Bessarabian Bulgarian Among the Ukrainian Sailors Captured by Russia
Vladimir Varimez from the village of Bankovka is one of the 24 sailors who were arrested after three Ukrainian ships tried to cross the Kerch Strait, bTV reported. The information was confirmed by the mayor of the village Viktor Genchev. He added that Vladimir’s father is still in Bankovka, but it is possible at some point to leave for...
Analyst Explains Role of Different Countries in Turkish Stream
Earlier this week, Kommersant daily cited sources as saying that the Russian gas giant Gazprom announced plans to extend the Turkish Stream pipeline to Bulgaria, then Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia. The Bulgarian and Serbian routes are expected to be put in operation in 2020, followed by Hungary in 2021 and Slovakia in mid-2022, reports Sputnik....
BBC: Bulgarians Tweeting in Cyrillic Confused for Russian Bots
Cyrillic is an ancient script dating back more than 1,000 years with the earliest form of the alphabet emerging in Bulgaria in the 9th Century. But some Bulgarians have found their Twitter accounts suspended and tweets hidden because they are thought to be the work of Russian bots, as Russian also uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Bulgarian blogger...
Kiev: Three Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Clashes with pro-Russian Rebels
Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part of the country, reports BGNS referring to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Initially, there was only one soldier killed, but the Security Office of the country (SBU) later confirmed that two other soldiers were killed by shots in the Lugansk region....
