Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
35 Dead Dolphin Bodies Found on the Black Sea Coast
There are already over 35 dead dolphin bodies that are thrown out on the Black Sea coast and their number continues to rise every day. This was stated by Atanas Rusev of the Association “Let’s Keep Coral”. According to him, this happens all along the Black Sea and depends on the direction of winds and sea currents. The increase...
Petro Poroshenko: ‘Ukraine Wants Membership Plan Talks’
Ukraine’s president has asked for discussions to begin on an action plan that could eventually lead to membership of Nato, BBC reported.Petro Poroshenko said the will of the Ukrainian people was to eventually join the Western military alliance.Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said any decision on future membership would be up to the...
The Bulgarian Who Kicked a Woman in Berlin Subway Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
The Bulgarian who kicked a woman down a flight of stairs at an underground station in Berlin in October 2016, was sentenced to 35 months of imprisonment by a German court, DPA reported on 6 July, quoted by BNT. The incident was recorded from Hermannstrasse CCTV cameras. The attacker was identified and soon arrested. The incident caused a storm of...
Ukrainian Visa-Free Travel to EU Continues to Produce Large Number of Fakes in Russian Media
Ukrainian visa-free travel to the European Union continues to produce an inordinately large number of fakes in the Russian media. Russia’s internet newspaper Ukraina.ru has added its voice to the cacophony of fakes in a false story claiming that visa-free travel doesn’t work, as a group of Ukrainians were denied entry to Bulgaria...
Turkey Handed Over the 6- month Presidency of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation to Ukraine
Turkey handed over the six-month rotating presidency of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to Ukraine on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported.Following the 36th BSEC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Istanbul, Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz made the handover to Ukraine.Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vadim...
Bulgaria’s coalition Government to Table Amendments to Speed up the Process of Granting Citizenship
Bulgaria’s coalition government is to table in the National Assembly proposed amendments to the Bulgarians Abroad Act and the Bulgarian Citizenship Act to speed up the process of granting citizenship to applicants from non-EU countries, quoted by the Independent Balkan News Agency. Principal beneficiaries are expected to be those claiming...
Bulgarian Council of Ministers Approves Draft Agreement on Labour Migration with Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine
At its regular weekly sitting, the Council of Ministers approved draft agreements on labour migration with Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine. After the sitting Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, who is in charge of Bulgarians abroad, announced that persons wishing to work in Bulgaria for a period of 90 days will now be able to obtain the documents...
Macron says France will not recognise Crimea ‘annexation’
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France refuses to recognise Russia’s “annexation” of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, AFP reported. Speaking after talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Paris, Macron said: “France is committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty with its recognised borders.”/FOCUS News...
Congress Steps Up on Foreign Policy
When President Trump began taking a wrecking ball to some of America’s traditional foreign policies, going so far as to threaten the country’s long and sturdy relationship with its Western European allies, many hoped that the other branches of government would provide a counterweight to the executive branch, and restrain his worst...
Trump meets Ukraine’s president, U.S. adds to Russia sanctions
President Donald Trump met with Ukraine’s president on Tuesday and expressed support for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine but said nothing about Russia’s role, while the U.S. government added to sanctions over Moscow’s actions, reported Reuters. Trump sat down in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President...
