Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Russia’s Federation Council Approves Turkish Stream Law
The Federation Council of Russia has approved the law for the ratification of the agreement between the governments of Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline. The agreement envisages the creation of a favourable normative and legal basis, including a tax and customs regime, for the design, construction and exploitation of the pipeline,...
Trump, Putin Discuss ‘Equal Partnership’ Prospects over Phone
The Presidents of United States and Russia talked over the phone on Saturday evening, touching issues such as Syria, the Israel-Palestina conflict, the fight against terrorism, and bilateral trade. The Kremlin said Ukraine had also been on the agenda. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump talked for around 45 minutes. The two underlined they stood...
Bulgaria Can Negotiate With Russia, EU on Turkish Stream Pipeline
Bulgaria can negotiate with Russia and the EU for the laying of one of the pipelines of Turkish Stream through its territory, said Russian expert Konstantin Simonov, head of the Fund for National and Energy Security. According to Simonov, the situation at present resembles the crisis in the winter of 2009 when Bulgaria stopped receiving gas from...
Russia Warns of ‘Maidan’ over Bulgarian President’s Inauguration, MPs Pick Up
A state-funded think tank in Russia has alleged that Maidan-style protests will be staged “in the center of Sofia” before Bulgarian President-elect Rumen Radev takes up the office on Sunday. In a piece published on the day Radev was sworn in, Igor Pshenichnikov, the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies’ advisor to the...
Bulgaria May Lose EU Presidency If It Stirs Divisions, President Warns
Outgoing Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has argued Bulgaria may be stripped of its Council of the European Union presidency if it works toward division within the EU. In his farewell press conference alongside Vice President Margarita Popova, he has said such a move is one of the “big risks” facing the country in the months to come, a step...
Marine Le Pen To Recognise Crimea As Part of Russia If Elected President
The leader of the French far right-wing party National Front (FN) Marine Le Pen stated to the Russian newspaper Izvestiya that she will recognise the Crimea as part of Russia if elected president of France. Three months before the presidential elections in the country, the candidate of the far right has strong chances of reaching the second round...
Logo of Bulgaria’s EU Presidency Selected
Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva presented the logo of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2018. The author of the logo is Todor Angeliev. The logo includes three elements – the Cyrillic alphabet, the traditional Bulgarian embroidery and the Bulgarian flag. Not only Bulgarian authors but foreign ones as...
Serbia ‘Plans to Annex Northern Kosovo’ – Thaci
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has accused Serbia of seeking to annex the a slice of the northern part of his country. Thaci has described the move by Serbian authorities to send – and then halt – a train from Belgrade that was to enter Kosovo as a “provocation”. It was part of the attempt to annex Kosovo’s north...
Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev Advises Successor to Reconsider Stance on Crimea
Bulgaria’s President-elect Rumen Radev should consider very carefully his position on Crimea and its incorporation into Russia, incumbent Rosen Plevneliev has said. “When we continue arguing that Crimea is de jure Ukrainian but de facto Russian because Russia hoisted its flag there and people have to be asked what the future of Crimea...
Radev: It Is Positive That Trump Is No Slave to Political Prejudices
In an interview for French channel France 24, President-elect Rumen Radev commented on several issues that he deemed important for Bulgaria and the world. With respect to the election of Donald Trump, Radev pointed out that the positive thing about Trump is that “he is not a slave to political prejudices”. “My hope for his presidency is that it...
