Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria Says Gas Link with Romania to Be Completed in Autumn 2016
Bulgaria will have its gas interconnection with neigbouring Romania completed in the autumn, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has said. Petkova and her Romanian counterpart Victor Vlad Grigorescu on Saturday inspected the site of the construction of the underwater section of the gas link at Marten, in Ruse Region on the Bulgarian bank of the...
Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria to Test Bi-Directional Gas Flows by Year’s End
Flows of natural gas flows between Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria will be tested by the end of 2016 under interconnection agreements signed by the grid operators of the three countries, petrochemicals market information provider ICIS has reported, citing an inside source. “The deals will allow bi-directional virtual flows spanning the region from...
Belarusian Journalist Killed in Explosion in Kiev
Journalist Pavlo Sheremet died in a blast in Kiev, Ukrainian and Russian media report.The incident happened as Sheremet was driving a car owned by Elena Pritule, the head of Ukrainska pravda (“Ukrainian Truth”), one of the media outlets he worked for. What caused the blast was not immediately clear, but subsequent reports attributed...
Ukrainian Journalist Killed in Explosion
Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sheremet died in a blast in Kiev, Ukrainian and Russian media report.The incident happened as Sheremet was driving a car owned by Elena Pritule, the head of Ukrainska pravda (“Ukrainian Truth”), one of the media outlets he worked for. What caused the blast was not immediately clear. Ukraine’s President...
Bulgarian Opposition Demands Demilitarization of Black Sea
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has submitted to Parliament a draft resolution calling on the government to declare the Black Sea a demilitarized zone.Bulgaria’s Parliament should also urge the legislatures of all countries of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to embrace the initiative, Focus News Agency...
Stoltenberg: NATO-Russia Council Remains Important Forum for Dialogue
Following the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the importance of the political dialogue between the Alliance and Moscow. The meeting discussed some of the most important issues on the Euro-Atlantic security agenda, NATO’s press service informs. The main focus was on the...
Bulgaria’s Govt Approves Draft MoU on Eastring Pipeline
The cabinet of Bulgaria has adopted a draft MoU with Slovakia on the Eastring pipeline project, its press office says. At its regular Wednesday meeting, it has moved to throw political support behind the project whose idea is to link the existing natural gas infrastructure of Bulgaria and Slovakia via Romania and Hungary.The transport corridor,...
DefMin: Bulgaria Maintains Well-Coordinated, Peaceful Foreign Policy
According to Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev, Bulgaria maintains well-coordinated and peaceful foreign policy. In an interview for private bTV station on Tuesday, Nenchev was firm that Bulgaria does not have two foreign policies. In his opinion, the country has a single foreign policy, there have never been discrepancies and each stance and...
Bulgaria’s Trade with Third Countries Dropped in Jan-May
According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Monday, Bulgaria’s trade with third countries decreased in the first five months of this year. Between January and May 2016, Bulgarian exports to third countries exceeded BGN 5.7 B, recording a decrease of 15.4 % compared to the same period last year....
NATO Leaders Agree with Bulgarian Call for Enhanced Regional Presence
The heads of state or government of NATO member countries agreed with the Bulgarian stance that there is need for enhanced presence of the Alliance in the Black Sea region. This was stated by President Rosen Plevneliev who headed the Bulgarian delegation at the two-day summit of NATO which took place in Warsaw on Friday and Saturday. Plevneliev...
