Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Turkey Could Look Elsewhere for Gas Supplies, NPP Builder, Erdogan Tells Russia
Turkey could receive the natural gas it needs from sources other than Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday amidst mounting tensions between Ankara and Moscow over recent violations of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes flying bombing missions in Syria, newswires reported. He also warned Russia that Turkey can find a...
Bulgaria’s Energoremont Holding AD Acquires Majority Stake in Electroimpeks AD
“Energoremont Holding” AD has acquired the majority stake in “Electroimpeks” AD, a company with over 50 years of international experience in the sphere of engineering services and the implementation of turnkey projects in the sphere of energy. The main sphere of activity of “Energoremont Holding” AD is maintenance and repair of power and heat...
Bulgarian MPs Reject Proposal to Revoke Sanctions on Russia
Bulgarian lawmakers have narrowly turned down a proposal by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) calling for sanctions against Russia to be reviewed.Sofia has enforced measures against the Russian Federation in line with the EU and the US policies toward Moscow after the Ukraine crisis began last year. The BSP, which was the senior...
Gazprom Cuts in Half Turkish Stream’s Planned Capacity
Gazprom has cut in half the planned capacity of its Turkish Stream gas pipeline project, Interfax reported. “We will certainly pay great attention to the southern direction [of gas flows] in our strategy of diversification of transport routes,” Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller told reporters on Tuesday, according to the Russian news service. “At...
Bulgaria ‘Renouncing Its Air Force,’ RIA Novosti Says
Russian agency RIA Novosti has published a piece claiming that Bulgaria is about to renounce its own Air Force and “give its air[space] to NATO.” Bulgaria is dashing its hopes to develop a national security concept, replacing it with the principle: “Who doesn’t fly never falls down,” reads the text [RU], which...
Bulgaria ‘Renouncing Its Air Force,’ RIA Novosti Opines
Russian agency RIA Novosti has published a piece claiming that Bulgaria is about to renounce its own Air Force and “give its air[space] to NATO.” Bulgaria is dashing its hopes to develop a national security concept, replacing it with the principle: “Who doesn’t fly never falls down,” reads the text [RU], which...
Eastern Ukraine to Postpone Local Elections for Next Year
Local elections in Ukraine’s Donbass region will be held in 2016 instead of this year, French President Francois Hollande has said.The announcement has come after a “Normandy Four” summit between the leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia, the website Lenta.ru reports.Initially, the vote was to be held later in October,...
Migrants ‘Part of Bargaining, Hybrid War’- EU’s Tusk
EU Council President Donald Tusk has accused foreign leaders of using the migrant crisis to stir divisions within the EU.At a conference in the resort town of Sopot in Poland, Tusk has warned migrants are turning into an element of the political confrontation, bargaining and “hybrid war” whose roots can be traced back to the...
US ‘Using Bulgaria’ to Supply Arms to Ukraine
The United States is delivering arms to Ukraine via Bulgaria, an article on RIA Novosti reads.Bulgaria is also “producing ammunition for the Ukrainian army” with US money, and Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic are ready to take part in similar schemes, the text argues further.Washington is doing so “despite official...
Time for Joint Action to Solve World Conflicts, Bulgaria’s President Says
Present-day challenges trascend national borders and require action with “with resolve on a global scale”, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said on Wednesday. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he described “poverty, inequalities and environmental degradation” as “issues that require are...
