Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Russia ‘Ready to Sign Only Part of Turkish Stream Deal’
Russia is currently ready to sign only an agreement to build the first section of Turkish Stream, Russian news websites quote an Energy Ministry source as saying.This comes after reports that Moscow has sent a draft intergovernmental agreement to Ankara on the construction of a pipeline set to replace the abandoned South Stream project.Turkish...
Ukraine Adds Gerard Depardieu to 5-Year Blacklist
Ukraine has moved ban actor Gérard Depardieu from entering the country over the next five years.Depardieu, who in 2013 was granted Russian citizenship, has thus become part of a list including Serbian director Emir Kusturica, Hollywood director Oliver Stone, and actor Steven Seagal.All of them are known for their pro-Russian stance in the...
Bulgaria Expresses Solidarity with Turkey – FM
Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov stated on Tuesday that Bulgaria expresses solidarity with Turkey. His comments come after the request of Turkey for a special meeting of the North Atlantic Council to be convened under Article 4 of the Washington Treaty. At the meeting on Tuesday, NATO discussed the security problems after the suicide attack in the...
Bulgarians Complete More Holiday Trips, Excursions Abroad in June
In the month of June, Bulgarians completed 468 319 trips abroad, which represented an increase of 13.9 % compared to the same month last year. This is shown by the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Monday. There was an increase in the number of trips made by Bulgarians to Turkey, Greece, Germany,...
Bulgarian Producers Lose BGN 82 M over Russian Food Imports Ban
Bulgarian farmers have suffered BGN 82 M (EUR 41 M) in lost revenue as a result of the Russian ban on food imports from the West, Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said on Sunday. Since Moscow banned food imports from the EU, the US, Canada, Norway and Australia in August 2014 in response to Western sanctions against Russia over its...
Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association Head Sees Signs of Fragile Economic Recovery
Vasil Velev, Chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), has rejected allegations of an upward trend in corporate bankruptcies, stressing that H1, 2015 data testifies to the opposite. Bulgaria’s Registry Agency announced on July 16 that the number of bankruptcies had gone up by 34% on the year in H1, 2015 to a total of 341...
Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association Head Sees Signs of Fragile Economic Revitalization
Vasil Velev, Chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), has rejected allegations of an upward trend in corporate bankruptcies, stressing that H1, 2015 data testifies to the opposite. Bulgaria’s Registry Agency announced on July 16 that the number of bankruptcies had gone up by 34% on the year in H1, 2015 to a total of 341...
CESEC Countries Move to Build Integrated Gas Market
Fifteen EU and Energy Community countries in Central Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe agreed on Friday to join forces to speed up the creation of missing gas infrastructure links, the European Commission said. Most of those countries do not have access to a diversified gas supply mainly due to missing infrastructure links to alternative gas...
Bulgarian Exports to Third Countries Register 10.4 % Increase in January-May
Between January and May, Bulgarian exports to third countries increased by 10.4 % compared to the same period in 2014 and amounted to BGN 6.8 B. This is revealed by the preliminary estimates of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Friday. The main trading partners of Bulgaria were Turkey, China, Serbia, the USA, Russia...
BRICS Leaders Issue Anti-Terrorism Declaration
The declaration signed by BRICS leaders, issued at their meeting in the Russian town of Ufa, is set on confirming the organization’s unified vision on issues of international importance. A number of analysts believe that this is a step in the direction of the organization aiming at increasing its role in resolving global issues. The...
