Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria, Poland to Agree on Maintenance of MiG-29 Jets by End of July
Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said that Bulgaria is working on finalising the contract with Poland on the maintenance of the MiG-29 fighter jets.The contract is expected to be signed by the end of the month, Nenchev said in an interview for Reuters.Until now, the maintenance of the Soviet jets was carried out by Russia, but in a move to...
Prices of Visas to Bulgaria Go Up for Russian Citizens
The agency issuing visas to Bulgaria for Russians has moved to raise the price of visas as of June 29.The measure has been in force since June 29 (last Monday) and was introduced due to the rouble’s fall against the euro, an official statement [RU] reads.Visa officials on both sides are yet to comment.The new amount of money needed to...
Bulgaria’s President Starts 2-Day Visit to Ukraine on Tuesday
Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev will arrive in Kiev on July 7 for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko. The talks between the two heads of state will focus on the current state of political dialogue, trade and economic partnership, bilateral relations in the spheres of energy,...
Bulgaria Increases Prices of Visas for Russian Citizens
Bulgaria has moved to raise the price of visas issued to Russians who want to visit the country the Bulgarian visa agency in Russia has said.The measure has been in force since June 29 (last Monday) and was introduced due to the rouble’s fall against the euro, an official statement [RU] reads.Visa officials on both sides are yet to...
Bulgaria FM Visiting Ukraine’s Odessa
A visit of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov to Odessa Oblast in Ukraine has entered its second day.Mitov is in Odessa on June 5-6. On Sunday he met Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin, who visited Bulgaria in mid-February. The two ministers, who also held a meeting with the Bulgarian community in Odessa (which is thought to be...
NATO Secretary General Inaugurates Force Integration Unit in Romania
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inaugurated a NATO Forces Integration Unit (NFIU) in Bucharest as part of his visit to Romania on Thursday. This is one of six small headquarters, which will be stationed across the eastern part of the Alliance to facilitate planning, exercises and potential reinforcements, the other five to be situated in...
Bulgaria Will Continue Helping Moldova Build Closer Ties with EU
Bulgaria remains committed to the European integration of Moldova, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a meeting with outgoing Moldovan Ambassador in Sofia Alexandru Prigorski on Thursday. Bulgariawill continue to support Moldova with expertise and good practices on Chisinau’s path to building closer ties with the EU, Mitov said. During...
No Risk for Bulgaria from Forest Fires Around Ukraine’s Chernobyl
Forest fires in the exclusion zone around Ukraine’s closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant haven’t led to a rise in radioactivity levels in Bulgaria, the Interior Ministry in Sofia said on Thursday. According to the Interior Ministry, “there is no risk for the lives and health of the people on Bulgaria’s territory”, state news...
Donbass Introduces Special Regime of Self-Governance, to Hold Local Elections
The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) will introduce a special regime of self-governance on its territory and plan holding local elections on October 18. This was announced by DPR Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko in a statement on Thursday, TASS news agency reports. Zakharchenko said that the unilateral...
Bulgaria Granted Citizenship to 808 Foreign Nationals in 2013 – Eurostat
According to the latest figures of Eurostat, which were released on Wednesday, Bulgaria granted citizenship to 808 foreign nationals in 2013. Bulgaria granted the third lowest number of citizenships in the EU, the only two member states granting less being Lithuania and Slovakia. A total of 94 % of the people who were granted Bulgarian...
