Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria Is Difficult to Sidestep in Major Gas Pipeline Projects – Bulgartransgaz CEO
Georgi Gegov, CEO of state-owned gas transmission operator Bulgartransgaz, has suggested that it will not be easy for major gas pipeline projects to circumvent Bulgaria. Speaking Thursday during a conference titled “Industry, Energy, and Environment”, he noted that gas shipments to Greece and Turkey from Ukraine were delivered entirely through...
116 222 Foreigners Got Bulgarian Passports from 2001 to Mid 2015
A total of 116 222 foreigners have received Bulgarian citizenship in the period between 2001 and May 2015. The information has been confirmed by the Ministry of Justice. Out of them, 113 647 people have been granted citizenship on account of their origins. The total number of candidates for the same period was 185 447. More than half of the...
Foreign Affairs: ‘’Sofia Gives Moscow Some Attitude”
“What Sofia appears to finally understand is that dependence on Russia is not a viable development model and Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a direct security threat,” Dariusz Kalan writes in the Foreign Affairs magazine. Not just the governing conservative elite, but also the Bulgarians seem to be sharing this belief, the author says in...
Bulgaria’s Ruse Hosts Sand Festival Dedicated to Cinema
The Bulgarian city of Ruse hosts an international sand sculpture festival dedicated to cinema between June 9 and 20. A total of 613 tonnes of sand will be crafted into ten sculptures, each measuring two metres in height, daily Dnevnik reports. The sculptures will represent famous actors and fictional characters, such as Marilyn Monroe, Charlie...
2953 Foreigners Granted Bulgarian Citizenship Since Start of 2015
A total of 2953 foreign citizens were granted Bulgarian citizenship in the first five months of the year. Traditionally, the largest number of Bulgarian passports were granted to Macedonian citizens, daily Sega reports. Since the beginning of the year, 1174 Macedonians have been granted Bulgarian identity documents on the basis of their Bulgarian...
Less than 30% of Ukrainians Approve Government Politics
Less than a third of Ukrainians have stated their support for the policies of the current government, according to a research conducted by Pew Research Center, quoted by Financial Times. Over a period of a year the number of Ukrainians that approve government politics has dropped by 15%. Surveys on public perception were conducted among 11,000...
Bulgarian Exports to EU, Third Countries Increase in First Quarter of 2015
According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Tuesday, Bulgarian exports to both the EU and third countries increased, but the country’s trade balance remained negative. Bulgarian exports to the EU in the first quarter of 2015 amounted to BGN 6.9 B, which represented an increase of 12 %...
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister to Address American Jewish Committee Global Forum
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov will take part in the American Jewish Committee Global Forum on June 7-9 in Washington. At the invitation of AJC’s executive director, David Harris, Mitov will address the participants in the forum on June 8 during the AJC Global Forum’s World Leaders Plenary. Ukrainian Prime Minister...
Japan to Provide USD 1,5 B in Funding to Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has stated that the country will provide Ukraine with USD 1,5 B in order to ensure its financial stability, as reported by 112 Ukraine TV. The statement was made upon the Japanese Prime Minister met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev Saturday. ”I am grateful to Japan for the presented credit...
OSCE Calls for Restraint in Ukraine Following Latest Surge in Violence
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic condemned on Thursday the latest surge in violence in Ukraine and called for restraint and abstention from the use of force. Dacic called on all parties to the conflict to return to the negotiating table, pursue a political solution through the Trilateral Contact Group and fully...
