Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Turkish Stream Could Help Greece and Turkey Improve Relations, Russia’s EU Envoy Says
Gazprom’s Turkish Stream gas pipeline project could become a strong incentive for Turkey and Greece to improve their bilateral relations, a senior Russian diplomat has said. The route of the Russian gas pipeline Turkish Stream from Turkey’s territory to Greece could rather be called Greek Stream, Russia’s ambassador to the EU...
Bulgarian PR Expert Maxim Behar Reelected to WCFDavos Committee
Maxim Behar has again been elected as co-Chair of the Davos World Communications Forum Committee, an office he has assumed since 2013.”The choice is a huge honor for Bulgaria and an incredible appraisal for the Bulgarian PR business, for all my colleagues,” Mr Behar has said upon his reelection, which he has described as a...
Polish President Gives Green Light to Creating Joint Military Force with Lithuania, Ukraine
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has given his formal approval for the creation of a joint military brigade with Lithuania and Ukraine, TASS reported. The resolution signed by Komorowski on Monday will take effect two weeks after it is published, the Polish leader’s office has confirmed, according to the Russian news agency. The joint...
Bulgarian Student ‘Opens Fire, Wounds 4’ in Odessa
A brawl involving drunken students in the Ukrainian city of Odessa has ended in four people being injured after a Bulgarian opened fire on his colleagues, a Ukrainian news website reports.According to 368.media, a Russian-language outlet, a scandal broke between two groups of students at the Odessa I.I. Melchikov National University.Reportedly,...
Bulgaria ex-FinMin Djankov Quitting VTB Supervision
Simeon Djankov, who last year joined Russian VTB bank’s Supervisory Council, is now stepping down, Russian media reports suggest. The report is run by Russian daily Kommersant [RU], in an article that gives a summary of recent moves by foreign nationals to quit high-profile positions at Russian bank as the country’s financial system...
Bulgaria Improves Ranking in Freedom House Report on Press Freedom
Press freedom in Bulgaria has reached its highest level over the past ten years. This has been the conclusion drawn following the Freedom House Press Freedom report published Wednesday. Meanwhile, merely 14% of the world population has been reported to live in countries with truly active and free press, 42% of states across the world enjoy...
Bulgaria Improves Ranking in Freedom House Press Freedom Report
Press freedom in Bulgaria has reached its highest level over the past ten years. This has been the conclusion drawn following the Freedom House Press Freedom report published Wednesday. Meanwhile, merely 14% of the world population has been reported to live in countries with truly active and free press, 42% of states across the world enjoy...
Fire Sets Ablaze Forest Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
A big forest fire has started around the zone around the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A high state of emergency has been issued in Ukraine on account of the incident as reported by RT daily. In the words of Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, the fire is moving towards the nuclear power plant. He further announced that the...
Rosen Plevneliev Holds Speech at Third Global Forum, Urges for Peaceful Conflict Resolution
It is not a sustainable political decision for us to be closing our eyes for the conflicts that have arisen due to the interests of the great powers, the spheres of influence and their peripheries. The statement was made by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev during his speech at the Third Global Forum taking place in the capital of Azerbaijan,...
Ukraine to Meet EU Membership Criteria in 5 Years – President
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his country will be able to meet EU accession criteria in up to 5 years.In Poroshenko’s words quoted by UNIAN news agency, integration into the 28-nation bloc is the government’s main goal. The President made his remarks during his meeting with top EU officials including European Council...
