Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
EU Pledges EUR 70 M for Nuclear Safety at Chernobyl Site
The European Commission will provide EUR 70 M to Ukraine for the return of the Chernobyl site to a safe environment. The EUR 70 M pledge, announced at the EU-Ukraine Summit on April 27, amounts to some EUR 360 M provided already for the completion of a number of projects, including the New Safe Confinement being built to enclose the existing...
EU Resists Kiev’s Calls to Send Military Mission to Eastern Ukraine
The European Union won’t send armed peacekeepers to conflict-torn eastern Ukraine despite reports of ceasefire violations there, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday. “We can only talk about a civilian mission, not military,” Tusk told a news conference in Kiev following talks with Ukraine’s President...
Poland Denies Entry of Russian Night Wolves Bikers
Poland denied entry of ten Russian Night Wolves bikers, who are traveling from Moscow to Berlin to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. A spokesman for the Polish border guards stated that the bikers would not be allowed to pass through Polish territory as they did not fulfill the conditions for entry, TASS...
Pro-NATO, Pro-Gov’t Protest Staged outside Bulgaria Presidency
About a hundred people have gathered in front of the Presidency in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia to voice support for Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev.Demonstrators have also expressed their approval for Bulgaria’s EU and NATO membership.Bulgaria has been a NATO member for ten years now and has been part of the EU since 2007.But part of...
World Commemorates 29 Years since Chernobyl Disaster
The nuclear power explosion at the Chernobyl power plant happened on April 26, 29 years ago. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived near the site in order to honor the memory of the victims of the heavy industrial incident that left a mark on the entire world. ”The restoration and development of independent Ukraine is irreversibly...
The World Commemorates 29 Years since the Chernobyl Disaster
The nuclear power explosion at the Chernobyl power plant happened on April 26, 29 years ago. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived near the site in order to honor the memory of the victims of the heavy industrial incident that left a mark on the entire world. ”The restoration and development of independent Ukraine is irreversibly...
US ‘Acting against Gazprom Moves in Greece’
The US is seeking to block a proposal Gazprom made in Athens on a Greek leg of the so-called “Turkish Stream” pipeline, the Greek Foreign Minister has said.In an interview with the Associated Press Greece’s top diplomat Nikos Kotzias quoted US Secretary of State John Kerry as saying Washington would send its top energy envoy...
Bulgaria-Greece Gas Link to Be Ready by end-2018
Construction of the gas interconnection grid between Bulgaria and Greece will begin in March 2016 and will be completed by the end of 2018, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister has said. Under initial plans, the infrastructure was to be in place and become operational sometime in 2018. Temenuzhka Petkova made the announcement following what she...
Bulgaria-Greece Gas Link to Ready by end-2018
Construction of the gas interconnection grid between Bulgaria and Greece will begin in March 2016 and will be completed by the end of 2018, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister has said.Temenuzhka Petkova made the announcement following what she described as a “historic” meeting between officials from Bulgaria, Greece and Romania that was...
OSCE Reports Intensified Fighting Around Donetsk Airport
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reported intensified fighting around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne as well as military movements on both sides of the contact line. This was stated in the latest report of the SMM, which monitors the implementation of the Minsk agreements. The report, which was released on Tuesday, said that...
