Section: Bulgaria
EU Said to Be Looking into Alleged Abuse of Gazprom’s Dominant Position in Bulgarian Market
The European Commission has requested Gazprom to provide information related to allegations of abuse of the Russian company’s dominant position in the Bulgarian wholesale gas market, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The information sought by the EU executive body is connected to “an alleged violation of EU antitrust legislation related to...
Nilüfer Göle on new forms of protest: Tahrir, Maidan, Gezi and Eagle’s Bridge
What is the common thing between the protest movements in the Tahrir Square, the Maidan, the Gezi Park and Eagle’s Bridge downtown Sofia? The specifics of these forms of protest and the way they are carried out on public spots is the key subject in the research of sociologist Nilüfer Göle, a professor at the leading French School for...
Reactors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy Nuclear Plant ‘among Most Dangerous in Europe’
Reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria are considered to be among the most dangerous in Europe, a report at German daily Der Tagesspiegel [DE] reads.It also cites a number of safety concerns raised in 2013 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global energy watchdog (even though some of the recommendations have...
Russia Lashes Out at Bulgaria FM over Article
An article published by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov in a mass-circulation daily sparked outrage from Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Friday. At a press briefing [RU] on Friday, Zakharova called “inappropriate” references to Russia, used in the article, as “a traffic cop” for...
Bulgaria’s Imports from Third Countries Decreased in January
Exports of Bulgaria with third countries grew in January 2016 compared to the same month of 2015, while imports dropped in value, preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute shows. Exports increased by 6.3% amounting to BGN 1.164 B. Turkey, China, Egypt, Macedonia, Serbia, the United States, and Russia were the main export partners,...
Bulgarian universities start to receive Bulgarian students, living abroad
The ministry of education kicks off an information campaign among the Bulgarian communities abroad for recruitment of students, PhDs and graduates who want to study at universities in this country as of the new academic year. The information days /March 14 – 31/ will be held in Moldova, Ukraine, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. Those will...
Bulgaria tries not to be alternative to refugees’ Balkan route
Preliminary data claims that today’s EU–Turkey summit intends to put an end to the non-regulated migrant flow towards West and North Europe across the West Balkan countries. The flow along that route has been seriously restricted recently and that has resulted in refugees and traffickers’ increased interest towards circumventing...
Veliko Tarnovo’s Summer Medieval Festival now international
Troupes for Medieval recreations from 5 countries have been invited to participate in the Summer Medieval Festival in the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo. That is why the festival which had four editions last year at the Tsarevets fortress with troupes from this country only now turns into an international event. “We have invited...
An obelisk in a maize-field or what “Roman” Bulgaria looked like
Imagine you have to wade across a field of maize, overgrown with briars. Why? To take photographs of an obelisk from Roman times, part of a high priest’s mausoleum. There’s no need to imagine it – that is precisely what happened to the publishers of the album A Guide to Roman Bulgaria. With the exception of Milena Raycheva, they...
Bulgaria Marks 138th Anniversary of Liberation from Ottoman Rule
Bulgaria marks on March 3 its National Holiday, the anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule. 138 years ago, in a tiny town near Istanbul named San Stefano, a peace treaty was signed bringing Bulgaria back to the political map. The treaty was a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, known in Bulgaria as the Liberation War. Russia...
