Section: Bulgaria
Ukraine’s Wind Rose to Begin Regular Flights from Kiev to Bulgaria’s Sofia
Regular passenger flights between the capital cities of Bulgaria and Ukraine will resume soon, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Andrei Pivovarsky said on Friday. Ukrainian airline Wind Rose will start regular flights from Kiev to Sofia within a month, Pivovarsky said during a meeting with Bulgarian Deputy Transport Minister Anton Ginev in...
Bulgarian President Identifies Refugees as Posing Greatest Threat to National Security
President Rosen Plevneliev identified the ongoing refugee wave as posing the greatest threat to Bulgarian security. Plevneliev noted this in a statement after the meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security, which was held on Tuesday. The Bulgarian Head of State expressed his gratitude to the members of the parliamentary represented...
Bulgarians receive awards for family business
Bulgarian entrepreneurs Vassil and Alexandra Mirchevi, owners of “VM Finance Group” got the grand prix for “Most outstanding family business in Central and East Europe” given by the Austrian Bank Gutmann. They received two more of the Bank’s awards – “for Charity in Central and East Europe” and for “Best family business in Bulgaria”. The...
Bulgaria’s VM Finance Group Wins Most Outstanding Family Business in CEE Award
Bulgarian entrepreneurs Vassil and Alexandra Mirchevi, owners of VM Finance Group, have won the Most Outstanding Family Business in Central and Eastern Europe Award of Vienna-based Gutmann Bank. They have also received Gutmann Bank awards for Charity in CEE and Best Family Business in Bulgaria. Mirchevi won the big prize in competition with 65...
Ukraine, Baltics Warn Nord Stream-2 Poses Risk to EU Energy Security
A planed “Nord Stream 2” pipeline will hurt the EU’s security and help Russia control the bloc’s energy markets, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk opined on Thursday.He called on the EU Commission “to seriously get into the issue” and prevent Russia from facilitating “a...
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov Proceeds to 1/8 Finals in Paris After Defeating Cilic
The best Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov proceeded to the 1/8 finals of the BNP Paribas Masters, which is taking place in Paris between November 2 and 8. Dimitrov defeated Marin Cilic from Croatia with 7:6 (3), 7:6 (2) in a match from the second round of the tournament, which was played on Wednesday. The Bulgarian did not record any...
President Plevneliev to attend NATO summit in Bucharest
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will pay a working visit to Bucharest to attend the meeting of heads of states and governments of NATO member countries from Central and Eastern Europe. The attendants in the forum are to discuss the challenges NATO is facing in the context of the changes of the geo-political medium of security. According to...
Bulgaria and Italy coordinate positions on European hot issues
The Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Italy Daniel Mitov and Foreign Minister Paolo Gentriloni discussed in Sofia the migration flow towards the EU, the need of differentiation between economic migrants and refugees as well as bilateral relations and energy security in Europe. Furthermore, the two countries coordinated their positions on the hot...
Russia to Examine All Possible Causes of Airplane Crash in Egypt
Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that no possible causes of the Saturday’s crash of a Russian airplane in Egypt should be ruled out. According to him, no possible causes should be ruled out for the moment as the investigators were only starting their work. Peskov assured that each possible cause will be...
Egyptian Officials Report No Survivors in Russian Airplane Crash
Egyptian officials reported that there are no survivors among the 224 people on board the Russian airplane, which crashed in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday. The Airbus A-321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia was conducting a scheduled charter flight between the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and Saint Petersburg when it crashed shortly...
