Section: Bulgaria
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland visits Bulgaria
Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov will meet with Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who is paying an official visit to Bulgaria on 11 and 12 October. Bulgaria’s foreign minister is playing host to Mr. Jagland in his capacity of future chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. During their meeting...
Rosen Plevneliev: Crises can be solved only through integration and cooperation
“All crises that we face in Europe can be solved only via a common European approach, only by acting together,” President Rosen Plevneliev said in his speech at the opening of a summit in Sofia entitled “New Visions for Partnership and Neighbourhood for Europe”. The two-day forum is held under the patronage of the head of...
Four Bulgarians Added to Ukraine’s Street Names ‘Blacklist’
Ukrainian authorities have moved to ban the use of names of 520 Bolsheviks from the Soviet Union and famous Communist figures as part of its “de-communization” law.Regions or toponyms in Ukraine cannot be named after those people anymore, according to a statement by the country’s national memory institute [UA]. Four Bulgarians...
Bulgaria’s President Warns against ‘New Fences’ in Europe
President Rosen Plevneliev has stressed the need of coordinated international action to tackle the migrant crisis.Speaking at an international forum in Sofia, Bulgaria’s head of state has warned that “every new piece of fence, two-way border blockades, barbed wire, water cannons and tear gas used against refugees – and this [is...
Turkey Could Look Elsewhere for Gas Supplies, NPP Builder, Erdogan Tells Russia
Turkey could receive the natural gas it needs from sources other than Russia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday amidst mounting tensions between Ankara and Moscow over recent violations of Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes flying bombing missions in Syria, newswires reported. He also warned Russia that Turkey can find a...
Former and current leaders to discuss migration issues
President Rossen Plevneliev is to open the international forum entitled “New visions for partnership and neighborly relations in Europe”. The conference will gather in Sofia current and former leaders of states and governments from Europe. They are to discuss measures for coping with the migration pressure. The attendants will also consider the...
Bulgaria’s Energoremont Holding AD Acquires Majority Stake in Electroimpeks AD
“Energoremont Holding” AD has acquired the majority stake in “Electroimpeks” AD, a company with over 50 years of international experience in the sphere of engineering services and the implementation of turnkey projects in the sphere of energy. The main sphere of activity of “Energoremont Holding” AD is maintenance and repair of power and heat...
The Netherlands is largest foreign investor in Bulgaria
At a briefing after meeting his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov expressed satisfaction with the fact that direct investments by the Netherlands in Bulgaria for the period 1996-2014 reach over 7 billion euros. This makes the Netherlands the largest foreign investor in this country. “We rely on the...
Bulgarian MPs Reject Proposal to Revoke Sanctions on Russia
Bulgarian lawmakers have narrowly turned down a proposal by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) calling for sanctions against Russia to be reviewed.Sofia has enforced measures against the Russian Federation in line with the EU and the US policies toward Moscow after the Ukraine crisis began last year. The BSP, which was the senior...
Parliament rejects suggestion to lift sanctions against Russia
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected the suggestion of the Bulgarian Socialist Party – Left Bulgaria (BSP) for the step-by-step lifting of sanctions against Russia introduces due to the situation in Ukraine. The idea was to work out a decision of the National Assembly for an overall revision of the policy in view of the Russian Federation....
