Section: Bulgaria
Russian Official Declares Mistral Deal Dead
Russia has given up on its EUR 1.2 B deal with France for the procurement of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, a senior Russian government official has said. “Russia won’t take them, it’s an accomplished fact,” Russian newswires quoted Oleg Bochkaryov, deputy head of the Military Industrial Commission, as saying...
NATO Chief Urges Russia to Avoid Snap Military Drills
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Russia to avoid holding snap military drills. Russia on Monday launched snap exercises to test the combat readiness of air defence and air force units in its Central Military District.Some 12,000 personnel and 250 aircraft are taking part in the four-day exercises which coincide with an earlier...
Bulgaria Ranked 55th Out of 61 Competitive Economies
In 2015, Bulgaria has been ranked on the 55th spot in terms of competitiveness indicators, thus showing a slight improvement from last year’s 56th spot. The data has been released by the Yearbook of World Competitiveness, administered by the Swiss International Institute for Management Development (IMD). According to the reviewed definition...
Bulgarians Made More Business, Holiday Trips Abroad in April
According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, Bulgarians made more business trips and holiday travels abroad in April. Bulgarians completed 369 000 trips abroad in April, which represented an increase of 14.2 % compared to the same month in 2014. There was increase in the visits of...
Italy Finds 75 Migrants on Bulgarian-Flagged Yacht, Arrests Three Ukrainian Smugglers
The Italian authorities have intercepted a Bulgarian-flagged yacht carrying 75 migrants four miles off the town of Tricase, Salento region, the Italian newspaper La Pepubblica has reported. The migrants – 58 men, seven women and 10 children – were probably nationals of Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, the newspaper reported on Sunday. Three people...
Bulgaria Keen on Keeping Good Economic Ties with Russia, Lukarski Says
Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has said the country is keen on preserving its traditionally good economic relations with Russia. Speaking during a meeting with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexei Likhachev in Moscow on Sunday, Lukarski proposed to hold the next meeting of the joint Bulgarian-Russian...
Ukrainian Rebel Leader Alexey Mozgovy Reportedly Murdered Near Luhansk
Commander of the battalion of the Luhansk national rebel movement Aleksey Mozgovoy has allegedly been murdered after an attack was performed on his car. Mozgovoy was on the critics of the Russian-supported separatists and to the Minsk ceasefire agreement. As reported by Ukrainian and Russian media, the accident happened on the road between...
May 24- triumph of spirituality
May 24 is one of Bulgaria’s brightest holidays. The Bulgarian nation glorifies the great deed of Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius who created the Slavonic script. In 1980 Pope John Paul ІІ proclaims Cyril and Methodius spiritual co-patrons of Europe. May 24 is the Day of the Slavonic script and the Bulgarian education and culture. The...
Macedonia becomes reason for tension between Sofia and Moscow
In the upper house of the Russian parliament, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West could be wanting to change the government in Skopje in order to create a counterbalance to Russian influence in the region. The opinion that the destabilization of Macedonia was caused by external factors and that there were plans for splitting...
Bulgarian Farmers Hit By Russia Sanctions May Expect Compensations Totaling EUR 398 000
Fruit and vegetable growers in Bulgaria may expect compensations of up to EUR 398 000 from the EU for the losses incurred as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia and the country’s response to that policy, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev. Donchev explained Friday in Parliament that the applications of Bulgarian...
