Section: Bulgaria
European year for development starts in Bulgaria too
At a conference in the Central Military Club in Sofia, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov gave the start to the European series of initiatives to spread over 2015. A resolution of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, 2015 is defined as the Year of Development and curbing poverty. Minister Mitov addressed the participants with...
President Plevneliev presents in parliament political consultations’ results
I believe that we have left heavy political juxtaposition behind. There is a potential for achieving political consensus, said Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev addressing the National Assembly. He summarized the past month’s consultations he conducted with the political parties represented in Parliament. The consultations showed that...
President: Bulgaria Has to Meet 4 Goals before 2018 Council of EU Sessions
Sofia has to set four goals prior to hosting the Council of the EU meetings in 20178, President Plevneliev has said in his Thursday address to Parliament.These are, in his words: joining the Schengen borderless area, entering the transitional single-currency mechanism ERM II, joining the EU’s Single Supervisory Mechanism and taking steps...
Bulgarian Minister of Tourism expects hard summer season
We can expect a very difficult summer season in 2015, but there is no need to draw apocalyptic pictures, because this also affects tourism. This is what Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova told MPs at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on economic policy and tourism. Ms. Angelkova admitted that Bulgaria could expect a decline...
Ukraine Starts Demobilisation of Troops from Combat Zone
Ukraine has launched the demobilisation of troops summoned for active duty since 17 March 2014 over the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in the country’s eastern regions, Interfax reported on Wednesday. About 30,000 government troops will be discharged from the combat area starting 18 March. Some 35,300 servicemen are eligible for the...
General Bradshaw: The contributions of Bulgaria reflect your strong resolve and commitment to collective security
NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Adrian Bradshaw is currently on a visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Chief of Defence, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov. Joint exercises and training on the territory of Bulgaria as part of the Alliance’s measures for guaranteeing security and crisis response in the region – these were some...
Russian Action in Ukraine ‘Could Affect Bulgaria’ – NATO Official
The activities of Russia in the Crimean peninsula and Eastern Ukraine is a deviation if international norms that could affect Bulgaria, NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe has said.Speaking in a press briefing in Sofia with Bulgaria’s Chief of Defense, Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov, Gen Adrian Bradshaw said recent developments...
President Plevneliev Expects More Austrian Investments to Bulgaria
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that he expects more Austrian investments to the country after a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna on Tuesday. Plevneliev stated that Bulgaria and Austria had common plans and goals, which the two countries aimed to fulfill both at the level of bilateral relations and at the EU...
Bulgarians Losing Confidence in Government, Parliament – Gallup
The latest political and economic index of Gallup, which was released on Tuesday, shows that the relatively calmer period for the government seems to be nearing its end. Although there are no considerable negative tendencies in the public opinion, the positive inertia from the previous months is exhausted. The likely causes for this decrease in...
Sanctions against Moscow and their Bulgarian dimension
The issue on the relations with Russia will take the central spot in the agenda of the EU summit in Brussels on March 19 – 20. At the recent informal meeting in the Gymnich format of EU foreign ministers, held in Riga Bulgaria’s top diplomat Daniel Mitov stated that Sofia would uphold a new round of sanctions against Moscow in case it was...
