Section: Bulgaria
Spain Sees No Need for EU to Expand Russia Sanctions
There is no ground for the EU to expand its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine as the latest Minsk truce holds, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Tuesday. EU sanctions against Russia imposed over Moscow’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine have hit the Spanish economy hard, particularly the agriculture...
Summer season will be disaster, Bulgarian tourism industry say
The coming summer season in Bulgaria will be the weakest in the past 10-15 years. This is what tour operators expect, as it became clear from a round table on the topic of “Problems and Challenges before Summer 2015”, that was held in Varna. The most problematic is the situation on the Russian and Ukrainian markets. So far, hotel...
EU to Provide More Funding to Ukraine, Russia Seeks Sanctions Alleviation
The EU intends to provide a new financial aid package to Ukraine estimated at EUR 110M in 2015. The statement was made by European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, TASS news agency reported. He said that the larger portion of the sum will be utilized to assist the private sector in the...
EU Funds Ukraine, Russia Seeks Sanctions Alleviation
The EU intends to provide a new financial aid package to Ukraine estimated at EUR 110M in 2015. The statement was made by European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, TASS news agency reported. He said that the larger portion of the sum will be utilized to assist the private sector in the...
Germany to Assist Bulgaria in Implementation of Key Reforms – Steinmeier
Germany is ready to help Bulgaria implement the necessary reforms, according to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Speaking after a meeting in Sofia with his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov, Steinmeier suggested that Bulgaria had to work to improve the investment climate. “Bulgaria and Germany need each other in Europe. We need...
No More Heavy Weapons on Either Side of Donbass Front Line – Ukraine Army
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed that pro-Russian rebels have pulled back a vast part of their heavy arms, adding most of the government forces’ weapons have also been removed.The withdrawal was part of a peace deal Kiev struck with representatives of self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” and...
US Sending 3000 Troops to Baltics for 3-Month NATO Drills
Around 750 US Army tanks and other vehicles and military equipment are already in Latvia for the so-called “Operation Atlantic Resolve” exercises with NATO partners. The drills will continue for three months, though a US military source quoted by various media outlets argues the equipment will remain in the region even after this...
NATO Accuses Russia of ‘Militarizing’ Crimea after Putin Comments
Russia has significantly built up its military capabilities in Crimea since the peninsula was incorporated into its territory following a local referendum, NATO officials say.The processes there “are easy to describe as militarization”, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Philip Breedlove has told Ukraine’s 1+1 TV channel.Gen...
Norway to Grant EUR 126.6 M to Bulgaria under Bilateral, EEA Mechanisms
Bulgaria will be granted EUR 126.6 M for the next five-year period under bilateral and multilateral European Economic Area (EEA) financial mechanisms. This emerged after political consultations between Bulgaria and Norway at the level of Deputy Foreign Ministers, which took place in Sofia on Monday, the ministry’s press service reports. The...
Language of hatred issues should be discussed openly, president says
The ethnic and religious groups in Bulgaria have lived peacefully together for centuries and the saving of the Bulgarian Jews during WWII is the brightest proof of that. This has been said by President Rosen Plevneliev, who has received the delegation of the American Jewish Committee, headed by its Executive Director David Harris. The head of...
