Section: Bulgaria
Sofia looking for viable Russian gas alternative, prospects still unclear
Last week Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov, while on an official visit to Slovakia, discussed Slovakia’s so-called Eastring proposal for creating an infrastructure that would supply natural gas to Southeast Europe from Europe’s North and West. The infrastructure in question would have been connected to the Turkish hub that is...
Bulgaria ready to support new group of sanctions against Moscow
The two-day meeting of EU foreign ministers dedicated to compliance with the peace agreements in Eastern Ukraine ends today. Bulgaria will support a new round of sanctions against Moscow if it is established that the Russian Federation violates the peace agreement reached in Eastern Ukraine. This was stated by Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign...
Ukraine Rebels Claim Heavy Weapons Withdrawn under Minsk Deal
There are no more rebel weapons in Eastern Ukraine’s front line, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic claims. According to Aleksandar Zakharchenko, who heads the “Republic”, the heavy arms have been “fully removed” under a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus, in February. Zakharcheno is quoted by...
Bulgaria to Back New Sanctions if Russia Violates Minsk Agreement
Bulgaria is ready to support further measures against Russia if Moscow fails to abide by the deal reached in Minsk on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister has said.Mitov is attending a two-day meeting of EU member states’ top diplomats dedicated to the situation in the Donbass region where Kiev forces and...
Russia Police Arrests Two over Nemtsov Killing
Two men have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian oppositioner who was shot dead late on February 27, Russian officials say.They are named as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB) director Aleksandr Bortnikov. Bortnikov told Russia’s state-owned Pervy Kanal (First Channel) the...
Pavel Vacek: Bulgaria’s Politicised Regulation Has Devalued Czech Investment
Novinite has interviewed H.E. Pavel Vacek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Bulgaria, on various bilateral issues, but mostly on issues in Bulgaria’s energy sector and the repercussions they have on Czech companies. Mr Vacek has been his country’s envoy to Sofia since April 2011. Prior to his Sofia assignment, he was Director...
Nemtsov’s Girlfriend ‘Received Death Threats’
Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was accompanying Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov when he was murdered, claims to have received death threats, prosecutors say. Duritskaya, a key witness in a murder investigation against Nemtsov, lodged a claim with the country’s chief prosecutor’s office on Thursday, March 05 and is currently...
No refugee wave in Bulgaria yet, Nikola Kazakov says
According to latest data, 62 percent of the refugee accommodation centers’ capacity is used, as 3,735 people live there. The current increase of the refugee flow is negligible, but its expansion is expected with spring. Despite all these forecasts however, there is no data on a refugee wave here so far, said for Radio Bulgaria Chair of the...
UK’s Hammond States EU Readiness for New Sanctions against Russia
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has stated Thursday that sanctions against Russia can only be lifted in case the Minsk agreement is upheld. He arrived in Kiev for an official visit and met with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, President Petro Poroshenko, and PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Hammond re-stated his view on the matter at the...
Bulgaria to Take Part in Two Multinational Drills in Ukraine
The Bulgarian Armed Forces are due to take part in the Rapid Trident and Saber Guardian military exercises due in July in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry has said.Neither of the drills is officially related to the Ukraine crisis, since they are held on an annual basis.Sofia also deployed troops in Ukraine last year for the Rapid Trident exercise...
