Section: Bulgaria
Bulgaria Records No Improvement in Freedom House Report
In 2014 Bulgaria has remained in the group of the free countries, but has not shown improvement for the last seven years. The information was made available through the annual report ”Freedom In The World 2015”, published by Freedom House on Wednesday. Surveys are conducted in various regions of the world, based on political rights...
New gas connection to bring fuel to Bulgaria
Slovakia launches the idea for a new gas connection, through which countries like Bulgaria and Serbia could receive blue fuel even in case Russian supplies through the Ukraine are cut. It is expected that within two weeks’ time Slovakia’s gas transport company Eustream will sign a memorandum for understanding with Bulgarian and...
Russia Suspends Its Participation in PACE Until End of Year
The Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided on Wednesday to suspend its participation in the body until the end of the year. The Russian boycott came after PACE passed a resolution earlier on Wednesday, which deprives Moscow of its voting rights until April 2015, the BBC reports. Russia was first...
EP’s Schulz Criticises Tsipras of Splitting Common EU Stance on Russia
European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz criticised on Wednesday the newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of splitting the common European Union (EU) stance on Russia. Tsipras’s radical left party SYRIZA won the early parliamentary elections in Greece on Sunday and established a coalition government with the right-wing...
Schulz Criticises Tsipras of Splitting Common EU Stance on Russia
European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz criticised on Wednesday the newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of splitting the common European Union (EU) stance on Russia. Tsipras’s radical left party SYRIZA won the early parliamentary elections in Greece on Sunday and established a coalition government with the right-wing...
USA supports gas alternative for Bulgaria
Washington supports an interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Euroasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said for the Brookings Institution, NY. Washington upholds an interconnector gas pipeline between Greece and Bulgaria, which will allow the latter to receive gas from Athens via a liquefied gas...
Hidden Before Your Eyes
Fifty little known heritage sites scattered amid breathtaking natural scenery are going to encourage Bulgarians to travel more in their home country. These veritable tourist gems will be advertised in the course of close to one year in a recently launched nationwide campaign promoting domestic tourism with the slogan Hidden Before Your Eyes. The...
EU Foreign Ministers to Discuss Further Sanctions Against Russia
The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) member states are planning to expand the sanctions against Russia in view of the renewed escalation of violence in Ukraine. This becomes clear from the draft conclusions of the foreign ministers that is to take place on Thursday, EUobserver reports. According to the draft conclusions, the foreign...
Bulgarians from Odessa region rebel against imposed mobilization
About 500 Bessarabian Bulgarians from the village of Kulevcha in Odessa region stood up, Friday to protest against the attempts of Kiev authorities for a forceful mobilization. Local men acutely confronted and chased away the military recruitment team sent from Kiev. The Bulgarians from Kulevcha posted in the Internet a video showing the protests...
New Greek Govt Objects to EU Call for Further Sanctions on Russia
Greece’s new government on Tuesday distanced itself from an EU call to consider expansion of the bloc’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. The move could be setting the stage for possible friction with Greece’s partners in the bloc over foreign policy issues in addition to disagreements over economic and financial...
