Section: Bulgaria
Balkan Developments
Strong quake in Turkey claims lives of 31 people31 people died in the strong earthquake that his Eastern turkey on Friday. The epicenter of the quake with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale that hit Elazig province was in the small coastal town of Sivrice. The earthquake was also felt in neighboring towns and countries. Rescue operations...
Students of Bulgarian descent to be exempt from paying university fees in Bulgaria
Students from the Bulgarian diaspora in Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, Ukraine and Serbia will be exempt from paying fees for their studies in Bulgarian universities. The Bulgarian cabinet decided that these students will receive scholarships amounting to EUR 123 per month in the first year of their studies. The decision concerns the...
Iran has Requested Assistance from the US and France to Read the Ukrainian Plane’s Black Boxes on its Territory
Iran has said it has asked the US and French authorities to help them decrypt the information from the black boxes of the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down, which has provoked anger in countries demanding the data to be analyzed abroad, Reuters reports. Canada, 57 of which citizens are among the 176 people killed in the crash,...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Resigned
Ukraine’s prime minister Oleksiy Valeriyovych handed his resignation letter after an audio of him reportedly criticising President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s understanding of the economy leaked earlier, The Guardian reported. “To remove any doubts about our respect for and trust in the president, I have written a resignation letter and...
Jens Stoltenberg: Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey are valuable partners in the Black Sea
The Black Sea is of strategic importance for NATO and we are constantly assessing the need to further strengthen our presence, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Romania’s Premier Ludovic Orban. We have to remember that three of our member states are littoral states to the Black Sea:...
Balkan developments
Zoran Milanović wins presidential elections in Croatia The former prime minister of Croatia Zoran Milanović won the second round of the presidential elections in Croatia with almost 53 percent of the vote. Former head of state from the ruling Croatian Democratic Union Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović won 47 percent of the votes. 53-year old Milanović is...
NSI: Travels of Bulgarians abroad in November 2019 2.8% higher than in November 2018
In November 2019, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 438.3 thousand or by 2.8% above the registered in November 2018, the National Statistical Institute said in a press release. In comparison with the same month of the previous year, an increase was observed in the total number of the trips of Bulgarians to: Austria – by...
72% of Bulgarians support the reinstatement of compulsory military service
Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Krasimir Karakachanov, talked about the changes that started in the Bulgarian army and the regional security in the Balkans. He summarized the process of change as follows: “I don’t want to sound like I’m boasting, but what has not been done for 30 years, for...
Serhiy Kyslytsia is Ukraine’s New Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Serhiy Kyslytsia as Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations. He was Deputy Foreign Minister Earlier this week, the Ukrainian President has appointed Ukraine’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko as US ambassador, Reuters and...
New monument to Captain Petko Voyvoda keeps memories of his deed alive
A monument to Captain Petko Voyvoda was unveiled in Sofia’s Boris Garden on occasion of the 175th birth anniversary of the Bulgarian revolutionary who fought against the ottomans in the Rhodopes and Aegean Thrace. The voivode participated at the Russo-Turkish War of 1878 as part of a detachment consisting of 3,000 Bulgarians. After...
