Section: Bulgaria
Zelensky Appointed the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN as Ambassador to the United States
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Ukraine’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko as US ambassador, Reuters and TASS reported. Agencies cite a Ukrainian presidential decree announced today. The 60-year-old Yelchenko has been an ambassador to various countries. Since July 2010, he began...
Bulgaria’s tourist sector expects to repeat the successes of the record 2018
The tourist sector in Bulgaria is expected to cope well with the challenges this year and to repeat the good results of the previous 2018, officials from Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism have stated. The winter season has already started, with lodging, dining establishments and businesses ready to meet the challenges. There is a slight...
Bulgaria to grant EUR 1 million to the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Georgia
The Bulgarian government has approved grants for the development of Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Ukraine and Georgia. The money is earmarked for the implementation of 35 projects in eight countries with a total value of EUR 1 million. The projects are aimed at improving the quality of education and...
RSF: 49 Journalists were Killed in 2019, Many are Behind Bars
Journalists’ deaths are at “historically low levels” globally, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders, quoted by AFP. Most journalists killed in 2019 covered military conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, say the Paris-based organization and recall that journalism remains a dangerous profession. Over the past...
Ekaterina Zaharieva to Participate in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Forum
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, will participate in the 41st Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organisation for the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) on December 12 and 13 in Athens, the Foreign Ministry said. The meeting is the closing event of the Greek rotating presidency, which...
Bulgarian folk songs on the programme of festive concerts in Russia
In a couple of days’ time the Boryana all-female folklore choir from Plovdiv with artistic director Nikolay Gurbanov is leaving on a brief tour of Russia. They will have three concerts with renowned singer from the Strandzha region Zlatka Stavreva. “A cultural delegation from Bulgaria was invited to visit Russia and take part in the festive...
More than 140,000 People Died from Measles Globally Last Year
Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). These deaths occurred as measles cases surged globally, amidst devastating outbreaks in all regions. Most deaths were among children under 5...
Donald Tusk Handed Over the Leadership of the European Council to Charles Michel
Today, the European Council President Donald Tusk handed over the leadership of the institution to Charles Michel. The term of office of the President of the European Council is two and a half years, with the possibility of being extended only once. Five years ago, I had no idea that the script of my term would be as written by Alfred Hitchcock,...
Russian Woman Suspected of Spying for Ukraine Was Arrested In Sevastopol
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSF) has arrested a Russian citizen in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on suspicion of espionage in favour of the Ukrainian military intelligence, TASS news agency reported. According to the FSF, the arrested, recruited by the Ukrainian secret services, “purposefully collected classified military...
Bulgarians Travel more Abroad and more Foreigners Are Visiting Bulgaria
In October 2019, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 473.3 thousand (Annex, Table 1) or by 4.1% above the registered in October 2018. In comparison with the same month of the previous year, an increase was observed in the total number of the trips of Bulgarians to: Serbia – by 12.1%, Turkey – by 9.0%, Republic of...
