Section: Bulgaria
Bulgarian, British PMs to Meet During EU Council Summit
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to meet his British counterpart David Cameron during the upcoming summit of the European Council that takes place on Thursday and Friday in Brussels. This was announced by the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, but no further details were provided as to the nature of their meeting. Two...
EU Ready to Tighten Sanctions Against Russia
The European Union (EU) has readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia, by extending its ban on investments in the Crimea. The new measures will be directed towards limiting Russian explorations for natural oil and gas in the Black Sea, The Moscow Times reports. In this way the EU is signalling that the West is not going to lift its sanctions...
EU Has Readiness to Tighten Sanctions Against Russia
The European Union (EU) has readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia, by extending its ban on investments in the Crimea. The new measures will be directed towards limiting Russian explorations for natural oil and gas in the Black Sea, The Moscow Times reports. In this way the EU is signalling that the West is not going to lift its sanctions...
Ski season officially starts in Bulgarian winter resorts
Despite forecasts for a snowless winter, it seems that this season will be a successful one for Bulgarian resorts. In order to rely not entirely on weather, owners of Bulgaria’s biggest mountain resorts have invested additional funds in snow-making equipment. The good news is that the price of ski packages will remain the same as last...
US ‘Gives Ukraine Weapons Via Bulgaria’
A Bulgarian company is helping the United States to export arms to Ukraine, Russian-language media outlets claim. Bulkomers KS EOOD “has made an attractive offer to Kiev: [Ukraine was offered] to buy a lethal weapon, namely M107A1 and 82A1 rifles” with a training on their use included, according to the website LifeNews. It is...
EU Will Never Recognise Crimea’s Annexation – Mogherini
The EU will never recognise Crimea’s annexation by Russia, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said Monday after the first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council. According to AFP, the problem of Crimea was discussed at the meeting. “The EU confirmed that it will never recognize...
Violence Against Journalists Remains Rife – Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) released its annual report on abuses of journalists in 2014 on Tuesday. The report shows that the number of journalists killed on duty in 2014 was 66, which is a decrease of 7 % from the 2013 figure. This brings the number of journalists killed in connection with their work in the last ten years to a total of 720....
Russia Hikes Key Rate to 17% to Halt Rouble’s Slide
Russia’s central bank announced on Tuesday it increased its key lending rate to 17% with immediate effect to avert a currency crisis. The rouble on Monday posted its biggest one-day drop versus the US dollar and the euro since 1999. The Russian currency traded 5.22 roubles lower to the dollar at 63.4 and 6.53 rubles lower to the euro at...
Bulgarian FM Responds to Medvedev, Points to Struggling Russian Economy
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov responded on Monday to an earlier comment of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the negative consequences of Bulgaria’s membership to the European Union (EU). Mitov told journalists in Brussels that if he was in Medvedev’s position, he would be more worried about the state of the Russian...
US Chevron Considers Retreat from Shale Gas Project – Ukraine
Senior Ukrainian official Valeriy Chaliy announced on Monday that US energy giant Chevron considers to retreat from the shale gas project that had been agreed in November 2013. Ukraine reached an agreement with Chevron shortly before the anti-government protests in Kiev toppled then President Viktor Yanukovich and ensued in the ongoing conflict...
