Section: Bulgaria
Klitschko’s Promotion Agency Sues Pulev Over Drug Allegations
The promotion agency of reigning heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko K2 has filed a lawsuit against Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev because of his allegations that the Ukrainian might be using drugs. Pulev announced this at a meeting with Bulgarian media in Sofia earlier today. In the months leading to their November 15 match, Pulev protested...
Russia Halts Coal Supplies to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Yuriy Prodan announced on Monday that Russia had suspended coal supplies to Ukraine. This is to bring additional harm to the energy policy of the country, which is already experiencing serious problems with the supply of coal due to the conflict in the Donbass region, where most of the coal reserves lie. Earlier...
EU High Representative Calls for Restart in West-Russia Relationship
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini called for a restart in the relationship between the West and Russia. In an interview for Austrian daily Kurier, Mogherini explained that Russia has a close relationship with the European Union (EU) and is very important in terms of the common European...
Jonathan Allen: Bulgaria Needs Transparent Public Procurement, Predictable Business Environment
Novinite.com is interviewing ambassadors of Bulgaria’s main trading partners as well as neighboring countries. Here is an interview with the British Ambassador to Bulgaria Jonathan Allen. What major bilateral projects are currently in the making? All year we have been running a bilateral project called “100 years UK in BG.” It celebrates a...
Ukraine Could Prepare for EU, NATO at Least 6 Years – President
Ukraine would need at least six years to prepare itself for accession into the European Union and NATO, the country’s President Petro Poroshenko declared on Monday.He added membership would be put forward on a national referendum so that citizens could have the final say. During a joint press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia...
Lithuania to Supply Weaponry to Ukraine
Lithuania is to supply Ukraine with military aid, the two countries’ Presidents, Dailia Grybauskaite and Petro Poroshenko announced on Monday. During a joint press conference following a Kiev meeting of the two heads of state Poroshenko stated that the two countries have agreed on the supply of concrete elements of armament, without...
US Army to Stay in Poland and the Baltic States Through 2015
The deployment of US troops and military equipment in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has been extended throughout 2015 in order to contain Russian aggression in the region. This was announced in Vilnius by Lieutenant-General Frederick Ben Hodges, Commanding General of US Army Europe. NATO deployed 600 US troops in April in response to the...
Ricardo Guerra: Brazil Cannot Count on China for Its Exports as Much as It Did
Novinite.com has interviewed Ricardo Guerra de Aráujo, Chargé d’Affaires at the Brazilian Embassy in Sofia.Ricardo Guerra de Araújo is a senior diplomat at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations. During his more than twenty-year-long career as a diplomat he has worked for and represented Brazil in a number of Embassies and...
Technical University of Gabrovo hosts large traditional forum
Scientists from 17 countries present a total of 257 reports with scientific and applied works in the technical field at the Unitech Conference held at the Technical University of Gabrovo which organized this scientific forum for the 14th consecutive year. The forum this year is dedicated to the 50th anniversary since the foundation of the...
Kiev Accuses Moscow of Having 7500 Troops Deployed in Ukraine
Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has claimed 7500 members of the Russian armed forces are present in his country, “preventing” Kiev from stabilizing the situation in the Donbass.On Saturday Poltorak issued a statement reading that “unfortunately the stabilization of the situation in the east of Ukraine does not depend...
