Section: Bulgaria
There Will Be an Attempt for Donald Trump’s Impeachment
Deputies in the lower house of Congress have voted to officially launch the impeachment process of US President Donald Trump, NOVA TV reported. This is not the real vote to remove Trump from office, but it was an important first step to see if MPs had enough votes to start the whole process. Congressmen today voted to investigate Trump’s...
University Students from the Bulgarian Diaspora Won’t Pay Tuition Fees
Exemption from tuition fees for all students from the Bulgarian diaspora in Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, Northern Macedonia, Ukraine and Serbia, which have been adopted by acts of the Council of Ministers at Bulgarian public higher education institutions – this is a measure envisaged in a project of the Ministry of Education, which will change 4...
Invasive species and over-fishing reduce fish stocks in the Black Sea
The last day of October is marked as International Black Sea Day. Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Convention for the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution from the six Black Sea countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia. In 1996, the governments of the Black Sea countries recognized that...
Putin: TurkStream Pipeline through Bulgaria and Serbia Will Be Ready in 2020
The work on the TurkStream in Bulgaria and Serbia will be completed in 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Budapest, TASS reported. “At the end of this year, we will be terminating the whole of TurkAkım. The work in the Black Sea is completed, we will end the work on land. We will close the end of next year with our Bulgarian and...
Denmark Approved Nord Stream 2
Denmark approves Nord Stream 2 ″. The Danish Energy Agency has approved Nord Stream 2 AG to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline across the continental shelf of Denmark southeast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, says in a statement. The agency estimates that this route is the safest and meets environmental standards. “Nord Stream-2” is...
University students from the Bulgarian diaspora not to pay tuition fees
Exemption from tuition fees for all students from the Bulgarian diaspora in Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, Northern Macedonia, Ukraine and Serbia, which have been adopted by acts of the Council of Ministers at Bulgarian public higher education institutions – this is a measure envisaged in a project of the Ministry of Education, which will change 4...
Rayna Mandzhukova: Bessarabian Bulgarians are more and more often talking to their children in Russian
On 29 October Bessarabian Bulgarians mark their day. But more important than the day itself is the idea of popularizing the fact that there are such Bulgarians living in other countries. The first Bulgarians to have settled in the lands of the historical geographic region of Bessarabia in 1773 were invited to leave the village of Alfatar near...
NSI: 3.2% Increase in Trips of Bulgarians Abroad
Bulgarians made 653.6 thousand trips abroad in September 2019, up 3.2% compared to September 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a press release. An increase was reported in trips made to: Republic of Northern Macedonia – 16.2%, Romania – 7.2%, Serbia – 3.7%, Austria – 2.0%, Turkey – 1.9%, Greece – 1.4%, Germany – 1.3%, among...
Bulgaria Ranked 61st in the World Bank’s Latest Ranking of Business Conditions Around the World
Bulgaria has lost two places and is already ranked 61st in the World Bank’s latest ranking of country-by-country business conditions around the world, the latest Doing Business 2020 report shows. The World Bank ranking itself is based on 10 areas of business activity in a total of 190 world economies over the next 12 months, with the...
World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 Ranking: Bulgaria Drops 2 Positions Down
Bulgaria dropped down from the 59th to the 61st position in the Doing Business 2020 annual ranking of the World Bank. The report of the financial institution assesses the reforms in the national economies in terms of business environment, poverty levels, regulatory efficiency, promotion of entrepreneurship, startups, innovations, access to...
