Section: Bulgaria
Tesla Hopes to Expand its Business in Eastern Europe
CEO of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk said he plans to expand the business in Eastern Europe in early 2020, DPA reported. In a tweet, Musk said he hopes Tesla will open Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia and most of Eastern Europe during the early part of next year. “Finally, we will do Nikola Tesla proud by having his cars in his countries of origin!”, Musk...
We Celebrate the Night of the Bats
The celebration will feature organizations, institutions and civic groups, including: Green Balkans; Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation – BSE; Eco-Community Foundation; Regional History Museum – Blagoevgrad; Regional Museum of History – Pleven; Regional Museum of History – Ruse; Vratsa Balkan Nature Park Directorate;...
Minister Krasimir Karakachanov: Russia is not the only country carrying out intelligence activities in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian counterintelligence is following all attempts of foreign factors, whether they are states or other entities, which are trying to interfere in this country’s internal policy. This is what Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov said on occasion of the so-called espionage scandal when the...
Turkey Begins Avocado Exports to Bulgaria
Following Poland and Ukraine, Turkey has started to export avocados to Bulgaria. Last week, 5 thousand 500 avocados were exported to this country, reports FreshPlaza. Alanya, Antalya, a city located in southern Turkey, produces 80% of Turkish avocados. Last year, the district produced 40 million avocados. Producers expect to grow 50 million...
A Study of Bulgarian Far-right Proto-militias Dismantles the Theory of the Lone-wolf Extremist
The following material originally appeared on Global Voices, 26 August 2019 15:55 GMT For the past four years, Bulgarian journalist and analyst Ruslan Trad (also a Global Voices contributor) and his colleague Kiril Aramov, a fellow at the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas, Austin, have been studying right-wing extremist...
Ukraine Has a New Prime Minister
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has elected Oleksiy Honcharuk as the new Prime Minister of the country. 35-year-old Oleksiy Honcharuk said his mandate will focus on achieving economic growth. Until now, he was the deputy head of President Zelensky’s cabinet, which aired his candidacy. Vadim Prystayko has been appointed Foreign Minister. Until...
OCHIS COFFEE – The First Sunglasses Made Out of Coffee Waste
Sunglasses of coffee waste. The accessory, which also smells of the refreshing drink, is offered by a Ukrainian company, BTA reported. Driven by the ambition to create eco-friendly yet fashionable sunglasses, company director Maksym Havrylenko experimented with different products – mint, parsley and cardamom, before finding the right...
60 years since the start of underwater archaeology in Bulgaria
An expedition took place in August, 1959, close to Kaliakra Cape in the Black Sea, which is regarded as the start of Bulgarian underwater archaeology. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of that event, the Bulgarian news agency, BTA, talked to Preslav Peev, head of the Marine Geology and Archaeology department of the Bulgarian Academy of...
A Young Bulgarian Was Slaughtered in front of a Tavern on Rhodes Island
The victim is the Bulgarian immigrant Rosen Georgiev Todorov, who settled on the island 10 years ago, Trud Newspaper writes. According to local media, four people – a Bulgarian, a Pole, a Ukrainian and a 53-year-old Greek – were involved in the scandal, which grew into a bloody feud. The 38-year-old Polish citizen, who was a friend of...
French President Calls for a New Global Economic Order
In an extensive foreign policy speech on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a new global economic order, citing the “unprecedented crisis” in the market economy, the Associated Press reported. Against the backdrop of volatility in US trade policy, Macron said the market economy was already too dependent on finances,...
