Section: Bulgaria
Bulgarian Memory Foundation’s spring seminar – a step towards EU and future of children from Bulgarian communities abroad
Almost 200 Bulgarian children from North Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Albania, Serbia, as well as the Western Rhodopes and the region of Tervel participate in the 24th edition of the Spring Seminar organized by the Bulgarian Memory Foundation, being held until April 5 in Kranevo, on the Black Sea coast. The motto is “Innovation, Progress...
NATO Will Strengthen its Presence in the Black Sea
Russia continues to destabilize Ukraine, said the US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison, reported NOVA TV. Allies will strengthen their presence in the Black Sea region in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and NATO will bind to Northern Macedonia this year, the 30th member of the Pact. US ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison...
70% of the Bulgarian Business Encounters Difficulties in Hiring Workers
68% of Bulgarian employers face difficulties in hiring workers. This was stated by the Chairman of the Managing Board of the Industrial Capital Association Vassil Velev before the BNR. He quotes a survey that says that 45% of employers globally have such difficulties. “It is troubling that we are second in the EU – far above the world...
Bulgaria Supports Ukraine’s Aspirations for Joining EU and NATO
Bulgaria confirms the inalterability of its support for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine and its state sovereignty and territorial integrity, reports Ukrinform. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Yuri Sterk made a corresponding statement during the Ukrainian-Bulgarian political consultations in...
Beech forests in Central Balkan Park are already part of UNESCO list of natural heritage
The Central Balkan National Park received UNESCO’s World Heritage Site designation on March 27. This way the beech forests in the park have become part of the European heritage site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”. Bulgaria participates with its most representative beech...
Bulgaria Gives BGN 3.5 million to Western Balkan Countries And the Eastern Partnership
Bulgaria will financially support 9 Western Balkan countries and the Eastern Partnership by providing grants of BGN 3 485 028 million for the implementation of projects for the development of education, science, culture, social integration and civil society. This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry...
The Bulgarian Foreign Minister Considers the Statement of her Turkish Counterpart as Extremely Unacceptable
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva described the statement of Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevluth Chavusoglu as extremely unacceptable. In front of journalists in the Council of Ministers, Zaharieva has announced she is ready to be heard in the National Assembly on the subject and has no concerns to...
Bulgartransgaz reverses Trans-Balkan gas pipeline
Bulgaria’s state energy company Bulgartransgaz announced that due to the reversion of the direction of the gas supplies through the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline on April 1, 2019, it will increase by 400% the transferring capacity for gas imports (Greece to Bulgaria) via Kulata-Sidirocastro station. Gazprom warned that in 2020 it will suspend...
By 2045, Bulgaria Could Lose over 20% of its Working-age Population
The population of Bulgaria, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Croatia and Ukraine is declining. In some of these countries – at a drastic pace. And alongside this, the problem of labor shortages is also becoming more and more dramatic. According to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WiiW), by 2045, the above-mentioned countries...
Ryanair will Fly the Sofia – Kiev Line
The low-cost airline Ryanair will operate on the international Sofia-Kiev-Sofia air service. The decision is made by the Council of Ministers, the government information service said. The Irish airline has declared readiness to start regular flights on the line from the beginning of April 2019, with frequencies twice a week on Wednesday and...
