Section: Bulgaria
The Strain of Measles in Bulgaria Has Been Imported From Italy or Germany
Cases of measles in Bulgaria are increasing. They are already 92. The districts Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Plovdiv, Sofia and Sofia-city are affected. A study in a German laboratory has shown that the strain circulating in our country is imported from Italy or Germany. This was announced by Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, Director of the National Center for...
CPC will Take Action in Relation to the Russian Taxi Service Maxim in Bulgaria
The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has decided to check the Russian taxi-service Maxim for unfair competition on the Bulgarian market. The case study was formed on Wednesday and no temporary measures against the activity of Russian Uber in Bulgaria have been imposed. The uncontrolled service for connecting a smartphone-driven...
Number Bulgarian passports granted to foreign nationals in 2017 decrease 44% year on year
In 2017 the Republic of Bulgaria granted Bulgarian citizenship to 914 people, data of Eurostat show. 185 Ukrainian nationals (22% of all issued passports), 174 Russians (19%) and 110 Turkish citizens (12%) acquired Bulgarian citizenship. The number of passports issued in 2017 decreased with 44% as compared to the previous year. In 2017 all 28 EU...
Decreased Transit of Russian Gas Through Bulgaria to Turkey
Gazprom’s exports to the so-called Trans-Balkan gas pipeline (through Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria to Turkey) declined in the first three weeks of February compared with January’s average daily indicator. According to Bulgartransgaz data, the daily load of the Malkochlar border gas station for the second half of the month was about...
Bulgarian Sunday schools abroad expanding activities
At a conference dedicated to the development of Bulgarian Sunday Schools abroad, organized by Malaga-Bulgaria Association (Spain), representatives of schools from Great Britain, Canada, Austria, Germany, Cyprus, Ukraine and Spain discussed opportunities for expanding the scope of training. That is why opportunities for e-learning will be created....
DW: Bulgaria is Considering Joining Russia’s TurkStream 2 Pipeline Proposal
Bulgaria is considering joining Russia’s TurkStream 2 pipeline proposal and, according to the country’s Ministry of Energy, is ready to invest €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) in the project, reported DW. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is set to travel to the country next week, where he is expected to discuss the pipeline. However,...
Russia is “Agnostic” When it Comes to Serbia-Kosovo Deal
Interview with Dimitar Bechev originally seen on European Western Balkans. , research fellow at the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Bechev is also a member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)....
UNICEF has Expressed Concern About the Epidemic of Measles Around the World
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the world’s measles epidemic and indicated that in ten countries, including Brazil, Ukraine and France, nearly three quarters of the increased number of people in 2018 registered. A total of 98 countries have reported more measles cases in 2018 than in 2017, a step...
B9 summit in Košice unites countries from NATO’s Eastern flank
The presidents of nine countries from NATO’s Eastern flank, among them the Bulgarian head of state Rumen Radev, expressed serious security concerns over the conflict in Ukraine. “We face the most difficult security challenges in a generation,” reads the final declaration of the meeting. “We are also gravely concerned by Russia’s...
Bulgaria calls for reducing roaming tariffs with Eastern Partnership countries
A study of the possibility for creating an international roaming space between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries is underway. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov declared Bulgaria’s support for this initiative during the 3rd Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting on...
