Section: Bulgaria
Ukrainian was Beaten and Stabbed with a Knife in Burgas
Ukrainian was beaten and stabbed with a knife in Burgas. The incident occurred in the area of the open municipal parking lot on General Gurko Blvd, police said in the seaside city. Ukrainian citizen Artem Karavatiy was attacked by two men around 19:50 last night when he got off his jeep. A site inspection was carried out, video recordings were...
Boxer Tervel Pulev with 7th victory as professional
Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev has achieved his seventh victory out of seven games in the professional ring. The younger brother of European Super Heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev did not have any problems against Charniakevich from Belarus, winning with a technical knockout in the second round of the match that took place in Berlin.This has been...
First regular flight between Sofia and Odessa to be performed on December 22
On December 22 Bulgaria Air is to perform the first regular flight between Sofia and Odessa, the press center of the Bulgarian government informed. There will be two flights a week (on Friday and Sunday) in both directions. The new airline will improve coherence between Bulgaria and Ukraine and will allow the Bulgarian communities in Ukraine to...
Complaint of Ukrainian state company blocks order for Bulgarian MiG-29 jet fighters repair
The Ukrainian state company UkrObornProm has lodged a complaint at the Commission for Protection of Competition against a resolution of the Ministry of Defense for the maintenance of 15 MiG-29 jet fighters for a term of 4 years for the amount of 41 million euro. Following direct contracting, the Russian RSK “MiG” has been selected to be...
Portugal’s Eurovision Winner Salvador Sobral has Heart Transplant
Eurovision winner 2017 Salvador Sobral has undergone a heart transplant operation, NTV reports referring to the Portuguese media RTP. The operation was on December 8th. Doctors have assured that the transplant has been successful. Now the singer has to go through a long rehabilitation process. Sobral was admitted to the resuscitation clinic at...
Portugal’s Eurovision Winner Salvador Sobral has Heart Transplant
Eurovision winner 2017 Salvador Sobral has undergone a heart transplant operation, NTV reports referring to the Portuguese media RTP. The operation was on December 8th. Doctors have assured that the transplant has been successful. Now the singer has to go through a long rehabilitation process. Sobral was admitted to the resuscitation clinic at...
Poland Ready to Defend Migration Stance in EU Top Court
Poland is ready to defend its decision in the European Union’s top court to refuse to accept migrants from Africa and the Middle East under an EU plan to redistribute them, Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymanski said, reported by Reuters. He spoke after the EU executive sued Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in the European Court of...
Prosecutor’s Office brings charges in connection with Hera ship sinking
Fourteen years after the sinking of the Bulgarian ship Hera, the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against two persons – Milen Balchev, Director of Providence Shipping & Trading OOD, and Stefcho Minchev, Technical Director of the company. The two are facing charges for the damage and sinking of the motor ship which resulted...
Prosecutor’s Office brings charges in connection with Hera ship sinking
Fourteen years after the sinking of the Bulgarian ship Hera, the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against two persons – Milen Balchev, Director of Providence Shipping & Trading OOD, and Stefcho Minchev, Technical Director of the company. The two are facing charges for the damage and sinking of the motor ship which resulted...
Bulgarians from Ukraine happy with choice of Bulgarian university
The Danube town of Svishtov hosted a meeting of ethnic Bulgarians from Bessarabia, Ukraine – currently students from different courses at the Academy of Economics in that town – with Deputy Rector Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Ninov. Assoc. Prof. Ninov recalled that the faculty was seeking for opportunities to attract students from the Bulgarian diaspora....