Section: Bulgaria
Two Bulgarians Detained on a Merchant Ship in Spain with 18 Tonnes of Hashish
Spanish police seized 18 tons of hashish on a merchant ship traveling under the Comoros flag, bTV reported. Among the 13- memeber crew are arrested also two Bulgarian citizens. The rest of them are Ukrainians. The ship was captured about 60 km from the province of Almeria in the Autonomous Province of Andalusia. The operation began a week ago...
Cor Caroli Regatta to start in Burgas
About 50 sea yachts are going to join the Cor Caroli sailing regatta in the Black Sea. The participants are from Ukraine, Romania, Austria and Bulgaria. The demonstration race is due on 12 August in Burgas Bay from 1 PM and there will be an option to watch the show from the Sea Park. The official start of the regatta is on 13 August at Burgas Bay...
International wrought iron workshop held in Oreshak
An international wrought iron workshop is taking place for a first time on August 7 – 12th in the village of Oreshak, North Bulgaria and within the frames of the National Exhibition of Art and Crafts. Top blacksmiths from Bulgaria, England, Scotland, Holland and Ukraine are taking part in it. The foreign guests have different awards from other...
The Ministry of Justice is Looking for Translators
The Ministry of Justice seeks a contractor “Performing written and oral specialized official translations” worth BGN 366,000, VAT included. More than BGN 300,000 of them are for written translations, and the others for oral translations, reported BGNES. The term of the contract is two years. The Justice Ministry specified that the...
Monasteries in the Central Balkan National Park – a breath of fresh air and a journey into the past
There are no broad roads leading to the monasteries in the Central Balkan National Park. You might drive past them for years without knowing it, until one day fortuity, or curiosity, a glance at a beautiful landscape or an invitation from a friend might cause you to swerve from the beaten track and follow a narrow mountain road, leading up to a...
Putin Gives 1st Public Indication of 2018 Presidential Run
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the first public indication that he will run for a new term in the 2018 elections, in comments made during a visit to Eastern Siberia, reported Reuters. Putin was answering a question from a group of villagers in the Siberian republic of Buryatia via a TV link, organized during the president’s...
Heavyweight Legend Wladimir Klitschko Retires From Boxing
Wladimir Klitschko has decided to retire from boxing, killing any hopes of a potential rematch with heavyweight king Anthony Joshua, according to Daily Mail. The Ukrainian was defeated by Joshua in a heavyweight blockbuster back in April and the Brit was eyeing another colossal bout in Las Vegas on November 11. But the 41-year-old released a...
Mike Pence: ‘The Future of the Western Balkans Lay in the West’
US Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the future of the Western Balkans lay “in the West”, on the last leg of a tour aimed at reassuring Eastern European allies worried by Russia. After visiting Baltic state Estonia and the Caucasus nation of Georgia, Pence arrived on Tuesday in NATO’s newest member Montenegro on the...
Tillerson and Lavrov will Meet in Manila this Weekend
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson believes there is a danger that Russian-American relations will get worse. Tillerson will meet with Russia’s first diplomat Sergei Lavrov at a regional forum in Manila this weekend. Reports BNT. Tillerson spoke to journalists in Washington. They will be in Manila for the ministerial meeting of the...
Bulgaria Might Be Main Supplier of Pharmaceutical Products to Azerbaijan
Bulgarian companies are interested in the Pirallahi Industrial Park and currently exploring the possibilities for future cooperation, according to AzerNews. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Bulgaria Nargiz Gurbanova said in an interview with Trend that the embassy has sent Bulgarian business associations the necessary information about the activities of...
