Section: Bulgaria
Pironkova drops out of Roland Garros in Paris
Tsvetana Pironkova has finished her participation in the French Open after she lost 6-3, 3-6 and 2-6 in the women’s second round against Elina Svitolina from Ukraine. After her participation in the tournament, the Bulgarian tennis player will add 70 points for the world rankings and receive 70,000 euros from the prize pool. …read more...
Foreign Students of Bulgaria Descent with Access to Bulgarian Universities
The Council of Ministers has approved more than 1100 openings in Bulgarian universities for students of Bulgarian descent who live abroad – in Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo and Kazakhstan, reported BNR. The largest number of openings is for students of Economics (124). There are 68 openings for Informatics and Computer Technology, 81...
Germany to Host Ukraine Talks in Berlin
Germany’s Foreign Ministry says envoys from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet this week in Berlin to try and push forward the implementation of a peace deal for eastern Ukraine, Voice of America reported. Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told reporters Monday that, due to the “difficult and deteriorating”‘...
Foreign students of Bulgarian descent with access to Bulgarian universities
The Council of Ministers has approved more than 1100 openings in Bulgarian universities for students of Bulgarian descent who live abroad – in Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo and Kazakhstan. The largest number of openings is for students of Economics, 124. There are 68 openings for Informatics & Computer Technology, 81 for Medicine,...
Bulgarians Traveled Mostly to Italy and Greece in April
In April 2017, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 548.8 thousand or by 17.7% above the registered in April 2016, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI). In comparison with the same month of the previous year an increase was observed in the total number of the trips of Bulgarians to: Italy – by 46.1%,...
G7 Summit Ends Deadlocked on Climate Change
German leader Angela Merkel said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s G7 partners remained in the dark about his intentions on climate change, calling the debate at a summit in Sicily “very unsatisfactory”. “The whole discussion on the topic of climate was very difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory”...
European festival to open in Vancouver
Today, the 20th edition of the annual European Festival opens in the Canadian town of Vancouver. More than 30 European countries, including Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Albania, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey. The festival takes place on 27 and 28 May. The Vancouver European Festival opens with a 45-minute presentation of the...
Putin’s words about Slavonic Script unite Bulgarian politicians
On May 24, the day of Bulgarian Education, Culture and the Slavonic Script, Bulgarians learned that in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov that the Slavic script had come to Russia from Macedonian lands. The news provoked a surprise, strong enough for a famous historian to say...
“Former people” according to State Security classification exist even today
The premiere of a new book entitled “Former People according to State Security Classification” brought together hundreds of people who still crave for justice because of the unpunished crimes of communism. The book’s first print run has been sold out for just a week. “Former people” was a label put on industrialists, clerics,...
President Rumen Radev: ‘Bulgaria to Continue Support For its Large Community in Ukraine
‘’Bulgaria is proud of its large community in Ukraine which has preserved a strong and vital connection with the motherland. We make a lot of efforts to maintain their rights and to support them”, President Rumen Radev said at a working meeting with the MP from the Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Kisse, the Bulgarian National Radio...
