Section: Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev Advises Successor to Reconsider Stance on Crimea
Bulgaria’s President-elect Rumen Radev should consider very carefully his position on Crimea and its incorporation into Russia, incumbent Rosen Plevneliev has said. “When we continue arguing that Crimea is de jure Ukrainian but de facto Russian because Russia hoisted its flag there and people have to be asked what the future of Crimea...
Rossen Plevneliev for BNR: President who defends law supremacy can not oppose European court decisions
Bulgaria’s President-elect Rumen Radev has not assumed office yet and can still voice various stands under local topics and issues from the international agenda. However, it must be clear that from January 22 on every word and position voiced by Radev will automatically become Bulgaria’s official stand, Bulgaria’s head of state...
Radev: It Is Positive That Trump Is No Slave to Political Prejudices
In an interview for French channel France 24, President-elect Rumen Radev commented on several issues that he deemed important for Bulgaria and the world. With respect to the election of Donald Trump, Radev pointed out that the positive thing about Trump is that “he is not a slave to political prejudices”. “My hope for his presidency is that it...
Bulgaria’s Exports to Third Countries Drop by 8.1% January-November 2016
According to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), in the period January – November 2016, Bulgarian exports to third countries decreased by 8.1%, compared to the same period of 2015 and amounted to BGN 13 422.6 M. The main trade partners of Bulgaria were Turkey, China, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the...
Bulgaria’s Exports to Third Countries Decrease by 8.1% January-November 2016
According to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), in the period January – November 2016, Bulgarian exports to third countries decreased by 8.1%, compared to the same period of 2015 and amounted to BGN 13 422.6 M. The main trade partners of Bulgaria were Turkey, China, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the...
Bulgaria’s President Says He Loves Russia but Disagrees with Putin
Bulgaria’s sitting President Rosen Plevneliev has said he doesn’t want the country to be brought back to the 19th century when it fell victim to great power drawing up spheres of influence. “I love Russia, but I do not agree with the policy of the Russian President of spheres of influence that returns is to the 19th...
Outspoken Putin Critic Appointed Canada’s Foreign Minister
Canada’s Prime Minister has appointed an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Foreign Minister. PM Justin Trudeau announced that former Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland will assume the office of top diplomat replacing Stéphane Dion. Chrystia Freeland is of Ukrainian origin and a former reporter of Reuters and Financial...
Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev and European leaders call on President-elect Trump to bolster transatlantic alliance between USA and EU
Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev and sixteen European political leaders called on in an open letter the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump to bolster the transatlantic alliance between the USA and the EU. In their message to President-elect Trump they pointed out that the ongoing destabilization in Ukraine and the...
Putin ‘Not Seeking US Greatnesss’, Bulgaria President, 16 Others Tell Trump
Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev is the only sitting head of state to sign a letter to US President-elect Donal Trump advising him against rapprochement with Russia.The message to Trump, signed by 17 current and former officials from across Central and Eastern Europe (and obtained and uploaded by the Washington Post), appeals to...
Bulgaria Set to Record 8-Million Tourist Mark
As many as 8 million tourists will have officially visited Bulgaria at the end of January, counting from February, outgoing Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has said. Angelkova has told the Bulgarian National Television every month of 2016 was “unprecented” in the number of arrivals to the country. As many as 5.5 million foreign...
