Section: Bulgaria
EU Should Consult Trump Before Keeping Russia Sanctions – Bulgaria PM
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov hypothesized the European Union should consider lifting sanctions on Russia if the United states revokes the measure under Donald Trump. Speaking after the last European Council in Brussels on Thursday, he explained he had demanded that the EU hold “consultations” with Trump before...
Policy for more students from Bulgarian diaspora kept
In an address towards the students from the Bulgarian diaspora, studying in this country, outgoing Minister of Education and Culture Meglena Kuneva assured that the policy for increasing the number of Bulgarian students from communities abroad would be kept. A total of 757 young people from Macedonia, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania...
Bulgaria Has to Be Better NATO Partner, But No Enemy to Russia – President-Elect
Bulgaria is clearly going down a path of pro-European development and does not consider abandoning it, President-elect Rumen Radev has said in an interview. “We want to affirm our position as a more reliable partner to NATO. This, however, does not mean Bulgaria has to be an enemy to Russia, with which we are linked through substantial...
Putin: Transit of Russian Gas Through Ukraine to Europe Is in Question
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe is in question. In a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Putin has expressed concern in relation to the fact that the Ukrainian side is deviating from coordinating agreements for the purchase of gas from Russia this...
Folklore festival in Koprivshitsa – in people’s hearts and now, on the UNESCO list
“Bulgaria in our hearts”. These words on the T-shirts worn by Japanese tourists coming to the national folklore festival in Koprivshitsa are a good way to sum up the feelings of the thousands of people the event brings together once every five years on the seven meadows around of the quaint Revival-time town. The participants begin preparing very...
One Man Party’s 4th Edition to Feature Foreign D&B Guru
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is to host the One Man Party musical marathon for the fourth time on Friday, with iconic D&B musician Limewax to join the 7-h-long performance, organizers say. One Man Party, scheduled for December 16, will showcase four projects of the electronic music producer and DJ Ivan Shopov. Shopov will be joined by...
Trade between Bulgaria and non EU countries declines
Between January and October 2016 Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries has decreased with 10.6% as compared to the same period last year to EUR 5.62 billion, the National Statistical Institute informs. 49.2% of the country’s exports went to Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, China, Russia and the USA. The import from non-EU countries has...
Bulgaria’s Non-EU Exports 10.6% Down in Jan-Oct
Exports to third countries have shrunk by 10.6% between January and October compared to the same period of last year, national statistics show.The amount exported for that time was BGN 11.973 B, with Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, China, Russia and the US being the main non-EU partners for Bulgarian goods.These accounted for 49.2% of exports to...
Education policy towards Bulgarian communities abroad, 2016
The National Assembly Committee on Policies towards Bulgarians Living Abroad recently put to discussion several important issues: the education policy towards Bulgarian communities abroad in 2016, the increased number of openings at Bulgarian universities for our compatriots living abroad from 400 to 1,000. Attention also focused on the future...
Sofia stance on Minsk Accords remains unchanged
After the first day of the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said that Bulgaria continued to insist on Russia’s compliance with the Minsk Accords. There is no concession from NATO’s common stance also shared by Bulgaria that Crimea has been annexed illegally and belongs to Ukraine. Unless...
