Section: Bulgaria
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko To Attend EU Summit
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has arrived in Brussels for the EU summit. Poroshenko’s visit is aimed mainly at liberalising the visa regime for Ukrainians and the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Under the Minsk Protocol, representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), and...
UN Secretary General António Guterres Arrives in Moscow
The newly- elected UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected to arrive in Moscow on November 24, where he will meet head of state Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, reported TASS News Agency. The main topics which the leaders will discuss during the meeting will be the work of the world organization and finding ways of...
Bulgaria needs programmers from third countries to fill deficit in IT sector
A study by the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association shows that in 2020 companies working in the IT industry in Bulgaria will be generating 6% of the gross domestic product of this country, making this sector one of the leading ones in Bulgarian economy. This was what chairman of the association, Stefan Bumov, said in Plovdiv where a business forum...
Stefan Stoyanov: We Have Fully Changed Plovdiv’s Image
The local administration in Plodviv has helped Bulgaria’s second-largest city position itself as a key center for industries, IT and outsourcing, Deputy Mayor Stancho Stoyanov has said. Stoyanov, who is in charge of education, business development and international cooperation, is one of the four Bulgarians selected in the New Europe 100...
Transparency International: Judicial System is Bulgaria’s Most Corrupt Sector
Judiciary, Parliament and the Tax system are the three most corrupt sectors in Bulgaria, shows an analysis of the Global Corruption Barometer of Transparency International for 2016, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.The study was made among 60,000 citizens from 42 countries in Europe and Central Asia.One in three people living in Europe...
Transparency International: Judicial System is the Most Corrupt Sector in Bulgaria
Judiciary, Parliament and the Tax system are the three most corrupt sectors in Bulgaria, shows an analysis of the Global Corruption Barometer of Transparency International for 2016, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.The study was made among 60,000 citizens from 42 countries in Europe and Central Asia.One in three people living in Europe...
Musicbox Bulgaria: Three years Folklore Radio channel in the rankings for November
Celebrating its 80th anniversary, Radio Bulgaria welcomes you to monthly voting for music from Bulgaria. Lots will be drawn to select the names of the winners – people who have guessed the winning song or tune – and three of them are going to win CDs with music in the respective genre. To vote, please send us an e-mail at...
Kremlin ‘Sees Little Prospect’ for Resuming Bulgarian Energy Projects
Presidential election results in Bulgaria are unlikely renew talks on Belene nuclear power plant (NPP) and South Stream projects, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week. However while the prospects to revive them “are minimal”, Peskov stressed that Russia had always backed expanding cooperation with Bulgaria and...
AFP: Bulgaria’s Radev ‘Struck a Chord by Attacking the Status Quo’
President-elect Rumen Radev “struck a chord with voters by attacking the status quo and stressing issues like national security and migration,” AFP agency writes after the presidential vote on Sunday. It compares him with “other anti-establishment politicians” and dubs him “Russophile” in the headline and later...
There’s a ‘New Political Sutuation in Bulgaria,’ President-Elect Says
“It is clear to everyone that there is a new political situation in Bulgaria and there’s nothing dramatic about it,” Bulgarian president-elect Rumen Radev has said. “Despite the bluffs of powers-that-be [who predicted] an apocalypse you voted for change,” he has told Bulgarians at a press conference after first exit...
