Section: Bulgaria
‘I Will Work to Amplify Voice of Goodness’, Bulgaria’s Georgieva Tells UN
Bulgaria’s UN top job candidate Kristalina Georgieva asserted on Monday she would “work to amplify the voice of goodness in our world” if she became the next Secretary General. “Goodness is universal, but quiet. Hate is loud,” she said at the informal dialogue at the United Nations General Assembly General,...
Bulgarian President Gets Scolded for Being ‘too Hawkish’ on Russia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said President Rosen Plevneliev made a mistake by “playing the hawk” on Russia and straining Sofia-Moscow relations. Borisov has told reporters, quoted by the government’s press service, that the current cabinet has managed to normalize ties.”His mistake was that, by playing the...
Russia Takes Over UN Security Council Presidency
As of October 1, Russia will take over the UN Security Council Presidency. This is the month when the process of selection of a new Secretary General of the UN may end. “The Council will continue but it may also finish the process of preparing a proposal for the General Assembly regarding the nomination of a new UN Secretary General,” announced...
Russia, Ukraine Oppose Georgieva’s Nomination for UN Secretary General
Russia and Ukraine are among a few of the countries that have raised questions regarding the Bulgarian nomination of European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva for UN Secretary General, announced Radio Free Europe. Russia, Angola and Malaysia – all members of the Security Council asked Sofia for clarifications after it proposed Georgieva as...
Bulgaria Ranks 46th in Bloomberg’s Healthcare System Index
Bulgaria is among the countries with the least efficient healthcare systems in the world, data published by Bloomberg shows.Out of 55 countries studied by the Bloomberg index, Bulgaria has dropped by three spots compared to its results in 2009 (the index ranks countries as of 2014).Two years ago it had the 46th most efficient healthcare system,...
IAEA, EBRD Officials among Speakers at Nuclear Decommissioning Conference in Sofia
Names of Bulgarian and EU officials and representatives of regulators and operators to attend the Central & Eastern Europe Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management Conference 2016 have already been announced. The conference, which is due to take place in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on December 08-09, is supported by the European Union...
Bulgaria Ranks 2nd Worldwide In Terms Of Deats Due To Air Pollution
Bulgaria ranks second in terms of deaths per capita caused by air pollution, showed data of the World Health Organisation published on Tuesday. With 118 deaths per 100,000 people, Bulgaria occupies the unenviable second position, immediately after Ukraine with 120/100,000 cases caused by pollution of the air with fine dust particles. Belarus...
Russian MP: Bulgarian Politicians Have No Sense of Humour
Bulgarians who got insulted by a comment that Russia will buy the entire Bulgaria have to differentiate between what is serious and what is not, Russian MP-elect Pyotr Tolstoy has said.Tolstoy made headlines in Bulgaria after telling a Bulgarian TV reporter, in the day of State Duma elections: “We will buy out the entire [Bulgaria],”...
EIB OKs EUR 7.3 B for Investment in Europe
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has said it has approved EUR 7.3 B in loans for investment across Europe and around the world. At a meeting in Malta’s capital Valetta, its Board of Directors gave the green light for the funding to be allocated to strategic infrastructure, the environmental and knowledge economy as well as private sector...
New Quake Hits Romania’s Vrancea
A 3.1-magnitude earthquake has hit the area of Vrancea in Eastern Romania, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre has said. The new tremor comes after the powerful quake that shook the country’s east and was felt in Northeastern Bulgaria, Moldova and parts of Ukraine.There have been no immediate reports about damage caused by either...
