Section: Bulgaria
Ukraine Demands ‘Special Partnership’ with NATO
Ukraine has filed a “special partnership” request with NATO, state news agency UNIAN has said. The document was sent in an official letter from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, before a Ukraine-NATO Commission meating in Brussels. The idea is to become part of the program of enhanced opportunities for special partners of NATO....
Earthquake scares Bulgaria’s Russe
An earthquake with epicenter in Romania scared people living in the city of Russe and across northeastern Bulgaria early in the morning. The epicenter was in the Eastern Carpathians and more specifically in the notorious seismic zone of Vrancea. The National Institute of Geophysics of Romania reported that the earthquake was of magnitude 5.6 on...
Strong Earthquake Hits Eastern Romania
There have been no reports of injured people after a strong earthquake hit the area of Vrancea in Romania, a known seismic zone.The epicenter was at a depth of 112 km beneath the surface, 153 km north of the capital Bucharest local media quote officials from Romania’s geophysics institute as saying. Romanian officials set the magnitude at...
Putin Appoints EU-Blacklisted Official as Spy Chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergey Naryshkin, until now speaker of Parliament’s lower house, as head of foreign intelligence service (SVR). Naryshkin, considered to be close to the current head of state, headed the Russian President’s administration between 2008 and 2011 (under Dmitry Medvedev) before being elected...
Bulgaria-Romania Gas Link ‘Hopefully Ready’ by End of Year
Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has voiced her hope that the construction of an interconnector with Romania will be complete by the end of 2016, becoming the country’s first gas link with a neighboring state. At an energy conference dedicated to energy security in Southeast Europe, Petkova has underlined that the government...
Bulgaria Ranks 60th as Rio Paralympics End
Bulgaria has the 60th best result in the Rio Paralympics, the final ranking shows. With one gold medal, won by Ruzhdi Ruzhdi in shot put F55 category, the country’s result is similar to that of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Georgia, each having scooped one gold medal. This has been the first gold medal for Bulgarian paralympic athletes since 2004.In...
Tensions in Kiev, Odessa as Russians Vote in General Elections
Scuffles have broken out in front of Russia’s diplomatic services in Kiev and Odessa as Russians living in Ukraine are going to the polls. Clashes have erupted between police and protesters against Russia’s policies toward Ukraine, Interfax has reported. No-one has been seriously hurt. Those involved in the Kiev protests, where the...
Tensions in Kiev and Odessa as Russians Vote in General Elections
Scuffles have broken out in front of Russia’s diplomatic services in Kiev and Odessa as Russians living in Ukraine are going to the polls. Clashes have erupted between police and protesters against Russia’s policies toward Ukraine, Interfax has reported. No-one has been seriously hurt. Those involved in the Kiev protests, where the...
Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Russia Is Not An Enemy But It Is An Opponent
“The EU must consider what happened with the Ukrainian crisis. What bothers me is the fact that, regarding this crisis, very few Bulgarian politicians declared their positions openly. Many Bulgarian politicians have not said a word up to now about the fact that one state occupied the territory of another sovereign state and there was an illegal...
Bulgaria May Have To Bid South Stream Dream Goodbye
Bulgaria may have to bid its dreams about the South stream pipeline goodbye. This is almost certain after Gazprom received permission from Turkey for the construction of the Turkish Stream pipeline today. Despite assertions that the two pipelines are not in direct competition and may be constructed independently, in reality, by building Turkish...
