Section: Bulgaria
Number of Forcibly Displaced People Hit Record 65.3 Million in 2015
According to the latest Global Trends report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released on Monday, 65.3 million people around the world were forcibly displaced at the end of last year, meaning that one in every 113 was either asylum-seeker, internally displaced or refugee. This is the largest number of forcibly displaced people...
Russian Author under Scrutiny from Bulgaria’s Security Service
Bulgaria’s domestic security and counter-intelligence agency DANS is closely monitoring the activities of a Russian social scientist who in May published an article about the country, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.Responding to an inquiry by Metodi Andreev, a lawmakers from his GERB party, Borisov has explained that, while the...
Black Sea military fleet against Russia stirred storm Sofia
Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov reacted angrily to the recent assertions that Bulgaria was negotiating together with Romania, Turkey and Ukraine the establishment of a joint naval fleet in the Black Sea against Russia. Initially Premier Borissov made it clear that Bulgaria would not participate in any joint naval forces against Russia and...
Bulgarian DefMin Dismisses Reports about Proposed Joint Naval Force with Romania, Turkey
Reports about an alleged proposal to set up a joint naval fleet with Romania and Turkey to counter a perceived Russian threat in the Black Sea were a “propaganda war with elements of hybrid warfare tactics”, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said. Romania had only proposed joint actions and training with the aim to boost...
Bulgaria Calls for Concerted Approach to Crises at CEI Meeting
Bulgaria believes that Europe can tackle the crises it faces only through concerted and long-term measures, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said. Cooperation between EU member states and countries outside the bloc is essential, Mitov said after a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative (CEI) held in Banja Luka,...
Turkey Denies Suspending Readmission Agreement with Bulgaria
Turkey has unilaterally suspended the migrant readmission agreement with Bulgaria, media sources say. Ankara has already informed Bulgaria’s ministries of interior and foreign affairs about the move which was personally ordered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to daily 24 Chasa. The Turkish Embassy has meanwhile said Ankara has...
Turkey ‘Suspends Readmission Agreement with Bulgaria’
Turkey has unilaterally suspended the migrant readmission agreement with Bulgaria, media sources say. Ankara has already informed Bulgaria’s ministries of interior and foreign affairs about the move which was personally ordered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to daily 24 Chasa. Several national news outlets quote government...
Romania’s Joint Naval Force Proposal Leaves Bulgaria PM, President Divided
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has tabled to Bulgaria a proposal to create a joint Black Sea fleet to counter Russia, reiterating an earlier offer by authorities, daily 24 reports, citing government sources.”This is an attempt at involving Bulgaria in another conflict. Nothing requires that additional troops should be deployed to the...
Gas Interconnector with Bulgaria to Be Completed in 2016, Romania Says
A Romanian government official has said that a gas interconnection between Romania and Bulgaria is expected to come on stream in 2016. “The interconnector will be completed by the end of this year,” Romania’s secretary of state at the Ministry of Energy, Corina Popescu, told an energy traders conference on Wednesday, according...
Hybrid war in times of cold peace
At the insistence of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia NATO is to deploy 4 infantry divisions to its Eastern Wing, in order to be better prepared against possible Russian aggression. Undoubtedly, we are responding to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, because prior to the illegal annexation of Crimea no one was talking about such military...
