Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria calls on Ukraine to guarantee the rights of minorities
We are sending clear message in support of the independence, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We also support the diplomatic efforts towards a sustainable and peaceful settlement of the conflict in the eastern part of this country, Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva who...
Ekaterina Zaharieva to take part in today’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva is to represent Bulgaria at today’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The Council will be discussing events in Syria and Venezuela, as well as the situation in Ukraine, with a focus on the upcoming elections in the country. …read more Source: Radio...
New regulation of business with automobiles in Bulgaria underway
The Bulgarian labor unions have been dealing with the topic related to gray economy, informal employment and non-registered jobs for a long time. One day ago one of Bulgaria’s biggest syndicates the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) presented a year project to combat gray economy mainly in four sectors: trade and...
Bulgaria’s programmers fourth in DataArt ranking
Bulgaria has advanced from the fifth to the fourth position in this year’s ranking of programmers demonstrating widest diversity of knowledge and interests in various technologies made by the software development company DataArt. The statistics covers over 15,000 participants from 74 countries. Bulgaria ranks after Ukraine, Poland and...
Issue related to Ohrid Archbishopric to be settled after completion of dispute related to Macedonia’s new name: Patriarch Neophyte
The issue related to the Archbishopric of Ohrid is likely to be settled after the completion of the dispute related to Macedonia’s new name Bulgaria’s Patriarch Neophyte said. The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church told BGNES agency that the important topic regarding the position of the Bulgarian Holy Synod on the autocephaly of...
Bulgaria-Russia relations in complicated situation due to relations of EU and USA with Moscow
The US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan has been touring Central and Eastern Europe in the recent days. His visit in the region coincides with the renewal of the economic sanctions against Russia, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine near the Kerch Strait and the resolution of the European Parliament against the Nord Stream 2 gas...
Former Deputy PM Simeonov receives Ukrainian nomination for “Man of the Year – 2018”
Former Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Simeonov has been nominated for the “Man of the Year – 2018” prize of the Association of Bulgarians in Ukraine. Simeonov was nominated by the Odessa Regional Bulgarian Association on behalf of the Bulgarian cultural and educational societies in Besarabia. The award will be given to him...
Premier Boyko Borissov: Russia must release Ukrainian sailors
Russia must release the Ukrainian sailors who were the detained at the Kerch Strait, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov said within the frameworks of the European Council in Brussels. This act will help a lot to resolve the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Premier Borissov said and called on the two countries to sit at the negotiation...
Minister Zaharieva about Kerch Strait events: No one wants rise of tension
Nobody wants a rise of tension, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told Bulgarian journalists at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on the occasion of the events in the Kerch Strait. The Council of the EU has called for the immediate release of detained seamen and vessels, as well as for resuming free shipping across the...
Possible military conflict in Black Sea would have negative effect on Bulgaria: Premier Borissov
Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov expressed great concern about the recent developments in the Black Sea and called on the countries to show prudence and refrain from actions that would trigger a military conflict. Sailing warships into the Black Sea would inevitably result in a huge crisis, Premier Borissov said in connection with...
