Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Medicine, computer science among preferred majors by foreign students in Bulgaria
The Ministry of Education has announced that this year’s campaign to enroll foreigners to study in Bulgarian universities has covered the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, the Bulgarians in the Western Outlands (Eastern Serbia) and the Bulgarian communities in Moldova, Ukraine and Odesa. The most preferred majors are medicine and...
President Radev with appeal that reforms in Ukraine do not affect the rights of the Bulgarian community
Bulgaria will continue to advocate the realization of Ukraine’s European prospect, said President Rumen Radev at a meeting with the ambassador of Ukraine Mikola Baltaji which took place at the presidency. The Bulgarian head of state was adamant that the crisis in eastern Ukraine can only be settled by political means. He stated that the...
Inna Eftimova drops out of 60 m. semi-finals in Belgrade
Inna Eftimova dropped out at the 60 m. semi-finals of the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade. She came sixth in the third semi-finals series, clocking 7.42 seconds, thus failing to qualify for the finals. Eftimova finished 17th in the rankings, even though only one week earlier she had covered the same distance in 7.35 seconds,...
Bulgaria endorses Serbia’s accession to EU battlegroup HELBROC
The Bulgarian caretaker cabinet has approved Serbia’s accession to the technical agreement among the defence ministries of Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Romania for the formation of a multinational EU battlegroup – HELBROC. The group was set up in 2006 by four countries, the leading role in which belongs to Greece. In 2011 it was...
NATO’s presence in Black Sea causes political turbulence in Sofia
This week we have witnessed verbal jousting and pre-election political turbulence on occasion of the increased presence of NATO forces in the Black Sea region. Bulgaria’s former Premier and GERB leader Boyko Borissov opened fire first after caretaker Minister of Defense Stefan Yanev confirmed at the NATO summit in Brussels that Sofia was...
NATO’s presence in Black Sea causes political turbulence in Sofia
This week we have witnessed verbal jousting and pre-election political turbulence on occasion of the increased presence of NATO forces in the Black Sea region. Bulgaria’s former Premier and GERB leader Boyko Borissov opened fire first after caretaker Minister of Defense Stefan Yanev confirmed at the NATO summit in Brussels that Sofia was...
NATO’s presence in Black Sea causes political turbulence in Sofia
This week we have witnessed verbal jousting and pre-election political turbulence on occasion of the increased presence of NATO forces in the Black Sea region. Bulgaria’s former Premier and GERB leader Boyko Borissov opened fire first after caretaker Minister of Defense Stefan Yanev confirmed at the NATO summit in Brussels that Sofia was...
Bulgaria starts working under Balkan gas hub with EU money
Last week the European Commission allotted nearly EUR 1 million to Bulgaria. The money will enable this country to start working on the idea of future construction of the international gas hub Balkan near the coastal city of Varna. The money will be spent on research, studies and analyses and will help Bulgaria find out whether that project is...
The Black Sea continues to be at risk
The Black Sea is an inland sea with a unique ecosystem and some 300 rivers flow into it. According to research, 70% of all waste and pollutants in it come from the six Black Sea countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. In the north-western part bordering with Ukraine, Romania and partly with Bulgaria waters are...
I could not say that Bulgaria is the most corrupt country in EU: President Rumen Radev
“There is corruption in Bulgaria, but I could not say that Bulgaria is the most corrupt country in the EU”, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev toldEuronews TV channel in the wake of latest negative assessment of Bulgaria by Transparency International. “Bulgaria is making efforts to fight corruption but I am sure we need to make much bigger efforts,...
