Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Rumen Radev assumes office as president, a “hot” spring in the offing
Continuity and change. These were the guiding principles the new President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev formulated in his brief speech as he assumed office at a ceremony in Sofia yesterday. Former president Rosen Plevneliev wished success to his successor, stating that throughout the five years of his term of office he had worked solely for the...
Logo of Bulgarian presidency of Council of EU officially presented
Head of the National Centre for Preparation of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Ambassador Lyubomir Ivanov, presented at an official ceremony in Sofia the official Bulgarian logo for the Presidency that is to take place in 2018. The author of the logo is Todor Angeliev and he was chosen among more than 180 artists who submitted...
Rossen Plevneliev for BNR: President who defends law supremacy can not oppose European court decisions
Bulgaria’s President-elect Rumen Radev has not assumed office yet and can still voice various stands under local topics and issues from the international agenda. However, it must be clear that from January 22 on every word and position voiced by Radev will automatically become Bulgaria’s official stand, Bulgaria’s head of state...
Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev and European leaders call on President-elect Trump to bolster transatlantic alliance between USA and EU
Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev and sixteen European political leaders called on in an open letter the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump to bolster the transatlantic alliance between the USA and the EU. In their message to President-elect Trump they pointed out that the ongoing destabilization in Ukraine and the...
2017 – highlights and changes in geopolitics and security
Stable instability is what awaits us in 2017, but there will be a balance of power. This is the forecast Nina Dyulgerova, professor of international relations made at a press conference “2017 – highlights and changes in geopolitics and security”, that took place at the Bulgarian news agency, BTA. “Globally, there is a change and it will be...
Elitsa Kostova drops out of the Brisbane qualifiers
Bulgaria’s second-best female tennis player Elitsa Kostova dropped out of the Brisbane International tennis tournament with a prize fund of USD 1 million. Kostova lost 1:6; 5:7 to Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) in the second qualifying round. The twenty six year old Bulgarian earned USD 1862 and 13 points for the WTA ranking. Currently,...
Ruse Ice Fest
An indoors ice fest is taking place for a first time ever in Bulgaria and also in the Balkans. The Danube town of Ruse hosts for a third year in a row its Ruse Ice Fest which will continue till 15 February 2017. Sculptors from 8 countries created ice figures on the topic given: Ice Tale with motifs from the Frozen Kingdom. More than 130 ice...
Policy for more students from Bulgarian diaspora kept
In an address towards the students from the Bulgarian diaspora, studying in this country, outgoing Minister of Education and Culture Meglena Kuneva assured that the policy for increasing the number of Bulgarian students from communities abroad would be kept. A total of 757 young people from Macedonia, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania...
Folklore festival in Koprivshitsa – in people’s hearts and now, on the UNESCO list
“Bulgaria in our hearts”. These words on the T-shirts worn by Japanese tourists coming to the national folklore festival in Koprivshitsa are a good way to sum up the feelings of the thousands of people the event brings together once every five years on the seven meadows around of the quaint Revival-time town. The participants begin preparing very...
Trade between Bulgaria and non EU countries declines
Between January and October 2016 Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries has decreased with 10.6% as compared to the same period last year to EUR 5.62 billion, the National Statistical Institute informs. 49.2% of the country’s exports went to Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, China, Russia and the USA. The import from non-EU countries has...
