Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Sofia favors stronger NATO Black Sea presence
In connection with security in the Black Sea region and Bulgaria’s position on the forthcoming NATO summit in Warsaw, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has told parliament that Bulgaria supports stronger NATO presence in the Black Sea with a view to deterrence and prevention of conflicts in the region. Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has...
Bulgaria seeks balanced format for military drills in Black Sea
Bulgaria will preserve the possibilities for negotiations and talks that would lead to a balanced format of military exercises in the Black Sea, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitorv. “No one has any intention of attacking anybody and fight with anybody either”, he commented and added that NATO is doing the minimum for balancing the...
Summer festivals in Bulgaria’s Veliko Tarnovo
During the hot summer days guests and citizens of the Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo could pay visits to various cultural events and see reenactments of glorious historical moments. In a period of 2 months the Stage of Centuries Festival in the ancient stronghold of Tsarevets will make guests acquainted with the period of the Second Bulgarian...
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...
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...
Gas internationalization in all directions
Bulgaria hasn’t got its own gas deposits developed and its annual consumption of some 4 bln. m3 of blue fuel is almost 100% provided by Russia via Ukraine. The Bulgarian authorities do not like this, as they say such a situation makes the state much too dependent on only one foreign country in terms of energy. Besides that, Bulgaria has had...
Extra police presence at Euro 2016 after clashes
Euro 2016 continues and police presence has also been increased after clashes between fans in Marseille, in which dozens were injured. 10 people have been arrested in Marseille in connection with last night’s brawls that accompanied the match between England and Russia. Four of the injured are in hospital and the life of one of them is in...
President’s speech in Strasbourg triggers a mixed reaction in Bulgaria
Towards the end of his term of office and after declaring he would not be running for a second term, the President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev made an impressive address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. At a session on the causes of migration, an EU anti-tax avoidance directive and unfair practices by chain stores on the domestic...
Yard of the Cyrillic alphabet – unique cultural-historical complex
Nearly 300 million people in the world use the Cyrillic alphabet when writing. These are Slavic people from Southeastern Europe, as well as Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusian, representatives of numerous non-Slavic peoples in Russia – peoples from the Caucasus region, Siberia, people from former Soviet republics and Mongolians. At least 50...
Cyrillic .ею domain conquers the Internet
The long-awaited in Bulgaria Cyrillic domain extension “.ею” has already started being operational. It enables you to create Internet addresses written entirely in Bulgarian language. All institutions, municipalities, companies and individuals who wish to be more easily detectable in the Bulgarian web space would benefit from the new...
