Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Migration pressure imposes changes to visa regime in Bulgaria
These days the Bulgarian government has announced plans for changes in the Law on Foreigners. There are planned changes in the visa regime that many see as tightening the rules. The government, however, claims that the major goal of the new regulations is for the visa regime to be in compliance with the experience of its practical application...
Bulgaria’s export to third countries goes up
In the period January-August 2015 Bulgaria’s export to countries outside the EU has increased by 5.3% on the same period of 2014 and amounts to EUR 5.6 billion. Bulgaria’s major trade partners among those countries are: Turkey, China, Serbia, the Russian Federation, Singapore, the USA and Macedonia, which form 54.9% of the export for...
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland visits Bulgaria
Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov will meet with Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who is paying an official visit to Bulgaria on 11 and 12 October. Bulgaria’s foreign minister is playing host to Mr. Jagland in his capacity of future chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. During their meeting...
Rosen Plevneliev: Crises can be solved only through integration and cooperation
“All crises that we face in Europe can be solved only via a common European approach, only by acting together,” President Rosen Plevneliev said in his speech at the opening of a summit in Sofia entitled “New Visions for Partnership and Neighbourhood for Europe”. The two-day forum is held under the patronage of the head of...
Former and current leaders to discuss migration issues
President Rossen Plevneliev is to open the international forum entitled “New visions for partnership and neighborly relations in Europe”. The conference will gather in Sofia current and former leaders of states and governments from Europe. They are to discuss measures for coping with the migration pressure. The attendants will also consider the...
The Netherlands is largest foreign investor in Bulgaria
At a briefing after meeting his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov expressed satisfaction with the fact that direct investments by the Netherlands in Bulgaria for the period 1996-2014 reach over 7 billion euros. This makes the Netherlands the largest foreign investor in this country. “We rely on the...
Parliament rejects suggestion to lift sanctions against Russia
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected the suggestion of the Bulgarian Socialist Party – Left Bulgaria (BSP) for the step-by-step lifting of sanctions against Russia introduces due to the situation in Ukraine. The idea was to work out a decision of the National Assembly for an overall revision of the policy in view of the Russian Federation....
Speech of President Plevneliev at General Debate of UN General Assembly’s 70th session
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev called on in his speech before the 70th session of the UN General Assembly for the establishment of a common system for crises’ identification for the purpose of protecting superiority of the law and human rights. He appealed for the aiming of the international efforts at the lowering of the tension in...
Easier access for foreign experts to Bulgarian labor market
Highly qualified foreigners will have easier access to jobs in the IT and outsourcing sectors in Bulgaria. This is what planned changes to the “blue card” regulation envisage. The changes have been submitted by Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivailo Kalfin. If the project was approved, foreign...
Economic crisis at an end, media crisis continues
An international meeting of journalists “Economic crisis at an end, media crisis continues. Why?” brought together journalists from the Balkan and the Black Sea region in Varna. At the event, organized by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists, the participants from Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine discussed the problems and the...
