Section: Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian President Plevneliev meets US Vice President Joe Biden
The United States will continue to support Bulgaria’s path of reforms as a factor for stability in the entire region of Southeast Europe. This became clear after a meeting of President Rossen Plevneliev with US Vice President Joseph Biden during the 51st Security Conference in Munich. Bulgaria plans to carry out ambitious reforms aimed at...
We are entering period of “cold peace,” says President Plevneliev in Munich
In 2014 the security environment in Europe changed dramatically. We are in a new phase of development, which I would call “Cold Peace”. It is peace, because nobody wants war and no one wants to return back to the Cold War. This peace, unfortunately, is “cold” because techniques dating back to the times of the Cold War are...
Trade between Bulgaria and Russia marks 14.4-percent decline because of EU sanctions
European Union sanctions against Moscow and reciprocal measures taken by the Russian side have led to negative effects on Bulgarian economy, Energy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has said. The effects of sanctions resulted in a 14.4-percent decline of trade turnover between Bulgaria and Russia in 2014, in comparison to 2013. Just for the period from...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov calls for peaceful resolution of conflict in Ukraine
“I support the opinion of France and Germany for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said and added that the question of Bulgarian participation in actions against Russia has never been discussed. According to the Prime Minister, as a NATO member, Bulgaria will keep to its commitments to the...
NATO coordination center to be set up in Sofia
All preconditions are in place to build a NATO coordination center in Sofia in a matter of several months, and this will be up to the readiness of the rest of the partners, Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said. Half of its staff will be foreign nationals from partnering organizations. The minister said the staff will be about forty, of...
Coming days will be crucial for EU – Russia relations, says President Plevneliev
Worries in Munich that we are going back to permanent instability and deterioration of relations between the EU and Russia are huge, but nobody wants to allow this to happen. In this relation the upcoming days will be decisive, said President Rossen Plevneliev, who is in Munich to participate in the 51st Conference on Security. The conference in...
President Plevneliev to make working visit to Munich
President Rosen Plevneliev will join the 51st security conference in Munich. For the first time a Bulgarian head of state will take part in the conference as a keynote speaker. The summit in Munich will be discussing current challenges to European security following the terrorist attacks in France, the crisis in Ukraine, energy security,...
Marin Lessenski: Bulgaria is now factor in EU foreign policy
Due to its isolation in terms of foreign policy over most of 2014 Bulgaria was mainly placed within the passive supporters’ category, regarding common European politics. The freezing of the South Stream project and the difficulty for this country to maintain that decision, unlike other member-states have turned Bulgaria into a leader at the...
Bulgarians find any topic on military actions inappropriate
The Bulgarian people loves peace and any subject on war is not appropriate, said PM Boyko Borissov in parliament. He answered this way a question on whether Bulgaria had agreed to deploy permanently NATO heavily armed equipment on its territory due to the Ukrainian conflict. In the words of the premier he had stated firmly during his meetings...
Weak ruble results in decline of Russian tourists
We are concerned about some trends and data on a decline expected of Russian and Ukrainian citizens in the summer of 2015. We work to ease the visa regime, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said before MPs. We have taken measures for advertisements of Bulgaria as a year-round tourist destination. In March the minister will participate in a...
