Sofia.
In 2023,
30% of individuals and a quarter of businesses reported increased pressure and
involvement in corruption, according to the latest report of the Center for the
Study of Democracy. Against this background, the law enforcement system has an
efficiency of 0.01%.
Sofia.
Feb 15, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Sofia.
Bulgaria is
among the 18 Nato countries that meet the criterion of allocating 2 per cent of
GDP to defence, Defence Minister Todor Tagarev said on February 15 in Brussels,
where he is participating on a meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers.
Sofia.
Eighteen
migrants from Austria and 14 detained in other EU countries were returned to
Bulgaria today, February 13, under the Dublin Regulation. Some of the migrants
arrived by charter flight.
26 agricultural organisations blocked the square in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia on February 13. The main demand of the organisers is for the resignation of Minister of Agriculture, Kiril Vatev.
The
protests of the farmers in the country continued with full force today,
February 8. Burnt straw bales, dumped produce and key roads across the country
blocked by heavy farming machinery marked the third day of discontent.
For the
second day in a row, protesting farmers blocked key locations across the
country. The roadblocks will be extended by another hour tomorrow.
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament, Rosen Zhelyazkov, arrived on an official visit to Ukraine on February 6.
The date marks a decision by a Bulgarian communist “People’s Court” on 1st of February, 1945 to sentence to death, without the right to appeal three Regents of the then King of Bulgaria, Simeon II - king's uncle Prince Kiril, prime minister Bogdan Filov, and general Nikola Mihov; 67 MPs and 22
Finance
Minister, Asen Vassilev, said that there was a very fruitful cooperation with
the Greek Minister of State, Stavros Papastavrou, after bilateral talks that
took place in Sofia on January 29.
Sofia.
Within a month Bulgaria is expected to conclude an agreement with the US on
the future construction of the seventh and eighth units at Kozloduy Nuclear
Power Plant, said Energy Minister Rumen Radev, who explained that today he
received a mandate from the government to conclude the agreement.
The Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) has issued Kozloduy NPP with a permit to store fresh RWFA-type nuclear fuel produced by Westinghouse, the agency said on January 24.
The Three Seas Initiative is of strategic importance for Europe and the world, said Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariya Gabriel, who took part in the panel discussion "Three Seas as a driver of European growth" within the 54th edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 16.
In a
meeting in Athens on January 4, the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Greece,
Acad. Nikola Denkov and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, discussed infrastructure,
transport and energy.
On 2 January, the Bulgarian National Bank issued gold commemorative coins on the theme "St. Mary - Golden Apple" with denominations of BGN 10, 20, 50 and 100.
Dec 22, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev Friday met with Kosovo Prime Minister
Albin Kurti and with Pristina Mayor Perparim Rama.
Hungary will lift its objection to Bulgaria joining Europe's passport-free Schengen zone after the Bulgarian parliament formally confirms its scrapping of an extra tax on Russian gas shipments.