Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations has told Deutsche Welle that the EU would finance the construction of a railway linking Bulgaria and Macedonia, which is part of Pan-European Corridor 8, stretching between the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and the Adriatic coast of Albania.
The statement came hours before the opening today of the 2017 Western Balkans Summit in Trieste, Italy. Prime ministers of six Western Balkan countries take part in the forum, as well as deputy prime ministers, foreign ministers, economy and transport ministers, senior statesmen, presidents and prime ministers of individual European countries, as well as senior EU and European Commission representatives.
On 7 April, the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime dismantled a migrant smuggling network. Three people were arrested - the organiser and two of his associates. The organiser is a third-country national who has been denied refugee status in..
On this day 46 years ago, Georgi Ivanov made history as the first Bulgarian to go into space. On 10 April 1979, at 20:34 Moscow time, the Soyuz-33 spacecraft was launched into orbit with Georgi Ivanov and Soviet commander Nikolai Rukavishnikov on..
The MECH party is filing a motion of no confidence against the government, the leader of Vazrazhdane, Kostadin Kostadinov said on the sidelines of the National Assembly. The MP said that it was organized by his political force, which..
As an EU member state and a NATO ally, Bulgaria is an active participant in solidarity initiatives aimed at strengthening our deterrence and defense..
The police in the town of Veliko Tarnovo (Central North Bulgaria) detained a tourist bus driver with more than 2 permille of alcohol in his blood..
Snowfall and strong winds in Northeastern Bulgaria caused power outages in more than 100 villages in the regions of Ruse, Silistra,..
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