In a phone conversation with Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the efforts of the Bulgarian government aimed at modernizing its armed forces and reach the NATO target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defense. Premier Borissov informed Mike Pompeo about the efforts of the Bulgarian cabinet to fulfill the projects for construction of gas interconnector with Greece and a second nuclear power plant in Belene. Boyko Borissov and Mike Pompeo also discussed the good results of the bilateral cooperation in the security field, the fight against smuggling and human trafficking. Bulgaria’s Premier Borissov and the US Secretary of State Pompeo exchanged opinions on the situation in the Balkans and on other parts of the globe. Boyko Borissov voiced concern with the situation in Syria.
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
A protest took place in Velingrad in support of the farmers whose flocks of sheep have been quarantined because of positive tests for sheep and goat plague. To stop the spread of the disease, access to the area around the farms has been..
Bulgaria will be given six months to carry out the necessary reforms connected with the liberalisation of the energy market , otherwise it stands to lose EUR 653 million which it should receive as a second payment under the Recovery and..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly...
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
A Eurobarometer survey has registered the highest level of trust in the European Union since 2007 and the highest level of support ever for the common..
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