12 EU member states , including Bulgaria , want a significant reduction in the proposed gas price ceiling , Bloomberg reported . European Union Foreign Ministers will meet on December 12 to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and..
Hopes for ending the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine are diminishing , but Turkey will continue its efforts in this direction, Ankara's top diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu assured. However, he rejected claims of a Turkish initiative to establish a..
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania (NEK) and the Kozloduy nuclear power plant will continue working on their framework agreements and public procurement contracts with Russian companies. This was what the cabinet decided after the EU..
The caretaker government has made steps to create a special coordination council on sanctions against Russia and other countries, after a proposal by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov and Minister of Justice Krum Zarkov...
“Bulgaria cannot supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, because the Bulgarian army does not have any in excess", caretaker Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov said for the BNR. "Gas is not the only weapon, the so-called soft power is also a..
The EU permanent representatives are to discuss, on 18 July, the European Commission’s proposals for a new package of sanctions against Russia. The package introduces a new import ban on Russian gold, while reinforcing the EU’s dual use and..
It is not up to the European Commission to permit derogations from the EU rules, it is up to the competent national bodies, the EC told the BNR, in answer to the Bulgarian National Radio’s question whether the European Commission has received a..
After capturing Severodonetsk, the Russian army focused its efforts on capturing the neighboring city of Lysychansk. Russian missile strikes against Ukraine continue. On the morning of June 26, a residential area near the center of..
European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of the new sanctions on Moscow. According to the EU Council President Charles Michel, the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from..
According to the European Union’s revised draft on sanctions against Russia, Bulgaria would get a transition period until June or December 2024 to phase out imports of Russian oil, Bloomberg reports. Croatia will get an exemption for imports of..
