None of the EU financing allotted to Bulgaria last week will be used for construction of border fences, the spokeswoman of the European Commission Natasha Berto announced on Monday. In her words, the EU granted EUR 108 million to Bulgaria under the..
At the initiative of Brussels in November a trilateral meeting between EC, Bulgaria and Russia is to discuss the realization of the Balkan gas hub near Varna, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Tomislav Donchev has announced. It is expected that..
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisosv has announced that during the talks between him and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which took place in Berlin, he warned that a new wave of refugees was on the horizon and that Bulgaria would not accept migrants..
"I believe that working together and with the will of the EU and Turkey, we could find a solution to the current migration crisis," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two met..
Diplomat and outgoing representative at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Lyubomir Ivanov, will lead the National Centre for preparation of the Bulgarian presidency of the EU Council in 2018. 15 civil servants will be working..
The European Commission announced that Bulgaria managed to absorb 95% of the EU funds in the previous 2007-2015 programming period. However, Bulgaria failed to absorb nearly EUR 500 million during that programming period, the announcement further reads
Bulgaria is to take over the rotational presidency of the European Union six months earlier than planned- on January 1, 2018. The newly-appointed Premier of Great Britain Theresa May said that her country would be too busy negotiating the exit of the..
The European Union announced a plan aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in all member states by 2030 , including Great Britain. Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg, France and Austria have to reduce their..
An EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, at which Bulgaria was represented by Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov categorically condemned the attempted coup in Turkey, but urged Ankara to show restraint and to respect human rights. The EU calls for the..
Bulgaria is concluding the 2007-2013 programming period with a 93.1 percent level of European cohesion fund absorption. This country is 19 th out of the 28 EU member countries and has absorbed 1.5 percent more than the average level of absorption..
