“The true power and effect of diplomacy is when it comes before the bombs and prevents them,” said President Rumen Radev at a conference Wars and peace: is the time ripe for diplomacy, organized by the Friedrich Ebert foundation. Russia’s..
“We are aware of Lukoil Neftochim’s corruption scheme for evading the EU and US sanctions against Russia,” commented Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov in Sofia. The oil refinery in Burgas violated EU and US embargo on Russian oil, CSD say..
On International Black Sea Action Day, 31 October, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke online with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The two discussed security in the Black Sea region after..
“We are not passive. The alliance is responding very proactively to such attacks.” said US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith, asked about NATO’s response to hybrid and cyber-attacks. She was speaking at the Winning the Peace in Ukraine..
Russia remains the biggest threat to national security, Bulgaria's Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said before the international conference "Winning The Peace in Ukraine" . At the forum in Sofia, Tagarev noted that Russian aggression began in 2008 in..
The Agency for Social Assistance has been collecting information on all unaccompanied children arriving in Bulgaria from Israel because of the conflict, in order to provide them with pedagogical, psychological and legal assistance, as..
Israel continues to mass troops close to the Gaza strip in anticipation of the ground offensive against Hamas. The war is a terrible thing in the eyes of the Bulgarians who are watching events unfold first-hand. “Israel buried the dead and is fighting..
In recent days, Bulgarian tour operators have completely canceled their programs for Israel, following the sudden terrorist attacks by Hamas and the subsequent military conflict. Low-cost airlines operating on the Bulgarian market have also suspended..
The Bulgarian Tennis Federation has refused to host the ATP 250 Sofia Open due to "circumstances beyond its control". The reason is the possible run-off of the local elections, which does not allow the capital's Arena Sofia hall to host the tournament...
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel and the Secretary of State for European Affairs of France Laurence Boone discussed the war in Ukraine, the attacks of Hamas against Israel, as well as the enlargement of the EU at..
