In connection with reports in the media on Saturday that the nomination of Irina Bokova to lead the United Nations could be replaced with EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, Deputy PM Rumiana Bachvarova said today that there was information about government plans to discuss a replacement. Bachvarova however remarked that so far the Bulgarian nominee had not been very convincing and a good final outcome was unlikely. A day earlier the Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova denied media reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin to switch support to Kristalina Georgieva as Bulgaria’s nomination. She however added that during the recent G-20 countries summit in Hangzhou, China, the Russian side had been explicit telling the German chancellor that the nomination for a UN secretary general by a country was a sovereign and independent decision of the country in question and that any direct or indirect attempts to influence such a decision were unacceptable.
On Thursday there will be significant cloudiness with rain showers. The lowest temperature will slightly rise and will be between 4° and 9°C; in Sofia - around 5°C. The highest will be between 13° and 18°C; in Sofia - around 13°C...
The upgrade of the Bulgarian supercomputer Discoverer has been completed successfully, and the machine now has new systems capable of additional specialized services in the sphere of AI in business, the science community and the public sector in the..
The first F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Bulgarian army landed today at Graf Ignatievo air base. Before landing, it flew past the renewed multipurpose runway, renovated for the new fighter aircraft – the only runway in the country suited to..
The sea waves have pushed the oil ashore, which was released by a ship in the waters near Varna on the morning of March 31. The pollution was localized..
Partial state of emergency on the territory of the municipality of Varna is in effect until April 6 due to a fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, which has..
Only 5% of prisoners in Bulgaria find work after serving their sentence . According to the Varna-based Altruist Association, quoted by BNT, 75% return to..
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