PM Boyko Borissov held a video conference call with the President of the European Council Charles Michel to discuss the Covid-19 recovery plan, and the EU 7-year budget.
The same subjects will dominate the first in-person meeting of the leaders in Brussels in 17 and 18 July. Boyko Borissov pointed out that the European Commission draft is very balanced in view of the challenges raised by the pandemic. To Bulgaria it is important that the Cohesion and Common Agricultural Policy remain at the levels proposed. The EU's Just Transition Fund to clean energy should be more flexible in encouraging and developing green energy capacities, the Bulgarian PM said.
By mid-December, all military units in the country will be equipped with drone control simulators, said Major General Deyan Deshkov, Commander of the Land Forces, at the Lyulyak training ground near Stara Zagora. He clarified that the drones have..
Swiss commodity trader Gunvor said it has withdrawn its proposal to buy Lukoil’s foreign assets, including the refinery in Burgas, after the U.S. Treasury called it Russia’s ‘puppet’, Reuters reported. Prime Minister: Bulgaria has a..
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov and Ukrainie’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed energy security in the region and opportunities to strengthen cooperation in this area. The two held a phone conversation on November 6. They also discussed..
The Sofia City Court has postponed the extradition case of Igor Grechushkin, the owner of a cargo ship linked to the explosion at the port of Beirut in..
November 10 marks 36 years since the symbolic beginning of the transition from a one-party system to democracy in Bulgaria. The day..
The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) has proposed the introduction of temporary restrictions on the movement of heavy trucks weighing over 12 tons along..
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