“The stream of Ukrainian refugees entering Bulgaria has been increasing in the past few days,” Colonel Valeri Rachev, chairman of the Council of Ministers’ Crisis Centre has announced. 156,323 citizens of Ukraine have so far entered the country, almost 80,000 of them have stayed, and around 52,000 have been registered for temporary protection.
Colonel Rachev commented the information that hundreds of Ukrainian citizens have been waiting for registration at Durankulak border check point, explaining that the reason is the high number of arrivals, most of all from the region of Odessa. 2,500 people remained in Bulgaria on Thursday alone, which has so far happened within the space of 48 – 60 hours.
“The storm has mostly passed, but there are still risks”, Deputy Premier Tomislav Donchev told bTV regarding Lukoil . ''The first priority is to avoid a crisis with fuel supplies and fuel prices in the country. Secondly, the refinery must continue..
On Saturday, the lowest temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C; in Sofia - it will be around 0°C. During the day it will be mostly sunny. In the Danube Plain it will be foggy. Until noon it will also be foggy along the river..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense is requesting a postponement of one of the large payments under the contract for the second F-16 to 2028. Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov said that this is necessary because Bulgaria will encounter difficulties in..
Bulgaria’s GDP is expected to grow 3% this year, the European Commission said in its Autumn Economic Forecast, as reported by BTA. The projection marks..
The European Commission has approved 70 projects across the EU , worth more than €600 million , to support alternative fuels and reduce vehicle..
There are significantly fewer homeless people in Sofia in comparison to major European cities. This is shown by data released today from an international..
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