"Bulgaria does not depend on Greece's decisions about their payments for Russian gas. We have contracts." This is how Prime Minister Kiril Petkov answered a reporter's question after the opening of an office in Sofia of the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pursued two goals by stopping gas deliveries for Bulgaria. The first was to see if this country would accept payments in rubles and thus become the first country in the EU where a breach could be made. If Bulgaria opposed the Russian blackmail, the second goal was very high gas prices that could make the Bulgarian government fall, the PM said.
The GERB-SDS coalition will support any anti-corruption initiatives , but not in their currently presented niche form, which is apparently part of an election campaign. The coalition will not support a proposal for a cabinet with the second mandate...
A delegation of representatives of two Chinese media (Shanxi Province Radio and Television Station and Jilin Province Radio and Television Station) visited the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) in the capital Sofia. They are travelling from China to..
Thursday will be sunny and very hot. After midday, clouds will develop in northern and western parts of the country, with winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms in places. Minimum temperatures will be between 19 and 25°C, 20°C in Sofia. Highs will..
The situation with the wildfires in the country remains critical. The fire near Stara Zagora has been contained. Firefighting teams are also monitoring..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
The 12 km perimeter of the big fire north of the city of Stara Zagora has been cordoned off , the regional governor Metodi Markov said. There are..
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