“We are developing a new national defence strategy,” said Deputy Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov at a forum on the vision of Bulgaria’s foreign policy strategy, taking place at Europe House in Sofia, organized by the Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Institute. “The strategic environment is new, that is why Bulgaria needs to upgrade its basic concept,” Deputy Minister Zapryanov said.
“A foreign policy concept, such as Bulgaria has never had needs to be developed and endorsed at a national level, with a maximum of public support,” said on his part Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tihomir Stoytchev. “Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has destroyed security in Europe, constructed by diplomatic effort over many years, and has disrupted the international legal order,” he added.
Bulgaria wants to continue investing in nuclear energy after more than 50 years of experience in the sector, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said on Wednesday. About 70% of Bulgarians support the move, Stankov told a Bulgarian-Korean energy..
The Russian oil company Lukoil has announced that it has accepted an offer from the Swiss Gunvor Group to acquire the international assets of LUKOIL International GmbH . Lukoil's subsidiary owns all of the group's assets abroad. Lukoil has..
MPs elected GERB's Kostadin Angelov as deputy speaker of parliament. 132 MPs voted "for", 53 voted "against" and 11 abstained. Angelov replaces GERB's Raya Nazaryan, who was elected speaker of parliament after previous parliamentary speaker Natalia..
The Russian oil company Lukoil has announced that it has accepted an offer from the Swiss Gunvor Group to acquire the international assets of LUKOIL..
The National Assembly has rejected President Rumen Radev's veto on changes to the State Intelligence Agency Act (SIA) and the State Agency Technical..
Bulgaria has a higher share of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields than the European Union average, according to a..
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