Today marks the 10th anniversary of the attack on Sarafovo airport. July 18, 2012 will go down in history as a cruel memory for thousands. On that day, a bus with Israeli tourists who had just landed at the “Sarafovo” airport in Burgas to spend their vacation in our Black Sea resorts, became the target of Read more
Russia is terminating the validity of the certificates issued to three aircraft repair enterprises – two in Bulgaria and one in the Czech Republic, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced at a briefing, quoted by TASS and BGNES. It is about the Bulgarian “Terem – Letets” and “Avionams”, as well as the Czech Read more
In the State budget update, up to BGN 100 million have been allocated for the budget of the Ministry of Defence, earmarked for the salaries of the Bulgarian servicemen and civilians in the system, outgoing Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov said on bTV. He added that an increase in salaries in Read more
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 6 additional spending from the Defence Ministry budget of 100 million leva (about 50 million euro) to enable increasing the pay of military personnel and civilian employees of the ministry, according to a Defence Ministry statement. The money is being shifted from other planned spending Read more
The 70 Russian diplomatic officials expelled from Bulgaria are leaving our country today with their families. Two flights will take between 160 and 170 people. The Russian Federation has requested permission to operate the two flights. Special permission is required because all scheduled flights between the Russian Federation and Bulgaria have been suspended under the sanctions imposed on Moscow due to the Read more
“Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova categorically does not respect Bulgaria”. This is what the resigned Defense Minister Dragomir Zakov thinks. “The behavior of the Russian ambassador in our country is unacceptable. This is not the way to conduct diplomacy. I am sure that the Russian diplomatic service has many professional diplomats who would represent the Russian Read more
Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova announced that she intends to propose to the leadership of her country to close the Russian embassy in Bulgaria because of Sofia’s refusal to cancel the decision to expel 70 Russian diplomats and officials. “Which will inevitably lead to the closure of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Moscow,” she stated in a letter published on the Facebook page Read more
There were sharp exchanges in Bulgaria’s National Assembly on June 29 as parliamentary groups reacted to the announcement on Tuesday by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov that 70 Russian diplomats were being expelled from Bulgaria for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status. Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Hristo Ivanov expressed support for the expulsion, Read more
“Bulgaria sends aid to Ukraine through Poland”. In practice, the resigned Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov admitted this in an interview with the Guardian, given before the no-confidence vote this Wednesday. His statement comes after a question about how Bulgaria‘s position on the war will change if it fails to form a new coalition. “I am afraid that (Bulgaria) will Read more
“It was an honor for me to lead a government that was taken down by Peevski, Borissov, Trifonov and Mitrofanova (Russia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria)”, said the now-former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after the successful no-confidence vote that passed today with the votes of 123 MPs. “This vote is just a small step in a very long road. What they (the opposition) didn’t understand was that in such a way Read more