A new anti-corruption center led by two 40-year-old businessmen is the winner of yesterday’s elections in Bulgaria, the third election of the year, which took place amid the deadly wave of the epidemic that is plaguing the country. According to opinion polls, the Let ‘s Continue Change faction came as a surprise, securing 26% of […]
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Bulgaria: Three Covid patients die in hospital fire
Three patients with Covid-19 died Saturday night in a fire that broke out in a Bulgarian hospital, which is facing the fourth wave of the pandemic, as announced by the emergency services. The incident in Sliven (southeast) cost the lives of “three men”, the head of the city’s fire department, Vladimir Demirev, told television networks. […]
Bulgaria: For the 3rd time at the polls the citizens of the country
LAST UPDATE: 09.44 Bulgarians are being called to the polls again today, for the third time this year, divided between fatigue and a ray of hope, as the country’s new coronavirus pandemic rages with the lowest level of COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the entire European Union. The polling stations opened at 07:00 (local time and […]
Gas is more expensive in Greece from Bulgaria and Turkey
By Harry Floudopoulos A significant distance separates the cost of gas supply in our country in relation to the neighboring markets of Turkey and Bulgaria. Specifically in Greece, gas consumers are found to pay twice the price compared to consumers in Bulgaria, while the distance with Turkey is even greater, a fact that is reflected […]
Double elections in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has been without a government since April. On Sunday, voters are called upon to elect a new government and a new president. Bulgarians have twice gone to the polls in 2021, in April and July, but so far no new government has emerged. “This time there is no room for failure, Bulgarian society is […]
Erdogan ‘hand’ in Bulgaria: MRF and Turkish-born candidate
New Islamist political parties across Europe have been dubbed the new “Trojan Horses” of Erdogan. Erdogan’s support for European parties has aligned itself with his interests and reinforced another trend in European politics: the rise of Islamist parties that support the integration of Islamic legal traditions into secular state law. The Muslim Brotherhood has played […]
Bulgaria: Ballots for 3rd time this year amid deadly outbreak of new coronavirus pandemic
Will a government emerge from the polls this time? Parliamentary elections are being held in Bulgaria for the third time this year on Sunday, at a time when the country with the lowest level of vaccination coverage in the entire European Union is being hit by the deadliest wave of the new coronavirus pandemic to […]
Greece-Bulgaria Interconnection Pipeline Delayed – What Athens and Sofia Answer
For more than a decade, businesses and politicians have been making optimistic statements about the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnection Pipeline (IGB), but its construction is still incomplete. The interconnection is vital for Bulgaria, as its completion will break for the first time the Russian gas monopoly on the Bulgarian market. The IGB is connected to the Trans-Adriatic […]
The NATO military accidentally “cleaned up” the plant during an exercise in Bulgaria. The owner filed a lawsuit
In Bulgaria, the owner of a sunflower oil plant has filed a lawsuit against those responsible for the storming of the plant during a NATO exercise. Reported by Associated Press. The incident occurred on May 11 during the Swift Response 2021 multinational exercise, which involved more than 7,000 paratroopers from ten NATO countries. The […]
Bulgaria has updated entry rules for Ukrainians
Today, May 27, Bulgaria has updated the rules for entering the country. This was reported on Facebook by the consular department of the Ukrainian Embassy in Bulgaria. According to the new decision of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health, from June 1 to July 31, 2021, citizens of Ukraine can enter the territory of Bulgaria in […]
