The Bulgarian government today ratified, a few days after a parliamentary vote, the lifting of the veto on the start of Northern Macedonia’s accession negotiations with the European Union. “The cabinet has given its approval,” the government said in a statement. MEPs on Friday voted in favor of the French proposal, which holds the rotating […]
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Bulgaria: Exiles 70 Russian diplomats
LAST UPDATE: 20:08 Bulgaria will deport 70 members of the Russian diplomatic delegation, Prime Minister Kirill Petkov announced today. “Bulgaria is going to deport 70 Russian diplomats (…) Our services have identified them as people who were working against our interests,” he told reporters. This is the largest number of Russian diplomats in Bulgaria deported […]
Bulgaria: PM denies arms exports to Ukraine
Bulgaria has not exported weapons directly to Ukraine, Prime Minister Kirill Petkov told reporters today, noting that the government is strictly implementing the decision of the Bulgarian National Assembly. “We have exported to some traditional partners, European Union countries, but there has been no direct transfer from Bulgaria to Ukraine,” Petkov said. Speaking about the […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Northern Macedonia’s accession to the EU depends on the same
The Republic of Northern Macedonia’s approach to EU membership depends on the country’s actions and will not be delayed if the DBM fulfills its commitments to European values ​​and good neighborly relations, according to a statement from the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. the Bulgarian news agency BTA. “We are ready to proceed with the signing of […]
Bulgaria: End of a reform dream
Bulgaria faces a new internal political instability with the fall of the government. However, this may mean the end of the veto in Northern Macedonia. Bulgaria has long been one of the most politically unstable countries in the European Union. In the last decade, there have been nine government changes and six parliamentary elections, three […]
Rama in Ukraine: We have been waiting for 8 years for EU membership, do not have illusions
Waiting for years at the doors of the European Union, the leaders of the candidate countries of the Western Balkans do not hide their sorrow for the forthcoming granting of this status to Ukraine and Moldova. Pointing out the fact that Northern Macedonia has been waiting at the gate for 17 years and Albania for […]
Bulgaria: Kozloduy nuclear reactor reactivated
Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant, which generates about a third of the country’s electricity, reconnected one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors, which had been shut down this morning, to the grid on Wednesday night. , after a fault in the generator, was announced today by the station. Yesterday, Wednesday, at 21:08 (local time and Greek […]
Albania: Bulgaria, a NATO country, is holding two other NATO countries hostage and that is a shame
“Bulgaria, a NATO country, is holding two other NATO countries hostage and that is a shame,” Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said today as he attended the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels. “I do not expect good news today,” the Albanian prime minister admitted, recalling that northern Macedonia has been a candidate country for seventeen […]
Bulgaria: The motion of censure against the government was voted in favor
LAST UPDATE: 20.27 The Bulgarian government of Prime Minister Kirill Petkov collapsed in a vote of no confidence in parliament on Wednesday, leading to political unrest amid the war in Ukraine and rising inflation, Reuters reported. Opposition lawmakers overthrew the government – which took power six months ago – by a vote of 123 to […]
Bulgaria: One of the two reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant shut down
Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant, which produces about a third of the country consumes electricity, today shut down one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors after a generator failure without a radioactive leak, the company said in a statement. station. Today at 06:05 (local time and Greek time) the operation of unit 5 of the Kozloduy […]
