Athens supports Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen, said Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias at a meeting in Sofia with his Bulgarian counterpart Ekaterina Zaharieva.
The two stated their support for the enlargement of the EU in the Western Balkans, and stressed the need to observe the agreements already reached with the candidate countries. Greece is a strategic partner and the quadrilateral format – Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia – is working very well, stressed Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a meeting with Minister Nikolaos Dendias. Boyko Borissov called for speeding up the construction of the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece which has been provided for financially. The Bulgarian prime minister also discussed other bilateral economic projects with the Greek foreign minister.
With the votes of GERB-SDS and PP-DB, the parliament rejected the request for a debate on the report of the temporary committee to investigate corruption practices in the "Customs" Agency and the possible role of the former finance..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many places were destroyed . The villages of Banya, Samuilovo, Zetiovo, Gita, Svoboda and Shivachevo..
13% of boys and 11% of 11-year-old girls in Bulgaria smoked at least one cigarette in the past 30 days of the survey, BGNES reported, referring to a UN report on the healthy behavior of school-age children. 17% of boys under 13 also..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
The National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office. His dismissal was proposed by We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria,..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many..
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