The implementation of the South Stream gas pipeline project is to start during this year, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev said at a working meeting that took place in the town of Gabrovo. Through the project Bulgaria will ensure reliability of natural gas supply, while in the poorest region of the country - Northwestern Bulgaria, some 5000 new jobs will be created. Only Bulgarian companies will work on the project in this country and investments total 1.5 billion euro. This is not the only major project which the government favors, it was also announced. Bulgaria has also signed an agreement with Azerbaijan for the supply of 1 billion cubic meters of gas from the Caspian Sea and implementation of the project is expected in 2019.
With the votes of GERB, We Continue the Change (PP-DB) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Parliament decided to extend by 180 days the negotiations between the Bulgarian Energy Minister and his Ukrainian counterpart on the sale to Ukraine of..
75.3% of Bulgarians identify themselves as Orthodox, 9.9% as Muslim and 11% as not religious. 59.5% say they believe in God and 27.5% do not. The rest are undecided. A fifth of respondents say they frequently attend religious services. These are..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov announced that he is extending a hand to the parties from the former assemblage to seek an option of governance after the elections, the BNR’s reporter Daniel Inkov informed. Boyko Borissov emphasized that pragmatism in..
Bulgaria ranks second in the world in terms of bread consumption after Turkiey, reported BNT citing the Turkish news site Yenigün. According to the..
Acting chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Atanas Zafirov has withdrawn the papers submitted yesterday for the BSP’s independent..
Before the start of the new school year, the ''Give a Book'' Foundation is collecting notebooks, plimsolls, pencil cases and backpacks filled with school..
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