At a Tirana-held meeting of Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva with Albanian President Ilir Meta, the latter stated that his country relied on Bulgaria’s efforts for the EU expansion towards the Western Balkans. Zaharieva pointed out that the bilateral relations are excellent, but the enhancing of the economic ties should be aimed at. She also raised the subject on the recognition of the Bulgarian minority in Albania, underlining that it could be a bridge between both states.
Albania is the second state in the Bulgarian foreign minister’s Balkan tour. She is to visit Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina over the next weeks.
Emergency teams continue to battle wildfires across Bulgaria. The situation in the municipality of Bolyarovo, near the Turkish border, is becoming more complicated . The fire, fanned by strong winds, has reached the village of Voden (Yambol region),..
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has been unanimously elected as President of the European Energy Forum - the largest organisation in the energy sector in Brussels. Ms Penkova will be the first woman to be..
Bulgarian students have won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Kazakhstan. The Bulgarians competed against 320 students from 80 countries in the world's most prestigious biology..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
The 12 km perimeter of the big fire north of the city of Stara Zagora has been cordoned off , the regional governor Metodi Markov said. There are..
The situation with the wildfires in the country remains critical. The fire near Stara Zagora has been contained. Firefighting teams are also monitoring..
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