A double-track railway for high-speed trains from Istanbul to Edirne, Plovdiv and Sofia will be built “as a continuation of the Silk Road”, Edirne’s District Governor Günay Özdemir announced. Bulgaria itself has already started fulfilling a project for modernization of the Sofia-Svilengrad railway with own financing and money provided by EU funds. Some of the high-speed sections of this railway have been already built. The cargo which is currently transported with auto transport will be directed to the railway. This topic has already been discussed by ministers of the two countries, the Edirne District Governor Günay Özdemir specified.
The European Parliament's monitoring group will check the circumstances related to the arrest of former Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov, chair Sophia in 't Veld has told BNR. Borissov was arrested in March in his..
In order to have enough gas, there should be low-risk supplies at the best price possible, so that the Bulgarian economy could be competitive. These are the main priorities that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has outlined in the National Assembly...
After long deliberations the Bulgarian National Assembly voted to mandate the government to provide humanitarian, financial and military-technical assistance to Ukraine, including repair of Ukrainian military equipment in Bulgaria, Speaker of..
On May 3 in Strasbourg the European Commission is to discuss the 6 th package of sanctions against Russia because of the war it is waging in Ukraine...
Bulgaria’s National Assembly is expected to decide whether the country should send military aid to Ukraine. The coalition government discussed the issue..
Part of the crew of the Rojen ship of the shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgare (NAVIBULGAR) which is stranded in the Ukrainian port of..
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