Hungary voiced readiness to support Bulgaria’s efforts against the adoption of the Mobility 1 package. The issue was discussed at the meeting between Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó within the frameworks of his visit to Bulgaria. Minister Szijjártó also noted that Hungary is interested in using natural gas from the extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline via Bulgaria and Serbia, if the project is fulfilled. Péter Szijjártó also met with Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov. Ministers Szijjártó and Marinov discussed the topical migration situation in the EU. Mladen Marinov and Péter Szijjártó agreed that the EU countries must monitor carefully all migrant routes despite the recent decline of the migration pressure towards the European Union.
Several European liberal parties have sent a letter to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) to demand that Delyan Peevski be monitored, pointing out that he has been sanctioned for corruption by the US under the Global Magnitsky..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern flank. “Today my Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Mr. Atanas Zaprianov and Mr. Angel..
The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has excluded 17 MPs. Among them is the co-chairman Dzhevdet Chakarov. The decision was read in the plenary hall by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly,..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
Saturday will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon, and there may be brief showers in isolated places in the Eastern part of the..
“No towns or villages are at risk from the fires that have broken out around the country,” Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov, Director of the..
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