Bulgaria's strategic partnership with the United States is very important in terms of the visa-free travel program. We believe that Bulgaria meets all the criteria. The only criterion Bulgaria has not covered yet is the visa refusal rate, but we are witnessing a positive trend. Years ago, the visa refusal rate stood at 18%, while in 2019 it was 9.75%, Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Washington Tihomir Stoychev told Nova TV.
It is unacceptable to divide EU citizens into two categories. I strongly hope that the visa regime will be abolished during the term of office of the new President of the United States", Ambassador Stoychev added:
An emergency epidemic situation will not be introduced in the country due to the spread of pertussis (whooping cough), as this is not necessary. This was announced by the chief state health inspector, Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev...
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..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Bulgaria will assist Ukraine in the process of rebuilding its energy infrastructure. This was announced after a meeting between Bulgaria’s Energy..
On Thursday , a cold atmospheric front will pass through the country. It will be rainy with thunders over the whole of Bulgaria. There..
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