Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva participates today in an informal video-conference meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. Among the main topics of discussion are the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the massive concentration of Russian military forces and equipment along the borders of Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula. A video conference call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is scheduled to take place.
The agenda of the meeting also includes the situation in Ethiopia and in particular that in the province of Tigray. Ministers are also expected to discuss Georgia, Myanmar, Iran and relations with India.
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bulgaria during the year, reads the US Department of State’s 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices. ''Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: torture or..
There is systematic racial and ethnic violence and discrimination against Bulgarians in the Republic of North Macedonia. This is stated in the State Department's report on human rights in 2023, BGNES reported . The document refers to the beatings..
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Solid State Physics is officially celebrating 50 years since the invention of the copper bromide vapor laser today. This laser is a Bulgarian invention, launched for the first time by Academician..
On Tuesday the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between 6 and 11°C, in Sofia - about 7°C. During the day it will be cloudy and rainy. In western..
In 2021, the value added of the EU’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector was equivalent to 5.5% of the EU’s gross value added: 4.7%..
After 4 years of investigation, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has submitted to court the indictment against former gambling mogul Vassil Bozhkov,..
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