The Russian army has deployed more troops near Kharkiv. As a result, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine’s second-largest city has worsened. The town of Kherson located on Dnipro River has been blocked as well. A huge military convoy stretching some 40 kilometers is advancing on the capital city of Kyiv. Addressing the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there are no results in talks with Russia yet.
The Presidents of eight central European and eastern European countries, including Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev, have called on European Union member states to immediately grant Ukraine a EU candidate country status. At an extraordinary sitting on March 1, Bulgaria’s Parliament is expected to vote the resignation of Defense Minister Stefan Yanev demanded by Premier Kiril Petkov. A protest in support of Stefan Yanev is expected to take place in front of the National Assembly building. On February 28, citizens protested in front of the Council of Minister building calling on Bulgaria’s authorities to declare a position of neutrality.
The Council of Electronic Media is expected to decide today whether to temporarily restrict broadcasting of Russian televisions in Bulgaria. Four buses with Bulgarians evacuated from Kyiv and all vehicles of the Bulgarian Embassy in Ukraine’s capital have arrived on the territory of Moldova and are travelling to Bulgaria. 200 nationals of Bulgaria, Ukraine, North Macedonia and the USA are on their way to Bulgaria. Bulgaria has already received more than 7,000 Ukrainian refugees.
Slavi Trifonov, leader of There Is Such a People (ITN) declared he would sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB), with which the coalition calls for a cordon sanitaire around the leader of the Movement for Rights and..
Nineteen people have been detained last night for drug possession during a special police operation on the territory of Sofia, the Interior Ministry has announced. Cannabis, ecstasy and more than 400 canisters of laughing gas, as well as..
An Archangel All Souls' Day memorial service was conducted by Patriarch Daniil at the military ossuary museum at the central Sofia cemetery. In his message he stated that today we honour the memory of all of our soldiers: “They are an example..
Slavi Trifonov, leader of There Is Such a People (ITN) declared he would sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB),..
Today, 3 November, is International Day for Biosphere Reserves, declared by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. On this occasion, as of the second..
Over the next 24 hours the clouds will increase. The wind will pick up and will usher in cold air. Minimum temperatures 5-10° C., for Sofia around 5°..
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