Bulgaria is terminating its membership of the International Investment Bank and the International Bank for Economic Cooperation over the Russian aggression in Ukraine, Lena Borislavova, head of the political cabinet of the prime minister announced at a briefing.
The two banks were established in Moscow and are better known as the banks of the former Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, or Comecon. Russia remains their biggest shareholder.
Lena Borislavova also announced that the government will help Ukraine with tents, sleeping bags, camp beds, stationary electricity generators, antibiotics and analgesics. The convoys transporting the humanitarian aid will be exempt from tolls.
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels reports. The money is being granted to alleviate part of the expenses of the companies which..
Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. The..
The largest archaeological campaign ever conducted on Perperikon has begun, BTA reports. Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov, head of the research at..
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern..
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