"Bulgaria may cut its dependence on Russian energy sources by 2027", the country’s Minister of Environment Borislav Sandov said at the EU Environment Council Meeting in Brussels.
In his view, an alternative to Russian oil can be found much earlier. "We are in intensive talks with the Swiss owner of the oil refinery in Bulgaria which is ready to change oil supplies. Bulgaria will reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas by 50% when the gas interconnector with Greece is completed", Borislav Sandov added. "Bulgaria has nuclear fuel for another 12 to 18 months. Later, we can import nuclear fuel from the USA", Minister Sandov went on to say.
A petition has been launched, calling for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, as well as for an end to attempts to involve Bulgaria in it. This was what the chairman of "Justice for Bulgaria" association and former chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev..
Yordanka Chobanova has officially taken over as Head of the European Commission's Permanent Representation in Bulgaria. She succeeds Ognian Zlatev, who held the post until mid-2019. From 2016 to 2021, Ms Chobanova served as Ambassador of the..
GERB's candidate for prime minister, Mariya Gabriel, today received an exploratory mandate from President Rumen Radev to form a government. She announced that she would keep the cabinet mandate, but that waiting for the constitutional seven-day..
All 17 sailors of different nationalities on board the hijacked Bulgarian bulk carrier Ruen are in good health , Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel..
Bulgaria could join the eurozone in 2025, Eurogroup chief Paschal Donohoe said during a visit to Sofia. In an interview with BNR's Marta Mladenova, he..
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel . The Orthodox hierarch was in Bulgaria..
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