“We are seeing how energy is being weaponized,” Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said at a forum dedicated to energy security taking place in Sofia.
“I believe that with insignificant infrastructure modernization, there will be solutions that we can all use and take advantage of,” Finance Minister Assen Vassilev said.
“The gas interconnection between North Macedonia and Bulgaria is taken up entirely by Gazprom. Knowing that it takes unilateral measures, we will join the planned working group so as to find solutions of mutual interest,” said North Macedonia’s Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi.
The Director General for Energy of the European Commission Ditte Juul Jørgensen on her part stated that “our best counter-weapon is solidarity”, and called for the question of filling the EU’s gas storage facilities to be resolved by next winter.
75.3% of Bulgarians identify themselves as Orthodox, 9.9% as Muslim and 11% as not religious. 59.5% say they believe in God and 27.5% do not. The rest are undecided. A fifth of respondents say they frequently attend religious services. These are..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov announced that he is extending a hand to the parties from the former assemblage to seek an option of governance after the elections, the BNR’s reporter Daniel Inkov informed. Boyko Borissov emphasized that pragmatism in..
Before the start of the new school year, the ''Give a Book'' Foundation is collecting notebooks, plimsolls, pencil cases and backpacks filled with school supplies for homes for children deprived of parental care. For 14 years, the foundation has..
With the votes of GERB, We Continue the Change (PP-DB) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Parliament decided to extend by 180 days the..
The Commission for Consumer Protection has ordered the immediate withdrawal from the market of two products known as energy sniff, which are inhaled..
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