40 countries, including Bulgaria, made a joint statement on supporting Ukraine in its proceeding at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. “We reiterate our support for Ukraine's Application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which seeks to establish that Russia has no lawful basis to take military action in Ukraine on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations of genocide. We reiterate that Russia must be held accountable for its actions. In this regard, we consider that Russia's violations of international law engage its international responsibility, and that the losses and damage suffered by Ukraine as a result of Russia's violations of international law require full and urgent reparation by Russia, in accordance with the law of State responsibility”, reads the joint statement.
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, called for an immediate halt to Russian deportations of Ukrainian citizens. He accused Russia of deliberately separating Ukrainian children from their parents. Blinken said Russian authorities have “interrogated, detained and forcibly deported between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including 260,000 children, from their homes to Russia.”
EU countries should give households and companies financial incentives to reduce demand for gas as part of measures to curb use ahead of winter, the Financial Times announced. Countries restarting coal-fired power stations to make up for cuts to Russian gas supplies could be exempted from industrial emissions targets under the plans. The Commission also suggests EU member states should limit heating in public buildings to 19°C.
On this day in 1991 the Seventh Grand National Assembly adopted the new Constitution of Bulgaria and dissolved itself, BTA recalls. This was the first new constitution in the former socialist camp, which came into effect the very next day, July 13. On..
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The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
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President Rumen Radev is to hand the second governing-forming mandate next week. ''I expect We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) to..
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