An extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council is to be held today in Brussels. EU Energy Ministers are expected to discuss options to reign in soaring energy prices including gas price caps. Most member states are against the measure, because there is no clarity on the economic consequences, Reuters reported, referring to diplomatic sources in Brussels.
The Energy Ministers will approve the decision to suspend a visa facilitation regime with Russia in a standard formal procedure, the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU said for the BNR.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensly said in an evening address that the Defense Forces of Ukraine have liberated more than a thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territory since the beginning of September. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian troops have liberated more than 20 settlements in the Kharkiv direction and penetrated the enemy’s defense to a depth of up to 50 kilometers.
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies at King’s College London said for the BNR that Ukrainian troops had broken through Russian defensive lines near Kharkiv, because they took the Russian military command by surprise.
More than 150 firefighters continue the battle with the fire in the western part of the Slavyanka mountain. Several outbreaks were activated on Greek territory and managed to enter a juniper-laden forest on Bulgarian territory. Wide..
Consumer confidence rose by 5.6 points in July, according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics. According to consumers, the general economic situation in Bulgaria has been improving over the past 12 months, and expectations for the next..
Congressman Joe Wilson, Republican from the state of South Carolina, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Friendship Caucus for Bulgaria, addressed the House of Representatives on Bulgaria. This was announced by the Embassy of Bulgaria in the USA on..
There is a high probability that this would be the last regular meeting of the Council of Ministers, caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar..
The caretaker government has allowed the Bulgarian military to train Ukrainian soldiers on the territory of NATO member states. The reasoning states that..
With the votes of GERB-SDS, PP-DB and MRF, the National Assembly rejected the proposal of BSP for Bulgaria that part of the equipment for Belene NPP be..
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