Sofia has supplied Kyiv with fuel and vital Soviet-era weapons, but had to keep the supplies secret because of pro-Moscow politicians in the government. In the spring of 2022, the Ukrainian army was desperately short of fuel and Soviet ammunition to fight the Russians. Salvation came unexpectedly from Bulgaria, politico.eu and die WELT from the Axel Springer media group report, citing interviews with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Finance Minister Asen Vasilev. According to them, in the first days of the war, about 40% of the fuel for Ukraine and about 1/3 of the used shells came from Bulgaria. The supplies of ammunition for about 2 billion euros were paid by the USA and Great Britain.
On Friday morning, visibility will be reduced in places in the plains, valleys and around water bodies. Minimum temperatures will be from 1 to 4°C, in Sofia - around 1°C. During the day it will be sunny and warm with scattered high clouds. A light to..
At an extraordinary briefing of the Council of Ministers, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev announced that the government will announce next week which of the Recovery and Resilience Programme (RRP) projects will..
Before the start of the extraordinary EU Summit, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said that Bulgaria will propose that the unspent and unabsorbable funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan be used for defense instead of money from the cohesion..
The work of journalists from smaller media outlets in Bulgaria is particularly difficult, according to the annual report of the Council of Europe..
A just and lasting peace can be achieved through security for Ukraine and the EU . This was stated by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov after the end of..
Minister of Interior Daniel Mitov has met with his colleagues from Romania - Cătălin Marian Predoiu, Croatia - Davor Bojinovic, and..
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