In a letter to European leaders, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen states that the Bulgarian-Turkish border should be a priority in strengthening the EU’s key external borders through targeted measures which are open to other interested member countries. The letter comes in anticipation of the special European Council meeting on migration in Brussels on 9 and 10 February.
The EC President’s words do not tally with a statement by European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson. Addressing the Foreign Affairs Council Ylva Johansson stated that the European Commission was against financing the fence between Bulgaria and Turkey, adding that the member countries had cut the budget she had proposed for external border security.
The Bulgarian institute INSAIT has made a historic breakthrough with 16 papers at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) - the world's most cited forum for artificial intelligence and computer vision. Through the..
With 226 votes "for", no votes against and one "abstention" at an extraordinary meeting, the National Assembly of Bulgaria decided that the first mandate to form a government with Prime Minister candidate Mariya Gabriel from GERB-SDS ended..
In the parliament, before the debate on the first mandate to form a government, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said that until the last moment he really wanted to have a cabinet. Borissov explained that he made concessions to "We Continue the Change -..
The government has designated three Bulgarian carriers to operate international flights between Bulgaria and China. Compass Cargo Airlines will..
The NSI data on inflation in the country are not and cannot be manipulated, as the National Statistical Institute is is subject to monthly inspection by..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between 7 and 12°C, 8°C in Sofia. Around midday, there will be variable cloudiness with sunny..
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