A delegation of 15 leading US companies is visiting Bulgaria on 1 and 2 November, the US embassy in Sofia has announced. The visit is organized by the American-Central European Business Association and the US Department of Commerce. It is the biggest trade and investment delegation coming to Bulgaria in recent years. The delegation includes representatives of US companies operating in healthcare, IT and communications, cybersecurity, agriculture and defence. The guests will have meetings with representatives of the Bulgarian government and with business leaders from the private sector to discuss ways to boost trade and investments. Annual trade between the US and Bulgaria stands at around USD 2 billion.
Several European liberal parties have sent a letter to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) to demand that Delyan Peevski be monitored, pointing out that he has been sanctioned for corruption by the US under the Global Magnitsky..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern flank. “Today my Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Mr. Atanas Zaprianov and Mr. Angel..
The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has excluded 17 MPs. Among them is the co-chairman Dzhevdet Chakarov. The decision was read in the plenary hall by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly,..
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed..
On Friday the weather will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon but there will only be isolated showers in some parts in Eastern..
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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