The Yemeni Houthi have permitted the crew of the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader in the Gulf of Aden to contact their families, said the movement’s spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports.
The Bulgarians on board are the captain and the first mate. In a letter to the prime minister and the foreign minister, Captain Dimitar Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of European Shipmasters Associations (CESMA) calls for action at a national level regarding the hijacked ship, for freeing the hostages. “There is no other way, except the political and diplomatic path, because companies cannot influence a whole country and government. Based on the fact there are citizens of two European countries on board – Bulgaria and Romania – I think steps can be taken through the EU and NATO, which are the most serious organizations operating in the region including with military force,” Captain Dimitrov said in an interview with the BNR’s Radio Varna.
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would lift its veto and that Bulgaria and Romania would probably become full members of Schengen from the..
President Rumen Radev met with Bulgarians living and working in Singapore during his visit to the Asian country on November 22-24. There are an estimated 400 Bulgarians living in Singapore. "Our diaspora in Singapore occupies a very special..
The weather on Saturday will be mostly sunny over most of Bulgaria. There will be considerable clouds in eastern Bulgaria before midday and rainfall is expected in the eastern areas, but precipitation will stop also there and clouds will break...
The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski has made available for free use the..
Rumen Radev's visit to Vietnam began with a meeting with the community of Vietnamese citizens who have studied and worked in Bulgaria - representatives..
The flu season is expected to peak at the end of December and the beginning of January. In an interview with BNT, general practitioner Dr. Gergana..
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