In the period January - August 2020, exports of goods from Bulgaria to the EU decreased by 6.7% compared to the same period in 2019 and amounted to just under 12 billion euros. This is shown by NSI data. Bulgaria's main trade partners are Germany,..
At a meeting today, the priorities of the Berlin Process countries will be discussed in the framework of EU support for the countries of the Western Balkans. The forum was preceded by yesterday's online meeting of foreign ministers, chaired by Bulgarian..
"We will continue to support the efforts of the six partner countries (Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Albania) on their path to the EU, but they must also take their responsibility and follow the reform process. "..
China is unlikely to give up its large-scale infrastructure program. But the EU must be ready to be very flexible to reap the benefits of this partnership, Bulgaria's Vice President Iliana Yotova said at an online conference on the Balkans in China's..
“We are abiding by the agreement, it is being breached by Skopje,” said Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov in response to the statement by Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that Bulgaria was violating the goodneighbour agreement with its..
“The conditions are not at hand for Bulgaria to agree to the start of negotiations by the Republic of North Macedonia on accession to the EU,” reads a position by the Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the party’s press..
Bulgaria notified the European Commission today that it is unable to accept the negotiating framework for the Republic of North Macedonia, or the accompanying draft declaration, because it does not provide the guarantees necessary for the..
The government has adopted an action plan in case of Brexit without a deal between London and the EU. It provides for the conclusion of bilateral agreements on air transport, road transport of passengers and goods, exchange of information on VAT and..
The co-ruling National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria has submitted extraordinary amendments to the Food Act, regulating the sale of mineral and spring waters, for discussion in Parliament on November 4, BTA has reported. However, debates will..
“We are not in a capacity to approve the negotiating framework for North Macedonia as yet,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said at a briefing. In her words, the Macedonian side systematically..
