Bulgaria is ahead of four countries in the EU when democracy is considered, but overall its quality has remained virtually unchanged since 2006, according to the annual Index of Democracy 2018 by the Economist Intelligence Unit. In the report,..
Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Rosen Zhelyazkov, has presented the Bulgarian position on the draft Mobility Package I at a meeting with one of the rapporteurs on the dossier, Wim Van de Camp. The..
The city of Plovdiv has welcomed the New Year as the first Bulgarian European Capital of Culture. Twenty years after hosting the Month of Culture in 1999, the city celebrates this year the most prestigious cultural initiative of the EU. The official..
Bulgaria has the ambition to become a gas distribution center in the Balkan region. For this purpose, the country has been working together with the European Commission on the concept of building a Balkan gas distribution center. The news has been..
The new border crossing point between Bulgaria and Romania – “Krushari-Dobromir” has been officially opened. It was built under the Romania-Bulgaria Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2007-2013. During the official ceremony it was pointed out that..
At the beginning of 2019, a report on the progress of Bulgaria on the road to the euro-zone waiting room - the ERM II Currency Mechanism, will be prepared. This was said by EC Vice president Valdis Dombrovskis in Brussels, where the 20th anniversary of..
Bulgaria's rivals in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament are already known. The draw in Dublin placed the "lions" in Group A together with the teams of England, Czechia, Montenegro and Kosovo. All 55 members of UEFA took part. There are..
Today, Sofia and other major cities in the country have been engulfed by fog and equipment measured heavily polluted air. The reason is the inversion, because of which the fine particulates stay low in the atmosphere. Yesterday, the concentration..
The European Commission has approved Bulgaria's request for the Karnobat grape brandy /„Karnobatska grozdova rakya“/„Grozdova rakya ot Karnobat“/ to enter the list of protected geographical indications. The Commission states that the brandy has at least..
During his official visit to Sofia, Poland's President Andrzej Duda met with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev. After the meeting, the two presidents called on Russia for restraint, intelligent decisions and de-escalation through dialogue. The..
