Flight from Leipzig skids off runway at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport
An Air Via aircraft, a charter flight from Leipzig with 172 passengers aboard, left the runway at Varna Airport, Northeastern Bulgaria, while landing at 10.19am local time on May 24. The passengers were taken out of the aircraft. While leaving the aircraft, two women aged 71 and 81 were injured. They sustained bruises and fractures on their legs and were …
Bulgarians celebrate authors of Cyrillic script on May 24: Photos
On May 24, Bulgarian held its annual celebrations of the public holiday honouring Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Day of …
Bee health: EU-wide restrictions on pesticides use to enter into force on December 1
A restriction on the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family was adopted on May 24 2013 by …
Romania expels ‘cowboy’ jihadists
Two foreigners suspected of planning terrors attacks have been arrested and then expelled by the Romanian authorities, the Romanian home …
Russia Watch: Dagestan – Russia’s wild but beguiling southern frontier
Journalists love superlatives, and Russia’s southernmost republic, Dagestan, obliges. Of Russia’s 83 regions, Dagestan last year recorded the highest level …
Amnesty International: Relations between Albanians and Macedonians have deteriorated
Amnesty International has launched criticism and expressed its concern about the state of human rights and the deterioration of inter …
Forms of legal prostitution heighten human trafficking risks in poorer EU states
When an Austrian businessman announced plans to transform the sex industry from “grocer to supermarket” by opening Europe’s largest brothel …
Socialist nominee Oresharski handed mandate to form next Bulgarian government
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev handed on May 23 the mandate to form the next cabinet to socialist prime minister-designate Plamen …
Bulgaria’s socialists ask President to halt appointment of ambassadors
The Bulgarian Socialist Party, which ran second in the May parliamentary elections but which by default will be forming the …
Bulgaria’s GERB returns mandate to form government
GERB leader Boiko Borissov has returned the mandate to form Bulgaria’s next government on May 23, once again slamming his …
Radoslav Yankoulov appointed new director of Bulgarian National Radio
Bulgaria’s Council on Electronic Media (CEM) voted on May 23 to appoint Radoslav Yankulov as the new director general of …
