NATO suspends all co-operation with Russia
NATO will suspend “all practical civilian and military cooperation” with Russia because of Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. In a
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Day: April 1, 2014
European Commission proposes ‘more flexible’ Schengen visa rules
The European Commission (EC) has announced proposed changes to the EU’s Schengen visa system that it says will simplify procedures
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Bulgarian prosecutors indict former head of government flight squadron
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on April 1 that it pressed charges of malfeasance against the former head of the government
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Bulgarian unemployment 13.1% in February 2014, 10.6% in EU – Eurostat
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 13.1 per cent in February 2014, above the European Union average that month, which was 10.6
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Pilot strike cancels 28 Lufthansa flights to and from Sofia
A total of 28 direct flights to and from Sofia have been cancelled as a result of the strike by
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Systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria, report says
There were systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria in 2013, watchdog group the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee said in its
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AI: EU must ban transfers of asylum seekers to Bulgaria until country’s ‘affairs in order’
European countries must not transfer any asylum seekers to Bulgaria until the country truly improves its appalling reception conditions and
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Move against Bulgarian debt collectors ‘linked to elections’
Legislative amendments tabled by a Bulgarian Socialist Party MP to ban private debt collectors from being hired by the state
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Polish and US gas giants joins forces in shale gas exploration
Poland’s gas monopolist PGNiG signed a co-operation deal with US fuel giant Chevron on joint exploration of four shale gas
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