Russia shelves South Stream gas pipeline plans, blames Bulgaria
Russian president Vladimir Putin said on December 1 that state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom would shelve plans to build the South
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Day: December 1, 2014
European, US law enforcement seize 292 internet domain names for selling counterfeit products
Europol and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), together with 25 law enforcement agencies from 19
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EU lends $186 million to reconstruct Ukraine’s major gas pipeline
The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s lending arm, is providing a $186 million loan to Ukraine’s government for modernising
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Immediate end to military action in Ukraine needed, Bulgaria tells Russia
A key condition to normalising the situation in Ukraine is an immediate end to all military action on Ukrainian territory,
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NATO chief: Russia violating Ukraine cease-fire
NATO says Russia is violating a truce in eastern Ukraine by sending in convoys with advanced weapons and personnel reinforcements
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Bulgarian capital Sofia joins UNESCO ‘Creative Cities Network’
Bulgarian capital city Sofia has been named as a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, for its film industry. Launched
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2015 Budget
Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on December 1 the 2015 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, the
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Public protests planned against Binev heading Parliament’s committee on culture and media
Public protests are being organised by Bulgarians on Facebook against the appointment of controversial nationalist Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev
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Poland’s Donald Tusk takes over as EU Council president
Poland’s Donald Tusk has taken over as European Council president, charged with convening summits of the bloc’s 28 leaders. The
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