Ukrainian refugees: EU member states agree to extend temporary protection
In order to provide certainty for more than four million Ukrainian refugees currently living in the EU, the Council of
Read more
Month: September 2023
EC opens two new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria
The European Commission said on September 28 that it opened two new infringement cases against Bulgaria and was advancing the
Read more
Nato chief in Kyiv: Ukraine gradually gaining ground in counteroffensive
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on September 28, underscoring Nato’s powerful support for Ukraine in talks with President
Read more
Bulgaria’s Parliament votes for country’s refinery to switch in stages to non-Russian oil
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 28 the second reading of legislative amendments that will require the country’s sole oil refinery,
Read more
Bulgaria begins immunising with new vaccine against Covid-19 subvariant
Bulgaria began administering the new vaccine targeting Covid-19’s Omicron’s XBB 1.5 subvariant on September 27, with 755 people getting the
Read more
EBRD revises economic growth forecasts for Bulgaria for 2023, 2024
In its September 2023 Regional Economic Prospects report, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised its economic
Read more
Bulgaria’s Parliament votes to supply unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine
In an unconventional procedure, Bulgaria’s Parliament voted behind closed doors on September 27 to supply unserviceable S-300 missiles to Ukraine,
Read more
Three arrested in Bulgaria in probe into EU agricultural funds fraud
On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia, Bulgaria’s anti-organised crime squad arrested three people and carried
Read more
Tussle over ‘Russian Church’ in Bulgaria’s capital after ‘clergy’ expelled as threat to national security
The “Russian Church” in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is the subject of a tussle that has been going on for
Read more