Source: Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) The countries of the European Union Italy, Greece and Bulgaria have imported natural gas from Azerbaijan for 1.6 billion euros in January 2023, Interfax-Azerbaijan reported. According to statistics, in January 2022, the value of gas imported from Azerbaijan to the EU was 887 million euros, while in December of the […]
Source: EN RSS Free A stable banking sector is a factor for successfully overcoming the crises, President Rumen Radev said when he met on Monday with representatives of the board of directors of Eurobank Group. Petia Dimitrova, CEO and Chair of the Board of Postbank, a subsidiary of the banking group, also took part in […]
Source: EN RSS Free Next week, the Council of Ministers will approve Bulgaria’s position on the request to renegotiate the parameters related to the functioning of coal plants, which were decided by the Parliament, and the changes will be proposed to the European Commission, after which the negotiations will begin, said Energy Minister Rossen Hristov […]
Source: EN RSS Free Airlines began operating on their 2023 summer schedule on Sunday, March 26. This summer, a total of 21 airlines will operate at Sofia airport. Ryanair has included two new direct flights to its roster, a direct flight to Wroclaw, Poland twice a week and flights to Rhodes, Greece twice a week, […]
Source: Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) In 2022, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS), varied between 59 percent from the European Union average in Bulgaria and 261 percent in Luxembourg. This is shown by the latest data of the European statistical agency Eurostat, published yesterday on its official page and […]
Source: EN RSS Free By next year, about 1 billion cubic metres (10 tankers) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be unloaded at the Greek port of Alexandroupolis annually will be for Bulgaria, caretaker Minister of Energy Rossen Hristov said on Friday. This is about a third of the total amount Bulgaria needs, Hristov noted. […]
Source: EN RSS Free An intergovernmental agreement with the US and a contract for a feasibility study for the possible construction of a new N-plant project in Bulgaria are expected to be signed in the coming months, Energy Minister Rossen Hristov said here Friday. He was asked by BTA what happens with a parliamentary resolution […]
Source: Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) The picture of Jackson Pollock, which was discovered in Bulgaria by the Main Directorate “Fighting Organized Crime”, was part of the personal collection of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, reported the Bulgarian National Television from sources familiar with the investigation. This is evident from a stamp in Romanian on the back […]
Source: EN RSS Free Thessaloniki is hosting Monday a conference of the Association of the Balkan News Agencies – Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE Europe). Titled “The Role of News Information in the New Balkan Reality”, it has brought together the leaders of regional news agencies, including BTA Director General Kiril Valchev. The participants were addressed by […]
Source: EN RSS Free Pensions in Bulgaria were raised on two occasions in 2022: as from July 1 and as from October 1. As a result, the average monthly pension per retiree increased by 17.5% or BGN 109.72 from 2021, the National Social Security Institute reports. In February 2023, the average monthly retirement-age and contributory-income […]