MEPs call on the European Commission to take the measures foreseen in EU legislation to guarantee full visa reciprocity between the EU and the US. “The discrimination that Bulgarians, Croatians, Cypriots and Romanians experience when travelling to the US is unacceptable. Respecting the fundamental principle of solidarity among EU members, we call on the Commission…
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Russia-Bulgaria diplomatic raw
Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office reported on its website on January 24 that pre-trial probes involving two Russian diplomats as part of an espionage case had been launched. Moscow said Russia reserves right for tit-for-tat measures after diplomats’ expulsion from Bulgaria:https://t.co/I1jDQ0rfZc pic.twitter.com/jjLt0tIANW — TASS (@tassagency_en) January 25, 2020 Diplomats from Russian Federation who were declared personae non…
Bulgaria minister resigns over EU funds misuse
Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture Rumen Porozhanov (pictured) resigned in an aftermath of scandals involving purchases of luxury properties and the building of guest houses with EU aid for private use. Porozhanov did not quite immediately after the scandal eruption, but two weeks after prosecutors launched a large-scale probe into possible fraud with EU rural development aid at over…
Bulgaria abandons passport for investment practice
Bulgaria plans to end practice offering wealthy foreigners to obtain citizenship against investment, the justice ministry said on the 22 of January, adding the scheme had failed to bring any significant economic benefits. Bulgaria Justice Ministry proposes scrapping granting citizenship in return for investment https://t.co/e1SOzc4uwd pic.twitter.com/R4LOtucr7s — The Sofia Globe (@TheSofiaGlobe) January 22, 2019 The legal…
EU warns against “selling passports” to wealthy
The European Commission will warn against selling the EU citizenship or residence to wealthy individuals, which could help foreign organized crime groups infiltrate the bloc and increase the risk of money laundering, corruption and tax evasion. @matt_vella isn't this article incorrect? https://t.co/Kj8147Eu0a — PaulF (@PhDole) January 21, 2019 The warnings are included in a draft…
Matera and Plovdiv starring as EU capitals of culture
Plovdiv is the first ever Bulgarian city to be chosen as European Capital of Culture. With a full programme under the motto “Together”, 2019 will bring new opportunities to the region and international visibility for the city. More than 300 projects have been organised in Plovdiv, as well as the South Central Region of Bulgaria, and…
Homer times shipwreck discovery
Probably the oldest shipwreck in the world ever found by man it is lying on the seabed of the Black Sea for 2400 years, practically intact off Bulgarian coast. A 23 meters long vessel, used for trade and originally from classical Greece has been discovered by a team of archaeologists led by the British Joe…
Sofia Summit: EU ‘waiting room ticket’ for Western Balkans
Aleksandar Mitić, OPINION Eighteen years ago, as AFP correspondent, I attended the first EU-Western Balkans Summit, held in Zagreb in 2000. Enthusiasm and talk of fast entry into the EU dominated after the era of conflict in the 1990s. Almost two decades later, however, we are still talking about “European perspectives”, while EU investment in…
Sofia hosts Western Balkans Summit
The EU – Western Balkans Summit will take at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 17 May. It will bring together heads of state or government of EU member states with the Western Balkans partners: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. 🇪🇺 leaders gather…
EU-NATO: informal meeting in Sofia
“We will have today, I believe, a good discussion with the Defence Ministers in an informal setting, so we will not take any decisions” – the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said ahead of the NATO meeting in Sofia. #EU2018BG @FedericaMog in Sofia for the Defence ministers’ informal meeting @KKarakachanov @EU2018BG pic.twitter.com/N5FJpbzbnl — Sabrina Bellosi…
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