Bulgaria expects the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to help boost trade with the US, according to Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski.
The Budget and Finance Committee of the National Assembly dismissed the proposal of Bulgaria's largest ruling party GERB to increase the tax on interest earned from bank deposits from 8 to 10 %.
Gerhard Roiss, CEO of Austrian oil and gas company OMV said that Russia's announced cancellation of the South Stream pipeline was not to have major consequences.
"To me it is more than clear that the unlocking of South Stream [is tied to] the EU's negotiations with Russia," Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has said.
The decision to scrap Russia’s South Stream project and redirect the gas pipeline to Turkey seems to be a “rare diplomatic defeat” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the New Your Times commented on Tuesday.
Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has said that the South Stream gas pipeline should not be considered suspended until Russia comes up with an official statement on the matter.
Serbia has not been officially informed by Gazprom about any change to the project for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, according to Energy Minister Alexander Antic.
Martin Dimitrov, Deputy Chair of Bulgaria’s parliamentary energy committee, has dismissed the announcement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the suspension of the South Stream gas pipeline project as a bluff.
Former Bulgarian Energy Minister Traycho Traykov has described Vladimir Putin’s announcement that the South Stream gas pipeline will not be built as a show of muscle.
The Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has made changes to the Supervisory Board of state-owned gas transmission operator Bulgartransgaz.
Bulgaria will relax the process of issuing visas to Turkish citizens during winter months to give a boost to its tourism sector, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday.
The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Mitov held a meeting with the State Secretary of the USA John Kerry in Brussels on Tuesday.
The European Commission revealed that no legal framework existed for compensating Bulgaria due to Russia's announced cancellation of the construction of the South Stream pipeline.
The European Commission has emphasized that it has not insisted on the full suspension of the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline.
The Patriotic Front (PF) is to gather at a consultative council at which to decide whether to withdraw its support for the coalition government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
Bulgarian trade unions have threatened to schedule a protest by the end of the week.
The students behind last year's occupation of Sofia University are organising a protest demanding the resignations of several controversial politicians, who were appointed to high-level positions.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday the country will have to find alternative sources to secure its long-term gas supplies following Russia’s decision to drop the South Stream project.
The European Commission said on Tuesday it will continue talks on South Stream with EU member states despite Russia’s announcement that it has abandoned the gas pipeline project.
The way Russia has taken and announced its decision to abandon South Stream once again highlights the importance of diversification of gas supply sources for Bulgaria, a senior EU Commission member said on Tuesday.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) announced in one of its regular reports that a ceasefire had been agreed between representatives of Ukraine's armed forces and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic.
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Novinite.com and Novinite.bg have asked energy expert Hristo Kazandzhiev for a comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that the South Stream gas pipeline project is coming to a halt.
UNESCO head Irina Bokova has said she does not see "any obstacle" for the next UN Secretary-General to be a woman.
Former Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov has estimated Bulgaria’s losses from the suspension of the South Stream gas pipeline at around USD 600 M.
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