ARCHIVE - 17 June 2022

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Business

Inflation in the EU is 8.8%, in Bulgaria - 13.4%

Inflation in the European Union in May set a new record and reached 8.8 percent on an annual basis, according to Eurostat, quoted by BTA. In the Eurozone alone, inflation is 8.1 percent

Business » Finance | June 17, 2022, Friday // 21:51

Politics

Bulgaria: When will be the Vote of No Confidence

At an extraordinary session on Tuesday, discussions will be held on the vote of no confidence in the government requested by GERB-SDS. The vote will take place on Wednesday, June 22 at the earliest

Politics | June 17, 2022, Friday // 22:19

Bulgaria is heading for Quick Elections in the Fall with Paper Ballots

The next parliamentary elections will take place in September or October and there will be paper ballot voting, in addition to the machine ballot

Politics | June 17, 2022, Friday // 22:04

Bulgaria: The French Proposal on Veto for North Macedonia has been sent to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

The French proposal for a decision on the veto imposed by Bulgaria on North Macedonia for the start of negotiations for EU membership has been sent to the Foreign Policy Committee of the National Assembly

Politics | June 17, 2022, Friday // 21:40

Bulgaria: Parliament adopted the Update of the State Budget at First Reading

Against the background of a protest in support of Nikola Minchev - the plenary hall adopted at first reading the update of the state budget, and thus the overall change in the financial framework

Politics | June 17, 2022, Friday // 08:09

Tensions after Last Night’s Protest over the Removal of Nikola Minchev

Protest in support of the removed chairman of the National Assembly Nikola Minchev last night in front of the parliament

Politics | June 17, 2022, Friday // 07:49

Society

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 240 New Cases in the Last 24 hours

After 3722 tests for OVID-19 were made in the last 24 hours, 240 new cases were identified in Bulgaria, according to the data from the Unified Information Portal. This means that the number of new cases from the tests is 6.4 percent

Society » Health | June 17, 2022, Friday // 07:55

World

VMRO-DPMNE Leader: If Bulgaria's demands are part of EU’s Negotiating Framework, We'd better Not Go In

The leader of the Macedonian opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, said that if Bulgaria's demands are included in the EU's negotiating framework for membership, Skopje would be better off refusing to apply to the Union

World » Southeast Europe | June 17, 2022, Friday // 08:15

Lavrov told the BBC: Russia is Not Ashamed

“Russia has an unblemished reputation and is not ashamed”, the Russian foreign minister told a BBC correspondent in Moscow

World » Russia | June 17, 2022, Friday // 08:01

Ukraine will Not Host "Eurovision 2023"

It is very likely that the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the United Kingdom in 2023 after the organizers of the event decided that Ukraine is not able to host, as required by regulation

World » Ukraine | June 17, 2022, Friday // 22:28

Day 114 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv expects New Invasion through Belarus, 20 Prison Camps in Occupied Territories

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

World » Ukraine | June 17, 2022, Friday // 08:33
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