Bulgaria's PM Backs 'Balkan Stream' as EU Plots Full Break from Russian Gas
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has reaffirmed that the “Balkan Stream” pipeline remains a functional and commercially viable energy project
The Mayor of Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, has invited pregnant women living in Moscow to come give birth in hospitals in the Bulgarian capital.
Fandakova announced the information Friday, saying that the invitation concerns women in good health and with normal pregnancy, who have been affected the smog overpowering the Russian capital, adding the maternal wards capacity in Sofia is about 100 patients a week.
The Mayor pointed out this new invitation does not mean the capital would not take children and/ or the elderly as the request of the Russian Federation has been. She explained the city will be able to greet them in a week to two weeks from now.
The invitation is further extended to people with disabilities and children from Moscow orphanages.
The dangerous smog was caused by wildfires devastating Russia and its capital for weeks.
These were the worst fires in modern Russian history. The national death toll attributed directly to the forest blaze mounted to 52 and up to 2000 homes have been destroyed, leaving scores homeless.
Bulgaria has temporarily evacuated its diplomatic mission from Tehran due to heightened security concerns in the Iranian capital
Two Bulgarian nationals have been safely evacuated from Iran following an operation led by the Embassy of Bulgaria in Tehran
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sofia has issued an official statement regarding the recent rise in tensions in the Middle East
North Macedonia’s President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova openly criticized Bulgaria during a summit of the South East European Cooperation Process in Tirana
The Embassy of Turkey in Bulgaria reports a recent piece of misinformation circulating on social media. It also takes the chance to introduce the Center for Countering Disinformation
Bulgaria has received full support from Austria regarding its accession to the eurozone, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced following his meeting with Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker in Vienna.
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