Sofia, Sept 13 (BTA/GNA) – “We think it is right to allow imports from Ukraine,” Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said Wednesday before the start…
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Ukrainian refugees in EU to further benefit from special asylum rules
Strasbourg, France, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – Refugees from Ukraine are to be allowed to further stay in the European Union, without having to apply…
French regulators want iPhone 12 recalled from market
Paris, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – A French regulator has demanded that Apple, remove its 3-year-old iPhone 12 from the French market, because tests showed…
Pyongyang’s Kim says Moscow will win Ukraine war, during Russia visit
Moscow, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, predicted a Russian victory in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, during his meeting with…
Kim promises to help Putin in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Moscow, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – North Korea’s ruler, Kim Jong Un, has promised Russian President Vladimir Putin his help in Russia’s war against Ukraine,…
Simona Halep given four-year ban from tennis over doping offences
London, Sept 13, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Former Wimbledon champion and world number one, Simona Halep, has been banned for four years, for two doping…
Russian media show video of Kim Jong Un’s arrival in Russia
Moscow, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – Russian media have published a video, showing the arrival of North Korean ruler, Kim Jong Un in Russia’s Far…
Bulgaria: Large Investment Project Near Sozopol to Build Pharmaceutical Factory, Farm and Tourist Facilities
Sofia, Sept 12 (BTA/GNA) – The start of a large investment project, worth over BGN 40 million, for the building of a pharmaceutical factory,…
Latvia: Belarus waging a ‘hybrid attack’ as illegal crossings climb
Riga, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Latvia once again registered more than 100 people trying to illegally cross the border from neighbouring Belarus in the…
Putin says Kiev has not achieved any results in its counteroffensive
Moscow/Kiev, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Tuesday that Ukraine has achieved any success in its three-month-old counteroffensive, even as…
Greek flood waters recede, raising fears of more bodies
Athens/Brussels, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Flood waters in central Greece that displaced thousands continued to recede on Tuesday, but authorities are worried that as…
Rights groups denounce forced evacuations in mineral-rich Congo
Berlin, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Entire communities have been displaced and “grevious” human rights abuses committed due to the expansion of mines in the…
Lampedusa camp overcrowded as some 2,000 more boat migrants arrive
Rome, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – More than 2,000 migrants have arrived by boat on the small Mediterranean island of Lampedusa since Sunday, the ANSA…
Politics Vatican Ukraine Vatican is sending envoy to China to discuss Ukraine peace mission
Rome, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – Pope Francis is sending the Vatican’s special envoy for the Ukraine war, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, to China on a…
Bulgaria: Tourism Ministry Reports Increase in Spa Tourists by 12% in 2023
Smolyan, Southern Bulgaria, Sept 11 (BTA/GNA) – Between the beginning of the year and August 20, 720,000 spa tourists were registered in the country,…
RFEF confirms that president Rubiales is resigning over kiss affair
Madrid, Sep 11, (dpa/GNA) – Luis Rubiales is resigning as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in the wake of a kissing affair…
National Polytechnic Museum Launches Educational Programme for First Day of School
Sofia, Sept 10 (BTA/GNA) – On September 15, the first day of school in Bulgaria, the National Polytechnic Museum will launch its new educational…
Bulgaria: French Artist Francois Chaignaud Dances with Snake in Sofia
Sofia, Sept 9 (BTA/GNA) – French artist Francois Chaignaud danced with a live snake at Sofia’s Toplocentrala Center for Contemporary Arts on Friday evening.…
Bulgaria: How a Colonel in Charge of Forced Labour Camps Helped Rescue Jews during WWII
Plovdiv, Sept 9 (BTA/GNA) – “To me, Colonel Tsvetan Mumdzhiev was a Renaissance man, a man of discipline and yet loving, spiritual,” his grandson,…
New Zealand parliament dissolved ahead of October elections
Wellington, Sept. 8, (dpa/GNA) – New Zealand on Friday dissolved its parliament for the upcoming general election. The country’s parliament must be dissolved before…