The news that matter in Europe
The news that matter in Europe
By Biserka Gramatikova
The year is 1943 and Bulgaria has just told Hitler that he will not receive the Bulgarian Jews. The untold but true tale of how nearly 50,000 Jewish Bulgarians were saved from deportation and death – true story from a forgotten chapter of European history. Europe’s…
By Angelina Vladikova, Chair, “Bridges – Eastern European Forum for Dialogue” NGO
26-29.09.2024 – interfaith weekend in Yakoruda, Bulgaria
On the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Peace on 21 September, the association “Bridges – Eastern European Forum for…
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Two Russian tankers “Nikolay Velikiy” and “Nikolay Gamayunov” were refueling ships leaving the ports of Varna and Burgas on the border of Bulgaria’s 24-mile contiguous zone in the Black Sea. Risky offshore fueling was probably motivated by dumping prices, which were achieved after taxes and…
Dozens of Bulgarian families from Duisburg have received letters from German municipal authorities with a notification that they must leave their apartments by mid-September 2024. This was reported by the organization “Stolipinovo* in Europe”.
From there they also state that all those…
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Russian citizens or Russian companies participate in 11,939 companies in our country. This is clear from the answer of the Bulgarian Minister of Justice Maria Pavlova to a question posed by the parliamentarian Martin Dimitrov. He asked about the number of companies in Bulgaria in which…
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The caretaker government aims to cover 1.5 billion euros worth of bonds maturing next week
Bulgaria will offer US dollar-denominated bonds for the first time in 22 years as it tries to plug its budget deficit and pay off maturing debt amid a prolonged political crisis, Bloomberg…
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On July 23, 2024, Archdeacon Andrey Kuraev was admitted to the clergy of the Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Lithuania in response to his request, according to an official announcement of the Exarchate. Specifically, it says:
“Archdeacon Andrei, born in 1963, is a famous…
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In the first half of 2024 the leading global provider of foreign exchange and international payments for businesses, iBanFirst, processed 275 million euros in FX transactions for Bulgarian trading companies. In comparison to the same period last year this is an increase of 90% that was driven…
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The European Prosecutor’s Office announced that it has filed charges against a Bulgarian dairy farmer who received funds from the EU fraudulently, BTA reported.
The accused submitted forged documents in order to be able to build a milk processing workshop with European funds. He has…
By Petar Gramatikov
Green Transition Forum 4.0: New global perspectives for the CEE region is taking place on 26-28 June 2024, Bulgaria (Sofia Event Center, Mall Paradise).
The forum dedicated to the European Green Deal and the green transformation was opened by the Bulgarian President…
By Ina Koleva, myPOS Communications Executive
In the US, over 340,042 tech employees have been laid off since late 2022, with at least 56,042 layoffs in 2024 alone. While Bulgaria is also affected, resilient companies continue to hire local IT talent, positioning for future…
Lawmakers in North Macedonia approved the new nationalist-dominated government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, whose party won parliamentary elections in May, riding on voter anger at the slow pace of European Union integration, reported Reuters.
After a third vote and a technical…
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The casket with the mortal remains of Tsar Ferdinand leaves for Bulgaria late on Monday. This was reported by the Catholic Church “St. Augustine” in the German city of Coburg, in whose crypt the body of the monarch was laid after his death in 1948, next to the sarcophagi of his mother and…
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Kiev is sticking to the price of $600 million despite Sofia’s desire to gain more from a possible deal.
Ukraine expects to start building four new nuclear reactors this summer or fall, Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Reuters at the end of January this year. The country is trying…
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VINARIA took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 20 to 24 February 2024.
The International Exhibition of Vine-growing and Wine producing VINARIA is the most prestigious platform for the wine industry in Southeast Europe. It showcases a rich selection of drinks: from authentic local products to…
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The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, Diana Kovacheva, published the Institution’s Eleventh Annual Report of the inspections in places of deprivation of liberty in 2023, carried out by the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) – the NPM is a specialized directorate under the Ombudsman,…
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Years ago, Bulgaria was one of the biggest producers of wine in the world, but now it has been losing its position for almost 2 decades. This is the main conclusion of the initial analysis of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BCC).
Since 1961, the country has been among the first 15…
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The claim of “NEXO” against Bulgaria, the Ministry of Finance and the Prosecutor’s Office turned out to be over 3 billion dollars. This is clear from the digital asset company’s announcement to the media at the end of January.
“The size of the arbitration claim is determined by the…
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The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has officially announced that it has completed the process of coordinating and approving the design of the Bulgarian euro coins. The final step in this process involved the approval of the EU Council, which was received earlier this month. All EU member states…
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ECRI highlights the cases of a number of attacks against people who identify themselves as Bulgarians
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe has published in September 2023 its annual report on N. Macedonia, and in the section on hate speech,…