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Bulgaria inks long-term deal for gas deliveries via Turkey
Bulgaria on Tuesday signed a long-term deal for access to Turkey’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and transit network, in a move to secure ... Energy -
Ammonia leak in eastern Serbia forces schools, international highway to close
A key international highway in eastern Serbia remained closed on Monday, along with schools and other public institutions in the area, following an ... World News -
Croatia set to join Europe’s free-travel zone while Romania, Bulgaria will be barred
Opposition led by Austria is set to prevent Bulgaria and Romania from winning approval on Thursday to join Europe’s control-free travel zone, though ... World News -
Van smuggling 12 Syrian migrants rams into police car in Bulgaria
A van smuggling 12 Syrian migrants crashed into a police car near the Bulgarian capital on Tuesday after the driver fled a police checkpoint, injuring ... World News -
Bulgaria charges five people with helping Istanbul bombing suspect
Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend's bombing in central Istanbul which killed six people, prosecutors ... News -
Bulgaria struggles with gas supply after denying ruble payment for Russian gas
Russia halted natural gas deliveries to Bulgaria in April after the government in Sofia refused to pay in rubles.Bulgaria has been almost totally ... World News -
Bulgarian court refuses to extradite Russian businessman wanted for tax evasion
A Bulgarian court on Thursday refused to extradite a Russian businessman wanted on tax charges, fearing he will not receive a fair trial after ... World News -
Russia kicks out 14 Bulgarian diplomats
Russia said Friday it was expelling 14 Bulgarian consular and embassy staff in response to Sofia’s “unmotivated” decision to expel Russian diplomatic ... World News -
Bulgaria president Radev calls Oct 2 snap polls, appoints caretaker govt
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev set October 2 as the date for the country’s fourth parliamentary election in less than two years on Monday, after the ... World News -
Bulgaria to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff: PM Petkov
Bulgaria will expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff, the EU country’s prime minister announced on Tuesday, the biggest number ordered out in one-go from ... World News -
Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant shuts down after generator malfunctions
Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant shut down one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors on Wednesday after a generator malfunction, the operator said, ... World News -
Bulgaria uses police dogs in migrant pushbacks: Rights group
An international rights group said Thursday that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other ... World News -
Russia expels 10 Romanian diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia on Friday expelled 10 Romanian diplomats in response to similar expulsions by Bucharest.Moscow’s foreign ministry added that it rejected ... World News -
Bulgaria says will veto EU oil sanctions on Russia if it does not get derogation
Bulgaria will not support European Union's new set of sanctions against Russia if the Balkan country does not get a derogation from the proposed ban ... World News -
European leaders deem Russia’s decision to cut off Poland, Bulgaria gas ‘blackmail’
European leaders blasted Russia’s decision to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as “blackmail,” saying the cutoff and the Kremlin's ... World News -
Russia’s Gazprom halts gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland for failing to pay in rubles
Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in rubles, the Kremlin’s toughest ... Energy -
Turkey says Black Sea countries held ‘efficient’ talks on Ukraine war, floating mines
Defense ministers from Black Sea coastal countries held a video call on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine, mines floating in the sea and regional ... World News -
Netherlands sends fighter jets to Bulgaria to help monitor airspace amid Ukraine war
Netherlands has sent four F-35 warplanes to NATO ally Bulgaria to help with its air-policing tasks amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defense ... World News -
US approves sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Bulgaria in $1.67 bln deal
Such a sale would support the US’s foreign policy and national security objectives “by helping to improve the security of a NATO ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in Europe.” World News -
European Commission wants sanctioned Russians stripped of ‘golden passports’
The European Commission on Monday urged EU member states to explore ways to strip sanctioned Russians and Belarussians of EU nationalities that were ... World News -
Bulgaria to recall its ambassador to Russia for consultations
Bulgaria will recall its ambassador to Russia for consultations in response to “undiplomatic, sharp and rude” comments from the Russian ambassador to ... World News -
Bulgaria scraps ‘golden passports’ scheme amid Russia sanctions
Bulgaria on Thursday abolished its controversial “golden passports” scheme offering citizenship of the EU member state in return for substantial ... World News -
Bulgaria expels 10 Russian diplomats
Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had declared 10 Russian diplomats “persona non grata” and given them 72 hours to leave the Balkan ... World News -
Bulgaria expels two Russian diplomats over spying allegations
Bulgaria has given two Russian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country over accusations of spying, Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska said on ... World News -
Bulgarian PM self-isolates after close COVID contact during security meeting
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has gone into precautionary self-isolation after being in contact with the parliament speaker who tested ... Coronavirus -
Bulgaria sends soldiers to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, the defense minister ... World News -
Police raid homes, businesses across Germany, Italy, Bulgaria in Italian mafia probe
Police in Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria raided 46 residential and commercial buildings on Wednesday as part of a European probe into the Italian mafia, ... World News -
Bulgaria charges two Turkish citizens over huge heroin seizure
Bulgarian authorities have seized at least 400 kg (882 lb) of heroin from Iran, concealed in marble slabs, and charged two Turkish citizens with drug ... World News -
US soldiers mistakenly raid Bulgarian sunflower oil factory during NATO drill
The owner of a small sunflower oil factory in Bulgaria has accused US soldiers of illegally storming his facility during a NATO military exercise last ... World News -
Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over arms depot blasts, Russia says it will respond
Bulgaria on Thursday said it was expelling a Russian diplomat after prosecutors said they suspected Russian involvement in four explosions at arms ... World News