125,500 Ukrainian citizens have entered Bulgaria since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. 58,000 of them have remained in the country, 2,500 more than yesterday. Temporary protection has been granted to 16,220 people, and those accommodated in hotels are almost 40,000, according to the data of the unified information portal "Bulgaria for Ukraine".
A new round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held in Istanbul between March 28 and 30. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview for an independent Russian news media that Kyiv was ready to discuss neutrality in peace talks with Russia. “Security guarantees and neutrality, the non-nuclear status of Ukraine- we are ready to do that”, said President Zelensky and added that Kyiv was ready to give Russian an official language status.
New fires have broken out around the Chernobyl nuclear site, Ukraine’s authorities announced. Ukraine called for “demilitarization” of the sector under the aegis of the United Nations.
The Ukrainian army has pushed back 5 attacks in Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has been forced to withdraw two battalion tactical groups after suffering heavy losses, the General Staff of Ukraine’s military announced.
A big charity concert named “Solidarity with Ukraine. We are with You!” took place downtown Sofia on Sunday evening. Thousands of Bulgarians flooded Independence Square to show support for Ukraine. They wore Bulgarian and Ukrainian national flags. The charity events in support of Ukraine continue. On March 28, the Bulgarian National Radio and the Bulgarian National Television are organizing a charity concert entitled “Together for Ukraine”.
The legal trial of the deaths of 18 refugees who died of suffocation in a truck found near the Sofia village of Lokorsko in February 2023 cannot begin . The reason is the lack of a response from the embassy in Afghanistan. It is not clear when the trial..
The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT), which is part of Sofia University, will be a co-organizer of the Physics-IQ Challenge competition, the university announced. The competition will be part of the..
US investors are in Sofia this week for talks with Bulgarian authorities on the expansion of the Chiren gas storage facility in northwestern Bulgaria - a project that could become a new battleground between supporters and opponents of Russian natural gas..
Job offers in all sectors of the Bulgarian economy are decreasing in July, according to the analysis of a leading online job posting platform in the..
Amendments to Bulgaria’s Road Traffic Law, published in today's issue of the State Gazette, will come into force in one month. From 5 September,..
A dead Egyptian vulture was found near the village of Hrastovo in Krumovgrad municipality , the press center of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry..
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