Russian forces in Mariupol have been shelling foreign-flagged civilian ships and trying to take the sailors hostage in the space of a few days, the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova announced. Denisova asked the foreign consulates, whose citizens are onboard the ships, to help evacuate these people under Ukrainian control, UNIAN agency reported.
According to Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bulgarian sailors in Mariupol said on April 11 that they were safe.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is to meet today with the Chancellor of Austria’s Karl Nehammer, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced. On April 9, Chancellor Nehammer met in Kyiv with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be the first EU leader to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov and Ukrainie’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed energy security in the region and opportunities to strengthen cooperation in this area. The two held a phone conversation on November 6. They also discussed..
Six migrants died after the car transporting them overturned on the shore of Lake Vaya near Burgas. Before the accident, the traffickers’ car had been chased by border police between the towns of Kiten and Burgas. The driver of the car — a Romanian..
In the period November 7 to 9, Sofia Tech Park will host the tenth edition of CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring, organized by the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). The hackathon will..
The Sofia City Court has postponed the extradition case of Igor Grechushkin, the owner of a cargo ship linked to the explosion at the port of Beirut in..
The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) has proposed the introduction of temporary restrictions on the movement of heavy trucks weighing over 12 tons along..
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures will range from 8 to 13°C , with Sofia seeing around 9°C. Rain is expected across the country, with heavier showers in..
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