Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Premier Kiril Petkov to take part in an extraordinary meeting of the European Council in Brussels

Bulgaria's Premier Kiril Petkov
Photo: BGNES-archive

Bulgaria’s Premier Kiril Petkov will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the European Council in Brussels on May 30 and 31, the Council of Ministers announced. The European Council will discuss the situation in Ukraine, EU security and defense, as well as energy and food security. A video conference call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is envisaged.

The EU leaders will discuss the European Commission’s plan REPowerEU which aims to make the EU independent from Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible.

It is a priority for the Bulgarian government to ensure Bulgaria’s energy security via diversification of energy sources and supply routes.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Ivaylo Valchev (ITN/ECR), Irina Nedeva (BNR) and Andrey Kovatchev (GERB/EPP) in Radio studio 1 of the EP, Strasbourg, 12 Feb 2025

The economic debate is key for this European Parliament session, say Bulgarian MEPs

The economic and financial debate is key for the current European Parliament session . This is the opinion of Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Kovatchev, who is a member of the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee. "The topic does not..

published on 2/14/25 12:05 PM

MEP Andrey Novakov: Bulgaria must receive targeted defense funding

Bulgaria must receive targeted defense funding. This is what Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Novakov has requested from the new EC Defense Commissioner. In addition to the topic of the tariffs that US President Donald Trump..

published on 2/14/25 11:30 AM

Balkan Developments

Türkiye commemorates the victims of the devastating earthquakes of 2023 Türkiye honored the memory of the victims of the earthquakes of February 6, 2023, when 7.7-magnitude tremors in southeastern Turkey levelled entire..

published on 2/7/25 4:41 PM