Russia and Ukraine will sign today in Istanbul a UN backed agreement to free up grain exports from Ukraine's besieged Black Sea ports, the Turkish presidency announced. With the finalization of the deal, the crisis related to the export of 25 million tons of grain will be resolved, the Turkish newspaper "Karar" points out. In addition to unblocking grain exports, the agreement will also include permission for the export of grain and fertilizers from Russia. UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that he would attend the event together with Turkish President Recep Erdogan and the representatives of Russia and Ukraine.
Russian forces seem to be closing in on Ukraine's second-largest power plant, the Uglegorsk TPP, 50km northeast of Donetsk, with the aim of seizing critical infrastructure and the cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, British intelligence said. One of the most densely populated areas of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv came under fire yesterday, the city mayor Igor Terekhov said, urging civilians not to leave their shelters. There were reports of serious shelling in Mykolaiv.
The European Union has tightened restrictions on sanctioned individuals who have close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. They will have to declare their assets in the EU which will be frozen and if they refused, they could face criminal charges and confiscation. 48 individuals and 9 companies are targeted, including the largest Russian bank "Sberbank", actors Vladimir Mashkov and Sergey Bezrukov, members of the bike gang "Night Wolves", the Guardian writes. The EU also decided to provide 50 million euros in military aid to Ukraine.
Britain would send a large number of artillery launchers and more than 1,600 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, British Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace said. The UK has already supplied the country with a wide range of military equipment, including nearly 7,000 anti-tank weapons, thousands of missiles and armored military vehicles.
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July 2-16, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The last time such an operation was carried..
On 2 July, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is to take part in the opening of the 28th Annual Economist Government Roundtable, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The international forum brings together state leaders from Greece and the region,..
On Facebook, Kiril Petkov, co-leader of We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB), said that this coalition would not support "the GERB-SDS government that Peevski dreams of, because the next reforms that Bulgaria needs are impossible with..
Bulgaria’s national team of mathematics put up an excellent performance at the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad. Six Bulgarian students returned from..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest..
On Tuesday the weather will be sunny and hot over most of the country. Clouds will form over Western and Central Bulgaria in the afternoon and there..
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