12 EU member states, including Bulgaria, want a significant reduction in the proposed gas price ceiling, Bloomberg reported. European Union Foreign Ministers will meet on December 12 to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran and an additional EUR 2 billion for arms deliveries to Ukraine, Reuters reported. However, it remains unclear whether Hungary will block some decisions, resorting to what diplomats have announced as “blackmail diplomacy” due to a dispute over locked EU funds for Budapest.
On Sunday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with the U.S President Joe Biden and with the Presidents of Turkey and France, Recep Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron. After the phone talks, President Zelensky announced that a new G7 summit would be held and that Ukraine would be invited to the meeting. According to Zelensky, the western countries view positively the Ukrainian peace formula. Volodymyr Zelensky came forward with the initiative to convene a global peace summit “that will make the Ukrainian peace formula a reality”.
Bulgarian diplomacy, without showing off, is using its influence to free the Bulgarian citizens who are hostages of Hamas in Gaza. We thanked the Bulgarian Ambassador Slavena Gergova and the EU Ambassador to Israel Dimitar Tsanchev, the Bulgarian..
"The governance program will be discussed later this week at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, and I hope it will address all questions and expectations from the public'', announced Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. He also commented on the..
On February 19, Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov will participate in the second emergency meeting on Ukraine, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Bulgarian government said in a press release. Bulgaria received an invitation from..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Bulgarian citizens traveling or residing in Canada keep themelselves well-informed about the current..
Sofia Airport has been officially renamed to Vasil Levski Airport at a solemn ceremony on February 19 . The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister..
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