The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is urging the Bulgarian citizens on the Greek islands of the Cyclades,who have decided not to leave the seismic zone, to get in touch with the Bulgarian embassy in Athens and to provide contact information in case of need.
Thousands of residents of Santorini and the nearby islands have evacuated in the last few days by ship and plane after more than 40 quakes over magnitude 4 have been registered in the past 72 hours. The Foreign Ministry also advises Bulgarians to closely monitor all information about seismic activity and to strictly follow all preventive measures and instructions by the local and the central authorities in Greece.
The government will request an extraordinary convergence report to assess Bulgaria's readiness to join the eurozone. This is what Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told journalists in Brussels, quoted by BTA. He confirmed that joining the eurozone..
The Vezhen, detained for damaging a fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea, has been released. The investigation found no evidence of sabotage. This was announced by the Swedish prosecutor's office. A few days ago, the Bulgarian vessel Vezhen, flying..
We will talk about defence funds. We believe that it is too early to talk about increasing the budget when a number of countries have not yet reached 2%, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said as he entered an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels...
Nuclear physicist Vasil Gurev fell into a deep ice crevasse during geophysical scientific research on the Contell Glacier in Antarctica, near the..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Minister Daniel Mitov announced with a post on the social networks that the General Directorate for Combating Organized..
"We need drones for aerial surveillance so we don’t have to use helicopters and airplanes to monitor the Bulgarian waters", said one of the..
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