The European Commission expects Bulgaria to provide a position and assessment of the possible consequences for the Lukoil refinery in Burgas as soon as possible after the imposition of US sanctions against the Russian company. This..
Fuel supplies for the domestic market are fully secured until the end of the year , Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said, following the United States’ sanctions on Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft. He added that the market would be closely monitored to..
U.S. sanctions on NIS activated despite expectations of delay U.S. sanctions on Serbian oil company NIS – Naftna Industrija Srbije came into force on Thursday after being postponed eight times and despite expectations of yet another postponement,..
The National Grain Producer Association has reacted sharply to the European Parliament’s decision to increase tariffs on fertilizers from Russia and Belarus. According to Bulgarian farmers, this would lead to a drastic jump in..
Pro-Russian candidate takes lead in first round of presidential election in Romania In a shock development, independent far-right, pro-Russia candidate Calin Georgescu took the lead in the first round of the presidential election in Romania with..
Three Bulgarian companies have been sanctioned by the US for enabling the Russian military industry. According to the US Department of State and the Department of the Treasury, they shipped aviation components and other items used by Russia to..
Defence spending, the US F-16s commissioned for the Bulgarian air force, European defence policies, the suspicions that Bulgaria is circumventing the energy sanctions against Russia, the stability of democracy in Bulgaria – these were the questions..
Restoring control on the "Kamchiya" rehabilitation complex and the freezing of Russian properties owned by sanctioned persons is envisaged in a draft bill by MPs of PP-DB, Ivaylo Mirchev and Nadezhda Yordanova. The bill also provides for the..
GERB-SDS, We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) have agreed to end the derogation for Russian oil. At a meeting in Parliament, the three formations decided that the sponsors of the two..
In an open letter, the chair of the parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Delyan Peevski criticizes Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, accusing the government of not coping adequately with the consequences of the heavy..
