Irregular crossings through migrants into the EU inside the early a part of this yr spiked to their highest stage in view that 2016, the bloc’s border safety corporation Frontex stated on Tuesday. And the quantity of tried crossings throughout the Channel, from the EU to Britain, almost tripled for the reason that same length … Read more
SOFIA – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said his defence minister will be fired Monday over his restrained stance on Ukraine, notably stopping short of calling the conflict a “war”. An extraordinary government session would approve Defence Minister Stefan Yanev’s resignation, Petkov said. “No defence minister of mine can use the word ‘operation’ instead of … Read more
SOFIA – Bulgaria will begin phasing out its COVID-19 “Green Pass,” as the pandemic is subsiding in the country, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Under an order by Health Minister Asena Serbezova, which takes effect on Thursday, managers of shopping malls, eateries and swimming pools, as well as organizers of cultural and sporting events … Read more
SOFIA – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,003,448 after 8,012 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Most of the new and total COVID-19 cases — standing at 1,448 and 258,437, respectively — were registered in the capital city Sofia. The nationwide … Read more
SOFIA – Bulgaria reported a record number of 7,062 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours after 37,952 tests were taken, raising the total caseload to 794,240, the country’s COVID-19 information portal said Wednesday. The surging cases came 10 days after the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in Bulgaria. On Jan. 2, 12 … Read more
PARIS: The euro on Saturday marks 20 years since people began to use the single European currency, overcoming initial doubts, price concerns and a debt crisis to spread across the region. Euro banknotes and coins came into circulation in 12 countries on January 1, 2002, greeted by a mix of enthusiasm and scepticism from citizens who … Read more
The sea of Bulgarian buses parked outside a market in Turkey’s historic city of Edirne betrays the scale of the currency crisis impeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s path to a third decade of rule. The mosque-filled city on Turkey’s western edge was an early capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was expanding across the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bulgaria signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on scientific and technical cooperation in the field of agricultural research, a statement said. The MoU was signed during a visit of Ambassador of Pakistan to Bulgaria Mariam Aftab to the Agricultural Academy of Bulgaria (AAB), where she met its president Prof Eng Martin Banev, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bulgaria have agreed to enhance bilateral economic cooperation in different sectors and intend to ensure investment in different potential areas of both sides. Both the countries agreed to initiate the proposal for the investment in different potential areas, including information technology (IT), food processing and tourism sectors for investment, a statement issued … Read more
