News archive of April 2019

The daily says that Merkel and Macron are to have "any hope of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, and breaking a deadlock in talks on the normalization of relations" - then "analysts say they may first have to broker another peace, between Kosovo's two lead

The celebrations commenced on the occasion of 143 years since the announcement of the April Uprising.

Tonight there will be a commemorative fireworks in Koprivshtitsa.

The culmination of the celebrations is on May 1st. There will be concerts and celebrations, as well as reconstruction of the April Uprising moments.

EU officials are still waiting to receive crucial air pollution reduction programmes from fifteen EU governments, including France, Germany, Poland and Spain.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov spoke about US subsidies for the more expensive US gas to be delivered to Bulgaria. The idea was announced after a conference on alternative sources of natural gas in Sofia, where he spoke to Tom Pyle at the Institute for Energy Research in Washington, in the words of Prime Minister he is an advisor to President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump has asked the Senate to ratify North Macedonia's accession to NATO. In his letter, Trump notes that North Has been a constant partner on security policy and that it's accession would help the security interests of both the US and the NATO alliance.

Russia will not allow the de-escalation zone in Syria's Idlib to be a "safe zone" for terrorists, the presidential envoy for Syria said on April 29.       

Today, unstable air mass expected across the country. Cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds will gather and with the passing of a cold front from west to east some places will see brief thundershowers; more intense in central northern Bulgaria. Moderate south-southwest wind, which in the afternoon will become west-northwest in the western part of the country and will grow stronger.

ISIL's media network on April 29 published a threatening video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since declaring the jihadists' now-defunct "caliphate" five years ago. 

Responding to question from journalists after the summit ended in Berlin, Vucic said that Angela Merkel's and Emmanuel Macron's engagement was very important and showed their determination to preserve peace in the Western Balkans, as by that they also preserve peace in Europe.

Two U.S. representatives will travel to Turkey and Switzerland to discuss Syria, the State Department said on April 29.