Bulgaria

Bulgaria is the leader in Europe in terms of usage of doping-containing food supplements.

The statement was made by the Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev in an interview for NOVA TV station, quoting data from the European Fitness Association.

Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova boasted about a successful 2014/2015 winter season (December-February), stressing that the period had brought growth of over 9%, with the number of tourists increasing by nearly 80 000.

In an interview for Trud daily, Angelkova made clear that tourism revenues had increased by BGN 34 M during the past winter season.

Pop star Anastacia will be performing in Bulgaria for the very first time on April 16. The concert will be held in the Hall 1 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

The event will be part of the promotional tour of the singer for her newest album released at the end of 2014. The Ressurrection Tour 2015 has already started in January with destinations all across Europe.

Construction works in the gulf of Coral, near camping South have started days prior to the Easter celebrations in Bulgaria.

Two fundaments have been laid at a distance of approximately 60-70 meters away from the beach.

In the words of environmental activists construction plans involve a mini village of 16 houses with a total surface of over 1,200 square meters.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is visiting Croatia to meet with counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

Opportunities to build a regional energy market and to boost diversification in Southeast Europe will be among the main topics of discussion, the President's press office has said.

It is very likely for Russia to renounce transportation of gas through the network of Ukraine, Russian Economy Minister Alexander Novak has said.

On Sunday Novak was quoted by news agency RIA as saying that Moscow would put all its effort in building the infrastructure of the so-called "Turkish Stream" gas project that is to pump gas to Turkey.

Explosions have been heard from warehouses of the VMZ Sopot military plants near the village of Iganovo, Central Bulgaria, officials say.

There have been so far no reports of injured people, though official information is not yet available.

The Louvre in Paris is to show for the first time on Tuesday The Epic of the Thracian Kings, an exhibition of possessions of Thracian King Seuthes III, which arrived there from Bulgaria in March.

There were two Bulgarians among the foreign nationals evacuated from war-torn Yemen by a Russian plane last night, the foreign ministry in Sofia said late on Monday .

The nationality of the Bulgarian citizens was confirmed following completion of data processing of the evacuees by the crisis centre established by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The cost of the future Turkish Stream gas pipeline project is comparable to the cost of the abandoned South Stream project, according to Gurkan Kumbaroglu, President-Elect of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).