Latest News from Bulgaria

UNESCO Chief Urges Dialogue of Cultures, Education to Counter Violent Extremism

The deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq by violent extremists is a phenomenon that goes beyond the two countries' borders and requires a battle for the hearts and minds of the people to eradicate, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said on Wednesday.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Presents New Nanotechnology Equipment

The Institute of Solid State Physics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSP-BAS) held a workshop on "Nanotechnology and nanomaterials: new equipment in the ISSP-BAS" with representatives of leading companies in the nanotechnology field in Bulgaria at the Inter Expo hotel in Sofia on December 10.

Bulgaria's GERB 'Doesn't Need a Complicated Govt Partner'

Main ruling GERB party's Deputy Chair Tsvetan Tsvetanov warned on Wednesday his political organization does not need a complicated partner that would raise tensions in government.

Bulgaria's PM Proposes President's Chief of Staff as Next Justice Minister

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has put forward the candidacy of Ekaterina Zaharieva, the President's Chief of Staff, as a successor to the outgoing Justice Minister.

This comes following an announcement by a member of the Reformist Bloc, the junior partner in Borisov's GERB-led government, that Zaharieva is the common nomination on which GERB and the RB have agreed.

Bulgarian Parliament Approves Constitutional Amendments at Third Reading

Bulgarian Parliament approved at third reading on Wednesday the amendments to the constitution concerning the reform of the judiciary.

The amendments were overwhelmingly approved with 189 MPs voting in favour, 39 lawmakers against, while 1 abstained.

Three Separate Protests Held in Sofia

A rally over Parliament's decision to reject part of a proposed judicial reform and two other protests were held in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Tuesday evening.

Supporters of nationalist Ataka party also marched against the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was in Sofia on Tuesday to meet his Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borisov.

Asylum for the insane

Did you see that photograph? It was not from Vietnam and the people in the photograph were not Vietnamese trying to escape American soldiers. Nor were they Turkish Cypriots running away from the Nikos Sampson-led Greek Cypriot hordes paid by Athens to annex the island to Greece. They were Turkish citizens trying to escape from a curfew to be imposed on their town within hours?

Airberlin To Re-introduce Sofia-Berlin Flight in March 2016

Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, said on Tuesday that it will re-introduce a daily flight between Berlin-Tegel and Sofia as part of plans to strengthen its competitiveness in Europe.

The re-introduced flight will supplement airberlin's codeshare service with Bulgaria Air, offering passengers two flights per day from Bulgaria's capital city to Berlin in future.

Bulgaria, Turkey PMs Discuss High-Speed Train Link, Gas Interconnector

Plans for a high-speed train linking Sofia and Istanbul and an interconnection for supplying gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria via Turkey have been on the agenda of a meeting between the heads of government of Turkey and Bulgaria in Sofia on Tuesday.

Ankara wants to open more chapters with EU

Turkey aims to open more chapters in its accession process to the European Union and finalize the process as soon as possible, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said a day after the EU decided to open its first chapter in more than two years. 

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