Latest News from Romania
Bulgaria's Exports to EU Post Growth in Jan-Aug 2016
Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 4.8% between January and August 2016 compared to the same period of last year, national statistics show.
Exports amounted to BGN 20.1782 B in the first eight months of the year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Gay Marriage Under Fire Ahead of Romania Election
Ahead of a decision by the Romanian Constitutional Court on November 29 on whether gay marriages are constitutional, calls to ban gay marriage by redefining the constitutional definition of the family have gained traction in the general election campaign.
Bulgaria-Romania To Launch Gas Link on November 11
The gas interconnector to Romania will become operational on November 11, stated PM Boyko Borisov at a meeting with his counterpart Aleksandar Vučić.
Borisov called for the intersystem link between Serbia and Bulgaria to be completed as well, since it is vital for both countries.
USA To Deploy 6,000 Troops in Europe
The USA will deploy nearly 6,000 troops in Europe this winter, announced the US Department of Defense.
The additional anti-tank brigade that will be sent to Europe numbers 4,000 troops. The USA will deploy an additional 1,750 troops with the 10th mountain division.
Earlier, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stated that the additional anti-tank brigade will arrive in February.
Romanian Ex-President Gets Moldovan Citizenship
Traian Basescu and his wife are to take an oath on Thursday to obtain Moldovan citizenship, just few days before Romania's neighbour country elects a new president in a closely-contested run-off vote between pro-European and pro-Russian candidates.
Discovering Vidin, a Danubian City with Glorious Past
Novinite is republishing another story by our reader Leon de Leeuw about his visit to city of Vidin in Northwestern Bulgaria.
You can read the other stories about his travels that we have reprinted here.
Presidential Elections: Socialist-Backed Candidate Vows to Defy CETA
The presidential candidate endorsed by Bulgaria's biggest opposition party has said he will refer the EU-Canada trade deal to the Constitutional Court if elected.
The agreement carries risks to Bulgaria's economy, while the benefit, visa-free travel, is too tiny, with visas for Canada being issued easily, Dnevnik.bg quotes Rumen Radev as saying.
AIG Selling Its Insurance Business in Bulgaria
US multinational insurance corporation AIG is withdrawing from the insurance business in Bulgaria as part of its decision to leave several markets.
Earlier in October, it announced it would sell some of its Latin American and Eastern European businesses to Canadian company Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.
Montenegro Hosts NATO Exercise Amid Russian Tension
An international military exercise called "Montenegro 2016", involving servicemen and women from the 32 NATO member and partner countries, started in the capital Podgorica on Monday
The consequence management field exercise, organized jointly by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, EADRCC, and the Montenegrin Interior Ministry, ends on Friday.
Canada Officially Confirms Visa Waiver for Bulgaria, Romania as of Dec 2017
Canadian Immigration Minister John McCallum has said visa requirements for Bulgarian and Canadian nationals will be dropped as of next December.
The Canadian government intends to enforce the step as of December 01, 2017, according to a government statement.
Romania's Vrancea Rocked by New Quake
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake has been measured in Vrancea country, Romania, state-run Agerpres agency says.
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre puts its magnitude at 4.
There have been no immediate reports of casualties.
The epicenter has been located at a depth of 100 km.
Bulgaria's Truck Drivers Block Border Points
Road haulage workers are protesting on Monday morning against what they describe as "inhumane conditions" conditions of waiting for hours to cross out of the country.
Truck drivers argue they have recently be waiting for 40 to 50 hours to cross.
Dracula Legend Lures Halloween Fans to Romania
Thousands of visitors, mostly from Western countries but including Romanians, too, have been heading for Bran Castle in Romania's Transylvania region this weekend to celebrate Halloween in the so-called home of Count Dracula.
Bulgaria Ranked 1st by Road Fatalities in Europe
Bulgaria had the biggest number of road fatalities in the EU last year, European Commission data shows.
The country had a rate of 98 deceased people per million inhabitants, with 95 in neighboring Romania and in Latvia, 82 in Lithuania, and 82 in Croatia.
Malta (26), Sweden (27), the UK (28), Denmark and the Netherlands (31 each) had the lowest number of road fatalities.
Oil Found in Bulgarian Black Sea Offshore Drilling
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev has announced that oil was found in the Khan Asparuh block during offshore drilling earlier this year.
Donchev has not elaborated his remarks at the opening of a tripartite meeting of government, employers, and unions.
A source of Inews.bg (a website of Novinite Group) working in the public sector has confirmed the news.