Bulgaria

Warnings Issued Across Bulgaria over Possible Torrential Rains, Snowstorms

Code orange has been issued for Bulgaria's Smolyan municipality on Friday on account of the heavy rains and expected thunderstorms.

The other twenty seven areas of the country have been warned with a yellow code due to the heavy rains and possible snow storms.

Bulgaria to Host EU 'Secretive Ministerial Meeting' on Energy Next Week

The EU's energy ministers are to meet in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on February 9 for a meeting run by Commission Vice-President Maro? ?ef?ovi?, media reports suggest.

Only EU member states will be part of the meeting though a recreation of the energy landscape in Southeast Europe in general will apparently be on the agenda, according to Brussels-based website EurActiv.

Bulgaria's Govt Allocates State Guarantee of BGN 1 M for Exhibition at the Louvre

Bulgaria's government has adopted a decision for a state guarantee worth BGN 1 M for the Bulgarian exhibition at the Louvre in April 2015.

The allocation of a state guarantee for such purposes is common practice within the EU, according to the Bulgarian government.

Bulgarian Breeders Protest Against Low Farm-Gate Milk Prices

Around a hundred animal breeders from the Blagoevgrad region started a protest on the main motorway E-79 close to Simitli on Wednesday.

They expressed their disagreement with the low farm-gate milk prices, currently around 50 stotinki per litre, reported the Bulgarian National Television. Fruit and vegetable producers also joined the action.

Bulgarian Parliament Rejects Proposed Limitation of Sanctions on Russia

The Bulgarian Parliament rejected the proposal of the opposition BSP party to discuss the possible limitation of further EU sanctions against Russia on Wednesday.

Last week, the parliament similarly refused to include the discussion of the proposal in its weekly agenda.

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