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Bulgaria Links Defense Modernization with Economic Stimulus
Novinite
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Bulgaria is moving forward with plans to modernize its armed forces, with significant investments expected to benefit not only national defense but also the broader economy. According to Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov, the Ministries of Defense...
Bulgarian Embassy in Paris Hosts Green Machine Event
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Green Machine social event, bringing together members of the international conservation community and participants in the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum, took place at the Bulgarian Embassy in Paris on Wednesday evening. The event was...
Bulgaria’s Exports to Third Countries Down 4.5%, Imports Up 7.3% in January - May 2025
Bulgarian News Agency
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Exports of goods from Bulgaria to third countries decreased by 4.5% in the January - May 2025 period in comparison with the same period of 2024 and added up to BGN 11.8878 billion, according to preliminary data released by National Statistical...
Construction Output Increases 5.1% in Bulgaria in May Y/Y
Bulgarian News Agency
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In May 2025, the production index in the Construction sector increased by 5.1% compared to the same month of 2024, according to seasonally adjusted data released by the National Statistical Institute on Thursday. Despite the slowdown in the rate...
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania express common position on agricultural imports into the EU
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 10, 2025
The ministers of agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania have signed a joint declaration concerning the agricultural aspects of the amended trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine, the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture...
Bulgaria Stole My Heart: Denise Nedev's Story of Love, Tradition, and Belonging
Bulgarian News Agency
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Denise Nedev is an educator. During the school year, she teaches in a preschool group, and in the summer she serves as the lead teacher in a summer program that supports students from second to sixth grade. She is a wife and a mother of two...
Bulgarian firefighters help extinguish a fire in North Macedonia
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 10, 2025
Bulgaria reacted swiftly to a forest fire near the town of Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia, which is located near the Bulgarian-North Macedonian border. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon, spread rapidly and threatened the town...
EUR 3.66bn from EU Emissions Trading to Cleaner Energy Systems
Energy Industry Review
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July 10, 2025
On 3 July, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced that EUR 3.66 billion have been disbursed from the Modernisation Fund to support 34 energy related projects in nine EU Member States. These investments will support the...
Day Two of Albanian Parliament Speaker Spiropali's Official Visit to Bulgaria
Bulgarian News Agency
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Albanian Parliament Speaker Elisa Spiropali paid an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation her Bulgarian counterpart Nataliya Kiselova on Wednesday and Thursday. On the second day of her visit, she conferred with the Bulgarian National...
PM Zhelyazkov: Bulgarian Business Can Contribute Significantly to Ukraine's Post-war Recovery
Bulgarian News Agency
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"From the very beginning of the war, Bulgaria has strongly supported Ukraine, and we must extend this support in peacetime as well. Bulgarian business has significant potential to contribute to the country's post-war recovery," Prime Minister...
Half a Trillion EUR to Be Needed to Rebuild Ukraine in Next 10 Years - Bulgarian PM Zhelyazkov
Bulgarian News Agency
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For the next ten years about half a trillion euro will be needed to rebuild Ukraine, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said Thursday on the sidelines of the 4th high-level Ukraine Recovery Conference, which is taking place in Rome on July...
Oman, Bulgaria explore enhancing economic, investment cooperation
Times of Oman
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Sofia: The Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Bulgaria discussed strengthening economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, leveraging experiences in creating investment-friendly environments, designing investor incentives,...
Westinghouse and Energoatom Reinforce Ukraine’s Energy Independence with Partnership for Fuel Assembly Capability
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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ROME--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 10, 2025-- Westinghouse Electric Company and JSC “NNEGC “Energoatom,” Ukraine’s national nuclear power company, signed an agreement at the Ukraine Recovery Conference to jointly pursue final fuel assembly capability in...
Bulgarian, Omani Economy Ministers Discuss Intensifying Cooperation in Trade and Investment
Bulgarian News Agency
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Minister of Economy and Industry Petar Dilov held a meeting with Dr. Said Mohammed Al-Saqri, Minister of Economy of the Sultanate of Oman, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, the press centre of the line ministry said on Wednesday. The two...
Government Plans Revival for Bulgaria’s Underdeveloped North
Bulgarian News Agency
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Northern Bulgaria is largely an industrial desert, and this is its major problem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev said during a parliamentary committee hearing on Thursday. He reasoned: “Such areas...
ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
FRECATEI, Romania— The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with the NATO Military Engineering Working Group’s Camouflage, Concealment, Deception, and Obscuration Team of Experts, recently conducted an experiment in...
Bulgarian PM Praises Albania’s Reforms, Role in NATO, Policy on Minorities
Bulgarian News Agency
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On Wednesday, at the start of Albanian Parliament Speaker Elisa Spiropali’s two-day official visit to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov congratulated Albania on its significant progress in the process of joining the European Union. He said...
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania Urge Stronger EU Safeguards in Ukraine Trade Deal
Bulgarian News Agency
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Ministers of agriculture from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania signed a joint declaration regarding the agricultural aspects of the amended trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine in Budapest, the Ministry of...
Deputy PM Donchev Says Cabinet Will Redirect BGN 60 Mln to Military Industry by End of 2025
Bulgarian News Agency
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Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said Thursday that the Government plans to redirect about BGN 60 million to the military industry and development by the end of 2025. During his hearing at the parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and...
Inter-Church Interaction and the International Agenda in the Letters of Patriarch Alexey I(80 years since the end of the schism over the Bulgarian Orthodox Church) {part 1}
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
“The unification of the world must be preceded by the unification of Europe, and the latter is unthinkable without the prior unification of the Slavic world.” Exarch STEPHEN I, 1947 In his address, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, opening the...