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December 05, 2023
Russia's LUKoil Mulls Sale Of Operations In Bulgaria

LUKoil, Russia's largest private oil company, says it is reviewing its business strategy in Bulgaria and is not ruling out selling its entire operation in the Balkan EU and NATO member.

December 04, 2023
Bulgarian President Vetoes Donation Of Armored Personnel Carriers To Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has vetoed the country's plans to send 100 surplus armored personnel carriers (APCs) to Ukraine, sending the arrangement back to parliament for reconsideration.
December 04, 2023
Serbian Minister Says Work On Gas Interconnector With Bulgaria Completed, Testing Imminent

Serbian Mining and Energy Minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic announced on December 3 that all the work has been completed and testing should begin this week on a "strategically important" interconnector to carry natural gas between Bulgaria and Serbia, an official statement said.
November 28, 2023
Bulgaria Approves Lavrov's Flight To OSCE Meeting, Sparking Boycott

Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry says it has given permission to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane to cross its airspace en route to North Macedonia's capital, Skopje, where he is to attend a November 29-December 1 meeting of the Council of Ministers of the OSCE.
November 27, 2023
Delyan Peevski: The Rebranding Of A Controversial Bulgarian Oligarch

For years, he was mostly known as an oligarch and media mogul, who rarely appeared in public and is sanctioned by the U.S. for his "extensive role in corruption in Bulgaria." But now, Delyan Peevski is coming out of the shadows and is increasingly a more influential presence.
November 21, 2023
Transgender Woman Declares Hunger Strike Until Bulgaria Recognizes Her Gender

A transgender woman is staging a hunger strike outside a courthouse in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, after the country's highest appeals court ruled in February that Bulgarian law "does not envisage" legal changes to someone's gender.
November 16, 2023
Violence Breaks Out At Protest To Demand Resignation Of Bulgarian Football Federation Leaders

A demonstration by thousands of Bulgarian football fans in Sofia on November 16 to demand the resignation of the president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) and its leadership turned violent, resulting in injuries and arrests.
November 16, 2023
A Bulgarian Trans Woman Is On Hunger Strike And Says She Won't Stop Until Her Gender Is Recognized

Gabriela Bankova says she can't get her pneumonia treated as she can't get admitted to a Bulgarian hospital under the correct gender. She has vowed to get official recognition of gender reassignment -- which was prohibited by Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation early this year -- or die trying.
November 13, 2023
Bulgarian-Born Palestinian Mother Recounts 'Terrifying' Escape From Gaza With Children

Samar Chinino's first thought when war broke out in her home in Gaza on October 7 was to get her child away from the window. Her experience in past conflicts helped her to keep her family safe until they could get out, through Egypt. They made it to Bulgaria, where Chinino was born. Now the Palestinian-Bulgarian mother finds herself making do in a safe but unexpected new home, Sofia.
November 10, 2023
The 'Inhumane' Practices Of Bulgaria's Psychiatric Hospitals

The death of a 25-year-old man in a psychiatric hospital highlights what a report by Bulgaria's ombudswoman called the "cruel, inhuman, and degrading" treatment of patients. The man died in a fire while he was locked in an isolation room, tied down for hours, and left without medical supervision.
November 09, 2023
Unhappy About Ukraine War, More And More Moldovan Priests Are Leaving Russian-Led Orthodox Church

Priests from the Russian-led Moldovan Orthodox Church are joining a rival church based in neighboring Bucharest. The defections indicate the groundswell of anti-war sentiment among Moldovans and the widespread frustrations with the Russian Orthodox Church's "promotion of pro-Russian interests."
November 06, 2023
Pro-Western Candidate Wins Sofia Mayoral Race

Vassil Terziev, the candidate of the reformist pro-Western coalition We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria has won a crucial runoff mayoral race in the capital, Sofia, almost-complete results showed early on November 6.

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Bulgaria

Tuesday 5 December 2023

Russia's LUKoil Mulls Sale Of Operations In Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Vetoes Donation Of Armored Personnel Carriers To Ukraine

Serbian Minister Says Work On Gas Interconnector With Bulgaria Completed, Testing Imminent

Bulgaria Approves Lavrov's Flight To OSCE Meeting, Sparking Boycott

Delyan Peevski: The Rebranding Of A Controversial Bulgarian Oligarch

Transgender Woman Declares Hunger Strike Until Bulgaria Recognizes Her Gender

Violence Breaks Out At Protest To Demand Resignation Of Bulgarian Football Federation Leaders

A Bulgarian Trans Woman Is On Hunger Strike And Says She Won't Stop Until Her Gender Is Recognized

Bulgarian-Born Palestinian Mother Recounts 'Terrifying' Escape From Gaza With Children

The 'Inhumane' Practices Of Bulgaria's Psychiatric Hospitals

Unhappy About Ukraine War, More And More Moldovan Priests Are Leaving Russian-Led Orthodox Church

Pro-Western Candidate Wins Sofia Mayoral Race

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'We Are To Blame': Why A Leading Russian Surgeon Volunteers At A Ukrainian Hospital

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Wider Europe Briefing: More EU Sanctions On Russia, And What Remains Of The Eastern Partnership?

From Legal Actions To Vandalism, Russia's Pro-War Symbols Are Under Attack

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Fifty Years After The 'Bomb' That Exploded Lies Of Soviet Rule, Solzhenitsyn's Son Recalls Book's Impact

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Second Train In Days Explodes On Main Russian Railway Line In Siberia

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