Azerbaijan becomes one of leaders in gas supplies to Europe
Azerbaijan became the first in gas supplies to Bulgaria. In Italy and Greece, Azerbaijan took second place in pipeline gas supplies.
Russia and Bulgaria
Bulgaria to increase Russian visa prices
Bulgaria will increase the price of visas for Russian tourists from €35 to €80 following a decision taken at the EU level, Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Ilin Dimitrov said. In an interview with Bulgarian National …
Bulgaria to join to Turkish Stream?
Bulgaria has notified Gazprom that it is ready to resume negotiations on gas supplies, waiting for the Russian company's response in the near future, Bulgarian Energy Minister Rosen Hristov said. Gazprom cut …
Russian diplomats declared personae non grata leaving Bulgaria
Russian diplomats and employees of Russian missions, who were declared personae non grata in Bulgaria, are leaving the country on Sunday, an embassy spokesman said. "The passport and customs control procedures are over. They are …
Bulgaria closes airspace to Lavrov’s plane due to sanctions
Bulgaria refused to open an air corridor for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s aircraft due to the European Union’s sanctions, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. "Bulgaria’s …
Bulgaria threatens to veto EU oil ban on Russia
Bulgaria has threatened not to support European Union’s new set of sanctions against Russia if the Balkan country does not get a derogation from the proposed ban on buying Russian oil, Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said late on …
Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to two EU countries
Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in rubles. "Gazprom has completely suspended gas supplies to Bulgargaz (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland) due to …
Bulgarian ports closed for ships from Russia
As part of the anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union, the Bulgarian authorities have banned Russian ships from entering the country's ports, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Sunday. "All ships under the …
Ural Airlines to fly to Sofia from December 31
Ural Airlines will launch a new flight on December 31. The company's planes will fly between the Moscow Region airport in Zhukovsky and the city of Sofia in Bulgaria. Flights will be operated once a week, on Fridays. The carrier …
Russia gives Bulgaria 40% price cut for gas
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that Bulgaria has agreed with Russia's Gazprom on a 40% price cut for natural gas in a new contract. "Our new contract with Gazprom on the price for natural …
Bulgaria ready to get Russian gas via Turkish Stream
Bulgaria will start receiving natural gas supplies from Russia’s Gazprom via Turkey as of January 1 next year and would no longer use the route through Ukraine and Romania, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said. …
Europe to treat itself to Turkish Stream on New Year's day
Bulgaria is ready to ensure transit gas supplies to Greece and North Macedonia from the Turkish Stream pipeline starting January 1, 2020 chief executive of state gas network operator Bulgartransgaz Vladimir Malinov said. …
Bulgarian PM explains delay in Turkish Stream construction
Bulgaria is building the Balkan Stream - a branch of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline through Bulgaria to Serbia - as fast as possible, the delay in the implementation of the project was due to competitive procedures, the gas pipeline should be …
"Heroization of Nazi collaborator Garegin Nzhdeh in Bulgaria will be an illegal, anti-Russian and anti-Bulgarian act"
Yesterday German publication Alumniportal Aserbaidschan published ...
Turkish Stream to Europe to be completed before next year
Bulgaria plans to complete construction of the Balkan Stream - a branch of the TurkStream gas pipeline through Bulgaria to Serbia - before the end of 2020, President of the Bulgarian National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva …
Bulgaria expands pipeline to Turkey in bid for Russian gas
Sofia hopes to reach an agreement with Moscow, Ankara and Brussels
First Turkish Stream line to start operating in 2019
The first line of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline should start delivering Russian gas to Turkey before the end of 2019, Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said. "Deliveries will begin before the end of 2019. The …
Russia interested in development of Turkish Stream in direction of Bulgaria
Russia and Bulgaria show interest in the development of the Turkish Stream pipeline project in the direction of Bulgaria, but no concrete agreements have been reached during the talks between President Vladimir Putin and …
Comeback of South Stream?
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed hope for direct gas supplies from Russia to this country via the Black Sea. Speaking at the meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, he called …
Radev: Bulgaria needs direct gas supplies from Russia
Bulgaria expects that the possibility of direct gas supplies from Russia to this country via the Black Sea will be reviewed, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry …
