Новости за 31.08.2022

The executive director of M3 Communications Group, Inc. and lead PR expert Maxim Behar tells about his meeting with the politician, who changed the course of history - Mikhail Gorbachev. No one in the world, not even the best Soviet experts, expected a politician who would change the world in just a few days. ......

At today's meeting, the caretaker government decided to open consulates of Bulgaria in the German city of Dusseldorf and in the French city of Lyon, a new consulate in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, as well as an honorary consulate in Singapore. The government argues that the opening of a consulate in Dusseldorf and the designation of the province of North Rhine-Westphalia as its consular district will significantly improve the access of Bulgarian citizens to administrative and consular services... Читать дальше...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had "an enormous influence on the course of world history". This was said by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who expressed his condolences to the relatives of the deceased Gorbachev, Sky News reported. "He found solutions to urgent problems in his own way," Putin said in his statement. ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a reaction against Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's statements that Bulgaria blocked the start of the country's EU membership negotiations for 8 years. Our Foreign Ministry strongly rejects his suggestions as unacceptable and unseemly for the behavior of a prime minister of a candidate country for EU membership. Our country once again expresses its position regarding Edi Rama's anti-Bulgarian rhetoric, which has become a permanent refrain of his political speech. Читать дальше...

The Central Election Committee (CEC) has drawn the numbers of the parties and coalitions participating in the elections for the ballots of the upcoming vote In the early parliamentary vote, Stefan Yanev's party "Bulgarian Rise" will be number 15, and "BSP for Bulgaria" - with 28. The GERB-SDS coalition will be number 24 on the ballot, and the "We Continue the Change" party will be number 9. ...

"We have adopted regulatory changes regarding the Coordination Council for Bulgaria's preparation for membership in the Eurozone. The goal is for the processes that have already started to continue to happen without delays and without stopping and on January 1, 2024 to enter the Eurozone," he said at a briefing in the Council of Ministers Atanas Pekanov, acting Deputy Prime Minister for Management of European funds. According to him, a bill for the adoption of the euro is being prepared. ...

"Toplofikatsia Sofia (Heating Systems Sofia) owes BGN 399 million to Bulgargaz," Denitsa Zlateva, executive director of Bulgargaz, announced on BNT. She reminded that "Bulgargaz" cannot by law stop the supply of gas to heating companies and will seek new loans from the Ministry of Energy. According to her, Bulgaria continues to submit daily requests to Gazprom for gas quantities for which payments are not made. ...

Former US President Donald Trump's platform Truth Social has been denied access to Google Play. Google claims the platform violates its policies such as physical threats and incitement to violence and thus deserves the ban. The move makes it difficult for users with Android phones to download the app. ...

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 860, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. 5,878 tests were done, which means that the positive results are 14.6 percent. ...

Russia has stopped the supply of natural gas through the Nord Stream pipeline, Russian and Western news agencies reported. Natural gas supplies have dropped to zero cubic meters per hour, the German side reported. "Gazprom" announced yesterday that it is completely stopping the supply due to a planned repair of a compressor station....

At the age of 91, after a long illness, the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, died, world agencies reported. "This evening, after a severe and prolonged illness, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev died," said the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow, quoted by the TASS agency. One of the brightest figures of the 20th century, the man who liberated the Eastern Bloc and ended the Cold War, a hero for the West and a controversial leader for his native country - these are the assessments of Mikhail Gorbachev's personality given by the media... Читать дальше...