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Petrova after talks with Wang Yi: Bulgaria backs open dialogue between EU and China
Foreign minister Velislava Petrova met her Chinese counterpart, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria.
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Demerdzhiev in Vienna: crime is growing faster than ever
The interior minister spoke at a UN conference and met Monica Juma, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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EU ministers back recommendation against housing exclusion and homelessness
Labour minister Natalia Efremova presented Bulgaria's position at a meeting of the Employment and Social Policy Council in Luxembourg.
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CommentaryEuropean Parliament votes Thursday on resolution on Black Sea ship attacks
MEPs in Strasbourg are debating strikes on merchant ships off Bulgaria and Romania, after a ship sank off the Bulgarian coast on 13 October.
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Demerdzhiev in Vienna: Turkey border is much safer
Interior minister Ivan Demerdzhiev met his Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner. They discussed the EU's external borders, the Black Sea and…
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EU leaders blame Russia for attacks on ships in the Black Sea
The European Council called strikes on civilian ships, including those in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, unacceptable and asked for safe passage…
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Dotsova tells Rome Europe must work together on Black Sea security
Parliament speaker Mihaela Dotsova called on European countries in Rome to agree to make the Black Sea a zone of shared security. Bulgaria condemns…
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Radev in Brussels calls for tougher guard on EU's outer borders
Prime minister Rumen Radev asked in Brussels for solidarity with the front-line states facing illegal migration, and for better ways to return…
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Mickoski to raise Mihaylova case at NATO and EU meetings
North Macedonia's prime minister says Bulgaria has become a haven for criminals convicted in his country.
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PP and Romanian party ask NATO for stronger Black Sea protection
The leaders of PP and Save Romania Union wrote to NATO's Mark Rutte after drone attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea.
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Dotsova tells Fontana in Rome that Black Sea ship attacks need a joint solution
Bulgaria's parliament speaker told her Italian counterpart she is worried about attacks on merchant ships and called for a joint solution.
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Radev: NATO ready to help counter drones in Black Sea
Prime minister Rumen Radev met NATO chief Mark Rutte in Brussels after the latest strikes on merchant ships in the Black Sea.
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Dotsova in Rome: Cyprus is a close partner and ally of Bulgaria
Parliament speaker Mihaela Dotsova met her Cypriot counterpart Annita Demetriou in Rome on the sidelines of a conference of parliament speakers.
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Dombrovskis: EU economic security measures need clear limits
EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned in Bangkok that without clear limits, protecting individual sectors becomes a cover for protectionism.
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BG Fish: without ports and fish exchanges, about half of Black Sea fishing stays in the grey economy
About half of fishing in the Black Sea is still in the grey economy, BG Fish executive director Yordan Gospodinov said in Varna.