“There have been certain tensions recently between Bulgaria and Turkey”, caretaker Prime Minister Ognian Gerdjikov said in connection with the election video of the Bulgarian mostly ethnic Turkish party DOST featuring Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce and also regarding election campaigning of Turkish Minister of Labour and Social Security Mehmet Muezzinoglu who spoke to immigrants from Bulgaria on 3 and 6 Marchin Istanbul. Ognian Gerdjikov recalled that on this occasion Deputy Foreign Minister Boyko Mirchev summoned on 7 March Ambassador Suleyman Gokce. “I strongly hope there will not be extreme measures such as severance of diplomatic relations; this we cannot and should not allow to happen between two neighboring countries”, Gerdjikov pointed out.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry advises people to check the situation in Bulgaria's southern neighbor and the timeliness of flight..
"We hope that by the end of next week, the calculations will be completed and the results will be submitted to the Constitutional Court", Central Election Commission (CEC) Deputy Chair Rositsa Mateva told public broadcaster BNT regarding the..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social Security Institute informed. More than 2 million people live on pensions whose average value is..
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social..
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