ПРОГРАМИ
en de ru fr es sr gr al tr ro
Podcast in English
Share
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian Embassy in Stockholm in contact with Swedish authorities over the Vezhen ship situation

Товарният кораб „Вежен“, закотвен край Карлскрона, Швеция на 27 януари 2025 г.
Photo: AP/BTA

The Bulgarian Embassy in Stockholm is in contact with the Swedish authorities and is closely following the developments in the case, the Foreign Ministry told BTA. 

The Swedish prosecutor's office said earlier that a Bulgarian ship, the Vezhen, had been detained in the Baltic Sea and a preliminary investigation had been launched on suspicion of "sabotage" over a damaged underwater fibre-optic cable linking Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland.
"It is possible that the Vezhen caused the cable to break, but in any case, I personally do not believe that it is a case of sabotage by our crew," said the CEO of the Bulgarian Maritime Fleet, Captain Alexander Kalchev. 

He explained that on the evening of 25 January, the ship was sailing in extremely bad weather - with south-westerly winds of more than 25 metres per second. In the morning, when the wind died down, the crew inspected for damage and found that the left anchor had "slipped" and was clearly dragged along the seabed. Kalchev was adamant that even if the ship had caused the break, it was not deliberate or "sabotage".

Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.
Radio Bulgaria News    optic cable sabotage ship sweden the vezhen

More from category

The first F-16 Block 70 aircraft will be handed over to Bulgaria on January 31

Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov is leaving on a three-day visit to the United States, the Ministry of Defense said.  Minister Zapryanov will attend a formal handover of Bulgaria's first F-16 Block 70 aircraft at Lockheed Martin’s..

published on 1/29/25 10:51 AM
Photo: Association of Descendants of Refugees and Migrants from the Territory of North Macedonia

Migrant organization alerts the EU about the trial against Bulgarians in Bitola

The Association of Descendants of Refugees and Migrants from the Territory of North Macedonia sent a position to European institutions, urging European representatives to familiarize themselves with the documents in the court case against the chairman..

published on 1/29/25 10:32 AM

Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev held a phone call with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al-Safadi

Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev held a phone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ayman al-Safadi. The two discussed the readiness of Bulgaria and Jordan..

published on 1/29/25 10:08 AM

WEATHER
Pick city: Sofía
Overcast, rain
Min: 8 | Max: 13
Cloudy
Min: 9 | Max: 19
Cloudy
Min: 8 | Max: 20
Overcast, rain
Min: 3 | Max: 12
Overcast, rain
Min: 10 | Max: 13
Cloudy
Min: 9 | Max: 17
Cloudy
Min: 6 | Max: 16
Cloudy
Min: 6 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 10 | Max: 16
Overcast, rain
Min: 4 | Max: 12
Overcast, rain
Min: 6 | Max: 14
Overcast, rain
Min: 7 | Max: 13
Cloudy
Min: 3 | Max: 14
Overcast, rain
Min: 4 | Max: 10
Cloudy
Min: 7 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 2 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 8 | Max: 16
Cloudy
Min: 5 | Max: 16
Cloudy
Min: 4 | Max: 16
Cloudy
Min: 8 | Max: 15
Overcast, rain
Min: 4 | Max: 9
Overcast, rain
Min: 5 | Max: 11
Cloudy
Min: 1 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 5 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 4 | Max: 16
Cloudy
Min: 2 | Max: 15
Cloudy
Min: 7 | Max: 16
BULGARIA IN PICTURES
Which world-famous Bulgarian artist designed QSL cards for Radio Bulgaria?
Yasen Gyuzelev
Theodore Ushev
Christo Javacheff - Christo
Ilia Peikov
Lika Yanko

BULGARIANS ABROAD

Български English Русский Deutsch Српски Français Ελληνικά Español Shqip Türkçe Română
MOST VIEWED

Unilever stops making ice cream in Bulgaria

Seven years after buying the Denny ice cream factory in Veliko Tarnovo, London-based multinational Unilever is closing the plant. The company did not give..

published on 1/29/25 6:14 PM

The first F-16 Block 70 aircraft will be handed over to Bulgaria on January 31

Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov is leaving on a three-day visit to the United States, the Ministry of Defense said.  Minister Zapryanov..

published on 1/29/25 10:51 AM

Migrant organization alerts the EU about the trial against Bulgarians in Bitola

The Association of Descendants of Refugees and Migrants from the Territory of North Macedonia sent a position to European institutions, urging European..

published on 1/29/25 10:32 AM

english@bnr.bg

+359 2 9336 661

Общи условия за използване на сайта | Политика за поверителност | Политика за "бисквитки"