Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Sofia and Kyiv discuss energy and defense cooperation

Photo: FB/Government.of.Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov and Ukrainie’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed energy security in the region and opportunities to strengthen cooperation in this area. The two held a phone conversation on November 6. They also discussed security, with a focus on the Black Sea, and the possibilities offered by the EU’s financial instrument Security Action for Europe (SAFE), the Bulgarian government said on Facebook.

''We talked about defense cooperation and projects we can work on together. The European Union’s SAFE instrument provides many opportunities for this, and I proposed to the Prime Minister joint production projects, including those aimed at enhancing security in the Black Sea. There are concrete decisions, and we will certainly implement them'', President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Facebook.

Edited by Ivo Ivanov

Published and translated by Kostadin Atanasov

Photo: FB/Government.of.Bulgaria



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.

More from category

Six illegal migrants have died in a car accident after Police chase near Burgas

Six migrants died after the car transporting them overturned on the shore of Lake Vaya near Burgas. Before the accident, the traffickers’ car had been chased by border police between the towns of Kiten and Burgas.  The driver of the car — a Romanian..

published on 11/7/25 8:57 AM

Hackathon in Sofia to develop innovations for European Space Program

In the period November 7 to 9, Sofia Tech Park will host the tenth edition of CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring, organized by the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). The hackathon will..

published on 11/7/25 7:15 AM

The weather remains mostly cloudy and rainy, but with no precipitation in the southwestern regions

On Friday , the lowest temperatures will be between 5 and 10°C; in Sofia - it will be around 6°C. During the day it will be cloudy and with precipitation. In Northwestern Bulgaria the amounts will be significant. Almost no..

published on 11/6/25 7:50 PM