Bulgaria

Bulgaria pledges to continue Russian gas transit, Hungary claims

Bulgaria has pledged to remain a reliable partner for Budapest in the transit of Russian gas, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó claimed on Sept. 25, amid media reports that Sofia might halt transit in 2026.

26 September 2025, 01:01 PM

Bulgaria to end Russian gas contracts in 2026, PM says

Bulgaria will terminate its remaining import and transit contracts for Russian natural gas in 2026 and completely phase out Russia-sourced gas from its energy market by 2028, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 11:51 PM

Bulgaria arrests Russian owner in 2020 Beirut port blast case

Bulgarian authorities arrested the Russian owner of the cargo ship carrying ammonium nitrate that caused the 2020 Beirut port explosion, the AP reported on Sept. 16.

16 September 2025, 09:49 PM

Poles look abroad for homes after Russian drone attack

After Russia’s Sept. 10 drone attack, in which more than 20 UAVs violated Polish airspace, Poles began searching more intensively for housing abroad, Gazeta Wyborcza reported, citing real estate market representatives on Sept. 16.

16 September 2025, 09:00 PM

Bulgaria believes Russia GPS jammed von der Leyen’s plane

A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lost its GPS signal over Bulgaria after being jammed, in what Bulgarian authorities suspect was direct interference by Russia, Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said on Sept. 1.

1 September 2025, 09:47 PM

Von der Leyen’s plane forced to land using paper maps due to suspected Russian GPS jamming

A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps after a suspected disruption caused by Russian electronic warfare systems that jam GPS signals, Reuters reported, citing the Financial Times.

1 September 2025, 02:38 PM

Bulgarian police conduct large-scale searches at the request of Ukraine’s NABU

Bulgarian authorities are conducting searches in Sofia and other cities at the request of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, BTA reported on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 06:15 PM

Croatia incensed with Ukraine being closer to EU membership than West Balkan states

Brussels fast-tracking Ukraine’s EU application is a “brazen insult” to other candidate countries, such as Montenegro and North Macedonia, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said on July 14.

15 July 2025, 01:19 AM

Greece proposes Alexandroupolis–Odesa logistics corridor

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed a transport corridor project that would link Greece’s port of Alexandroupolis with Ukraine’s Odesa via Varna in Bulgaria and Constanta in Romania.

11 June 2025, 11:47 PM

Five-nation pact clears path for U.S. gas to Ukraine

Gas transportation system operators from Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine have agreed to deliver American liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Greece to Ukraine through the Trans-Balkan corridor, the Interfax Ukraine news agency reported on May 29.

29 May 2025, 01:53 PM

Six convicted for spying in UK for Moscow

A London court found six Bulgarian citizens guilty of espionage on Russia’s behalf, the Financial Times reported on May 12.

12 May 2025, 11:16 PM

Bulgaria slams Putin’s accusations on triggering Ukraine war as manipulation

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sharply rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accusations that Bulgaria provoked Russia’s war against Ukraine, calling them “gross manipulation,” Euractiv reported on May 8.

8 May 2025, 03:45 PM

Bulgaria rules out selling nuclear reactors to Ukraine

Bulgaria will not sell Ukraine two VVER-1000 nuclear reactors under a deal that was being negotiated for months, Deputy PM Atanas Zafirov said on April 15.

15 April 2025, 08:45 PM

$100 million gap stalls nuclear reactor deal between Bulgaria and Ukraine

Kyiv and Sofia continue negotiations on the purchase of Russian-built power units from Bulgaria for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP), Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 14, citing MP Andriy Zhupanin's comments after the parliamentary energy committee's visit to KhNPP.

15 April 2025, 12:05 PM

Bulgaria ready to assist in monitoring Black Sea ceasefire

At the “Coalition of the Willing” summit in Paris on March 27, Bulgaria offered to host a multinational center to monitor the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Black Sea.

27 March 2025, 11:48 PM

Europe uneasy over US-Russia Black Sea talks

Romania and Bulgaria are wary of a possible U.S.-Russia deal that would restore some of Moscow's control over disputed Black Sea waters as part of their broader agreement, the Financial Times wrote on March 24, citing officials in Bucharest and Sofia.

24 March 2025, 02:26 PM

Bulgaria nears deal to sell reactors for Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi NPP

Bulgaria is preparing a government-level decision on the sale of reactors to Ukraine for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said during a session of the Verkhovna Rada, Liga reported on March 14.

14 March 2025, 03:08 PM

No approval ever for Energoatom’s billion-dollar Russian reactor gamble

The Supervisory Board of Energoatom, the state-owned nuclear operator in Ukraine, never authorized the purchase of Russian-built power units from Bulgaria for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP), Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on March 11.

11 March 2025, 02:09 PM

Russian ambassador to Bulgaria chased out of art gallery — video

Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Eleonora Mitrofanova, was forced out of the Kvadrat 500 gallery in Sofia on March 6 amid chants of “killer” and “this is not Moscow,” according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

7 March 2025, 11:24 PM

Ukraine's parliament approves purchase of reactors for Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine's parliament has approved the purchase of Russian equipment for the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP), with an estimated cost of 500 million euros ($516 million), MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on Feb. 11.

11 February 2025, 04:25 PM

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