The situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has become critical due to a prolonged power outage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in his nightly video address. “This is already the seventh day – and, by the way, this has never happened before – that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant has been in an…
Slovakia’s defence minister, Robert Kalinak (Smer), says the recent incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace has underlined the need to accelerate investment in anti-drone systems. Following a video call with European partners, he told television channel Joj 24 that “it is essential to take measures against such incidents”. Kalinak is now using the Polish…
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov described the contract with the Turkish state energy company Botas as a significant problem for Bulgaria’s energy sector, highlighting its long-term financial impact on Bulgargaz. According to Zhelyazkov, the agreement has already committed Bulgargaz to over 600 million leva (EUR 306 million) that the company is unable to repay. Over the…
On September 29 in Kyiv, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine, Heiko Thoms. Sergii Marchenko congratulated the Ambassador on his recent appointment. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Finance Olga Zykova and Government Commissioner…