The newly appointed Acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lyudmila Petkova, has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to joining the Eurozone, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and achieving full-fledged Schengen membership. Speaking at the ceremony marking her assumption of office from her predecessor Asen Vassilev, Petkova outlined her priorities for the…
From June, drivers working for ridesharing firms like Uber or Bolt in Poland will be required by law to have a Polish driver’s licence. The move is intended to increase safety for customers. But Uber warns that it will lead to longer waiting times and higher prices. The new regulations, which were approved by the…
Ukraine and Hungary have agreed to open the Velyka Palad – Nagyhodos checkpoint for passenger vehicles and to allow the movement of empty trucks weighing more than 7.5 tons at the Luzhanka- Beregsurany checkpoint. The relevant amendments to the Agreement between the governments on border traffic control were signed by Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration…
The construction of new power units at KhNPP will allow replacing the capacities of the Zaporizhzhia NPP occupied by russia. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko. He noted that nuclear generation played a leading role for Ukraine and provided more than 50% of electricity. After the de-occupation of ZNPP,…
748 applications have been submitted to the European Village programme 2024. Over 80% of city halls across the country participated with a project. Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spinu made the statements on April 8. He unveiled the results of the first stage, the submission of applications, of the European Village programme 2024.…
Customs officer Georgi Gospodinov keeps a vigilant eye out for unusual cargo at Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border crossing, a critical checkpoint in the fight against migrant trafficking to Britain. Despite being over 150 kilometers from the nearest sea, Gospodinov and his colleagues have become instrumental in thwarting smugglers’ attempts to transport migrants across the English…
Lithuanian law enforcers have commenced criminal proceedings over forgeries made in Latvia in a multimillion-dollar Lithuanian gas network connection with Europe. There were searches performed in Latvia last week. Almost a year ago Lithuanian media “15min” found in cooperation with Neka personiga that parts made in Russia were supplied for the construction of the 500…