From this month, the Bulgarian national carrier is offering its passengers more opportunities for travel, vacation and various tourist routes with the launch of its seasonal flights to the airport in the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete. The largest Greek island, Crete has long been a favorite summer destination, offering plenty of…
A law automatically imposing a lifetime driving ban on repeat drink-driving offenders is unconstitutional, Poland’s constitutional court has ruled. Its judges found that the measures unjustly restrict the discretion of courts to decide on a punishment for a crime. The ruling stemmed from a complaint filed in 2020 by a man who was caught drunk-driving…
Sofia Airport has been awarded a Level 4 certificate for reducing carbon emissions (Airport Carbon Accredited Level IV – Transformation), announced the concessionaire company. This places Sofia Airport among only eight other European airports with this accreditation, including Istanbul’s new airport and the Parisian airports Charles de Gaulle, Bourget and Orly, as well as Marseille,…
After the de-occupation of the territory where the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) is located, the facility can be rebuilt in 6-7 years. This was announced by Ihor Syrota, CEO of Ukrhydroenergo. “According to preliminary estimates, the plant can be rebuilt in 6-7 years, but before that, as I have already mentioned, the territory must…
Government borrowings to the state budget’s general fund amounted to UAH 612 billion in January-May. This is said in a report published on the Finance Ministry’s website. From the placement of government bonds, UAH 189.5 billion was raised, including UAH 56.7 billion in foreign currency (USD 749.5 million and EUR 665.7 million), to finance the…
The implementation of the Vertical Gas Corridor has commenced, aimed at ensuring diversification and energy security for natural gas supplies. Bulgartransgaz, the state gas transmission operator, signed two critical public contracts with consortia comprising Bulgarian and American companies. This project is a collaboration between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine and Moldova, and is anticipated…
Mediaskopas, a media monitoring company, presented on June 6 a study analysing Russian propaganda reports on Lithuania’s energy independence efforts. Mediaskopas said it selected and analysed 3,760 reports from Russian news websites between January 2021 and April 2024 that mentioned Lithuania and the other two Baltic countries in the context of energy issues. “The study…