Bulgaria

Mystery Surrounds Missing Bulgarian Women in Crete

The family of a Bulgarian woman gone missing from Crete this week have told Greek Reporter they are worried her case will be forgotten after a few days of "routine police work". Antonina Zoeva, 38-year-old mother of one, had been staying at...

Bulgaria Issues Warning Over 'Macedonia' Name Dispute

Bulgaria's president has said his country backed a solution to the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) but warned a new name should not encroach on Bulgarian territory. Rumen Radev was speaking to reporters...

Bulgarian Party Says Greeks ‘Usurping’ Macedonia Name

(VMRO-BND members march with posters reading 'Misya-Tracia-Macedonia' and 'VMRO: Macedonia is Bulgarian'. Photo: VMRO-BND website) Bulgaria's nationalist VMRO-BND party has accused Athens of trying to "usurp" the name Macedonia from Skopje and claim its exclusive use. According to a Balkan Insight...

Greece, Bulgaria to Swap Tax Evasion Info

One of the major issues plaguing the Greek state for decades, tax evasion, was the subject of talks between the revenue heads of Greece and Bulgaria in Sofia on Monday, according to an Independent Balkan News Agency report. The Greek...

Greece's Eurobank to Maintain Balkan Subsidiaries

Reuters has reported that Eurobank will maintain its Balkan footprint in Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus after pulling out of Romania, its deputy CEO said on Tuesday, expecting the group's subsidiaries there to double their profitability over the next few...

Bulgarian Orthodox to Consult on FYROM Church Split

A long-standing split between Bulgaria and FYROM’s Orthodox churches may be heading for a resolution, despite concerns it could fuel more disagreement among Europe’s Orthodox communities. Reuters reported on Monday that Bulgaria’s Orthodox leadership was reviewing a request from their...

Life Imprisonment: Woman Killed Husband and Kept Body in Freezer

A Greek court has sentenced a 50-year-old Bulgarian woman to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband, Vasilis Kokkinis. The body of the 60-year-old man was discovered inside a freezer at her apartment in Kallithea, south of Athens, in...

Tsipras and Bulgarian PM Present Rail Link Plan to EU Commission

On Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov presented the Greece-Bulgaria agreement for the Sea To Sea rail link to the European Commission, President Jean-Claude Juncker. They both noted that it was an important project for...

Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, FYROM Meeting in Thessaloniki

A quadripartite meeting between Greece, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of  Macedonia and Albania was held in Thessaloniki on October 5. The main topics of the meeting were migration, countering terrorism and organized crime. The participants focused on the need...

Greek Permit for Greece-Bulgaria Gas Pipeline to be Issued in 2018

ICGB, the project company developing the gas interconnection Greece-Bulgaria, has said it expects to receive a building permit for the section of the pipeline on Greek territory no earlier than 2018. The first step in the process of obtaining a...