Stoeva quashes Glavchev's U-turn
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has sent a letter to Bulgaria's permanent representative in the UN, Lachezara Stoeva, changing the country's stance on an international day to commemorate the genocide committed by the Bosnian Serb army in Srebrenica in 1995. At first Glavchev had declared Bulgaria favored the commemoration but then he sent a letter to say that Sofia would abstain.
Glavchev, however, received a refusal from Stoeva together with a reminder that nine letters had been sent to Sofia regarding "the aggressive lobbying of Russia and Serbia" on the matter. She added that these arguments used by those two countries were closely aligned to those of Glavchev who also serves as Foreign Minister.
NPP to cease Russian fuel contract
Kozloduy NPP will terminate a contract with Russia to supply nuclear fuel, the company's executive director Valentin Nikolov has announced. He specified that the available Russian fuel would be used as a reserve.
His remarks came during the ceremony for the integration of an alternative type of fuel by Westinghouse in the fifth unit of the plant. The unit is expected to be commissioned again on June 9.
The director of Kozloduy NPP commented that the price of American fuel is similar to that of Russian fuel. Meanwhile, negotiations with French Framatom over the supply of nuclear fuel for the sixth unit are continuing.
Аpril tourism surges
Nearly 708,000 trips abroad were made by Bulgarians in April, 4.9% more than the same month of the previous year. The largest increase was for leisure and excursion trips - by 21.2%, followed by business trips - 10.7% more.
Most overseas trips during April were to Turkey - 195,000, then Greece - 149.000, Romania - just over 58 000, Serbia - nearly 55,000 and Germany - just under 35,000.
The number of visits by foreign citizens to Bulgaria topped 793,000, 1.1% more than last year. Transit crossings through the country stood at 35.6%. Most guests were from Romania - just over 170,000, then Turkey with a little over 168,000, and then Greece - with just under 114,000.
Stoeva quashes Glavchev's U-turn
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has sent a letter to Bulgaria's permanent representative in the UN, Lachezara Stoeva, changing the country's stance on an international day to commemorate the genocide committed by the Bosnian Serb army in Srebrenica in 1995. At first Glavchev had declared Bulgaria favored the commemoration but then he sent a letter to say that Sofia would abstain.