News archive of September 2023

"Russian priests were not expelled, people who worked against the national interests of Bulgaria were expelled." This is how Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov commented on the expulsion of the three priests from Russia and Belarus.

Vui met with the ambassadors of the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany.
The meeting was also attended by the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovi.

The Government of Serbia is asking all the media and organizers of public events to adapt their program to the Day of Mourning on Wednesday, September 27, and thus pay respect to the victims of Kosovo and Metohija.

BELGRADE - At an extraordinary session on Tuesday, the Serbian government declared September 27 a day of mourning over tragic events in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the ambassadors of Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - and the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade on Tuesday.

The meeting, held in the Presidency building in central Belgrade, was also attended by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.1998 dinars for one euro on Tuesday, which is a slight change from Monday, the National Bank of Serbia said.

The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m and up by 0.1 pct y-o-y and relative to the beginning of the year.

Day 580 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

More than 200 people were injured after an explosion at a gas station in Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, Reuters reported, citing local media and the Karabakh ombudsman.

Gas stations are trying to raise the prices of fuel and in some small towns, they are already feeling the ground with a price for ordinary diesel and gasoline of 3 leva per liter. Considering that until recently the price was around 2.30/l leva.

This became clear from a report on Nova TV this morning.

Bulgaria and the USA stand firm in their support for Ukraine. This is stated in a joint statement published by the US State Department after the second session of the Strategic Dialogue between Bulgaria and the US. The delegations, led by Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel and Senior Political Adviser Derek Chollet, held talks in Washington.