Armenia

The construction of a children's training center in Sofia was discussed by President Rumen Radev and the Emir of the State of Qatar Shaykh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at a meeting today in Doha, where the Bulgarian head of state is on an official visit.

Bulgaria will financially support 9 Western Balkan countries and the Eastern Partnership by providing grants of BGN 3 485 028 million for the implementation of projects for the development of education, science, culture, social integration and civil society.
This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Cyprus on Tuesday to pay 30,000 euros in non-pecuniary damages for the unlawful detention and degrading treatment of an Iranian national. The Republic must also pay 4,124 euros in legal fees.
The case concerned his detention pending deportation for over 18 months in three Cypriot police stations.

During the recent Armenian-Bulgarian business forum, Gevorg Grigoryan, the head of Agrix Bulgaria, said he is considering the possibility of establishing the export of Armenian fruits to the Bulgarian market.

Romania is one of the key-players in terms of the security in the Black Sea region, where, over the past years, there have been "several hybrid-type activities," Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu stated on Thursday in the opening of the "Atlantic-Black Sea Security Forum." "From our point of view, the gravitational center moves from the Atlantic area to a small region, called the Black

Three Memorandums of Understanding signed Executive Director of BSMEPA Dr. Boyko Takov on Wednesday with Armenian partner organizations. The ceremony was held in Yerevan, Armenia, where Mr. Takov participated in the final part of the VIII-th session of Bulgarian-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific and Technological Cooperation.

Ljajic is expected to finalize a deal on free trade between Serbia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Vecernje Novosti daily writes.

Bulgaria is one of the most intolerant countries in the EU, and the poorer one is, the more its citizens do not stand close to themselves people of different ethnicity or religion. This shows a study by the University of Nevada, which collected survey data covering a total of 450,000 people in 100 countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spent BGN 5.8 million on the financing of 67 development projects abroad. The biggest aid is for Serbia and Northern Macedonia, BGNES reported.