Member states of the European Union

On a two-day visit to Greece, Romania's Defence Minister Mihai Fifor on Monday discussed with his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos the consolidation of defence co-operation between Romania and Greece.

In what is viewed as another significant step toward the strengthening of the geostrategic partnership between their countries, the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel agreed Tuesday in Nicosia to sign a deal within 2018 for the construction of the EastMed pipeline that will supply Europe with gas from the Eastern Mediterranean.

Greece's conservative opposition has criticized Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias over comments he made during a trial where he was representing the Greek state, in Nicosia on Monday.

The trade with Austria amounts to 1.2 billion euros, which makes Austria a leading foreign investor in Bulgaria. This is what President Rumen Radev said during a press conference after meeting the Austrian President, Alexander van der Belen, ''FOCUS'' News Agency reported.

More than half of Bulgarians or 55% will not go on vacation in the summer, 40% have holiday plans and 5% have not yet decided, BNR reported. As a reason not to travel during leave, most people point to the lack of funds. However, for citizens of Sofia the financial aspect is not that important.

It turns out we are the first in the EU by the number of women working in the IT sector, as well as the number of girls studying information technology, according to Eurostat. 

In our country, 26.5% of IT specialists are ladies. Secondly, Romania and Lithuania are ranked at 25.7 per cent. At the same time, the share in Hungary and the Czech Republic is below 10 percent.

At the very beginning of today's government meeting, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced that Bulgaria has reduced its external debt for only a year, and this places us on the third place in the EU.

Bulgarians and Greeks are the European citizens who spend the least money on books and newspapers. This shows Eurostat statistics released on the occasion of the World Book Day, April 23rd.

The 1913 Treaty of London, the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, the Convention between Italy and Turkey signed in 1932, and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty leave no room to question or misinterpret Greece's sovereign rights in the Aegean.

Between 5 and 10% will be the growth of tourism in the summer season compared to last year, Deputy Minister of Tourism Lyuben Kanchev told journalists in Veliko Tarnovo.