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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that families from Western Europe relocate to Russia to escape what he termed gender terrorism against children. Putin told the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi that migrants arrive from major European nations seeking refuge based on values rather...

Israeli naval forces intercepted the Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla in international waters, detaining nearly 50 boats and hundreds of crew members and passengers. The volunteer humanitarian operation aimed to deliver aid to Gaza, where conditions have deteriorated over nearly two years of conflict...

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday that India will resist external pressure to abandon its national interests. Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin said secondary tariffs against major Russian oil buyers like India and China would raise American fuel prices and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi that Moscow has no plans to attack NATO and dismissed Western claims of Russian aggression as unfounded. Putin stated Russia would only act defensively in response to European militarization and hostility. He suggested...

Russian President Vladimir Putin honored Michael Gloss at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday. The 21-year-old American died on April 4, 2024, near Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic after attempting to save a wounded Russian soldier under artillery fire. Putin noted that...

Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the Soviet Union to modern Western powers on Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. He accused the United States and European Union of replicating Soviet mistakes by forcing their political ideologies onto other nations. Putin argued that...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a humorous remark to French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a summit in Denmark on Thursday after US President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed to have brokered peace between Albania and Azerbaijan. Trump had confused the...

A commentary published on Thursday argues that United States President Donald Trump functions as a biased mediator in Middle Eastern conflicts and suggests Russia could serve as a more impartial broker. The analysis criticizes Trump's appointment to lead a Board of Peace for Gaza following a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin characterized the Ukraine crisis as a preventable tragedy on Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. Putin attributed the conflict to NATO's eastward expansion toward Russian borders and placed primary responsibility on Western Europe for the...

Russia is pursuing deeper Indian engagement in the Northern Sea Route and has proposed full membership for India in the Arctic Council, according to NDTV. Vladimir Panov, Russia's special representative for Arctic development at Rosatom, said collaboration with India could prove essential for...

France has detained an oil tanker and two crew members suspected of ties to a Russian shadow fleet used to bypass Western sanctions on energy exports. French authorities identified the vessel as the Boracay, which sails under a Benin flag and faces European Union sanctions. Naval forces boarded...

A corruption scandal involving two State Traffic Inspectorate officers accused of extorting bribes from Robbie Williams' transport crew has renewed calls for dismantling the agency. Dimitar Dimitrov from the Chamber of Road Transporters in Bulgaria stated that roadside extortion remains...

Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said Bulgaria aims to establish itself as a regional energy hub in Southeast Europe. The country plans to deploy small modular nuclear reactors within four years at a cost of approximately 13 billion euros for four units. Stankov noted that electricity consumption...

Former Interior Minister Valentin Radev warned that NATO faces serious threats from drone incursions after recent Russian provocations near alliance airspace. The explosives expert told bTV that Eastern European countries must develop early warning systems to detect, track, and destroy...

Kornelia Ninova accused President Rumen Radev of enabling his political downfall after parliament stripped his authority to appoint the National Security Agency chief. The Rebellious Bulgaria leader wrote on Facebook that individuals Radev enriched through government positions collaborated with...

President Rumen Radev warned that security services will become tools for political manipulation after parliament transferred appointment powers from his office to the National Assembly. The changes allow lawmakers to select leaders for the State Agency Intelligence and State Agency National...

Bulgaria's parliament stripped President Rumen Radev of his authority to appoint heads of the National Security Agency and other special units on Thursday. The ruling majority pushed through the changes, and lawmakers transferred appointment powers to the National Assembly, which will select...

Political scientist Kaloyan Metodiev, a member of the Executive Committee of Nepokorna Bulgaria, says President Rumen Radev faces mounting pressure to endorse Vice President Iliyana Yotova as a presidential candidate. Metodiev wrote on Facebook that supporters within the BSP and elsewhere are...

The state prosecution stated on Wednesday that Supreme Court of Cassation rulings carry no consequences for the acting prosecutor general because the Prosecutor's College of the Supreme Judicial Council made a deliberate appointment decision. The prosecution office explained that only the...

Two Supreme Court of Cassation panels determined that Borislav Sarafov lost the acting Prosecutor General authority on July 21, and the court refused to process his procedural requests. Associate Professor Deyana Marcheva stated courts will treat Sarafov's actions as invalid because his temporal...