September 13, 2022

WHO will not “suspend the Constitution” of Bulgaria and “abolish” human rights

It is not true that newly drafted international health rules give the WHO the right to declare pandemic regimes in countries, take away national sovereignty and abolish human rights. The so-called pandemic agreement being discussed within the WHO does not even have an initial text version yet. Whenever it is ready and whatever form it takes, its implementation in Bulgaria will require ratification by Parliament and will not suspend the Constitution.
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No, the Turkish defense minister did not say that Russia had nothing to do with the shelling of Odessa

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has not denied Russia’s involvement in the missile strike on the port of Odessa. The minister only quoted a statement by Russian officials who denied Russian involvement. A day after the attack, the Kremlin admitted it carried out the attack.

It is not true that the US has closed its diplomatic offices in Ukraine.

The allegations come from the Facebook account of Prof. Mikhail Mirchev, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the UNWE. In 2020 the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” terminated the civil contract of Mirchev, after a decision of the Ethics Committee of the University due to a signal from students.

The US embassy in Ukraine, as well as the consulate in Odessa, have not been closed. Both institutions continue to provide support to American citizens who are in the troubled country. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine responded in a letter to Factcheck.bg that diplomatic activities are “limited,” but not suspended entirely. “Ambassador Bridget Brink and her team are on the ground in Kiev and continue to work….,” the US diplomatic service in Kiev wrote.

It is not true that a NATO plane prevented the launch of anti-ship missiles near Sadovo

The claim that a NATO aircraft prevented the launch of anti-hail rockets on May 31, 2022 near Sadovo is false. The missiles were stopped because of a passenger plane landing on a flight from Paris. Тhis information was also confirmed by the Airspace Coordination Centre and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. 

PolitiCheck: No forced change of names of Bulgarians in Ukraine as Kostadin Kostadinov claims

The Constitution of Ukraine, adopted in 1996, establishes Ukrainian as the sole official language of the country. Thus, Ukrainian legislation requires the spelling of names in personal documents of each citizen to be according to the rules of the only official language in the country which is Ukrainian. There is no intentional discrimination towards Bulgarians or any other national or linguistic minority in Ukraine.