Photo: Reuters news agency Washington extended until May 16 permission for the supply of Russian oil and petroleum products that were loaded onto tankers. In accordance with the general license of the US Treasury, sanctions will not apply to Russian oil and petroleum products that were loaded onto ships before April 17. Previously, Washington allowed supplies of Russian oil and petroleum products that were loaded onto tankers before March 12. This permit was valid from March 12 to April 11.

Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (right). Photo: European Union press service Voting in early parliamentary elections takes place in Bulgaria on March 19. The elections were called after Bulgaria failed to form a new government following the December 2025 resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov . His cabinet resigned after days of mass protests in Sofia and other cities across the country.