ARCHIVE - 20 April 2010
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Bulgaria's travel agents and tour operators do not owe additional compensations to customers experiencing difficulties related to delays and cancellations triggered by the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland.
Business | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 21:08
Large sections of two of the main boulevards in the Bulgarian capital will be closed down till the end of May due to metro construction works.
Business | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 19:04
Bulgaria's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and its counterpart from Pakistan's city of Gujrat have signed a cooperation agreement.
Business | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 18:33
Bulgaria's Main Labor Inspectorate (GIT) has fined the Turkish consortium Mapa Cengiz with BGN 200 000 for 24 violations of the Labor Law.
Business | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 17:00
News Corporation has completed the sale of its the largest Bulgarian private TV station, bTV, to Central European Media Enterprises.
Business | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 14:18
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Borisov has not ruled out upping the country's value-added tax from 20% to 22%.
US manufacturer of avionics and other aerospace products Honeywell is opening a regional customer center in Bulgaria's Sofia Airport Center, a project of Tishman International and GE Real Estate.
Bulgarian and Greek municipalities have come together to offer joint tourist tours of the Rhodope Mountains.
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry is helping Bulgarians abroad stranded at airports by the volcano ash cloud that enveloped Europe.
Bulgaria's Finance Ministry distributed to the media Tuesday a press release aiming at clarifying controversial reports by the EC and the country's Finance Minister about the Convergence Program.
The European Commission presented Tuesday concrete actions and set timetables to boost citizens' ability to work, travel and study outside their home countries and align rights and sense of security throughout the EU.
The European Commission had not reevaluated its assessment of the Convergence Program submitted by the Bulgarian government, according to Amadeu Altafaj, spokesperson of Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ollie Rehn.
Bulgaria's executive power, represented by the police and regional governors, is carrying out politically-bound probes in local municipalities, the ethnic Turkish party DPS declares.
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov is the only major politician whose popularity grew over the recent months, according to a poll of the Center for Analysis and Marketing.
Prof. Anna-Maria Borisova has been nominated as Bulgaria's new Health Minister because she is an honest person that has never been involved in corruption schemes, Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov says.
Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev believes the bribery case against ex deputy health minister and a socialist MP is a setup.
Bulgarian authorities have decided to open the Interior Ministry archives from one of the most turbulent periods in Bulgaria's history - 1923-1944.
Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will support the nomination of the ruling GERB party for Health Minister.
The Regional Development Ministry owes BGN 280 M due to investment activities, Minister Rosen Plevneliev revealed Tuesday.
Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has lambasted the Bulgarian state saying that it had turned into a giant device to steal from its own people.
The South East Europe Media Organization, (SEEMO), is alarmed at the political pressure being exercised on media in Bulgaria.
Society | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 21:25
The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works from Bulgaria's GERB cabinet, Rosen Plevneliev, had been tangled in a road construction scandal.
Society | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 14:54
Sofia Airport has reported that regular flights have been resumed to some European destinations including Vienna, Prague and Bucharest.
Society | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 11:42
The first stage of the campaign "Idea for Clean Sofia" concluded Tuesday with an award ceremony for the best of the 110 participating businesses and over 28 000 of the capital city's residents.
Specialists from the Yambol History Museum have prevented the destruction of a valuable archaeological site during road construction in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Bulgaria star Dimitar Berbatov's agent Emil Danchev has denied UK media reports that he is set to join AC Milan.
Sports | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 14:29
The Bulgarian Chess Federation has declined India's request to delay the World Chess Championship final match in Sofia by 3 days.
Sports | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 08:50
Sofia City Court has removed from office the head of the Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund, Zheni Nacheva, who has been charged with abuse of power.
Crime | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 17:09
Pressure by ex Deputy Health Minister Emil Rainov, who has been charged with malfeasance, has resulted in the bankruptcy of a leading Bulgarian distributor of medicines.
Crime | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 14:35
The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv has begun a probe of the city's Mayor, Slavcho Atanasov, over an alleged property fraud.
Crime | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 14:07
Bulgaria's ex Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski, and ex European Affairs Minister, Gergana Passy, have both given evidence in the notorious road fund trial against Veselin Georgiev.
Crime | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 10:28
"If it is needed I will replace ministers and deputy ministers every two months.
Quotes | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 20:30
Kyrgyzstan's toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has found refuge in Belarus, the country's President Alexandr Lukashenko has announced.
World | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 19:27
Farmers in southern Iceland have been racing to protect their animals from being poisoned by volcanic dust.
World | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 13:36
Hi-tech criminals are racking up more than 100 attacks a second on the world's computers, a survey suggests.
World | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 10:14
The first flights in northern Europe have taken off after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland.
World | April 20, 2010, Tuesday // 08:20
The tax drama has returned to Bulgaria after decades of absence for what does not appear like a final round of resolution.
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