Bulgaria is in the top tier of EU member states with the most dropped down volume of retail trade for last year, according to a recently released Eurostat study.
The Freight Services of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) company could be privatized before the end of the first half of 2012, said Bulgarian Privatization Agency head Emil Karanikolov.
Bulgaria's customs have collected BGN 800 M more in revenue for 2011 than for 2010, revealed national Customs Agency head Vany Tanov.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will appeal its court loss against diplomats it fired due to their past allegiance to former communist secret services.
Afghanistan will open a new embassy in Greece within the next few months, announced the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday.
The EU cannot emerge from the crisis unless a full-scale program of economic stimuli and job creation is implemented, said PES and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev.
The UK is strictly against the imposition of an EU financial transactions tax, said British PM David Cameron, after France announced plans for its implementation in the Union.
The southern Bulgarian resort town Chepelare has declared an emergency situation Sunday, after two days of snowfall left it without electricity and water.
More than 200 Syrians gathered Sunday in front of the Syria embassy in Bulgarian capital Sofia to express their outrage at the ongoing violence in their home country.
Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova has fired the two senior managers of the state Road Agency for failing to cope with snowfall over the weekend.
Roads in Bulgaria are operating under heavy wintry conditions Sunday, after heavy snowfall set in the country Saturday.
After heavy snowfall Saturday, weather in Bulgarian mountains has cleared, but there is an increased avalanche hazard, warn the Bulgarian Mountain Rescue Service.
A special council has been called at Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior for Sunday to tackle the situation, after heavy snow wreaked havoc on communications Saturday.
The group of Russian military ships that set sail for violence-grippled Syria has reached its destination on Sunday, report agencies.
The cargo ship Rena, which has since October 5 been stranded on a coral reef off the coast of New Zealand, has broken up into two, throwing massive debris into the water.
Sunday is the speculated birthday date of new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who came to power end of 2011 after the demise of his father Kim Jong-il.
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