ARCHIVE - 10 January 2012
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Preliminary data released by the Bulgarian National Statistics Institute, NSI, showed that Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index decreased by 0.4% in November 2011, as compared to October 2011.
Business | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 15:05
The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency, NRA, launched Tuesday a personal identification number, PIN, to be used by citizens and companies for references and inquiries in the electronic system.
Business | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 14:26
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, declared that there are people and companies that must be held accountable for traffic havoc in the aftermath of heavy snow.
Business | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 12:19
A one-hour warning rally was staged Tuesday morning at the state-owned coal mining company Maritsa Iztok Mines AD with workers saying the actual strike will start on Sunday.
An inmate, who was jailed at the prison in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna, had won a case against the State in the European Human Rights Court in Strasburg.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will request a hearing in Parliament of Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov regarding the cabinet's position on the negotiated EU fiscal pact.
Airline passengers in Europe will not have to pay additional fees for luggage and check-in and would be able to transfer their tickets free of charge to another individual.
The executive committee of Bulgarian ruling center-right GERB party has assembled Tuesday evening at the residence of PM and party leader Boyko Borisov for a closed sitting.
Bulgaria marks Tuesday the 15th anniversary of the first day of large scale protests that led to the toppling of the Socialist cabinet of Zhan Videnov.
Outgoing Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has mouthed unusually warm words regarding the inimical cabinet of PM Boyko Borisov upon awarding his VP Angel Marin with Bulgaria's highest state distinction.
Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has rejected claims that the GERB party is "bribing" independent MPs by giving them back the state subsidy they diverted away from the political formation they used to belong to.
Bulgaria's president has praised VP Angel Marin for 'blazing a trail' in the short history of the institution, though he was largely the visible absence during the two terms they served.
Bulgaria's first parliamentary session for the new year, due on Wednesday, is hoped to map out the timeline for implementing key and long-delayed reforms, including the much touted crack-down on illegal assets.
The Bulgarian state has spent BGN 39 M for the organization of its October 2011 presidential and municipal elections, according to official accounts released by the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance.
Three workers were injured Tuesday by an explosion at VMZ Sopot, Bulgaria's largest military factory, with the lives of all of them out of danger.
Society | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 14:54
Bulgarian cabinet ministers and ruling GERB party MPs spoke in favor of a controversial amendment to Bulgaria's Law on Forests during a public discussion of the legislation in Parliament Tuesday.
Emergency situation over heavy snow fall and inclement weather is still in effect Tuesday for three Bulgarian municipalities – Teteven, Smolyan and Roman.
Bulgaria has been selected among 20 other countries to host the first UniCredit Studio in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
15,000 domestic ducks have been killed by Bulgarian veterinary authorities, after having been found to be infected with a flu strain similar to the virulent bird flu.
Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov has been voted for "Player of the Month" for December in the regular poll among Manchester United's supporters.
Sports | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 20:14
Bulgaria's best tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova failed to progress to the second round of the Hobart International tournament after a heavy defeat by 2007 champion, Russian Anna Chakvetadze.
Sports | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 12:51
Lionel Messi has won for the third consecutive year FIFA Ballon d'Or prize for best player, a feat that only four players in history have achieved.
Sports | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 09:25
Anti-mafia police have shut down two of Bulgaria's largest torrent sites in an operation aimed at stemming the illegal distribution of copyrighted music and films.
Crime | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 18:31
The Regional Court in Bulgaria's southern city of Kardzhali issued Tuesday a guilty verdict for Dzhuneyt Shevket, 18, over the double murder of his mother and younger brother, who was 6 at the time.
Crime | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 17:35
Bulgarian anti-mafia forces deploy women as undercover agents in operations against the crime world, said Valentin Trifonov, Deputy Director of the Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP).
Crime | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 16:08
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, visited Tuesday the newly opened building of the special Anti-mafia tribunal saying it had a dark past and a bright future.
Crime | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 13:01
Bulgaria's prosecutors have raised once again drug distribution charges against Krassimir Marinov, one of the notorious brothers called the Marguins, who are believed to be the top crime bosses in the country.
Crime | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 08:31
Israel is preparing for an influx of refugees from Syria, should the embattled President Bashar Al-Assad fall from power, announced Israeli Army Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.
World | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 19:09
Former Manchester United striker Eric Cantona plans to run in this year's presidential election in France and is trying to gather the signatures needed to do so.
World | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 12:04
New Hampshire voters are picking a Republican presidential candidate as the US state hosts the first primary of this year's election season.
World | January 10, 2012, Tuesday // 07:59
During the past summer outgoing Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov suggested that upon returning to the Bulgarian Socialist Party after the end of his second term, he will work for its opening up to "new and strong coalition partners.
The new year has already started to go just as the previous one as far as Bulgaria is concerned.
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