Sofia City Hall Launches Ambitious Sidewalks Project
The Sofia City Hall will repair a total of 25 km of sidewalks with BGN 2 M slated in its budget, according to Mayor, Yordanka Fandakova.
Business | January 16, 2012, Monday // 13:27
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ARCHIVE - 16 January 2012
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Sofia City Hall Launches Ambitious Sidewalks ProjectStrike at Bulgarian Maritsa Iztok Mines Enters Day 2
Bulgaria Got EUR 740 M FDI in Jan-Nov 2011
Bulgarian Energy Minister Attributes Shale Gas Worries to Lack of Information
Bulgaria's Rulers to Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's Customs Agency Declares Lukoil Refinery Legally Compliant
Bulgarian MPs to Discuss Anti-Shale Gas Bill
Burgas Named Bulgaria's Most Dynamic Tourist City
Politics
Bulgaria Stands Divided in Approval of Ruling GERB - PollDebts of Bulgarian Municipalities Down by BGN 50 M in 2011
Police Activities Have Made Many Judges Rich – Bulgarian Interior Minister
Bulgaria's Outgoing President Slams PM, Govt
Bulgarian President-elect to Take Oath of Office Jan 19
Society
Young Mother, 2 Small Children Die in Downtown Sofia FireBulgarian on Costa Concordia Tells about Harrowing Ordeal
Novinite.bg Readers Favor Plevneliev, Raychev as 2011 'Personalities in the News'
M-Tel CEO Mayerhofer Voted Expat 'Personality in the News' 2011 by Novinite Readers
Deloitte's Raychev Triumphs as Novinite.com Business 'Personality in the News' 2011
Novinite.com Readers Vote Kuneva 'Personality in the News' 2011 in Politics
Novinite.com & Novinite.bg “Personality in the News” 2011 – Final Results
Bulgaria's Ruling Party Adopts Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgarian Starts New Probe in 'Hollywood-harmed' Bats Case
Sports
Pironkova Eases Past Mirza to Reach 2nd Round at Australian OpenTough Battle Sees Bulgaria's Dimitrov Advance at Australian Open
Berbatov Spotted on Plane to Germany, Set for Bayer Return - Report
Crime
Corrupt Bulgarian Prosecutor Gets House ArrestBulgarian Driver Busted in Austria with 110 kg of Heroin
Bulgarian Police Bust Crime Group Involved in Metal Theft
Bulgaria's Pernik Police Chief Probed over Teen Murder
Expert: Pernik Murder Suspect Not Schizophrenic
Bulgarian NGO Thinks Murder Suspect Was Killed by Police
4 Cars Torched in Bulgaria, 2 Owned by Police Employees
Bulgarian Right-Winger Demands Resignation of High Police Official after Murder
Bulgaria’s Top Cop Vows Measures for Inadequate Policemen in Notorious Murder Case
Lifestyle
Miss Bulgaria 2009 Causes New Scandals by Wearing FurWorld
Huntsman Bows Out of GOP Race, Endorses RomneyTurkey to Fund USD 5 B Bosphorus Bridge with Own Money
Moody’s Maintains France’s Flawless Rating for Now
Costa Concordia Death Toll Rises to 6, 14 Missing
Novinite Insider
The Boring End of the "Lukoil - Bulgaria" OperaBusiness
Strike at Bulgarian Maritsa Iztok Mines Enters Day 2
The effective strike of miners at Bulgaria's State-owned Maritsa Iztok Mines is continuing Monday, after being launched at 8 pm Sunday evening.
Business | January 16, 2012, Monday // 11:40
Bulgaria Got EUR 740 M FDI in Jan-Nov 2011
Bulgaria's total foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for January – November 2011 amounted to EUR 740.
Bulgarian Energy Minister Attributes Shale Gas Worries to Lack of Information
Energy Minister Traicho Traikov has attributed public anxiety about shale gas development to the serious scarcity of information on the topic.
Bulgaria's Rulers to Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has decided to approve a temporary moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas amidst a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue.
Bulgaria's Customs Agency Declares Lukoil Refinery Legally Compliant
The Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas was awarded Monday protocols certifying the compliance of its measuring equipment with the statutory requirements.
Bulgarian MPs to Discuss Anti-Shale Gas Bill
A bill banning shale gas exploration and extraction will be discussed on Monday by Bulgaria's parliamentary committee on economic policy, energy and tourism.
Burgas Named Bulgaria's Most Dynamic Tourist City
The Southern Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas is the country's highest-ranked tourist city, according to Euromonitor International's latest Top City Destinations Ranking.
Politics
Bulgaria Stands Divided in Approval of Ruling GERB - Poll
Bulgarians remain divided in their approval or disapproval of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, according to a freshly released poll of the Sova Harris agency.
Debts of Bulgarian Municipalities Down by BGN 50 M in 2011
Bulgarian municipalities are expected to close 2011 with a total of BGN 150 M in unpaid debts and close to BGN 100 M in uncollected revenues, according to Teodora Dacheva, deputy executive director of the National Association of Municipalities in the Repu
Police Activities Have Made Many Judges Rich – Bulgarian Interior Minister
Asked to comment on the quality of evidence presented in court, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who is famous for his clashes with the judiciary, has suggested that there is a common perception in society that the actions of the police have made many
Bulgaria's Outgoing President Slams PM, Govt
Bulgaria has a weak Prime Minister and a weak and inefficient government, the country's President Georgi Parvanov stated several days before leaving office.
Bulgarian President-elect to Take Oath of Office Jan 19
Bulgaria's President-elect and Vice President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, will take the oath of office before the National Assembly on Thursday, January 19.
Society
Young Mother, 2 Small Children Die in Downtown Sofia Fire
A young mother, 25, and her two small children, a 5-month-old and a 5-year-old, perished in an overnight fire in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 14:09
Bulgarian on Costa Concordia Tells about Harrowing Ordeal
People on the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which capsized off the coast of Tuscany in Italy Saturday, were pushing like animals, shouting, screaming and crying, according to Bulgarian Donka Todorova, who was among the passengers.
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 12:50
Novinite.bg Readers Favor Plevneliev, Raychev as 2011 'Personalities in the News'
The readers of Novinite.bg, the Bulgarian-language news site of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), have selected President-elect Rosen Plevneliev and Deloitte Bulgaria Chairman Vasko Raychev as 2011 "Personalities in the News".
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 07:28
M-Tel CEO Mayerhofer Voted Expat 'Personality in the News' 2011 by Novinite Readers
Andreas Mayerhofer, the Austrian CEO of Bulgaria's largest mobile operator M-Tel, has been selected by the readers of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) as Bulgaria's 2011 "Personality in the News" in the Expats category! Congratulations!
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 06:02
Deloitte's Raychev Triumphs as Novinite.com Business 'Personality in the News' 2011
Deloitte Bulgaria Chairman Vasko Raychev has been picked by the readers of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) as Bulgaria's 2011 "Personalities in the News" in the Business category! Congratulations!
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 05:46
Novinite.com Readers Vote Kuneva 'Personality in the News' 2011 in Politics
Former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has been selected by the readers of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) as Bulgaria's 2011 "Personalities in the News" in the Politics category! Congratulations!
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 05:39
Novinite.com & Novinite.bg “Personality in the News” 2011 – Final Results
Annual poll for “Personality in the News” – Politics, Business, Expats – Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency); voting campaign – December 6, 2011 – January 15, 2012.
Society | January 16, 2012, Monday // 01:53
Bulgaria's Ruling Party Adopts Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's Parliamentary Energy Committee - dominated by the ruling center-right party GERB - has approved a temporary ban on the exploration and extraction of shale gas a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue.
Bulgarian Starts New Probe in 'Hollywood-harmed' Bats Case
The Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria's central city of Veliko Tarnovo, overturned Monday the decision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Lovech to stop the probe of possible legal violations in the Devetashka cave.
Sports
Pironkova Eases Past Mirza to Reach 2nd Round at Australian Open
Bulgaria's highest-ranked female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova defeated Indian Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-2 in 88 minutes to reach the second round at the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament.
Sports | January 16, 2012, Monday // 13:37
Tough Battle Sees Bulgaria's Dimitrov Advance at Australian Open
Bulgaria's promising tennis youngster Grigor Dimitrov defeated Frenchman Germy Chardy in a dramatic five-set clash to reach the second round of Australian Open.
Sports | January 16, 2012, Monday // 10:47
Berbatov Spotted on Plane to Germany, Set for Bayer Return - Report
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has been reportedly spotted on a plane to Germany, intensifying rumors that he may be heading back to Bayer Leverkusen.
Sports | January 16, 2012, Monday // 09:12
Crime
Corrupt Bulgarian Prosecutor Gets House Arrest
A Bulgarian prosecutor from the northeastern town of Shumen, who was busted with a bribe, will be kept under house arrest, the Sofia City Court ruled Monday night.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 20:13
Bulgarian Driver Busted in Austria with 110 kg of Heroin
Austrian Customs officers have discovered 110 kilos of heroin in a truck driven by a Bulgarian citizen.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 17:23
Bulgarian Police Bust Crime Group Involved in Metal Theft
Police have busted an organized crime group involved in metal theft in Bulgaria's southern city of Kardzhali.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 16:56
Bulgaria's Pernik Police Chief Probed over Teen Murder
A disciplinary proceeding has been launched against the Head of the Pernik Unit of the Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced Monday.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 16:20
Expert: Pernik Murder Suspect Not Schizophrenic
Murder suspect, Mario Lyubenov, 25, AKA Zaeka (The Rabbit) was not listed in a psychiatry ward in Bulgaria's western city of Pernik, near the capital Sofia.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 14:52
Bulgarian NGO Thinks Murder Suspect Was Killed by Police
Stoycho Stoev, one of the two suspects for the notorious murder of a young girl in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, was murdered by police officers, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee NGO believes.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 12:58
4 Cars Torched in Bulgaria, 2 Owned by Police Employees
Two more cars were set on fire Sunday into Monday in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 12:12
Bulgarian Right-Winger Demands Resignation of High Police Official after Murder
Stanimir Florov, head of the Bulgarian Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, should resign in the aftermath of the murder of a young girl in the city of Pernik, according to right-wing leader Ivan Kostov.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 11:35
Bulgaria’s Top Cop Vows Measures for Inadequate Policemen in Notorious Murder Case
Bulgarian police officers will be punished for their questionable behavior in the aftermath of the murder of a young girl in the city of Pernik, the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has revealed.
Crime | January 16, 2012, Monday // 10:17
Lifestyle
Miss Bulgaria 2009 Causes New Scandals by Wearing Fur
The anyway controversial Miss Bulgaria 2009 Antonia Petrova has just caused a new public scandal with the display of a photo session in which she is all dressed in fur.
Lifestyle | January 16, 2012, Monday // 15:09
World
Huntsman Bows Out of GOP Race, Endorses Romney
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has abandoned his quest for the US Presidency Monday morning with an endorsement of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
World | January 16, 2012, Monday // 18:45
Turkey to Fund USD 5 B Bosphorus Bridge with Own Money
Turkey will carry out an estimated USD 5 B road project that includes building a third bridge over the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia with its own resources, the Turkish government announced.
World | January 16, 2012, Monday // 16:38
Moody’s Maintains France’s Flawless Rating for Now
International rating agency Moody's has maintained France's top AAA rating, it was announced on Monday, just three days after rival agency Standard & Poor's downgraded it.
World | January 16, 2012, Monday // 14:42
Costa Concordia Death Toll Rises to 6, 14 Missing
The death toll from Italy's stricken cruise liner Costa Concordiahas officially risen to six people, while fourteen are still missing, it has been reported.
World | January 16, 2012, Monday // 12:20
Novinite Insider
The Boring End of the "Lukoil - Bulgaria" Opera
Bulgaria's Customs Agency awarded Monday to the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas protocols certifying compliance of its measuring equipment with state requirements.
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