ARCHIVE - 21 January 2012
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Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI) and NBGI Private Equity (NBGI) have signed an agreement for the acquistion of Bulgarian confectionary company Prestige 96 OOD, a leader on the local market.
Business | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 16:43
Train fares in Bulgaria are going up, beginning Monday, January 23, the State-owned Railways BDZ Holding announced Saturday.
Business | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 14:34
An investment firm led by Tsvetelina Borislavova has increased its majority stake in Bulgarian-American Credit Bank (BACB) following the public offering of its shares.
Talks between the management of Bulgaria's biggest State-owned coal-mining company, the Maritsa Iztok Mines, and the syndicates resume Saturday, while the strike is in its seventh day.
A Bulgarian serviceman, Svilen Simeonov, 34, has been killed in Afghanistan, the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, reports Saturday.
Four people have been killed and twenty-seven injured in a heavy crash of a passenger bus traveling from Turkey to Bulgaria.
Society | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 21:14
A demographic and economic slump may force today's actively working Bulgarians to retire at the age of 70 and not at all comfortably at that, an expert has warned.
Society | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 17:40
These days God is testing us, but our Holy Church will overcome this ordeal, Bulgaria's Holy Synod says in a statement.
Society | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 15:08
A member of the crew of the the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which capsized off the coast of Tuscany in Italy last Saturday, has rescued over 500 passengers.
Society | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 13:46
The area around the Alexander Nevsky cathedral in downtown Sofia is closed for traffic and parking Saturday, according to the City Hall.
A mild earthquake was felt in the first hour of Saturday in the town of Razlog, near the winter resort of Bansko in Bulgaria's Pirin Mountain in southern Bulgaria.
Eleven Bulgarian regions are under code yellow Saturday, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) announced.
With a variety of colorful rituals, Bulgaria marks the day of midwives on Saturday, January 21, or the so-called Babin Den.
Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov has shown signs of repentance after his expulsion from Sporting's first team and amid reports of a looming transfer back to his home country, according to Portuguese and Bulgarian media.
Sports | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 20:40
Bulgaria's police have found the dead body of a missing eleven-year old boy, the latest in a series of teens' mysterious disappearances and gruesome deaths that have shook the country.
Crime | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 19:30
A brutal Bulgarian gangster, notorious for slicing off victims' fingers and ears, was caught in London on an alert from an investigation of The Sun.
Crime | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 11:33
Bulgaria' brand new president Rosen Plevneliev is touring the country to inspire the people with his optimism and bright visions for the future.
Smiles | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 19:17
The body of a woman has been found on board the Italian cruise ship that ran aground and capsized a week ago, bringing the known death toll to 12, BBC reported.
World | January 21, 2012, Saturday // 19:00
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