ARCHIVE - 31 January 2012

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Business

Bulgaria's December Unemployment Rate Reaches 11%
Euromoney Names UniCredit Bulbank Best Trade Finance Bank
KBC Seeks to Shed Bulgarian Insurer DZI - Report
Bulgarian PM Orders FinMin to Clarify Bonuses Issue
25 EU States Sign Up for EU Fiscal Pact, Brits, Czechs Out

Politics

Bulgaria to Enter Stage 2 of Its Major Diplomatic Reshuffle
Bulgaria Remains Closer to Balkans than EU - Study
Bulgarian Right-Wingers Rise Against Controversial ACTA
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry to Restrict Use of Force, Firearms
Bulgaria's EconMin Tries to Assuage ACTA Fears
Bulgarian EconMin Refuses Comments on ACTA Initiative
Bulgarian Interior Minister Launches Police Reform

Society

Bulgarian Surfers Outraged over Govt Anti-Drug Video
Bulgarian Smartphone Application to Ease Search for WiFi Zones
Drivers in Bulgaria Have a Day to Buy Toll Stickers for 2012
Bulgaria Severe Cold Snap Claims More Lives
Polar Cold Shuts Down Hundreds of Schools in Bulgaria
Mercury in Bulgaria Hits Record Lows
Bulgarian Cartoon Artist Grabs First Prize in Iran
Bulgarian Women, Too, Remove Risky Breast Implants

Sports

Bulgaria's Panagyurishte Enters Race to Host Chess Candidates Battle
CSKA Players Get Away with Tiny Doping Bans

Crime

Sofia Court Orders House Arrest for Man under European Arrest Warrant
Bulgaria's New Anti-Mafia Court Closes First Case with Plea Bargain
New Unit at Bulgaria Supreme Prosecutor's Office to Tackle Police Brutality
Bulgaria Marks Grim Anniversary of Sisters Double Murder
Notorious Bulgarian SAPARD Fraud Trial Stalls Again

Views on BG

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World

Macedonia Church Set on Fire over Religious Tensions
Norwegian Murderer Breivik Eager to Be Interviewed by Foreign Media
Turkey to Prioritize TANAP over Nabucco Pipeline
NGO Starts anti-ACTA Petition

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Business

Bulgaria's December Unemployment Rate Reaches 11%

Bulgaria's unemployment rate in December 2011 was 11.2%, according to Eurostat's latest data.

Business | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 14:23

Euromoney Names UniCredit Bulbank Best Trade Finance Bank

UniCredit Bulbank, part of the UniCredit Group, came out as a winner in the annual poll of Euromoney magazine on the best providers of trade finance services on the local markets in countries worldwide.

Business » Finance | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 17:36

KBC Seeks to Shed Bulgarian Insurer DZI - Report

Belgium's KBC has put up for sale Bulgarian insurance subsidiary DZI and the deal is expected to be concluded by the end of the year, according to local media reports.

Business » Finance | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 13:36

Bulgarian PM Orders FinMin to Clarify Bonuses Issue

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has ordered his Deputy and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, to inform the public about end-of-years bonuses at his institution.

Business » Finance | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 08:38

25 EU States Sign Up for EU Fiscal Pact, Brits, Czechs Out

A total of 25 out of 27 EU member states, Bulgaria included, have agreed to the new EU / euro zone fiscal pact for stricter budget discipline, a brainchild of Germany.

Business » Finance | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 02:08

Politics

Bulgaria to Enter Stage 2 of Its Major Diplomatic Reshuffle

Bulgaria's diplomatic reshuffle is set to continue on Wednesday, as the country's Foreign Minister is expected to propose the appointment of five new Ambassadors abroad, according to a media report.

Politics » Diplomacy | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 20:32

Bulgaria Remains Closer to Balkans than EU - Study

Bulgaria and Romania lag behind other EU countries in their development, according to a recent study.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 09:56

Bulgarian Right-Wingers Rise Against Controversial ACTA

The right-wing Bulgarian Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) party has demanded that the county's Prime Minister and his government retract their signature under the international ACTA agreement.

Politics » Domestic | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 17:04

Bulgaria's Interior Ministry to Restrict Use of Force, Firearms

Reforms at the Interior Ministry will include the introduction of legal amendments stipulating the standard of "absolute necessity for the use of firearms and other police-related tools," according to Deputy Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov.

Politics » Domestic | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 16:21

Bulgaria's EconMin Tries to Assuage ACTA Fears

The fact that Bulgaria has signed the controversial ACTA agreement will not change anything in the country, Bulgarian Minister of Economy Traicho Traikov believes.

Politics » Domestic | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 14:55

Bulgarian EconMin Refuses Comments on ACTA Initiative

Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, refused Tuesday to offer any comments on how the cabinet had made the decision to sign the controversial ACTA international agreement.

Politics » Domestic | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 11:58

Bulgarian Interior Minister Launches Police Reform

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is presenting Tuesday plans for reforms at his institution.

Politics » Domestic | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 09:01

Society

Bulgarian Surfers Outraged over Govt Anti-Drug Video

Bulgarian surfers have expressed their outrage over a recent anti-drug campaign video produced by the country's Health Ministry, which they feel portrays them as drug addicts.

Society | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 17:53

Bulgarian Smartphone Application to Ease Search for WiFi Zones

The organizers of the Bulgarian "Free Internet" campaign have officially presented a new smartphone application that is supposed to ease the search for free WiFi zones.

Society | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 16:23

Drivers in Bulgaria Have a Day to Buy Toll Stickers for 2012

Drivers in Bulgaria have to buy by the end of January 31 their toll stickers – the so-called vignettes - for 2012, preferably those valid for the whole year as they are the best deal.

Society | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 11:13

Bulgaria Severe Cold Snap Claims More Lives

The winter cold snap in Bulgaria has killed another two as temperatures dropped to record lows, schools closed down, roads became impassable and power supplies were cut off.

Society » Environment | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 16:03

Polar Cold Shuts Down Hundreds of Schools in Bulgaria

More than 450 schools across Bulgaria closed their doors on Tuesday morning as the country was hit by a wave of polar cold.

Society » Environment | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 14:22

Mercury in Bulgaria Hits Record Lows

The temperatures in Bulgaria fell to record lows Tuesday morning, even lower than Monday.

Society » Environment | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 08:14

Bulgarian Cartoon Artist Grabs First Prize in Iran

Bulgaria's artist Valentin Georgiev came out as a winner at Iran's traditional Tabriz cartoon fest, whose participants this year were provoked by the austerity times the world is going through, local media reported.

Society » Culture | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 12:25

Bulgarian Women, Too, Remove Risky Breast Implants

Nearly 150 Bulgarian women have rushed to remove potentially faulty silicone breast implants supplied by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) following the example set by the ladies in France.

Society » Health | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 15:31

Sports

Bulgaria's Panagyurishte Enters Race to Host Chess Candidates Battle

Bulgaria has endorsed the town of Panagyurishte to run for host of this year's Candidates Tournament chess clashes, it has been revealed.

Sports | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 18:33

CSKA Players Get Away with Tiny Doping Bans

Rumen Trifonov, Todor Yanchev and Kostadin Stoyanov, the three CSKA Sofia football players who tested positive for banned stimulants, have been banned for just three months, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee has announced.

Sports | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 15:28

Crime

Sofia Court Orders House Arrest for Man under European Arrest Warrant

Stefan Klenovski, who was arrested in a shopping center in Sofia on the evening of January 27, has been placed under house arrest by the Sofia City Court.

Crime | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 18:30

Bulgaria's New Anti-Mafia Court Closes First Case with Plea Bargain

Bulgaria's specialized criminal court, which became operational on January 03, has closed its first trial with a plea bargain sealed between four of the defendants and the prosecution.

Crime | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 17:37

New Unit at Bulgaria Supreme Prosecutor's Office to Tackle Police Brutality

The new structure of the Bulgarian Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation will feature a special department on combating crimes committed by or against police officers, according to Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev.

Crime | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 12:35

Bulgaria Marks Grim Anniversary of Sisters Double Murder

Bulgaria marks Tuesday a grim anniversary – 6 years since the gruesome murder of two teenage sisters Rositsa (18) and Kristina (15) Belneyski.

Crime | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 11:27

Notorious Bulgarian SAPARD Fraud Trial Stalls Again

The trial against notorious Bulgarian businessmen Mario Nikolov and Lyudmil Stoykov, who are charged with large-scale SAPARD fraud in the amount of EUR 7.5 M, has once again failed to kick off.

Crime | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 09:15

Views on BG

Empty Promises Don't Pay

We should really thank the Bulgarians. They have been sacrificing for the good of all of us who live in the post-communist era.

Views on BG | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 17:57

World

Macedonia Church Set on Fire over Religious Tensions

A church was set ablaze in the Macedonian village of Labuniste, presumably as a result of the tensions between the local Slavic and Albanian populations.

World | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 19:46

Norwegian Murderer Breivik Eager to Be Interviewed by Foreign Media

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who shocked the world by killing 77 innocent people in a single day, is willing to be interviewed by a foreign TV channel, it has been revealed.

World | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 19:04

Turkey to Prioritize TANAP over Nabucco Pipeline

Turkey would no longer lend full support to the Nabucco gas pipeline project and would shift its priority to its own TANAP project, an official from Turkey's Energy Ministry revealed on Tuesday, as cited by local media.

World | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 14:00

NGO Starts anti-ACTA Petition

The internet civil group Avaaz began collecting signatures against the preliminary signing of the debatable international agreement ACTA.

World | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 09:53

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Signing ACTA - Killing Both Torrent Sites and Bulgaria's Regions

Bulgaria's Borisov Cabinet has just come up with a new unpleasant surprise for the Bulgarian public by signing ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), the controversial copyright protection deal, without telling anyone.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | January 31, 2012, Tuesday // 05:59

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