ARCHIVE - 9 February 2012
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"The world is transparent, there can't be any limits to transparency, as it leads to high ethical standards," Bulgaria's leading PR expert Maxim Behar has declared at the World Communication Forum opening in Davos.
Business | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 15:08
Bulgaria's exports to non-EU member countries has risen with almost one quarter for 2011 in comparison with 2010, according to official data by Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute.
Business | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 13:11
Greek political leaders from the coalition cabinet reached an agreement with EU, ECB and IMF lenders on reforms required for the second bailout, stated PM Lucas Papademos's office Thursday.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Finance is preparing legislative amendments to make credit taking less burdensome to users, said Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov.
The main issues that Bulgaria needs to stress on in its energy policy are diversification and transparency, stated US Energy Envoy for Eurasia Richard Morningstar, who is on an official visit to Sofia.
Starting 1 am Friday Bulgaria is stopping the export of electricity due to higher domestic consumption in exceptionally cold winter conditions.
US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar has arrived in Bulgaria and met Thursday with President, Rosen Plevneliev.
Bulgaria is fully committed to implementing the South Stream natural gas pipeline jointly with Russia, said Bulgarian Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov following his trip to Moscow.
The town council of Bulgarian capital Sofia announced a new public procurement for the construction of a waste processing plant for the city.
Sergey Stanishev, interim President of the Party of European Socialists, has called on the European Parliament to vote against the controversial ACTA agreement in June.
Bulgaria and Romania have fulfilled criteria for entry and they should have been let to accede to the Schengen Area, according to EU Inter-Institutional Relations Commissioner Maro? ?ef?ovi?.
The European Commission has given the green light for Bulgaria to use BGN 15-20 M from the funds for rural areas to rebuild the village of Biser.
Bulgaria and Romania can enter the Schengen Agreement very soon, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom believes.
The latest interim CVM report is a clear indication of the lost patience of the European Commission and of the lack of an overall strategy for judicial reform in Bulgaria, according to former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.
Judge Miroslava Todorova's libel suit against Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has been assigned to the Sofia District Court by the country's Supreme Court of Cassation.
Maya Manolova, an MP from the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist party (BSP) was reprimanded by Parliamentary Chair Tsetska Tsacheva for "insulting" the centrist-right GERB Parliamentary majority.
Bulgarian independent Member of the European Parliament, Slavi Binev, has launched a new civic movement, dubbed Civic Movement for Real Democracy, GORD.
Bulgaria's new President, Rosen Plevneliev, promised Thursday that the country will have a new Act for the National Intelligence Services, NRS.
The left-wing oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has slammed ruling centrist-right GERB's reaction to the recent tragic floods in the country.
In two weeks' time, the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) will decide whether or not to refer the case of the missing decree of former President Georgi Parvanov to the Constitutional Court (KS), VAS Chair Georgi Kolev announced.
Asked to comment on the latest interim Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) Report of the European Commission on Bulgaria, Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva said that it was not the most critical of all published since 2007.
Independent online media are the symbol of the 21st century, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has declared upon receiving the "Personality in the News" 2011 award as voted by the readers of Novinite.bg, the Bulgarian-language service of Novinite.com.
Society | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 17:22
The ultra-nationalist World Macedonian Congress has demanded that FYROM's former Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski be sued for treason since he has a Bulgarian citizenship.
Society | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 17:05
The Bulgarian village of Biser is saying last goodbye and paying last respects to the four people who perished on February 6 when the nearby Ivanovo dam flooded it.
Society | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 11:36
A Bulgarian headed the rescue operation of passengers traveling on the ferry boat which sank last week off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
Society | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 08:43
Greenpeace Bulgaria and the Bulgarian "Za Zemiata" (For the Earth) organization have demanded that a moratorium be implemented on turbot fishing in the Black Sea for a period of one year.
The damage from Wednesday hurricane winds and 5-meter high sea waves on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast is estimated at BGN millions.
The Bulgarian section of the Danube River is expected to completely freeze over during the course of Thursday.
The southern Bulgarian regions of Haskovo, Harmanli, Galabovo, Svilengrad and Kardzhali are under threat of floods resulting from the melting of snow in end-Februay and the beginning of March.
The wall of an ancient building, most likely from Roman times, emerged in Sarafovo, near the Balck Sea city of Burgas Wednesday.
Bulgarian police have detained Thursday in Sofia a famous self-styled alternative medicine healer, who apparently also practiced in Greece and Turkey.
Vasil Markov, one of the lawyers of the Rashkovi Roma clan, plans to file a lawsuit for discrimination and incitement to ethnic hatred against the residents of the southern village of Katunitsa.
Crime | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 15:23
By Robert M Cutler for the Asia Times
The EC unveiled Wednesday its latest reports on the progress of Romania and Bulgaria in stepping up law enforcement and the fight against corruption. It also called on civil society to help accelerate reforms in the two countries
Greece has reached an agreement with its private creditors that seeks to reduce its debt, the country's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has revealed.
World | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 20:33
The cabinet named by Romania's new Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu was approved by the country's Parliament on Thursday.
World | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 15:07
The USA and Israel – the two "suspects" of getting ready to carry out a military strike against Iran's nuclear program, remain at odds over whether Iran's crucial nuclear facilities are about to become impregnable, a NYT report says.
World | February 9, 2012, Thursday // 07:16
Before the communist regime collapse thousands of big and small dams were built in Bulgaria, making the water reserves of the country among the biggest in Europe. Now nobody knows who and how maintains them. This can be deadly dangerous.
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