Bulgarian Probe with Final Tally of 12 Unsafe Dams
Twelve from a total of 607 dams in Bulgaria are unsafe, according to the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov.
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Twelve from a total of 607 dams in Bulgaria are unsafe, according to the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov.
An 8-kilometer long line of freight trucks had formed Wednesday morning on the Danube Bridge connecting Bulgaria and Romania.
Fitch rating agency has expectedly downgraded Greece's long-term ratings to its lowest rating above a default, the first of a serious of cuts the country can expect after the bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt.
Spain plans to ask the European Union to allow its 2012 budget deficit to exceed 5% of gross domestic product, well above the limit of 3% of the GDP permitted by EU rules, the online edition of El Pais reported.
Croatia and Cyprus are about to increase their value added tax as the beginning of next month in a bid to cope with the crisis and rake in more revenues in the budget.
Russia's Izhorskiye Zavody, part of OMZ Group, has launched check assemble of the reactor vessel VVER-1000 for the first energy unit at Bulgaria's Belene NPP, even though Bulgaria is yet to say officially whether it wants the power plant.
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Ltd. and OMV Petrom SA have made a potentially significant gas discovery in the Black Sea, offshore of Romania.
A Norwegian family on vacation to Bulgaria has complained that too many Bulgarians and other Eastern Europeans are staying in their hotel.
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has expressed its concern with the difficulties Bulgarian trucks have been experiencing in Romania that have led to queues of vehicles at the two countries' border cross points with each other.
The EU Commissioner on Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, signed Wednesday the EC approval of Bulgaria's application form for co-financing of the construction of the Maritsa highway.
Austria has halted its ratification of the controversial ACTA agreement until the European parliament has ruled on it, the country's Interior Ministry has announced.
The Council of Europe has demanded that the Dutch government distance itself from the notorious anti-immigration website created by the far-right PVV party of Geert Wilders.
The European Court of Justice, EU's highest court, has been asked to determine the validity of the controversial ACTA agreement, EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has announced.
Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned that the conditions of children living in institutions and the protection of minorities continue to be a cause for concern in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian State Fund Agriculture has distributed BGN 1 M in bonuses to employees while BGN 800 000 have been given to those working for the Agriculture Ministry.
Bulgaria's members of parliament have agreed, though reluctantly, to extend the freeze on their salaries that expired at the beginning of 2012.
No bonuses have been distributed among the employees of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, according to the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
The boss of pharmaceutical company Sopharma, an alleged monopolist on the Bulgarian market, is aspiring to become one day the country's prime minister, according to local journalists.
Bulgaria's left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria demands the resignations of Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov, and of Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov over the "staff policy failure of the ruling GERB."
Bulgaria's government has accepted the resignation of the head of the Child Protection Agency and appointed her deputy to take over the post.
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament accepted Wednesday the resignation of the discredited Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) Director, Neli Nesheva.
Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has defended the scandal embroiled Director of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the Deputy Health Minister by saying that both had been good at their jobs but had fallen prey to political populism.
I never falsified my criminal record; it is real, claims the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Irrigation Systems" Georgi Harizanov.
The Sofia City Hall reminded Wednesday that cleaning of snow and icicles from buildings is the duty of their owners and warned of steep fines for those who fail to do so.
Famous Bulgarian-born artist Chirsto (Hristo Yavashev) announces that he is postponing for the summer of 2015 his Colorado "Over the River" project.
Neli Nesheva, the Director of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), has termed the decision to file her resignation as an act of political responsibility aimed at reducing social tension created recently on the issue of additional financial incentive
Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov is expected to demand an audit of prices of pharmaceuticals in Bulgaria on Wednesday.
One hundred sixty-four competitors from thirty countries will take part in the Bulgarian edition of the Strandzha Tournament, which starts on Wednesday.
Equipment worth approximately BGN 60 000 has been stolen from the currently non-operational Ledenika & MM brewery in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Mezdra.
Notorious Bulgarian businessman and alleged court lobbyist Krasimir Georgiev, aka Krasio the Black, was punished by a 2-year suspended sentence.
Cases filed in 2004-2006 for crimes committed in 1995-1997 are still dragging on and clogging the Sofia City Court.
Dimitar Dimitrov, a 59-year-old Bulgarian citizen residing in the United States, has been sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment for ATM scams.
Asdis Ran, aka the "Ice Queen", a popular Icelandic model, has been dumped by her husband, according to the Bulgarian "Bliasak" tabloid.
"I know that the Bulgarian people will be most happy if they witness the following scene, worthy of featuring in Federico Fellini's movie "Amarcord".
A suburban train derailed in central Buenos Aires, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600, authorities have informed.
American Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and award-winning French photographer Remi Ochlik have died in the Syrian city of Homs.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov knows he should be more than careful in his staff policy, which has often been a washout with dire consequences.
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