ARCHIVE - 14 March 2012
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Qatar to Invest EUR 100 M in Bulgarian Tourism, Agriculture, InfrastructureQatar to Invest in Bulgarian AgricultureSofia's 'Luxurious' Taxi Companies Frown at Fare HikeQatari Investors Snub Bulgarian Business Forum in DohaQatar Vows to Invest in BulgariaGreece Should Follow Bulgaria, Albania Tax Example - Steve ForbesGo-Ahead for Bulgaria's Stock Exchange Sale, Majors Wooed - ReportBulgaria to Turn Its Oldest Hospital to Tourist, Culture CenterQatar, Bulgaria Start Considering Investment AgreementQatari PM Reopens Bulgarian Business Forum after False StartMEPs Call for Macedonia Accession Talks, Criticize It for Neighbor IssuesRomania Calls for Extraordinary EU Talks on Schengen, ExtremismEx Bulgaria PM Girlfriend Vows Legal Action over Hochegger AffairItaly Throws Weight Behind Bulgaria's Schengen BidAustrian Lobbyist Confirms Payment to Bulgaria Ex PM-Linked PR AgencyMEPs Ask Dutch Govt to Condemn Xenophobic SiteEx-Commissioner Kuneva Opposes 'Political Cartel' with Ruling Party, SocialistsI Cannot Ban Chalga Music in Schools – Bulgaria's Education MinisterBulgarian Bishop Hits Reporter to Make Her 'Shut Up'Spring Finally Arrives in BulgariaBulgarian Eco Activists Rise again against Forestry ActBulgaria's GERB on Lookout for 4th Health MinisterBerabtov on Verge of New Man Utd Deal - ReportVarna Municipal Boss Arrested for RacketPrincess Kalina of Bulgaria's Son Turns 5 with Sofia PartyEaster Mood in BulgariaToday's QuoteAmnesty: Syria Detainees Tortured SystematicallyEU Countries Divided on Financial Transactions TaxEarthquake Strikes Japan Prompting Tsunami AlertFitch Upgrades Greece to B-, Stable OutlookBritannica Ends Its Famous Print RunBus Crash Kills 22 Children, 6 Adults in SwitzerlandTo Qatar and Back
Qatar plans to invest a total of EUR 100 M in three key Bulgarian sectors – tourism, agriculture and infrastructure, Qatari PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Muhammad Al Thani announced on Wednesday.
Business | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 20:36
Qatar will invest in Bulgaria's production of chicken and lamb meat, as well as grains, Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naudenov revealed on Wednesday.
Business | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 18:38
Taxi business owners active in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, who have decided to charge the maximum allowed prices for their service, have disproved of their "cheaper" colleagues plans to increase fares.
Business | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 15:43
Businessmen from Qatar failed to show up Wednesday at the much publicized in Bulgaria Bulgarian-Qatari business forum in the capital Doha.
Business | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 12:34
Qatar will invest in three sectors in Bulgaria – tourism, infrastructure, and farming, according to Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
Business | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 09:37
Greece should follow the example set by neighbors Bulgaria and Albania and introduce a flat tax, according to Steve Forbes, 64-year-old publisher of the Forbes magazine-and-web empire.
Bulgaria targets major global and European bourse operators for the sale of its only stock exchange, which it hopes to wrap up in the first half of this year, according to insiders, cited by local media.
The oldest building once used as a hospital in Bulgaria may be turned into a center for tourism and culture, it emerged on Wednesday.
Bulgarian and Qatari officials have started working on a framework agreement that is meant to create opportunities for Qatari investments to enter Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Muhammad Al Thani has changed on the go his schedule so that he can open Wednesday evening the Bulgarian-Qatari business forum in Doha.
MEPs called for an early start of membership talks with Macedonia at the European Parliament's plenary session on Wednesday.
Romanian PM Mihai Razvan Ungureanu has demanded an extraordinary meeting with EU leaders regarding his country's bid to join the Schengen Agreement.
Monika Yanova, PR expert and live-in girlfriend of socialist leader and former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, gave a press conference Wednesday to shed light on her involvement in the scandal with Austrian lobbyist Peter Hochegger.
Bulgaria has registered a significant progress and should really enter the Schengen Agreement, according to Margherita Boniver, chair of the Italian parliamentary committee on Schengen and immigration issues.
Austrian lobbyist Peter Hochegger has admitted that the PR agency of Monika Yanova, the live-in girlfriend of socialist leader and ex Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, received EUR 270 000 from his company.
Following in the footsteps of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament has demanded that the Dutch government distance itself from the notorious anti-immigration website created by the far-right PVV party of Geert Wilders.
Asked to clarify her relations with center-right ruling party GERB, Meglena Kuneva, former EU Commissioner, who announced that she was leaving the National Movement for Stability and Progress (NDSV), has ruled out allegations of a coalition.
Asked to comment on a video showing uniformed junior students dancing to a song of the scandalous Roma pop-folk singer Azis, Education Minister Sergey Ignatov has said that it is beyond his power to ban chalga in schools.
Society | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 15:33
Bulgaria's Holy Synod has demonstrated significant irritation on the subject of their files exposing them as agents or collaborators of the former Communist State Security.
Society | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 11:51
Spring is going to settle long-term in Bulgaria this week and the cold weather will be finally going away for good.
Bulgarian environmentalist are staging once again Wednesday a protest rally against looming amendments to the Forestry Act.
The Members of the Parliament from the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, are ready with their nomination for Head of the National Insurance Fund, NZOK.
The negotiations between Manchester United and Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov have reached a successful end and his contract will be renewed anytime now, according to Bulgarian media.
Sports | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 15:07
Six people, among them a high-ranking employee of the City Hall in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna, have been arrested for racket.
Crime | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 14:02
Little Simeon Hassan, the son of Bulgaria's Princess Kalina, was back in the spotlight on Wednesday, celebrating his fifth birthday along with his doting mother in Sofia.
Lifestyle | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 16:37
A: What are we going to put on our Easter table?
Smiles | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 17:23
"As regards the ruling party's attitude towards me, there is an odd mix of a little bit of courting and a little bit of bashing.
Quotes | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 14:51
People arrested amid unrest in Syria are being subjected to systematic torture, including electric shocks, beatings and sexual violence, a report by rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 16:03
EU countries remain divided on the benefits of the financial transactions tax (FTT) despite the numerous discussions held on the matter.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 14:32
Japan has been shaken Wednesday by a strong earthquake almost to the year of the anniversary of the most devastating tremors in the country.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 13:21
Fitch Ratings upgraded Greece's long-term sovereign credit rating from 'Restricted Default' to B-, the lowest level before highly speculative territory.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 13:07
Reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to no longer publish its famous 32-volume print edition amid fierce competition from websites.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 11:41
At least twenty eight people, twenty two of whom children, have perished in a hellish bus crash in Switzerland, according to reports of local police.
World | March 14, 2012, Wednesday // 08:33
Something truly idiotic must have happened before the departure of Bulgaria's delegation for Qatar.
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