ARCHIVE - 20 March 2012

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Business

Bulgaria to Cap Retail Chains Markup - Expert
Bulgarian FinMin Threatens Mining Mogul with Audit
Bulgarian Gorubso Miners to Get Paid by End of Week
Bulgaria Set to Build Gas Link with Turkey
Bulgaria's Belene NPP Unit Is No Carry-Around Plastic Barrel - Ex Energy Minister
CEO: Belene Reactor Can Be Used at Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP

Politics

Bulgaria, Turkey Launch High-Level Cooperation Council
Bulgaria Worried by N Korea Rocket Launch Plans
Bulgaria, Turkey Vow Support for Arab Democracy Struggles
Belgrade Accuses Sofia of Stealing 'Serbian' Citizens
Dutch Far-Right MP Quits over Outrageous Website
Bulgaria's Eurovison Singer to Entertain EP Ahead of Roma Day
Bulgaria Advised to Allow Minority Languages in Election Campaigning
Bulgarian Ex-PM to Head Statistics Bureau
Bulgarian Right-Wing Leader Demands 20% Gas Price Cut from GERB Govt
Bulgarian Left-Wingers Beg to Differ with Govt Reshuffle
Ousted Bulgarian EconMin: I Already Have Job Offers

Society

Astronomical Spring Arrives in Bulgaria
Cancer Cure Medication Prices in Bulgaria Skyrocket by 386%
Ousted Bulgarian Health Minister: GERB Did Not Support Me
New Bulgarian Health Minister Revamps Selection of Doctors

Sports

Bulgaria to Host UEFA Under-17 Championship 2015
Mourinho World's Best Coach, Maradona Says

Crime

Bulgaria Notorious Former Road Fund Head Faces New Charge
Bulgarian Police Bust Large VAT Evasion Gang
Germany Warns against Partial Amnesty of Illegal Assets in Bulgaria

Smiles

Queuing in Sofia

Quotes

Today's Quote

World

Massive Quake Jolts Mexico's Pacific Coast

Novinite Insider

Why Didn't Bulgaria's Borisov Ask Erdogan about Turkey's Neo-Ottomanism?

Special Topic

M-Tel Bulgaria CEO Andreas Maierhofer: We'll Stay Market Leader, Definitely
Doing Business in Austria? Willkommen!

Business

Bulgaria to Cap Retail Chains Markup - Expert

Edward Stoychev, Chairman of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets, has vowed that Bulgaria will soon have legal provisions regulating the markup imposed by chains of stores.

Business | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 18:01

Bulgarian FinMin Threatens Mining Mogul with Audit

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, had issued an ultimatum to the concessionaire of Gorubso Madan metal mines to pay by Friday all overdue salaries.

Business | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 13:23

Bulgarian Gorubso Miners to Get Paid by End of Week

Delayed salaries of miners from Bulgaria's metal mines of Gorubso-Madan will be paid by the end of the week.

Business | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 10:00

Bulgaria Set to Build Gas Link with Turkey

Bulgaria will build a cross-border gas interconnector with its neighbor Turkey, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has announced.

Business » Energy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 20:37

Bulgaria's Belene NPP Unit Is No Carry-Around Plastic Barrel - Ex Energy Minister

Petar Dimitrov, left-wing MP and former Economy and Energy Minister, has suggested that the idea to move the almost-completed reactor at the Belene NPP to the Kozloduy NPP will take years to implement and will obviously not happen.

Business » Energy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 14:33

CEO: Belene Reactor Can Be Used at Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP

The first of the Russian-made nuclear reactors slated for the future Bulgarian Belene nuclear power plant can be installed at the existing Kozloduy NPP.

Business » Energy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 10:34

Politics

Bulgaria, Turkey Launch High-Level Cooperation Council

Bulgaria and Turkey held the first sitting of their high-level cooperation council in Ankara on Tuesday.

Politics » Diplomacy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 19:42

Bulgaria Worried by N Korea Rocket Launch Plans

Bulgaria has expressed its serious concern over North Korea's intention to launch a rocket in April 2012 to carry a satellite into orbit.

Politics » Diplomacy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 19:07

Bulgaria, Turkey Vow Support for Arab Democracy Struggles

Bulgaria and Turkey have declared their support for the Arab nations' struggle for freedom and democracy.

Politics » Diplomacy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 18:40

Belgrade Accuses Sofia of Stealing 'Serbian' Citizens

Serbs become Bulgarians through a very short procedure, taking just one day, according to Serbian press.

Politics » Diplomacy | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 15:00

Dutch Far-Right MP Quits over Outrageous Website

Hero Brinkman, a lawmaker with Dutch far-right Freedom Party (PVV) has left his parliamentary formation, potentially jeopardizing the ruling majority.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 16:10

Bulgaria's Eurovison Singer to Entertain EP Ahead of Roma Day

Bulgarian Roma singer Sofi Marinova will perform "Love Unlimited", the song with which she won her country's Eurovision contest this year, in the European Parliament on March 27, several days ahead of the International Roma Day.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 14:28

Bulgaria Advised to Allow Minority Languages in Election Campaigning

The Council of Europe (CoE) has recommended that Bulgaria allow its minorities to use their mother tongue during election campaigns.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 12:44

Bulgarian Ex-PM to Head Statistics Bureau

Reneta Indzhova, who served as Bulgarian Prime Minister between October 1994 and January 1995, will head her country's National Statistical Institute, it has been announced.

Politics » Domestic | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 17:21

Bulgarian Right-Wing Leader Demands 20% Gas Price Cut from GERB Govt

Martin Dimitrov, leader of the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), has accused the centre-right GERB government of being a passive, helpless observer to the high prices of fuels, food products and pharmaceuticals in Bulgaria.

Politics » Domestic | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 17:09

Bulgarian Left-Wingers Beg to Differ with Govt Reshuffle

The left-wing oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party has expectedly declared that it will vote against the ousting of Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov and Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov.

Politics » Domestic | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 16:46

Ousted Bulgarian EconMin: I Already Have Job Offers

Recently dismissed Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, says he has no problem in finding a new job and already has several offers despite never planning to part with his post.

Politics » Domestic | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 08:48

Society

Astronomical Spring Arrives in Bulgaria

The astronomical spring arrived in Bulgaria Tuesday morning at 7:14 am, the Institute for Astronomy and the National Astronomical Lab on peak Rozhen at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS, announced.

Society » Environment | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 08:08

Cancer Cure Medication Prices in Bulgaria Skyrocket by 386%

Prices of eight cancer cure medications in Bulgaria have increased with an average 386% just in the course of one year.

Society » Health | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 14:20

Ousted Bulgarian Health Minister: GERB Did Not Support Me

Recently resigned Bulgarian Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov, voiced discontent with the lack of Parliamentary support for a number of Bills he wanted to introduce in an effort to reform the healthcare sector.

Society » Health | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 11:46

New Bulgarian Health Minister Revamps Selection of Doctors

Desislava Atanasova, Bulgaria's newly nominated Health Minister, is going to propose a new plan for the patients who want to select a doctor or a medical team.

Society » Health | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 09:21

Sports

Bulgaria to Host UEFA Under-17 Championship 2015

Bulgaria was selected to stage the UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament in 2015 by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday.

Sports | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 20:19

Mourinho World's Best Coach, Maradona Says

Jose Mourinho is currently the best coach in the world, according to Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona.

Sports | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 15:46

Crime

Bulgaria Notorious Former Road Fund Head Faces New Charge

Another abuse of office allegation has been launched against the former head of the state-owned National Road Infrastructure Fund, who is already being tried for giving lucrative contracts to his brothers.

Crime | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 15:48

Bulgarian Police Bust Large VAT Evasion Gang

Bulgarian police have conducted Monday a special operation codenamed "The Invoice Writers," leading to 31 arrests in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, and Shumen, and in the town of Samokov.

Crime | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 12:37

Germany Warns against Partial Amnesty of Illegal Assets in Bulgaria

Watering down Bulgaria's bill for confiscation of illegally obtained assets may result in partial amnesty, Germany's ambassador in Sofia has warned.

Crime | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 11:18

Smiles

Queuing in Sofia

A man passes by the headquarters of Bulgaria's Health Ministry in Sofia and sees a huge queue winding in front of the entrance.

Smiles | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 12:02

Quotes

Today's Quote

"This is amusing.

Quotes | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 11:54

World

Massive Quake Jolts Mexico's Pacific Coast

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck some 174 km (108 miles) east of Acapulco on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City.

World | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 20:51

Novinite Insider

Why Didn't Bulgaria's Borisov Ask Erdogan about Turkey's Neo-Ottomanism?

Bulgaria's government of PM Boyko Borisov has completed its first joint sitting with the Cabinet of Turkey led by PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 18:59

Special Topic

M-Tel Bulgaria CEO Andreas Maierhofer: We'll Stay Market Leader, Definitely

An interview with Mr Andreas Maierhofer, CEO of M-Tel Bulgaria, for "International Survey: Bulgaria-Austria" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) & Novinite.bg.

Bulgaria - Austria Survey » Business | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 17:27

Doing Business in Austria? Willkommen!

Well-off Bulgarians are already rushing to swap post-Communist Sofia for the baroque splendor of Vienna. But they seldom take their business with them.

Bulgaria - Austria Survey » Business | March 20, 2012, Tuesday // 13:50
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