ARCHIVE - 31 March 2012
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Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has confirmed at a meeting with the Italian business association Confindustria in Rome that the Bulgarian tax regime – featuring the lowest taxes in the EU – is not to be changed.
Business | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 15:05
Bulgaria has completed the first two months of 2012 with a budget deficit of BGN 565 M on cash base, the Finance Ministry announced Saturday providing data for the so called "Consolidated Fiscal Program", including the state budget and EU transactions.
The decision to scrap the project to build jointly with Russia a second Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria's Danube town of Belene was the toughest in my life, says Speaker of the Parliament, Tsetska Tsacheva.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, reiterated Saturday his firm conviction that scrapping the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene, had been the best decision.
Bulgaria could be buying "cheap shale gas from Romania" if it builds a natural gas thermal power plant in place of the Belene NPP project, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov declared in a perplexing comment.
Russia has agreed on an 11% natural gas discount for Bulgaria in exchange for a faster construction of the Bulgarian section of the South Stream gas transit pipeline.
The workers from the highly troubled Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in Bulgaria's southern city of Kardzhali have received meager one-time cash payments from the government but remain ready to strike.
Bulgaria and Italy will work in order to make the still largely imaginary Pan-European Transport Corridor No.
The prosecutors from Bulgaria's southern city of Haskovo have traced the ownership of the "deadly" Ivanovo dam to the Defense Ministry.
Society | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 15:08
About 71% of all Bulgarians live in cities and towns, according to data of the National Statistics Institute, NSI.
Society | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 13:58
Workers of the Lead and Zinc Complex in Kardzhali, the leading Bulgarian non-ferrous metals producer, are going to receive Saturday one-time cash assistance.
Society | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 10:59
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale has been registered in Southeastern Bulgaria, according to the European Seismology Center.
Code yellow has been declared for 11 Bulgarian regions Saturday over the forecast for gusty winds.
At least seventy three cities and towns across Bulgaria will turn off the lights at their main buildings to join the Earth Hour initiative, the environment group WWF announced.
Bulgaria's ex Health Minister Bozhidar Nanev has reiterated his conviction that he had been tried in a Court of law for serving Bulgaria and following the law.
The captain of Bulgaria and Aston Villa Stiliyan Petrov, who has been diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia, has issued a statement of gratitude for the overwhelming support he got from fans.
Sports | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 18:57
The English Premiership club of Aston Villa has thanked its fans for the overwhelming show of support for captain Stiliyan Petrov, the Bulgarian midfielder, who has been diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia.
Sports | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 16:59
Stiliyan Petrov, captain of Aston Villa and Bulgaria's national football team, has put an end to his professinal football career, according to Bulgarian media.
Sports | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 11:57
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has appealed to his team to play for Bulgarian national and Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan "Stan" Petrov during the Saturday face-off with Chelsea.
Sports | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 11:26
Bulgarian Border Police have captured a 7 kg shipment of heroin at the Vidin border crossing point on Saturday.
Crime | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 18:47
Three people have been arrested in Bulgaria's southwestern city of Blagoevgrad in connection with the murder of the Head of the local "Pirin" football team fan club.
Crime | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 13:04
Syrian government troops will stay in urban areas until "peace and security prevail," the Syrian government said on Saturday.
World | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 17:36
Syrian government troops have shelled several dissident areas on Saturday, killing at least nine people, according to opposition activists.
World | March 31, 2012, Saturday // 16:13
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