ARCHIVE - 12 April 2012

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Business

Lukoil Bulgaria to Offer Bitumen at Affordable Prices
Greek OTE May Sell Bulgaria's Unit Globul - Report
Bulgarian Govt Confirms Trakiya Highway Launch on July 1
Bulgaria Registers 1.7% Inflation Y/Y in Jan 2012
Bulgaria to Expand Only Gas Storage Facility for EUR 200 M
Bulgarian Deputy Minister Stresses Importance of Gas Grid Interconnections
Nabucco Project Company Submits EIA Report on Turkish Section
Bulgaria's Lead and Zinc Complex Propped Up with Funds from Mining Co

Politics

US Ambassador Denies Reports of Early Recall from Bulgaria
Bulgaria Urges SEECP Countries to Deepen Joint 'Smart Defense'
Socialists Top Bulgaria's 2011 Party Donations List - Audit Office
Bulgarian MPs Mull New Ad-Hoc Committee for Ex VP's Pardons
Bulgarian Deputy PM Vows No Coalitions with Socialists

Society

Londoners Invited to Donate via SMS to Save Bulgarian Stray Dogs
Only 2 Dog Catchers Work at Sofia's Stray Dog Company
2 Earthquakes Registered in Romania's Vrancea near Bulgaria
Orthodox Bulgaria Marks Maundy Thursday
Emergency Room Salaries in Bulgaria to Go Up by 20%

Sports

Kaiserslautern's Bulgarian Coach: Relegation Close, Back Up Next Season

Crime

Bulgarian Police Evasive about Brazen Armored Truck Heist
Bulgarian Anti-Mafia Police Arrest Drug Ring Leader
St John the Baptist Relic Stolen from Bulgarian Church
Millions Vanish in Brazen Armored Truck Robbery in Bulgaria

Views on BG

The Illicit Benefits of Bulgaria's EU Membership
La Stampa: Pregnant Bulgarians Brought To Italy To Hand Over Newborns

Smiles

Pay Rise

Quotes

Today's Quote

World

Swiss Magazine Roma Story Stirs Outrage in Germany
Tymoshenko's Defense Minister Sent to Jail in Ukraine
Ceasefire Officially Comes to Force in Syria

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria's Difficult Relationships with Messiahs

Business

Lukoil Bulgaria to Offer Bitumen at Affordable Prices

Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, and Valentin Zlatev, CEO of Lukoil Bulgaria, discussed Thursday the dynamics of prices of building materials derived from petroleum and the impact on road construction.

Business | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:40

Greek OTE May Sell Bulgaria's Unit Globul - Report

Greek telecommunication group Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, known as OTE, is considering the sale of one of its units in Albania, Bulgaria or Romania to fund debt-servicing, Greek newspaper Naftemporiki reported.

Business | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:19

Bulgarian Govt Confirms Trakiya Highway Launch on July 1

Bulgaria's first major highway, "Trakiya", linking Sofia to the Black Sea coast at Burgas is to be launched on July 1, 2012, Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova has confirmed.

Business | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 15:58

Bulgaria Registers 1.7% Inflation Y/Y in Jan 2012

The consumer price index (CPI) in March 2012 compared to February 2012 was 100.

Business » Finance | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 13:17

Bulgaria to Expand Only Gas Storage Facility for EUR 200 M

Bulgaria's only natural gas storage facility in Chiren will be expanded to reach its maximum capacity, announced Kiril Temelkov, head of the state-owned company Bulgartransgaz.

Business » Energy | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:42

Bulgarian Deputy Minister Stresses Importance of Gas Grid Interconnections

Valentin Nikolov, Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, has highlighted the importance of building reverse-flow gas grid interconnections between Bulgaria and neighbor countries for the energy security of the region.

Business » Energy | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 16:36

Nabucco Project Company Submits EIA Report on Turkish Section

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the 733-km stretch Sivas-Silopi to Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, according to a media statement of the project company.

Business » Energy | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 14:28

Bulgaria's Lead and Zinc Complex Propped Up with Funds from Mining Co

The workers at the largest Bulgarian producer of non-ferrous metals, the Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in the southern city of Kardzhali, have been paid their January 2012 salaries.

Business » Industry | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 20:24

Politics

US Ambassador Denies Reports of Early Recall from Bulgaria

The information that the Obama Administration is set to recall US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick before the end of his three-year term is untrue, according to the diplomat.

Politics » Diplomacy | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 12:48

Bulgaria Urges SEECP Countries to Deepen Joint 'Smart Defense'

Bulgaria's Defense Minister Anyu Angelov has urged the countries from the Southeast European Cooperation Process to deepen further their cooperation within NATO's "Smart Defense" program.

Politics » Defense | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:53

Socialists Top Bulgaria's 2011 Party Donations List - Audit Office

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party tops the 2011 list of political parties with the largest donation revenues, according to the annual financial report of the Bulgarian Audit Office.

Politics » Domestic | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 19:23

Bulgarian MPs Mull New Ad-Hoc Committee for Ex VP's Pardons

Ruling party GERB and the marginal conservative RZS party plan to submit a new draft decision for an ad-hoc committee probing activities of the former President and Vice President, Parvanov and Marin, after the Easter recess.

Politics » Domestic | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 12:28

Bulgarian Deputy PM Vows No Coalitions with Socialists

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, declares that his ruling, center-right GERB party and the opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, would never rule Bulgaria together.

Politics » Domestic | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 10:48

Society

Londoners Invited to Donate via SMS to Save Bulgarian Stray Dogs

Posters defending Bulgarian stray dogs have surfaced in London underground stations.

Society | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 15:26

Only 2 Dog Catchers Work at Sofia's Stray Dog Company

Only two out the twenty four staff of the municipal company "Ekoravnovesie" (Eco-balance) in charge of controlling stray dogs' population in Bulgaria's capital Sofia are dog catchers, according to municipal councilman Georgi Kadiev.

Society » Environment | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 11:46

2 Earthquakes Registered in Romania's Vrancea near Bulgaria

Two earthquakes with a 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale have been registered in Romania's region of Vrancea, some 380 km northeast of Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Society » Environment | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 11:10

Orthodox Bulgaria Marks Maundy Thursday

Bulgaria marks on April 12th Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries.

Society » Culture | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 08:27

Emergency Room Salaries in Bulgaria to Go Up by 20%

Salaries of emergency room personnel are going up by 20%, effective June 1, 2012, according to Bulgarian Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova.

Society » Health | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 10:10

Sports

Kaiserslautern's Bulgarian Coach: Relegation Close, Back Up Next Season

Kaiserslautern players have resigned to the fact they will be relegated from the Bundesliga and are already looking into the future, the club's recently appointed Bulgarian coach has admitted.

Sports | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 18:56

Crime

Bulgarian Police Evasive about Brazen Armored Truck Heist

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has denied offering official information about the brazen overnight robbery of an armored truck in which at least BGN 2 M have vanished.

Crime | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 14:00

Bulgarian Anti-Mafia Police Arrest Drug Ring Leader

Officers of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) have arrested the leader of an organized crime group specialized in drug trafficking and distribution.

Crime | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 13:24

St John the Baptist Relic Stolen from Bulgarian Church

The silver and gold reliquary, a personal gift from Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, containing the relics of St John the Baptist had been returned to the town of Sozopol with one missing bone.

Crime | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 08:51

Millions Vanish in Brazen Armored Truck Robbery in Bulgaria

Five masked men with machine guns have robbed overnight an armored truck on the road between the town of Sevlievo and the city of Gabrovo in central Bulgaria.

Crime | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 08:04

Views on BG

The Illicit Benefits of Bulgaria's EU Membership

From EurActiv

Views on BG | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 15:06

La Stampa: Pregnant Bulgarians Brought To Italy To Hand Over Newborns

In the Italian city of Caserta, infertile couples bought the babies of Bulgarian women who were specifically brought to Italy when they were eight months pregnant.

Views on BG | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 12:12

Smiles

Pay Rise

One Friday afternoon Peter demanded of his boss, "I must have a pay rise.

Smiles | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:38

Quotes

Today's Quote

Journalist: Which is the best thing that could happen to Bulgaria's energy sector?

Quotes | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 19:35

World

Swiss Magazine Roma Story Stirs Outrage in Germany

The council for Germany's Roma has gone to court to get a Swiss magazine banned in the country after it used an image of a Roma boy pointing a gun on its cover, BBC reported.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:53

Tymoshenko's Defense Minister Sent to Jail in Ukraine

A Ukrainian court has sentenced the country's former acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko to five years in jail for abuse of office.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 14:32

Ceasefire Officially Comes to Force in Syria

The ceasefire in Syria has become official and effective by the deadline of Thursday, April 12, 2012.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 09:25

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria's Difficult Relationships with Messiahs

If you take a walk in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, you may witness the names of the two biggest local football teams, Levski and CSKA, sprayed on various walls.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 10:57
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