ARCHIVE - 18 April 2012
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Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has outlined six major priorities for regional development at the first meeting of the Bulgarian Council for Development of Regions and National Infrastructure.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 20:21
Bulgaria's Competition Protection Commission (CPC) has imposed hefty fines on four firms which are revealed to have formed a "cash register" cartel.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 19:29
Bulgaria's wheat harvest will fall about 20% in 2012, following adverse weather, according to Kiev, Ukraine- based UkrAgroConsult.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 19:09
The newly established Association of Bulgarian Exporters (ABE), which brings together companies generating about 25% of the country's total exports, has emphasized the need for a national strategy for the development of the sector.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 17:54
Confindustria Bulgaria, the Association of Italian Business in Bulgaria, is staging a forum to explore the infrastructure investment opportunities in the country.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 15:32
Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (Russian Railways), Russia's state-owned national rail carrier, wants to acquire Bulgarian State Railways' Freight Transport, according to a media report.
Business | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 09:50
Bulgaria's economy may shrink drastically by 5% in the first three months of the year, the country's Industrial Chamber has warned.
Bulgaria's finance minister has made an attempt to defend the proposed changes to the state fund for guaranteeing the stability of the state pension system, criticized by the European Central Bank.
Bulgaria got only EUR 85 M of foreign direct investment in the first two months of 2012, according to preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB).
The European Central Bank has strongly advised Bulgaria against investing the assets of the state fund for guaranteeing the stability of the state pension system in domestic assets.
Los Angeles-based Tishman International Companies, a leading international commercial real estate developer, has hosted its second annual "Tenant Appreciation Day" at the Sofia Airport Center (SAC) in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's summer resort Albena has revealed its plans to establish itself on the Chinese market by offering a Balkan Tour.
The ethnic tensions between the Macedonian Slavs and the ethnic Albanians is set to cause the federalization and possible breakup of the Republic of Macedonia, according to Bulgarian analyst and former intelligence officer Krasimir Uzunov.
The Bulgarian Cabinet has expectedly given up on its idea to construct a border fence with Turkey, a move that intended to curb the potential infiltration of animals infected with foot-and-mouth disease.
Armenia and Azerbaijan, members of the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative, deserve praise for their progress in the ties with the Union, according to Bulgarian MEP Kristian Vigenin.
The Bulgarian state has vowed that it will.
The right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) has proposed a lustration draft bill and constitutional amendments that will prevent the possibility of it being overturned by the Constitutional Court (KS).
Bulgaria's ex-EU Commissioner and current leader of a civic movement, Meglena Kuneva, has declared she is disgusted with the mishandling of the Bulgarian economy by the government of the center-right party GERB and PM Boyko Borisov.
Bulgaria is the most suffering country in the whole world, according to Gallup's 2011 global ranking of thriving and suffering.
Society | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 10:31
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, one of the most prominent Indian spiritual leaders, is to visit Bulgaria on May 21, it has been announced.
Society | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 08:03
Yellowish rain containing desert dust has been observed in the Southern Bulgarian regions of Smolyan and Blagoevgrad.
Code orange has been declared in seven regions in Central Bulgaria due to heavy downpours and thunderstorms, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology has announced.
The Association of Bulgarian Tour Guides (ABTG) has suggested that Bulgarian tourists should pay lower entrance fees for museums and cultural sites than foreigners.
Renowned Bulgarian actor Naum Shopov has died at the age of 81.
The police in Bulgaria's capital Sofia have arrested a suspect with a criminal record over the assassination of pawnbroker Dragomir Bitsov.
Crime | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 18:00
The pawnbroker, who was found shot dead in his Sofia home, was the mastermind of a criminal group dealing with illegal banking services and blackmailing clients, according to unconfirmed information.
Crime | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 17:35
Denis Sugrobov, head of the Main Directorate for Countering Economic Crimes at the Russian Interior Ministry, has listed Bulgaria as a major supplier of fake goods to the Russian market.
Crime | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 14:47
Parts of a human skull have been discovered in Bulgarian capital Sofia's Lyulin district.
Crime | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 13:09
The dead body of a 40-year-old pawnbroker without a criminal record has been discovered in a Sofia district.
Crime | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 12:50
Bulgaria has finally abandoned the building of a second 2GW nuclear power plant by the town of Belene on the banks of the River Danube.
The USA, European Union, NATO, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have come together in condemning the five murders in Macedonia which led to rising ethnic tensions between the Macedonian Slavs and the ethnic Albanians.
World | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 20:06
NATO does not consider India as a missile threat despite the country's advanced missile development program, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has declared.
World | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 18:52
The deployment by Syria of even a small number of Russian-made advanced air defense systems is preventing the West from repeating the so-called "Libyan scenario" in that country, according to a report of independent Russian military experts.
World | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 17:23
The wives of the German and British ambassadors to the UN have released a video urging Syria's first lady to help end the bloodshed in her country.
World | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 16:31
US billionaire Warren Buffett has revealed that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer.
World | April 18, 2012, Wednesday // 08:39
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