Bulgaria's brand-new Black Sea airport in the northeastern town of Balchik is set to welcome its first passengers after being transformed from a military into civilian airport, its director announced.
The creditors of Bulgaria's incumbent telco BTC, which operates under the brand name Vivacom, may be expected to put the company up for sale again no earlier than in one or two years, according to insiders.
The British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (BBCC) has marked its UK relaunch with a unique lunch meeting in London, the organization announced.
Bulgaria's authorities are striving to absorb up to EUR 2 B for transport and infrastructure from the EU funding slated for the country for the 2007-2013 financial programming period, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has stated.
The planned sale of Bulgaria's incumbent telco BTC has failed after its creditors rejected the offers of all three bidders, including Turkcell, the biggest Turkish mobile-phone company, media reports say.
The Greek Socialists' leader Evangelos Venizelos has warned that Greece still faces the risk of exiting the euro zone.
Bulgarian bankers are seeing an unprecedented rush of clients, who want to pay off their loans in advance, prompted by uncertainty about their job and incomes in the coming months.
Some 1.5 million Romanian tourists are expected to visit Bulgaria's Black Sea summer resorts this season, according to Rumen Draganov, head of the Institute for Analysis and Estimates in Tourism.
An 18-member delegation from Qatar headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Attiyah will arrive in Bulgaria on May 3.
Romania has expressed special thanks for Hristo Yanev, Mayor of the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Obzor, for his assistance after a bus with Romanian tourists caught on fire on the spot overnight.
A pilot's mistake has caused the crash of the Bulgarian Air Force MiG 29, which went down on April 26, 2012, during the Thracian Star 2012 joint military drills with the US, Bulgaria's Defense Minister Anyu Angelov announced.
A working meeting between Bulgarian Vice President Margarita Popova and Pozzo di Borgo, Chair of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group at the French Senate, stressed the need for cooperation among Schengen member states for the transformation of the area.
Bulgaria's Jaspers Action Plan 2012, which has already been approved by the government, includes 35 projects.
The Euro Area (EU 17) had a seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 10.
The European Commission has insisted for the third time in two months that Bulgaria's top judicial body, the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) be elected directly, a report says.
Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has argued that an increase in pensions and salaries in the public sector in 2013 is achievable, provided that all efforts are concentrated on the task.
Ex Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev appears to be in a stronger position to retain the leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party vis-a-vis former President Georgi Parvanov.
Bulgaria will move around 20 government agencies away from the capital Sofia by the summer of 2013, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said Wednesday, elaborating on a move already announced by the cabinet.
A bus carrying Romanian tourists caught fire in motion near Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Nesebar early on Wednesday.
Bulgaria is placed 78th among 196 countries in Freedom House's 2011 global press freedom ranking.
Eva Mihova, the widow of controversial businessman Mihail Mihov, has died of abrupt bleeding following an operation in a Sofia-based hospital.
Bulgaria's new national stadium will be able to seat between 20 000 and 25 000 spectators, the country's Sports Minister Simeon Neykov has stated.
Manchester United's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov has urged the team's fans to keep believing in its title bid.
A Bulgarian court has ordered permanent detention of a 63-year-old alleged British pedophile who was nabbed in Bulgaria on Sunday.
A HIV positive Bulgarian prostitute has been detected in downtown Athens, according to Bulgarian media.
Sofia City Court will convene on May 2 to resume the hearings in a high profile criminal case, known as "Octopus", following a two-month suspension over the broken leg of a defendant.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to become the country's President, Serbian turbo-folk singer Ceca Velickovic has predicted.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that evicting Roma from an established community outside of Sofia, Bulgaria, would violate the right to life. Amnesty International called it a "landmark judgment."
Libya's governing National Transitional Council (NTC) has exposed as a fake a letter pledging funding from the Gaddafi regime for French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.
An EU-run Kosovo court has cleared Fatmir Limaj, a senior Kosovo politician and three of his associates of allegations, that they tortured and killed Serb detainees during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
Standard & Poor's Corp. said Wednesday it raised Greece's government debt rating out of default after the country completed a massive debt writedown with private creditors.
The alleged radical Islamic militants arrested over the murder of five men in Macedonia last month have been transferred to the Skopje Criminal Court.
Janos Ader, the nominee of the ruling rightist party Fidesz and Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has been elected by the Hungarian Parliament as the new President of Hungary.
Five people have died and dozens have been injured early Wednesday during riots outside the Defense Ministry in the center of Cairo, Egypt's Health Ministry reported.
The Netherlands' caretaker government has threatened to boycott the European Football Championship in Ukraine this summer, if the country doesn't improve the treatment of its prisoners.
President Barack Obama, speaking early Wednesday in Afghanistan at the tail end of a surprise visit there, discussed how the war will end and promised a steady drawdown of US troops.
Romania's PM-designate Victor Ponta has unveiled the country's new cabinet, which is expected to be supported by the Parliament on Thursday.
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