ARCHIVE - 16 May 2012
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Bulgaria has lost a lawsuit against Viva Ventures, a subsidiary of London-based equity fund Advent International, which acquired a 65% stake in the state Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), in a widely criticized deal in 2004.
Business | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 17:29
Over 600 sophisticated weapons supplied under public procurement contracts with Bulgarian and Italian companies for India's paramilitary forces have proved faulty.
Business | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 12:47
Erste Group Bank AG, one of the four biggest lenders in the former communist part of Europe, keeps Bulgaria in its plans, but in the longer term, its chief executive has said.
Bulgaria has registered an increase in its foreign direct investment in January-March 2012 year-on-year, according to the latest data of the Bulgarian National Bank released Wednesday.
Household spending in Bulgaria increased by nearly 15% in the first three months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller have concluded that the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline is progressing "as scheduled".
The southwestern Bulgarian town of Razlog is eager to present the opportunities for cultural and historical tourism, mineral baths and SPA treatments to tourists from India.
In April 2012, Sofia Airport serviced a total of 291 272 arrival and departure passengers, 3% more than in April 2011.
Bulgarian nationalist party "Ataka" has failed to bring about an immediate pullout of the 600 Bulgarian troops current serving in ISAF in Afghanistan.
Fuel distributor Lukoil Bulgaria has risen against the accusations levied by Customs Agency head Vanyo Tanov that the company is exercising pressure on the prosecution in the trial against him.
A second ad-hoc committee tasked with probing the activities of the former Bulgarian President and Vice President, Parvanov and Marin, was set up Wednesday in Parliament.
Days before their crucial congress, Bulgaria's opposition Socialist party leader has addressed members and supporters, stressing the need to unite against ruling GERB.
A plan exists for the destruction of Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces party (UDF), according to the formation's former leader, Martin Dimitrov.
Ivan Kostov, leader of Bulgaria's right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party, has declared that he has no intention of quitting after his coalition partner decided to break up with him.
Some 500 more libraries may be included in the Global Libraries Bulgaria project, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev announced after meeting with Bill Gates in the US.
Society | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 09:46
The Bulgarian NGO Zeleni Balkani ("Green Balkans") and its wildlife rescue center have been successful in breeding saker falcons, which are extinct in the wild in Bulgaria.
A full smoking ban in closed public spaces is expected to be passed at second reading in the Bulgarian Parliament on Wednesday.
Radostin Stoychev has been offered to return as the Bulgarian national volleyball team coach at the demand of the country's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
Sports | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 14:46
Radostin Stoychev, the sacked coach of Bulgaria's national male volleyball team, has said that he would not come back to head the team, despite Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's demand to see him reinstated.
Sports | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 14:04
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has demanded that national male volleyball team coach Radostin Stoychev be reinstated.
Sports | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 13:13
The trial against the former Director of the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA) Maria Murgina will be wrapped soon at the second instance court.
Crime | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 18:34
The "businessman" whom the Bulgarian police authorities allegedly rescued from an assassination attempt is to be questioned on Wednesday, Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has announced.
Crime | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 10:54
A Montenegrin and three Armenians have been arrested by Bulgarian police authorities for the planned murder of a Bulgarian businessman in the capital Sofia, according to Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tstvetanov.
Crime | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 08:13
Hollywood stars Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez were "chased" by US police cars in the Bulgarian capital Sofia in a breakneck action scene from their new movie, The Getaway.
Greece's radical leftist SYRIZA party is on the road of becoming the biggest group in the troubled country's next parliament, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 20:05
Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, may only be released after consideration of her appeal but not at "the command of the [executive] authorities", Ukraine's current PM Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 19:43
Greece will hold fresh elections on 17 June and a judge has been appointed to head an interim government.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 15:19
Anti-Putin activists have vowed to continue their round-the-clock street protests after police broke up a downtown Moscow Occupy-type camp in a dawn raid on Wednesday.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 15:15
A camp set up by protesters opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin was dismantled by riot police in Moscow on Wednesday.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 12:18
Alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic goes on trial in The Hague on Wednesday charged with masterminding atrocities in Bosnia.
World | May 16, 2012, Wednesday // 09:18
The people from a small village are faced with an invasion of snakes and decide to get rid of them by bringing hedgehogs, who polish them off.
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