Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova is hosting Thursday a meeting with representatives of the governments of Qatar and Turkey over a highway project that the Turkish and Qatari PMs promised to fund.
The Vienna Economic Forum has issued a call for participants for the upcoming Vienna Economic Talks under the theme "Meet Turkey in Vienna - Turkey, an Important Player in the Regional Economy".
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, promised financial assistance for people whose homes have been damaged by the strong earthquake that hit western Bulgaria in the wee hours Tuesday.
The wide-ranging mining industry in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik has not exacerbated the effects of the massive earthquake that hit the region on Tuesday, according to Bulgarian Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev.
Bulgaria will be presented as an adventure tourism destination by the Adventure Trade Travel Association, an international body, the Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism announced.
The tourism unit of Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism is to be relocated from Sofia to the country's second largest city of Plovdiv as of September 1 2012.
US companies and Bulgarian entrepreneurs living in the US have shown considerable interest in investing in Bulgaria, according to James Warlick, American Ambassador to the Balkan country.
Bulgaria is one of the most active member state in the so called Poseidon operation run by the EU's Warsaw-based border control agency, Frontex, an internal document has shown.
Dutch Immigration Minister Gert Leers has expressed his optimism regarding Bulgaria's Schengen accession.
European leaders, including Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, will gather Wednesday for informal talks amid new threats to the troubled euro currency union.
Bulgaria can hardly hope for financial assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund in the wake of the strong quake that rattled on Tuesday the capital and the region.
Romania's newly appointed Justice Minister Titus Corlatean has stated that EU's Co-operation and Verification Mechanism for his country should be reviewed later this year.
Each Bulgarian household affected by the 5.8-6.0 magnitude earthquake in Western Bulgaria on Tuesday will receive a one-time aid allowance of BGN 325 from the government, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced.
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the Bulgarian city of Pernik on Tuesday has caused hundreds of millions of BGN worth of damage, according to the city's Mayor, Rositsa Yanakieva.
Bulgaria's government has established a consultative council that is supposed to help it form national policies for protection against disasters.
Bulgarian Finance Minister and Deputy PM Simeon Djankov is to inform the Parliament about the measures undertaken by the cabinet in the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the country Tuesday.
The high school and middle school matriculation exams in Bulgaria's western region of Pernik have been postponed from Wednesday, May 23 to May 29, in the aftermath of the strong earthquake that hit Tuesday morning.
A newborn made his debut on Tuesday in the town of Dupnitsa, close to the Bulgarian capital Sofia, just as a powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the region, throwing people into panic.
A 4.5-magnitude quake struck Greece on Wednesday, just a day after neighboring Bulgaria was hit by a strong tremor, sending people running into the streets.
Two new slight aftershocks were felt in Pernik and Sofia on Wednesday afternoon after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Bulgaria early on Tuesday.
Bulgaria's Lyulin and Struma highways, as well as the roads in the Pernik region, have not suffered damages as a result of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck near the city of Pernik, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.
A bridge over the Struma River in southwestern Bulgaria between the towns of Sandanski and Petrich, near the village of Ribnik, collapsed Wednesday morning.
The residents of the western Bulgarian city of Pernik spent another sleepless night outside on the streets, some in their automobiles, in the aftermath of the strongest earthquake to hit Bulgaria in the last 100 years.
Three new aftershocks have been registered after 9 pm Tuesday in Bulgaria's western city of Pernik.
The military airfield in the village of Dobroslavtsi near Sofia will host the second edition of Bulgaria's Elevation music festival, the organizers "On Stage" have announced.
Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has passed away at the age of 96.
The team of Ludogorets Razgrad became the winner of 2011-12's Bulgarian national football championship after a 1:0 home win against CSKA late Wednesday evening.
Bulgaria's tom female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova surprisingly eased past experienced Russian Nadya Petrova in the second round of the 2012 Brussels Open.
The son of well-known Bulgarian businessman Grisha Ganchev, Danail, and four other people, detained during the special police operation codenamed "Sugar," are to remain permanently behind bars.
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Showcased in big glass boxes on strategically located sidewalks, a marketing display of shiny, brightly painted autos appeared in Sofia late last year.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has joined a chorus of voices, claiming Greece's exit from the euro zone is the best solution to the current dead-end.
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