Bulgarian Bank System Bad Loans Up BGN 2 B y/y
Bulgarian bad and restructured loans rose to the record high 24.43% of total lending at the end of April, amounting to BGN 9.74 B, shows central bank data.
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ARCHIVE - 25 May 2012
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Bulgarian Bank System Bad Loans Up BGN 2 B y/yGazprom to Give Up South Stream Offshore Leg
Oil Major BP Shelves Nabucco Project as Economically Unfeasible
Bulgaria Has EU's Highest Natural Gas Prices in PPS
Politics
Bulgarian President Highlights Stability Efforts to Italy's PMMarcie Ries Replaces James Warlick as US Ambassador to Bulgaria
President Plevneliev to Promote Stable Bulgaria to Italy's Monti
Bulgaria's Buildings to Have Seismic Passports by 2016, Govt Says
Society
4 Jolts Detected Friday after Bulgaria Strong QuakeNorthern Bulgaria under Code Yellow over Downpours
Bulgaria Ex Regional Development Minister Dies at 56
Sports
Bulgaria's Berbatov to Switch to Paris St GermainCrime
Young Bulgarian Lady Killed in Florida Hit-and-RunLifestyle
Bulgarian Throws Gypsy Music Marathon in New YorkViews on BG
Bulgaria's Economic Crisis Has Its Jewish Community Facing Harsh RealitiesNomadic Sounds Convene in Queens
Business
Gazprom to Give Up South Stream Offshore Leg
Russian energy giant Gazprom may give up on the construction of the offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline to Austria.
Oil Major BP Shelves Nabucco Project as Economically Unfeasible
The Nabucco gas pipeline, which aims to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian gas, has been shelved as an economically unviable project according to a high-ranking employee of oil major BP.
Bulgaria Has EU's Highest Natural Gas Prices in PPS
Natural gas prices in purchasing power standards (PPS) in Bulgaria are record-high, compared to the other EU countries, according to Eurostat data for the period between the second half of 2010 and the second half of 2011.
Politics
Bulgarian President Highlights Stability Efforts to Italy's PM
Speaking after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has stressed the importance of maintaining good bilateral relations in a period of crisis.
Marcie Ries Replaces James Warlick as US Ambassador to Bulgaria
US President Barack Obama has nominated Marcie Ries for ambassador to Bulgaria, where she will replace James Warlick.
President Plevneliev to Promote Stable Bulgaria to Italy's Monti
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, who is on an official visit to the Vatican City, is scheduled to confer on Friday with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.
Bulgaria's Buildings to Have Seismic Passports by 2016, Govt Says
Large buildings in Bulgaria are to have technical passports by 2014 and all other buildings by 2016, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.
Society
4 Jolts Detected Friday after Bulgaria Strong Quake
Four light tremors have been registered in Bulgaria in the first twelve hours on Friday since a massive 5.9-degree earthquake hit the western parts of the country in the wee hours on Tuesday.
Northern Bulgaria under Code Yellow over Downpours
Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared Friday for the whole of Northern Bulgaria due to expected torrential rains.
Bulgaria Ex Regional Development Minister Dies at 56
Bulgaria's former regional development minister Valentin Tserovski, who served in the government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg, has passed away after losing his long battle with cancer, his family announced.
Sports
Bulgaria's Berbatov to Switch to Paris St Germain
Bulgarian star striker Dimitar Berbatov has been said to be pending a switch to Paris Saint Germain.
Sports | May 25, 2012, Friday // 16:31
Crime
Young Bulgarian Lady Killed in Florida Hit-and-Run
A 19-year-old Bulgarian has died after being hit by a car on a recognized bicycle lane in Florida, local media reported.
Crime | May 25, 2012, Friday // 14:18
Lifestyle
Bulgarian Throws Gypsy Music Marathon in New York
Bulgarian club owner and impresario Alexander, Sasho, Dimitrov, who has been living in the United States for more than twenty years, organized over the weekend a three-day, three-night marathon of gypsy music at a tavern in Queens.
Lifestyle | May 25, 2012, Friday // 14:48
Views on BG
Bulgaria's Economic Crisis Has Its Jewish Community Facing Harsh Realities
The stories – some months or years in the making -- started trickling in last year. Young successful families were showing up desperate.
Views on BG | May 25, 2012, Friday // 09:21
Nomadic Sounds Convene in Queens
Any discussion of gypsy music requires plenty of hyphens. By all accounts, the Romani people are a race of musical alchemists, continually traversing the globe and mixing different sounds together.
Views on BG | May 25, 2012, Friday // 08:28
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