ARCHIVE - 4 June 2012

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Business

All Bulgarian Poultry Farms Meet EC Welfare Standards – Minister
Bulgarian Nightlife Reported at Standstill after Smoking Ban
Sofia Launches Free Wireless Net on Public Transportation Bus
Bulgaria's Dobrich Launches Electric Cars Charging Station
Russia Wants to Settle Belene NPP Disputes with Bulgaria 'in Peace'
South Stream Delays Bulgaria's Russian Gas Discount - Govt
Gazprom to Power Ahead with 2 South Stream Pipes from Russia to Bulgaria
Scrapped Belene Europe's Best N-Plant Project, Russia Says
No Investors Eyeing Bulgaria's Scrapped N-Plant Project - EconMin
South Stream Construction to Be Launched in 2012
Private Investor to Salvage Bulgaria's Flopped Nuclear Project
Natural Disasters Alter Bulgaria's Real Estate Market

Politics

Portugal Patriarch Greets Bulgarian PM
Bulgarian MPs Find 30 Conflict of Interest Cases in 1 Year
Bulgarian Ex-Agriculture Head Gets Away with Forging Diploma
Bulgarian Rightists to Stand Alone in 2013 Elections

Society

Finland Party Wants to Ban Begging over Bulgarian, Romanian Roma
UNESCO Won't Drop Bulgaria's Fire-Dancing Ritual - FinMin
Hailstorms in Bulgaria Caused BGN 43 M Worth of Damage in 2011
New Quake Registered in Southern Bulgaria Monday
New Quake Registered in Southern Bulgaria
3.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Bulgaria
Over 100 'Vampire' Graves Discovered in Bulgaria - Official
Archaeologists Stumble Upon 'Vampire' Skeleton in Bulgaria

Sports

Bulgaria's Stefanova Grabs Women World Rapid Chess Title

Crime

Interpol-Wanted Bulgarian Drug Lord's Trial Postponed for July
Ex-Agriculture Fund CEO Fake Diploma Trial Starts in Bulgaria

World

Prince Philip Hospitalized, to Miss Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Events
3 Serbs Get Bosnia War Crime Sentences
Russian Billionaire Prokhorov Launches New Party, Stays Out of It
EU Rejects Nikolic's Denial of Srebrenica Genocide
EU, Russia Agree to Disagree on Syria Violence
6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Indonesia
Majority of Finns Want to Kick Greece Out of Eurozone
Engine Problems Suspected in Lagos Plane Crash
5.1-Magnitude Quake Rattles Northern Italy

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria as Inward Investment Location: Meeting with Aidan Manktelow, EIU

Business

All Bulgarian Poultry Farms Meet EC Welfare Standards – Minister

Bulgaria's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Miroslav Naydenov, has announced that the country has fulfilled all requirements of the European Commission (EC) regarding laying hen welfare.

Business | June 4, 2012, Monday // 14:13

Bulgarian Nightlife Reported at Standstill after Smoking Ban

Empty tables, grumpy customers, and worried owners were the common picture in nightclubs and bars during the first weekend of the full smoking ban in public spaces in Bulgaria.

Business | June 4, 2012, Monday // 13:10

Sofia Launches Free Wireless Net on Public Transportation Bus

Sofia public transportation buses serving line 111 now have free wireless internet.

Business | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:21

Bulgaria's Dobrich Launches Electric Cars Charging Station

The northeastern Bulgarian city of Dobrich has become the second location in Bulgaria to open an electric vehicle charging station outside of the capital Sofia.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 19:30

Russia Wants to Settle Belene NPP Disputes with Bulgaria 'in Peace'

Russian state company Atomstroyexport is up for the "peaceful settlement" of the counterclaims it has with Bulgaria over the scrapped project for Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Atomstroyexport CEO Valery Limarenko has stated.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 17:17

South Stream Delays Bulgaria's Russian Gas Discount - Govt

Bulgaria's Minister of Energy, Economy and Tourism, Delyan Dobrev, has assured that the 11% discount on prices of Russian natural gas entered into force in April, despite the fact that the agreement has not been signed yet.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 17:09

Gazprom to Power Ahead with 2 South Stream Pipes from Russia to Bulgaria

Gazprom will start construction of the South Stream gas pipeline to pump natural gas to Europe along the bed of the Black Sea with two parallel legs, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Monday.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 16:34

Scrapped Belene Europe's Best N-Plant Project, Russia Says

The Belene Nuclear Power Plant project that Bulgaria abandoned in March is still the most profitable and the most fully prepared to be launched among all nuclear projects in Europe, according to Rosatom head Sergey Kiriyenko.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 14:05

No Investors Eyeing Bulgaria's Scrapped N-Plant Project - EconMin

Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev has said he does not know of a particular strategic investor that might revive the country's abandoned Belene Nuclear Power Plant project.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 12:38

South Stream Construction to Be Launched in 2012

The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline will begin by the end of 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:30

Private Investor to Salvage Bulgaria's Flopped Nuclear Project

A private investor could possibly purchase by the end of 2012 the abandoned project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant, NPP, in the Bulgarian Danube town of Belene, and pay the looming compensation fees.

Business » Energy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 10:09

Natural Disasters Alter Bulgaria's Real Estate Market

Earthquakes and torrential rains that hit Bulgaria in May have altered the real estate market with preferences now geared towards lower floors and panel buildings.

Business » Properties | June 4, 2012, Monday // 14:38

Politics

Portugal Patriarch Greets Bulgarian PM

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is meeting Monday with the Patriarch of Lisbon and Portugal, Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo.

Politics » Diplomacy | June 4, 2012, Monday // 09:17

Bulgarian MPs Find 30 Conflict of Interest Cases in 1 Year

Bulgaria's Anti-Corruption, Conflict of Interests and Parliamentary Ethics Committee has uncovered over 30 cases of conflict of interest in its first year of operation, according to Filip Zlatanov, Chair of the watchdog.

Politics » Domestic | June 4, 2012, Monday // 18:02

Bulgarian Ex-Agriculture Head Gets Away with Forging Diploma

Kalina Ilieva, the notorious former head of Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund, has received a 3-year suspended sentence with a five-year period of probation for forging her own university diploma.

Politics » Domestic | June 4, 2012, Monday // 17:02

Bulgarian Rightists to Stand Alone in 2013 Elections

The right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party is starting preparations for running alone at the 2013 general elections alone, according to senior party officials.

Politics » Domestic | June 4, 2012, Monday // 15:56

Society

Finland Party Wants to Ban Begging over Bulgarian, Romanian Roma

Three lawmakers of Finland's nationalist Finns party have proposed a bill that would ban begging in public places.

Society | June 4, 2012, Monday // 17:53

UNESCO Won't Drop Bulgaria's Fire-Dancing Ritual - FinMin

UNESCO will certainly not exclude Bulgaria's Nestinartsvo fire-dancing ritual from its list List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has assured.

Society | June 4, 2012, Monday // 16:21

Hailstorms in Bulgaria Caused BGN 43 M Worth of Damage in 2011

Bulgaria suffered hailstorm damages worth BGN 43 M in 2011, according to Nikolay Nikolov, Director of the Hail Suppression Agency at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Society » Environment | June 4, 2012, Monday // 13:04

New Quake Registered in Southern Bulgaria Monday

Another shock with a magnitude of 2.2 points on the Richter scale has been registered in southern Bulgaria Monday morning.

Society » Environment | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:55

New Quake Registered in Southern Bulgaria

Another shock with a magnitude of 3.2 points on the Richter scale has been registered late Sunday evening in southern Bulgaria, just minutes after the 3.4 one.

Society » Environment | June 4, 2012, Monday // 08:14

3.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Bulgaria

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter Scale has been registered in Southern Bulgaria late Sunday night.

Society » Environment | June 4, 2012, Monday // 01:50

Over 100 'Vampire' Graves Discovered in Bulgaria - Official

Over 100 buried people whose corpses were stabbed to prevent them from becoming vampires have been discovered across Bulgaria over the years, according to Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the Bulgarian National History Museum.

Society » Archaeology | June 4, 2012, Monday // 14:44

Archaeologists Stumble Upon 'Vampire' Skeleton in Bulgaria

Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a buried man with an iron stick in his chest in the Black Sea town of Sozopol.

Society » Archaeology | June 4, 2012, Monday // 13:27

Sports

Bulgaria's Stefanova Grabs Women World Rapid Chess Title

Bulgarian 2004 World Champion, Antoaneta Stefanova, has won the 2012 women's World Chess Rapid Championship.

Sports | June 4, 2012, Monday // 10:49

Crime

Interpol-Wanted Bulgarian Drug Lord's Trial Postponed for July

The Sofia City Court postponed Monday the money laundering case against alleged top criminal Evelin Banev AKA Brando.

Crime | June 4, 2012, Monday // 13:48

Ex-Agriculture Fund CEO Fake Diploma Trial Starts in Bulgaria

The trail against Kalina Ilieva, the notorious former head of Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund, charged with forging her university diploma, is being launched at the Sofia District Court Monday.

Crime | June 4, 2012, Monday // 08:42

World

Prince Philip Hospitalized, to Miss Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Events

UK's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 20:01

3 Serbs Get Bosnia War Crime Sentences

A Serbian court on Monday sentenced three men to between 12 and 15 years in prison for war crimes against civilians during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 19:13

Russian Billionaire Prokhorov Launches New Party, Stays Out of It

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced on Monday the creation of a new political party called "Civic Platform".

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 18:23

EU Rejects Nikolic's Denial of Srebrenica Genocide

The European Union has declared that it would not tolerate attempts to nagate the genocide of Muslims at Srebrenica, replying to a recent statement on behalf of newly elected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 17:44

EU, Russia Agree to Disagree on Syria Violence

The European Union and Russia have agreed that United Nations envoy Kofi Annan's faltering peace plan remains the best chance to bring calm to the troubled Middle East country, EU co-chief Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 16:55

6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Indonesia

A strong earthquake off Indonesia's coast rattled the capital Jakarta Monday afternoon, but there are no reports of ensuing tsunami.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 15:54

Majority of Finns Want to Kick Greece Out of Eurozone

A total of 56% of all Finnish citizens would like to see Greece leaving the Eurozone, a new poll has suggested.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 15:29

Engine Problems Suspected in Lagos Plane Crash

Engine problems may have been the cause of the tragic plane crash in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday in which over 150 people perished.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:57

5.1-Magnitude Quake Rattles Northern Italy

A third strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted northern Italy late on Sunday, according to the Italy's Geophysics Institute.

World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:51

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria as Inward Investment Location: Meeting with Aidan Manktelow, EIU

Report of the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce on Meeting with Aidan Manktelow of The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Novinite Insider » Special Report | June 4, 2012, Monday // 14:55
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