ARCHIVE - 4 June 2012
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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
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 public transportation buses serving line 111 now have free wireless internet.
Business | June 4, 2012, Monday // 11:21
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The construction of the South Stream gas pipeline will begin by the end of 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday.
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.
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.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is meeting Monday with the Patriarch of Lisbon and Portugal, Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
Another shock with a magnitude of 2.2 points on the Richter scale has been registered in southern Bulgaria Monday morning.
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.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter Scale has been registered in Southern Bulgaria late Sunday night.
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.
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a buried man with an iron stick in his chest in the Black Sea town of Sozopol.
Bulgarian 2004 World Champion, Antoaneta Stefanova, has won the 2012 women's World Chess Rapid Championship.
Sports | June 4, 2012, Monday // 10:49
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
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
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
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 Mikhail Prokhorov announced on Monday the creation of a new political party called "Civic Platform".
World | June 4, 2012, Monday // 18:23
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
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
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
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 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
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
Report of the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce on Meeting with Aidan Manktelow of The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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