The highly troubled Bulgarian State Railways co BDZ has received its first 12 sleeping cars as part of an order of a total of 30 sleeping cars from Turkey's state owned manufacturer Tuvasas.
A gunman claiming to be an al-Qaeda militant has taken four hostages in a bank in the Southern French city of Toulouse, international media inform.
Chinese business might quit investing in renewable energy in Bulgaria because of the Bulgarian government's abrupt policy change on green energy, the Bulgarian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry declared in an open letter.
The Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Syndicates (KNSB), a trade union, has moved to resettle the workers of the troubled Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in Bulgaria's Kardzhali.
Employees of the troubled Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in Bulgaria's Kardzhali are considering civil disobedience due to the uncertain future of the plant.
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry and the Embassy of Israel in Sofia have formally supported an initiative to build a Bulgarian church in Jerusalem.
Media outlets in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have reacted strongly to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's comment on their country's judicial system.
Bulgaria is one of the EU member states with the most fundamental human rights violations in 2011, reported the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
The European Commission may seek an intervention in a bid to fix Bulgaria's severe press freedom issues, according to a German newspaper.
The Bulgarian government is no longer going to approve draft Bills at its meetings before the 14-day deadline for public discussions has passed.
Bulgaria's Parliament has revoked a set of vetoed amendments to the Judiciary Act with 8 votes in favor, 6 against and 90 abstainees.
"Protesters" from the several Bulgarian mountain towns have gathered in the capital Sofia to stage a rally in support of the country's controversial Forestry Act that was vetoed on Saturday.
Former EU Commissioner and founder of the Bulgaria for Citizens movement Meglena Kuneva declared her formation will run solo at the 2013 parliamentary elections without any coalitions.
Bulgaria is the 130th most failed state in the world, according to 2012's Failed State Index published by The Fund for Peace.
A Mercedes automobile of Bulgaria's National Security Services, NSO, has crashed with an ambulance Wednesday at a busy intersection of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Bulgarians spend on average 16 hours a week online, making the internet the second most popular media in the country.
Six places in Bulgaria have seen high temperature records on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Bulgaria's National Meteorology and Hydrology Institute announced.
A large number of explosive residues, 838, have been found in farm fields around Petolachkata junction in southeastern Bulgaria after the blast an ammo depot there.
Sofia will host Wednesday two rallies related to a set of vetoed amendments to Bulgaria's Forestry Act.
Prof. Stefan Dodunekov has formally taken over from Prof. Nikola Sabotinov as the new Chair of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Bulgarian animation artist, living in Los Angeles, Christo Stamboliev, has won the daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program.
Vitan Ivanov, Chair of the Council on Tourism in Sofia and Chair of the Sofia Tourist Cluster, has reported a 10% annual increase in tourism in Bulgaria's capital.
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a treasure of bronze coins during excavations in the Black Sea resort town of Sozopol.
In two months' time, the repair works at the Roman fortress Sexaginta Prista near the Danube city of Ruse in northeastern Bulgaria are to be wrapped up, according to a media statement f the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.
Bulgaria's best female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has qualified for the quarterfinals of the AEGON International in Eastbourne after beating Canada's Stephanie Dubois on Wednesday.
The Sofia Appellate Court (SAC) exonerated Wednesday Maria Murgina, former head of the National Revenue Agency (NRA), of malfeasance in office.
The Sofia City Court ruled Wednesday to extradite alleged top criminal Evelin Banev AKA Brando to Italy for one year to face trial there as well.
Bulgaria is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit and destination country for women and children who are subjected to sex trafficking, and men, women, and children subjected to conditions of forced labor.
Lawyers of controversial Bulgarian businessman Alexey Petrov requested from the Sofia City Court to release their client from arrest, after presenting 4 new witnesses.
Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is to be Romania's first leader to serve time in prison since the 1989 fall of communism.
A man who seized four people in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse has been detained, reports say.
Two of the hostages taken by a gunman in the Southern French city of Toulouse have been released.
The head of Greece's conservative party, Antonis Samaras, has been sworn in as Prime Minister to head a three-party coalition that has committed to upholding the country's international bailout agreements.
Russian police have detained several protesters outside a Moscow court during a hearing for three members of the all-female punk group Pussy Riot, who could face lengthy jail sentences over an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's largest cathedral.
Greece has already formed a coalition government, according to Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the left-wing PASOK and former Finance Minister.
Fotis Kouvelis, leader of Greece's Democratic Left party, has declared his formation's support for a coalition government led by the conservative New Democracy.
The full-fledged EU and NATO integration of the Western Balkans is the solution to the problem with the ethnic Albanian communities living in different states, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci stated in an exclusive interview for Novinite.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange entered Ecuador's embassy in London on Tuesday, seeking political asylum in the country.
Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak, 84, was declared clinically dead on Tuesday, shortly after being moved from prison to a military hospital in Cairo.
A wave of environmental protests led to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev imposing a veto on the country's controversial Forestry Act.
An exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Hashim Thaci.
The Sofia Appellate Prosecutor's Office (SAP) has asked the Sofia Appellate Court (SAC) to uphold the effective sentence of four years of imprisonment handed to Maria Murgina, former head of the National Revenue Agency (NRA), for malfeasance in office.
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