ARCHIVE - 1 August 2012
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More than half of the Bulgarian firms fail to invest in innovations because they lack sufficient funds to do so, according to a survey of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).
Business | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 19:03
The State Agency for National Security (DANS), the Economic Police Directorate and the National Revenue Agency (NRA) will conduct joint inspections of large-scale retail chains and meat and dairy processors.
Business | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 17:26
Bulgaria's real unemployment rate is about 19%, and will most likely keep growing, according to Dimitar Brankov, Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.
Business | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 17:20
Bulgaria's government has launched a procedure for granting the Vidin-South port terminal under concession for a maximum period of 35 years.
Business | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 15:42
Livestock breeders and representatives of the meat and dairy processing industries and large retail chains in Bulgaria will meet Wednesday with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to discuss the problems faced by the sector.
Business | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 09:14
The relocation of the headquarters of Bulgarian state institutions from the capital to the provinces will generate enormous costs, according to Mika Zaykova, a financial expert at the Podkrepa ("Support") Labor Confederation, a Bulgarian syndicate.
Bulgaria's government has ended the first half of 2012 with a minor budget surplus, according to preliminary data of the Finance Ministry released Wednesday.
Bulgaria's government has denied it is willing to lower the 20% value-added-tax by the end of its term, which expires next year.
Former Energy and Economy Minister Traycho Traykov has argues that Bulgaria should have the cheapest gasoline and the second cheapest diesel in the EU.
The Bulgarian government has granted British company Melrose Resources a 6-year concession for natural gas extraction at the Kavarna Iztok field, the Bulgarian government press service announced Wednesday.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, his Cabinet, and the ruling party GERB support the holding of a referendum on the construction of the currently abandoned Belene nuclear power plant.
Prices of cross-city bus tickets in Bulgaria increase by BGN 1-2 as of August 1 over higher fuel prices.
Over 250 scouts from Bulgaria, Russia and France will gather Wednesday evening at the Bohotska Gora forest near the northwestern town of Pleven for an international event.
Society | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 18:08
The Association of Collection Agencies in Bulgaria (ACABG) has registered monthly and annual increases in debt collection in June 2012.
Society | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 11:44
A horrific crash on the Trakia Highway has left two dead and eight injured.
Society | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 09:47
The organizers of the "Spirit of Burgas" Music Festival in the Southern Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas expect about 22 000 visitors, they announced at a news conference Wednesday.
US Ambassador James Warlick announced on Wednesday the awarding of a USD 38,790 grant from the United States government for the conservation and restoration of the 11th century church of St. Todor in the town of Boboshevo, Kyustendil region.
Gore Vidal, whose best-selling novels and witty, acidulous essays made him one of America's best-known authors, died Tuesday at his home in Hollywood Hills, CA.
Gore Vidal, known as the faithful chronicler of American life and politics and one of the country's greatest man of letters, has died.
Legendary Bulgarian football player Hristo Stoichkov will come back on the field for one match to clash with a fan team.
Sports | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 20:10
A Bulgarian court has sentenced to thirty years in jail a 20-year-old man, who confessed to the brutal murder of an 11-year-old boy last year.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 17:57
Swedish authorities have released a 43-year-old Bulgarian, who was detained on suspicions of trafficking Bulgarian berry pickers, over lack of evidence.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 14:37
A 20-year-old suspect, charged with the murder of an 11-year-old boy in the northeastern Bulgarian city of Shumen last year, has made full confessions in court.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 14:06
The computer-generated image of the suicide attacker involved in the bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists and a local bus driver, has been verified 95%, the interior minister said.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 13:30
Bulgarian police have detained a Belgian national sought under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW).
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 11:14
Bulgarian police have succeeded to provide a computer-generated image of the suicide bomber who staged the July 18 terror attack in Burgas.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 10:37
Border police have caught an Iranian hidden in a car at the Bulgarian Kapitan Andreevo Border Point with Turkey.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 10:18
Customs officers at the Gyeshevo border crossing have arrested two Albanians trying to smuggle nearly 2 kg of heroin across the Bulgarian-Macedonian border.
Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 08:19
The world's eyes are on London as the 2012 Olympic Games unfurl.
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