ARCHIVE - 1 August 2012

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Business

Bulgarian Firms Too Penniless to Invest in Innovations - Survey
Mass Inspections to Identify Causes of High Food Prices in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's Real Unemployment Rate Is 19%, Expert Claims
Bulgaria to Grant Vidin-South Port Terminal under 35-Year Concession
Bulgarian Meat, Dairy Processors to Discuss Poor Feed Harvest with PM
Moving Bulgaria's Customs Agency to Cost EUR 50 M, Expert Estimates
Bulgaria Accrues Minor Budget Surplus in H1 2012
Bulgaria Govt Denies Plans for VAT Cut by Mid-2013
Bulgaria Should Offer Cheapest Diesel in Europe – Ex Minister
Bulgaria Grants New Natural Gas Concession to Melrouse Resources
Bulgarian Rulers Say Reluctant 'Yes' to Nuclear Plant Referendum
Cross-City Bus Tickets in Bulgaria Up by 4-7%

Society

250 Bulgarian, Russian, French Scouts Set Up Camp near Pleven
Debt Collection in Bulgaria Registers Monthly, Annual Increases
Truck, Van Collision on Bulgaria's Trakia Highway Kills 2
Bulgaria's 'Spirit of Burgas' Festival Expects 22 000 Visitors
US Awards Preservation Grant for Bulgaria's Boboshevo Church
US Author Gore Vidal Passes Away at 86
Great US Author Gore Vidal Dies at 86

Sports

Stoichkov Back on the Field for Bulgarian Fan Cup Clash

Crime

Bulgarian Boy Murderer Jailed for 30 Years
Sweden Frees Stranded Bulgarian Berry Pickers 'Trafficker'
Suspect Admits Brutal Murder of Bulgarian Boy
Bulgaria Interior: Suicide Bomber Image Verified 95%
Sofia Police Arrest Belgian Sought under EAW
Bulgarian Police Release Photo of Burgas Suicide Bomber
Bulgarian Border Police Foil Smuggling of Illegal Immigrant from Iran
Albanians Caught with 2 kg of Heroin at Bulgarian-Macedonian Border

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria - a Self-Proclaimed Olympic Failure

Business

Bulgarian Firms Too Penniless to Invest in Innovations - Survey

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

Mass Inspections to Identify Causes of High Food Prices in Bulgaria

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 19%, Expert Claims

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 to Grant Vidin-South Port Terminal under 35-Year Concession

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

Bulgarian Meat, Dairy Processors to Discuss Poor Feed Harvest with PM

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

Moving Bulgaria's Customs Agency to Cost EUR 50 M, Expert Estimates

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.

Business » Finance | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 19:24

Bulgaria Accrues Minor Budget Surplus in H1 2012

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.

Business » Finance | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 18:35

Bulgaria Govt Denies Plans for VAT Cut by Mid-2013

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.

Business » Finance | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 12:49

Bulgaria Should Offer Cheapest Diesel in Europe – Ex Minister

Former Energy and Economy Minister Traycho Traykov has argues that Bulgaria should have the cheapest gasoline and the second cheapest diesel in the EU.

Business » Energy | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 16:38

Bulgaria Grants New Natural Gas Concession to Melrouse Resources

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.

Business » Energy | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 15:40

Bulgarian Rulers Say Reluctant 'Yes' to Nuclear Plant Referendum

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.

Business » Energy | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 14:59

Cross-City Bus Tickets in Bulgaria Up by 4-7%

Prices of cross-city bus tickets in Bulgaria increase by BGN 1-2 as of August 1 over higher fuel prices.

Business » Tourism | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 08:41

Society

250 Bulgarian, Russian, French Scouts Set Up Camp near Pleven

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

Debt Collection in Bulgaria Registers Monthly, Annual Increases

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

Truck, Van Collision on Bulgaria's Trakia Highway Kills 2

A horrific crash on the Trakia Highway has left two dead and eight injured.

Society | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 09:47

Bulgaria's 'Spirit of Burgas' Festival Expects 22 000 Visitors

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.

Society » Culture | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 20:50

US Awards Preservation Grant for Bulgaria's Boboshevo Church

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.

Society » Culture | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 16:45

US Author Gore Vidal Passes Away at 86

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.

Society » Obituaries | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 14:47

Great US Author Gore Vidal Dies at 86

Gore Vidal, known as the faithful chronicler of American life and politics and one of the country's greatest man of letters, has died.

Society » Obituaries | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 08:25

Sports

Stoichkov Back on the Field for Bulgarian Fan Cup Clash

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

Crime

Bulgarian Boy Murderer Jailed for 30 Years

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

Sweden Frees Stranded Bulgarian Berry Pickers 'Trafficker'

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

Suspect Admits Brutal Murder of Bulgarian Boy

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

Bulgaria Interior: Suicide Bomber Image Verified 95%

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

Sofia Police Arrest Belgian Sought under EAW

Bulgarian police have detained a Belgian national sought under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW).

Crime | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 11:14

Bulgarian Police Release Photo of Burgas Suicide Bomber

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

Bulgarian Border Police Foil Smuggling of Illegal Immigrant from Iran

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

Albanians Caught with 2 kg of Heroin at Bulgarian-Macedonian Border

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

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria - a Self-Proclaimed Olympic Failure

The world's eyes are on London as the 2012 Olympic Games unfurl.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | August 1, 2012, Wednesday // 14:51
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