Danube Level Declines Further in Bulgarian-Romanian Section
The level of the Lower Danube keeps declining in a repeat of last year's late summer situation that hurt tremendously the commercial navigation of the second largest European river.
The level of the Lower Danube keeps declining in a repeat of last year's late summer situation that hurt tremendously the commercial navigation of the second largest European river.
Big international companies are studying the Bulgarian market as an appropriate destination for opening new production facilities, according to Colliers International's Industrial Real Estate Market Overview for the first six months of 2012.
Taxi fares in Bulgaria's capital must go up by around BGN 0.20, meaning that a middle distance of up to 5km will cost BGN 1 more and long trips will cost up to BGN 2 more, according to Kiril Rizov, Chair of the Taxi Union.
Bulgaria's government allocated Monday extra budget payments of BGN 11.2 M to the Sofia Municipality and of BGN 10 M to the Defense Ministry.
Bulgarian Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev has reshuffled the management of two major state energy corporations – the National Electric Company NEK Jsc and the Maritsa East Mines Jsc, the press service of the Economy Ministry announced.
Bulgaria's 25-km gas interconnector with Romania will be completed and functional by the end of May 2013, according to Kiril Temelkov, CEO of the Bulgartransgaz energy company.
Bulgaria tops the list of international property destinations for Russian state officials, according to a survey of the Russian newspaper Vedomosti.
The end of the summer tourist season is bringing cheaper prices for Bulgarian Black Sea vacations, reports say.
A bus with 30 Ukrainian children has been detained at the Bulgarian-Macedonian border, with Bulgarian border authorities refusing to let it through.
A commission from the international forces in Afghanistan, ISAF, will be evaluating and certifying a new Bulgarian company to be stationed at the Kandahar Air Base.
Kasim Dal, the formerly closest aide to Bulgarian ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan, and an independent MP, Korman Ismailov, are starting a new political party.
Nearly half of the public procurement contracts signed in the first six months of 2012 are flawed, according to the Bulgarian Public Financial Inspection Agency (PFIA).
Residents of Bulgaria's capital Sofia staged Monday night their fourth protest rally against the upcoming new parking rules and hike in parking fees.
A 61-year-old man died on Monday in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, as his vehicle suddenly burst in flames.
The Bulgarian community in the Southwestern Ukrainian city of Izmail has appealed in court the decision of local authorities not to grant Bulgarian a regional language status.
European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes demands to meet with all relevant media players in Bulgaria when she travels to Sofia in September it has been made clear.
"The Expendables 2," an action movie that was shot mostly in Bulgaria has topped the weekend box office.
A destraint has been levied on 100% of the shares of the CSKA Sofia football club, one of Bulgaria's top teams, over an old debt to Ukrainian tycoon Konstantin Zhevago.
Bulgaria's top marathon swimmer, Petar Stoychev, won Sunday his 11th gold at the Ohrid Lake Swimming Marathon.
The mayor of the Southern Bulgarian municipality of Kuklen, Dimitar Sotirov, who was nabbed on embezzlement charges at the end of last week, has now been released on a BGN 10 000 bail.
Customs officers at the Lesovo border crossing point seized Sunday a contraband shipment of 488 antique coins, jewellery, and edged weapons, according to the Bulgarian Customs Agency's press office.
A British citizen born in Pakistan has been busted in Bulgaria's city of Varna for distributing child pornography, local media say, citing police authorities.
Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office is to request the permanent detention of two suspects allegedly involved in the shipment of 3 tons of cocaine on a Bulgarian ship that was busted in Spain last week.
From The New York Times
Russia's government issued a stern warning on Monday against any interference in its judicial affairs, especially in the case of the anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot, who were jailed last Friday in a case that attracted worldwide interest and widespread c
The Information Ministry of Myanmar has canceled censorship for media publishing political and religious information.
Turkey may soon run out of space to house refugees fleeing from the Syrian conflict, the country's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has alarmed.
Greece must remain in the Eurozone, the country's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has declared.
Tony Scott, the director of Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II, among others, has jumped to death from from the Vincent Thomas Bridge near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California.
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