ARCHIVE - 10 September 2012

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Business

??Bulgaria's M-Tel Comes Up with New Corporate Branding
Bulgaria's Industry, Construction Up July 2012 Y/Y
Bulgaria's 2012 Jan - Jul Exports Up 1.7% Y/Y
Bulgaria's 2011 Exports Up 30% Y/Y - Final Data
Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Launches Mass Store Checks
Toxic Fodder Imported from Bulgaria Panics Cyprus
FinMin Brags about Increasing Bulgaria's Competitiveness
US Ambassador: Bulgaria's Gas Contracts Are Kept Secret
Bulgaria's Hotels Make BGN 190 M in July

Politics

Bulgaria Congratulates Kosovo on Full Sovereignty
Outgoing Norway Ambassador Bestowed Bulgaria's Highest Order
Outgoing US Envoy: Bulgaria to Remain in My Heart
US, Norway Ambassadors Bestowed Bulgaria's Highest Order
Bulgarian Cabinet Sets for Israel for 2nd Joint Sitting
Van Rompuy: Montenegro Likely to Become EU's 29th Member State
Kuneva Slams Bulgarian Govt, Vows No Dirty Deals

Society

Dutch Police Ask Help in Finding Missing Bulgarian Woman
Outraged Passengers Abduct Bulgarian Train
Bulgaria Launches Supreme Judicial Council Hearings
L'Oreal, UNESCO Launch 3rd 'For Women in Science' Program in Bulgaria
Bulgarian National Bank to Release 2nd 'Folk Tales' Coin
Voyager 1, Bulgarian Song Set to Reach Interstellar Space
Bulgaria's Pleven to House New Medication Council

Sports

Stiliyan Petrov Thanks Fans for Supporting His Leukaemia Battle

Lifestyle

Bulgarian Celebrity Big Brother Gets Pamela Anderson

World

Russian MP Faces Ouster for Doing Business in Bulgaria
Pussy Riot's Lawyer Investigated over Russian Opposition Rally
West Grants Kosovo Full Sovereignty

Business

??Bulgaria's M-Tel Comes Up with New Corporate Branding

Mobile Bulgaria, a Bulgarian web portal for mobile technologies, has revealed the new corporate branding of the largest Bulgarian mobile phone operator M-Tel days ahead of its formal announcement.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 16:24

Bulgaria's Industry, Construction Up July 2012 Y/Y

According to flash estimates, the seasonally adjusted industrial production index in Bulgaria increased by 0.4% in July 2012 as compared to June 2012.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 14:04

Bulgaria's 2012 Jan - Jul Exports Up 1.7% Y/Y

In the first seven months of 2012, the value of all exported goods from Bulgaria amounted to BGN 23.0 B, which as increase of 1.7%, compared to the corresponding period of 2011.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 13:22

Bulgaria's 2011 Exports Up 30% Y/Y - Final Data

In 2011, exported goods from Bulgaria were valued at BGN 39.6 B, which is a 30% increase, compared to 2010.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 12:47

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Launches Mass Store Checks

Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency is launching Monday mass checks of grocery stores and supermarkets for expired food.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 12:05

Toxic Fodder Imported from Bulgaria Panics Cyprus

Cyprus is in panic over dangerous fodder imported from Bulgaria and Argentina with the authorities in Nicosia investigating the exact quantities that ended being on the market.

Business | September 10, 2012, Monday // 10:35

FinMin Brags about Increasing Bulgaria's Competitiveness

Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has pointed out his Ministry's major contribution in bringing the country's economy 12 places up in the World Economic Forum's latest competitiveness report.

Business » Finance | September 10, 2012, Monday // 17:50

US Ambassador: Bulgaria's Gas Contracts Are Kept Secret

There are secret natural gas agreements and contracts, according to the outgoing US Ambassador in Sofia, James Warlick.

Business » Energy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 11:17

Bulgaria's Hotels Make BGN 190 M in July

Bulgarian hotels and other accommodation venues have generated a total of BGN 192 M in July 2012, according to data of the National Statistical Institute released Monday.

Business » Tourism | September 10, 2012, Monday // 16:00

Politics

Bulgaria Congratulates Kosovo on Full Sovereignty

Bulgaria has congratulated Kosovo on the occasion of the end of the international monitoring of the country.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 20:31

Outgoing Norway Ambassador Bestowed Bulgaria's Highest Order

Norway's Ambassador to Bulgaria Tove Skarstein has been bestowed with the highest order of the country, Stara Planina first degree, as her term in office is about to expire.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 19:43

Outgoing US Envoy: Bulgaria to Remain in My Heart

US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick has been bestowed with the highest order of the country, Stara Planina first degree, as he is about to depart the country.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 18:49

US, Norway Ambassadors Bestowed Bulgaria's Highest Order

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is bestowing Monday in Sofia the highest order Stara Planina first degree to the Ambassadors of the US and Norway.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 09:14

Bulgarian Cabinet Sets for Israel for 2nd Joint Sitting

Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov and 12 ministers are leaving for Israel Monday for the second joint sitting of the two countries' cabinets on September 11 in Israel.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 10, 2012, Monday // 08:14

Van Rompuy: Montenegro Likely to Become EU's 29th Member State

Montenegro will likely become the next country to join the European Union after Croatia, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has revealed.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 10, 2012, Monday // 16:15

Kuneva Slams Bulgarian Govt, Vows No Dirty Deals

Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's former EU Commissioner who is now the leader of her own political party "Bulgaria for Citizens", has promised not to cheat her voters with "covert, dirty deals".

Politics » Domestic | September 10, 2012, Monday // 14:09

Society

Dutch Police Ask Help in Finding Missing Bulgarian Woman

The police in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have been investigating the disappearance of a young Bulgarian woman for over a year and a half without any result.

Society | September 10, 2012, Monday // 14:45

Outraged Passengers Abduct Bulgarian Train

Outraged passengers have hijacked an express train of Bulgaria's embattled State Railway Company, BDZ.

Society | September 10, 2012, Monday // 09:53

Bulgaria Launches Supreme Judicial Council Hearings

The hearing of the candidates for Bulgaria's new Supreme Judicial Council, VSS, from the professional quota is being held Monday.

Society | September 10, 2012, Monday // 08:48

L'Oreal, UNESCO Launch 3rd 'For Women in Science' Program in Bulgaria

L'Oreal Bulgaria and UNESCO's fellowship program "For Women in Science" has been launched for the third time in Bulgaria.

Society » Education | September 10, 2012, Monday // 18:19

Bulgarian National Bank to Release 2nd 'Folk Tales' Coin

The Bulgarian National Bank has announced that it to issue in circulation a silver colored commemorative coin called "The Lad and the Wind".

Society » Culture | September 10, 2012, Monday // 16:34

Voyager 1, Bulgarian Song Set to Reach Interstellar Space

NASA's Voyager 1, launched 35 years ago with various messages from the Earth, is on the verge of moving into interstellar space.

Society » Culture | September 10, 2012, Monday // 15:02

Bulgaria's Pleven to House New Medication Council

The headquarters of Bulgaria's future National Medication Council will be in the northern city of Pleven, Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, announced Monday.

Society » Health | September 10, 2012, Monday // 15:06

Sports

Stiliyan Petrov Thanks Fans for Supporting His Leukaemia Battle

Aston Villa's Bulgarian midfielder Stiliyan Petrov has spoken publicly for the first time since it was confirmed his acute leukaemia is in remission.

Sports | September 10, 2012, Monday // 13:49

Lifestyle

Bulgarian Celebrity Big Brother Gets Pamela Anderson

Canadian actress and model Pamela Anderson is set to join the Bulgarian version of Celebrity Big Brother (called VIP Brother in the country).

Lifestyle | September 10, 2012, Monday // 14:20

World

Russian MP Faces Ouster for Doing Business in Bulgaria

Russian oppositional lawmaker Gennady Gudkov may be stripped of his mandate over his involvement in commercial activity while in office.

World | September 10, 2012, Monday // 15:38

Pussy Riot's Lawyer Investigated over Russian Opposition Rally

A lawyer for the anti-Putin punk band Pussy Riot has been summoned for questioning over his role in a May 6 opposition rally in the Russian capital Moscow that turned violent.

World | September 10, 2012, Monday // 13:34

West Grants Kosovo Full Sovereignty

Thirteen years after the end of the Kosovo war, international supervision of Kosovo ends on Monday even though foreign involvement and supervision in the country is far from being over.

World | September 10, 2012, Monday // 13:26
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