ARCHIVE - 19 September 2012

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Business

Danube Bridge 2 to Be Completed by End-2012
Bulgaria 2nd in EU by Annual Growth in Construction Production
Sofia Metro Starts Tender for 3 New Stations
Austrian Investors Eye Bulgarian Danube Ports
Commissioner Georgieva: Bulgaria Should Seek EU Help over Russia Claim
Irish Company Awarded 4 Oil, Gas Prospecting Permits in N Bulgaria
Bulgarian Renewable Energy Producers to Appeal Grid Access Fee

Politics

Bulgaria Losing Patience with Dutch Schengen Veto - Foreign Minister
EP Committee Calls for Stringent Regulation of Fracking
EC Announces New Humanitarian Volunteer Initiative
EC to Abstain from Bulgaria-Macedonia Cultural Dispute
Bulgarian Investigators Select Judicial Council Member
Bulgarian Nationalists Move to Ban Turkish from Rallies

Society

Hellish Trakiya Hwy Crash Trial Starts in Bulgaria
Bulgarian Investigators Elect Supreme Judicial Council Member
Libel Case against Bulgaria's Top Cop Postponed Again
Bulgarians to Get 6 Days Off at Easter 2013
Winds of Short Cold Spell Bring Code Yellow to Bulgaria
Archaeologists Discover St. Nicholas Holy Oil in Bulgaria - Report

Crime

3 Bulgarians Nabbed for Bank Card Draining in France
Deranged Man Points Gun at Bulgaria's Interior Min
Fake Bomb Threat at Bulgaria's Sofia International Airport
Turkey Exhumes Ozal's Body on Suspicions of Bulgarian Poisoning

Views on BG

WP: Antiquities, Nightclubs, Good Food in Bulgaria*
Independent: Bulgaria Between Heaven and Hell

World

Assad: War in Syria Favors Israel
France Shuts Down Embassies over Mohammed Caricatures

Novinite Insider

Keeping Secular Education in Bulgaria Secular
New Thinking, New Measures Needed to Consolidate Further China - EU Strategic Partnership

Business

Danube Bridge 2 to Be Completed by End-2012

Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski announced Wednesday during a construction forum that the Danube Bridge 2 Project (Vidin-Calafat) would be finalized by end-2012.

Business | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 18:10

Bulgaria 2nd in EU by Annual Growth in Construction Production

Bulgaria is one of the three EU Member States to register an annual increase in production in the construction sector in July 2012, according to Eurostat data.

Business | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 15:27

Sofia Metro Starts Tender for 3 New Stations

Metropoliten EAD has announced a public procurement for the construction of three new stations along Sofia's first metro line.

Business | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 13:37

Austrian Investors Eye Bulgarian Danube Ports

Austrian investors have demonstrated interest towards all Bulgarian ports on the Danube River, says Bulgarian Transport Minister, Ivaylo Moskovski.

Business | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 10:22

Commissioner Georgieva: Bulgaria Should Seek EU Help over Russia Claim

Bulgaria should seek counsel from the European Commission about how to deal with Russian company Atomstroyexport's EUR 1 B claim against freezing the Belene NPP project, said Bulgarian European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.

Business » Energy | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 21:25

Irish Company Awarded 4 Oil, Gas Prospecting Permits in N Bulgaria

The Bulgarian government has awarded Dublin-registered Moesia Oil and Gas four oil and gas prospecting permits in the northern parts of the country.

Business » Energy | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 14:02

Bulgarian Renewable Energy Producers to Appeal Grid Access Fee

Organizations of renewable energy producers will announce Wednesday if Bulgaria should be gearing up for a new electricity price hike.

Business » Energy | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 11:44

Politics

Bulgaria Losing Patience with Dutch Schengen Veto - Foreign Minister

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has reiterated that Bulgaria is losing patience with the Dutch opposition to Schengen enlargement.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 17:04

EP Committee Calls for Stringent Regulation of Fracking

The European Parliament Environment Committee voted Wednesday on a proposal for stringent regulatory measures for controversial shale gas drilling known as fracking.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 16:59

EC Announces New Humanitarian Volunteer Initiative

The European Commission announced Wednesday a new EUR 239 M humanitarian initiative to broaden the aid outreach of the EU.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 15:52

EC to Abstain from Bulgaria-Macedonia Cultural Dispute

The EC will not interfere into the dispute between Bulgaria and Macedonia concerning cultural and historical heritage and wants the two countries to resolve the issue through bilateral dialogue.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 12:45

Bulgarian Investigators Select Judicial Council Member

Bulgaria's investigators selected their envoy to the country's Supreme Judicial Council Wednesday.

Politics » Domestic | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 20:06

Bulgarian Nationalists Move to Ban Turkish from Rallies

A heated debate took place in the Bulgarian Parliament Wednesday on legislative amendments proposals for rallies and protests to be carried out only in the Bulgarian language.

Politics » Domestic | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 16:34

Society

Hellish Trakiya Hwy Crash Trial Starts in Bulgaria

The trial in the case of a tragic bus accident on Bulgaria's Trakiya highway, which took nine lives, is finally starting Wednesday, over one year after it occured.

Society | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 09:47

Bulgarian Investigators Elect Supreme Judicial Council Member

One member of Bulgaria's new Supreme Judicial Council, VSS, from the investigators' quota will be elected Wednesday.

Society | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 09:07

Libel Case against Bulgaria's Top Cop Postponed Again

The libel case against Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, initiated by the Chair of the Bulgarian Judges Association (BJA), was postponed by the Plovdiv Regional Court.

Society | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 08:37

Bulgarians to Get 6 Days Off at Easter 2013

The Council of Ministers is planning to give Bulgarians a six-day long break for Easter next year.

Society | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 08:16

Winds of Short Cold Spell Bring Code Yellow to Bulgaria

Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared for Thursday for 17 regions in Bulgaria.

Society » Environment | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 20:41

Archaeologists Discover St. Nicholas Holy Oil in Bulgaria - Report

Bulgarian archaeologists suppose they might have discovered manna from the relics of St. Nicholas, said Bulgarian National Museum of History director Bozhidar Dimitrov.

Society » Archaeology | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 18:38

Crime

3 Bulgarians Nabbed for Bank Card Draining in France

The French gendarmerie from the city of Montpellier has detained a group of 3 Bulgarians that copied data of banking cards with skimming devices.

Crime | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 19:27

Deranged Man Points Gun at Bulgaria's Interior Min

A man came out waving a hand gun in front of the official cortege driving Bulgaria's Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov Wednesday.

Crime | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 15:15

Fake Bomb Threat at Bulgaria's Sofia International Airport

Sofia Airport has been completely evacuated after a bomb threat was received in the early afternoon Saturday.

Crime | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 15:04

Turkey Exhumes Ozal's Body on Suspicions of Bulgarian Poisoning

The body of former Turkish President, Turgut Ozal, is to be exhumed for an autopsy to investigate suspicions surrounding his death.

Crime | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 11:12

Views on BG

WP: Antiquities, Nightclubs, Good Food in Bulgaria*

A horse-drawn cart passed us on the way to the sidewalk cafe in the sleepy Bulgarian mountain town of Yakoruda, where we sipped espresso and munched on phyllo-and-feta pastries.

Views on BG | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 18:02

Independent: Bulgaria Between Heaven and Hell

Hidden in Bulgaria's Rhodope mountains lies the village of Gella, the perfect place for a luxury retreat.

Views on BG | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 10:47

World

Assad: War in Syria Favors Israel

The civil war in Syria is directed against all forces opposing Israel, stated embattled Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

World | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 19:48

France Shuts Down Embassies over Mohammed Caricatures

France has decided to shut down starting Friday its embassies in 20 Muslim countries over security concerns after the Charlie Hebdo newspaper published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

World | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 14:42

Novinite Insider

Keeping Secular Education in Bulgaria Secular

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has been adamant recently in its attempts to persuade the government that the introduction of religious education in the core curriculum of Bulgarian schools is necessary.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 10:00

New Thinking, New Measures Needed to Consolidate Further China - EU Strategic Partnership

The Diplomatic Channel section of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg is publishing an exclusive opinion article by China's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Song Tao on the occasion of the 15th China-EU Summit starting in Brussels on Septembe

Novinite Insider » Diplomatic Channel | September 19, 2012, Wednesday // 14:57
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