ARCHIVE - 21 September 2012

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Business

Bulgarian Economy on Path of Recovery - Study
Suspicious Public Tender Mars Bulgarian MPs New Cars
Bulgarian Businesses Invited to Invest in Antarctica
Turkey Computer Glitch Causes Turkish-Bulgarian Border Jam
French Total Pays EUR 48 M for Oil, Gas Exploration in Bulgaria
Bulgaria Boasts 34% Increase in Russian Tourists

Politics

VP Urges Bulgarians in Ukraine to Be More Involved with Bulgaria
Greece Insulted by Bulgarian PM's Makaza Remark - Report
Bulgarian President Calls Up National Security Council
Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Defends EU Cohesion Policy in Berlin
Bulgaria Retains Front Place by Adverse Rulings of ECHR
EU to Finance Training of Bulgarian Police Investigators
PES Leader: Bulgaria Won't Join Schengen Soon
Bulgarian Top Cop Seeks to Up Police Pay in Protests Eve
Kuneva Alarms of Greek Scenario over Fake Bulgarian Stats
Bulgarian PM: We Love Quake-Shaken City, Opposition Doesn't!

Society

Sofia Declares Free Independence Day Downtown Parking
Bulgarian Prosecutors Hold Supreme Judicial Council Election
Georgieva: Roma Integration Key for Bulgarian Labor Market
Bulgaria Braces for More Gusty Winds, Cooler Weather
Rammstein Announces 2nd Sofia Gig

Crime

Man Brandishing Gun at Bulgaria's Top Cop Sent to Psychiatry Ward
U-Turn Sentences in Bulgaria's Deadly Train Fire Case
Alleged Bulgarian SAPARD Fraudster Acquitted on All Charges
Court to Deliver Verdicts in Bulgarian Train Tragedy Case

World

3 Killed in Pakistan 'Innocence of Muslims' Clashes
Czech Republic's Prague Airport Officially Renamed after Vaclav Havel
Poland Angered by Ukrainian Graveyard Fashion Shoot
Anti-Muslim Film Was 'Excuse' for Attacks, Obama Says
Italy, Switzerland Included in US Piracy Blacklist
Czech Republic Bans Export of Spirits over Deadly Bootleg Liqour

Novinite Insider

??EU and the Great Expectations of Bulgaria's Independent Journalists

Business

Bulgarian Economy on Path of Recovery - Study

Bulgaria's economy is showing some "shy" signs of recovery, according to the Chairman of the Bulgarian Chamber of Trade and Industry, (BCTI), Tsvetan Simeonov.

Business | September 21, 2012, Friday // 16:47

Suspicious Public Tender Mars Bulgarian MPs New Cars

Porsche BG is the only company allowed by the public tender committee to enter the last stage of the Bulgarian Parliament's order for new automobiles.

Business | September 21, 2012, Friday // 16:06

Bulgarian Businesses Invited to Invest in Antarctica

Bulgaria's business sector has the opportunity to invest in the Antarctic as long as it is interested in doing so, according to the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).

Business | September 21, 2012, Friday // 12:31

Turkey Computer Glitch Causes Turkish-Bulgarian Border Jam

About four-kilometers-long truck line has formed Friday at the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapakule border crossing point between Bulgaria and Turkey.

Business | September 21, 2012, Friday // 11:47

French Total Pays EUR 48 M for Oil, Gas Exploration in Bulgaria

Bulgaria has already received EUR 48 M from French Total, which will be drilling for oil and gas off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, according to Delyan Dobrev, Minister of Energy, Economy and Tourism.

Business » Energy | September 21, 2012, Friday // 14:15

Bulgaria Boasts 34% Increase in Russian Tourists

Alexander Radkov, Chairman of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency and Ivo Marinov, Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism informed about a 34% y/y increase in the number of Russian tourists to Bulgaria in the period January-September 19.

Business » Tourism | September 21, 2012, Friday // 17:47

Politics

VP Urges Bulgarians in Ukraine to Be More Involved with Bulgaria

The historic ethnic Bulgarian community in Ukraine is a "constructive" part of Bulgaria, and must play a greater role in Bulgarian society, according to Vice President Margarita Popova.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 21, 2012, Friday // 20:07

Greece Insulted by Bulgarian PM's Makaza Remark - Report

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has allegedly insulted Greece authorities by saying that his country is ready to pave with asphalt 1.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 21, 2012, Friday // 12:41

Bulgarian President Calls Up National Security Council

Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, is calling Friday a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security, KSNS.

Politics » Defense | September 21, 2012, Friday // 12:49

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Defends EU Cohesion Policy in Berlin

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has spoken out in favor of preserving the Cohesion Policy of the European Union during a meeting with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle in Berlin.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 21, 2012, Friday // 19:30

Bulgaria Retains Front Place by Adverse Rulings of ECHR

Bulgaria has one of the highest conviction rates at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, according to ECHR statistics.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 21, 2012, Friday // 16:11

EU to Finance Training of Bulgarian Police Investigators

Financing in the amount of BGN 1 M from the EU Operational Program Administrative Capacity will be used for improving the capacity of Bulgarian investigators.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 21, 2012, Friday // 15:25

PES Leader: Bulgaria Won't Join Schengen Soon

Bulgaria does not stand any chance to enter the Schengen Agreement during ruling centrist-right GERB's term in power, according to Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Party of European Socialists.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 21, 2012, Friday // 13:50

Bulgarian Top Cop Seeks to Up Police Pay in Protests Eve

Salaries of policemen can be upped by 5% to 7% with their social benefits remaining at the same level, says Bulgarian Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

Politics » Domestic | September 21, 2012, Friday // 17:21

Kuneva Alarms of Greek Scenario over Fake Bulgarian Stats

Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's former EU Commissioner who is now the leader of her own political party "Bulgaria for Citizens" is warning of a huge "disaster" over tempering with national statistics data.

Politics » Domestic | September 21, 2012, Friday // 14:01

Bulgarian PM: We Love Quake-Shaken City, Opposition Doesn't!

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has claimed that his centrist-right GERB party "loves" the city of Pernik that was jolted by a strong quake in May, unlike the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party.

Politics » Domestic | September 21, 2012, Friday // 11:16

Society

Sofia Declares Free Independence Day Downtown Parking

Parking in downtown Sofia, in the so-called Blue zone, on Saturday, September 22, which is Independence Day, will be free of charge.

Society | September 21, 2012, Friday // 14:32

Bulgarian Prosecutors Hold Supreme Judicial Council Election

Four more members of Bulgaria's new Supreme Judicial Council, VSS, from the prosecutors' quota will be elected Friday.

Society | September 21, 2012, Friday // 13:13

Georgieva: Roma Integration Key for Bulgarian Labor Market

Bulgaria should integrate its Roma, since it would be an important step for the country's labor market, Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva.

Society | September 21, 2012, Friday // 09:08

Bulgaria Braces for More Gusty Winds, Cooler Weather

Code yellow has been declared for 21 Bulgarian regions Friday over the forecast for gusty winds.

Society » Environment | September 21, 2012, Friday // 11:25

Rammstein Announces 2nd Sofia Gig

German band Rammstein has announced its second concert in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Society » Culture | September 21, 2012, Friday // 14:12

Crime

Man Brandishing Gun at Bulgaria's Top Cop Sent to Psychiatry Ward

Mariyan Mirchev, the man who came out waving a handgun in front of the official cortege of Bulgaria's Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov, will be sent to a psychiatry clinic for 10 days.

Crime | September 21, 2012, Friday // 18:07

U-Turn Sentences in Bulgaria's Deadly Train Fire Case

The Appellate Court in the Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo ruled Friday on the tragic train fire case that killed nine people with reducing the sentences of two of the three defendants.

Crime | September 21, 2012, Friday // 12:12

Alleged Bulgarian SAPARD Fraudster Acquitted on All Charges

Bulgarian businessman Mario Nikolov and the other defendants in the country's highly publicized SAPARD money laundering case were acquitted on all charges by a Bulgarian court on Friday.

Crime | September 21, 2012, Friday // 10:28

Court to Deliver Verdicts in Bulgarian Train Tragedy Case

The Appellate Court in the Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo is to rule on Friday on the tragic 2008 fire in the Sofia-Kardam train that killed nine people.

Crime | September 21, 2012, Friday // 08:37

World

3 Killed in Pakistan 'Innocence of Muslims' Clashes

At least three people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Pakistani police and protesters over the low-budget US film "The Innocence of Muslims" that has sparked riots across the Islamic world.

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 19:08

Czech Republic's Prague Airport Officially Renamed after Vaclav Havel

The international airport in the capital of the Czech Republic has formally been named after Czech dissident, author, and former President Vaclav Havel, as the sign with Havel's name was installed on Friday.

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 15:57

Poland Angered by Ukrainian Graveyard Fashion Shoot

Poland has protested a photo exhibition by a Ukrainian fashion magazine featuring models posing next to graves of Polish World War I soldiers in Ukraine.

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 14:47

Anti-Muslim Film Was 'Excuse' for Attacks, Obama Says

Extremists used the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" as a pretext to carry out worldwide attacks, according to US President Barack Obama.

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 11:55

Italy, Switzerland Included in US Piracy Blacklist

Italy and Switzerland have made their first appearance on the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus' annual watch list of copyright offenders.

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 09:44

Czech Republic Bans Export of Spirits over Deadly Bootleg Liqour

The Czech government has imposed a ban on hard liquor exports following the deaths of 23 people, with the victims .

World | September 21, 2012, Friday // 08:08

Novinite Insider

??EU and the Great Expectations of Bulgaria's Independent Journalists

The few independent Bulgarian journalists are justified in being disappointed with the long-awaited meeting in Sofia with EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | September 21, 2012, Friday // 07:58
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