ARCHIVE - 25 September 2012

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Business

Bulgaria, Qatar Optimistic on Building Major Motorway
Bulgarian Restaurants Suffer Huge Losses over Smoking Ban
Bulgarian EconMin Too Assuages Natural Gas Shortage Fears
Bulgargaz CEO: Bulgaria Won't Suffer Natural Gas Shortage
Bulgaria to Deplete Natural Gas Reserves by 2013 - Report
Hungary's MOL Sees Stake in Nabucco Pipeline Drop
Bulgarian Mines Contract Risk Engineering for Energy Efficiency
Grid Access Fee to Prevent Electricity Price Hike in 2013 – Bulgarian Watchdog
Bulgaria's State-Owned Gas Supplier with Debts of BGN 300 M
Putin's Friend Eyes Energy Trading in Bulgaria
Uzbekistan Firm 'Offers' Trips to First Bulgarian Empire

Politics

Bulgaria Worried by Violence in Syria, President Tells UN
Anick Van Calster Replaces Michielsen as Belgium's Ambassador to Bulgaria
NATO Now Focused on Arab Spring Effects – ACB President
US Pleased with Bulgarian Response to Burgas Terror Attack
US Secret Service Heap Praise for Bulgarian Counterparts
EP Anti-Mafia Committee Refuses Bulgarian PM Hearing
Bulgarian AgriMin Confirms No EC Ban on Turkish Tobacco
EU Confirms Recommendations in Bulgaria, Romania CVM Reports
Bulgarian Supreme Magistrates Nominate Constitutional Court Judge
Bulgarian Customs Agency Head Backs Relocation of Key Agencies

Society

Bulgarian Police Threaten VIP Traffic Violators with Black List
Bulgarians Tend to Dislike Roma, Chinese - Study
New York Jews to Mark Anniversary of Bulgarian World War II Rescue
Bulgarian Teens Alarmingly Illiterate, Study Shows
Bulgarian Language Faces Digital Extinction - Study

Sports

Fulham Goalie: Berbatov Is Excellent, Helps Youngsters

Crime

Bulgarian Investigators to Interrogate 'Cocaine Ship' Sailors in Spain
Bulgarian ATM Fraudsters Stir Turmoil in Uganda Court – Report

World

Blast Kills 7 in Kurdish-Populated Part of Turkey
Obama Denounces 'Innocence of Muslims', Defends Freedom
Nuclear Iran Threatens Israel's Existence, Obama Tells UN
Czechs Find Source of Deadly Bootleg Liquor

Business

Bulgaria, Qatar Optimistic on Building Major Motorway

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said that he remains optimistic on the construction of the Ruse-Svilengrad motorway, despite Turkey's decision to exit the project.

Business | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 13:48

Bulgarian Restaurants Suffer Huge Losses over Smoking Ban

The Bulgarian restaurant sector is registering record losses over the full smoking ban, according to the Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, Atanas Dimitrov.

Business | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 12:52

Bulgarian EconMin Too Assuages Natural Gas Shortage Fears

After the head of Bulgarian state firm Bulgargaz, Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev has also sought to assuage the fears that the nation might end up with a natural gas shortage in early 2013.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 19:32

Bulgargaz CEO: Bulgaria Won't Suffer Natural Gas Shortage

Dimitar Gogov, CEO of state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz, has assured that Bulgaria will not face a gas supply shortage in 2013.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 18:02

Bulgaria to Deplete Natural Gas Reserves by 2013 - Report

Bulgaria will end up with a shortage of natural gas by January 2013, as its state company Bulgargaz plans to use over half of the amount in its storage facility in Chiren, a report says.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 17:46

Hungary's MOL Sees Stake in Nabucco Pipeline Drop

Hungary's MOL has not paid its quarterly contribution to Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH and has therefore lost its status as an equal partner in the consortium.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 16:01

Bulgarian Mines Contract Risk Engineering for Energy Efficiency

Bulgarian company Risk Engineering AD has been contracted to boost the energy efficiency of the heavy mining equipment at the state-owned Mini Maritsa Iztok EAD (Maritsa Iztok Mines).

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 14:46

Grid Access Fee to Prevent Electricity Price Hike in 2013 – Bulgarian Watchdog

Angel Semerdzhiev, Chair of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR), has claimed that some producers of renewable electricity were connected to the grid illegally.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 13:20

Bulgaria's State-Owned Gas Supplier with Debts of BGN 300 M

Bulgarian state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz has warned about a potential scarcity of natural gas in the first quarter of 2013.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 12:03

Putin's Friend Eyes Energy Trading in Bulgaria

A company, whose cofounder and shareholder is known as a close friend of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has requested a permit to trade electric power in Bulgaria.

Business » Energy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 11:35

Uzbekistan Firm 'Offers' Trips to First Bulgarian Empire

A tourist firm from Uzbekistan has mistakenly attached a map of the First Bulgarian Empire to an article advertising tours in Bulgaria.

Business » Tourism | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 19:17

Politics

Bulgaria Worried by Violence in Syria, President Tells UN

Bulgaria is gravely concerned over the ongoing violence in Syria, where the regime of Bashar al-Assad is tangled in a civil war, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has told the UN General Assembly.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 20:51

Anick Van Calster Replaces Michielsen as Belgium's Ambassador to Bulgaria

Anick Van Calster has replaced Marc Michielsen as the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Republic of Bulgaria.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 15:57

NATO Now Focused on Arab Spring Effects – ACB President

The current focus of NATO is to the east, especially on the Arab world nations that have undergone the so called Arab Spring revolutions, Solomon Passy, President of the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, declared at an international conference in Sofia.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 15:21

US Pleased with Bulgarian Response to Burgas Terror Attack

The US highly appreciates the response of Bulgarian authorities to the Burgas terrorist attack in August, according to John Brennan, President Barack Obama's chief counterterrorism official.

Politics » Diplomacy | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 08:29

US Secret Service Heap Praise for Bulgarian Counterparts

The US Secret Service give exceptionally high marks to its partnership with the operational units of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.

Politics » Defense | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 12:12

EP Anti-Mafia Committee Refuses Bulgarian PM Hearing

The Coordinating Council of the EP's CRIM has decided to not hold a public hearing on the alleged criminal past of Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 15:20

Bulgarian AgriMin Confirms No EC Ban on Turkish Tobacco

The European Commission doesn't plan to ban the growing and processing of Turkish tobacco, Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Naydenov, reiterated from Brussels.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 14:39

EU Confirms Recommendations in Bulgaria, Romania CVM Reports

The Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions regarding the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) reports for Bulgaria and Romania.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 12:36

Bulgarian Supreme Magistrates Nominate Constitutional Court Judge

Judges from Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) and the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS) have selected Georgi Angelov as their their representative at the Constitutional Court (KS).

Politics » Domestic | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 16:40

Bulgarian Customs Agency Head Backs Relocation of Key Agencies

Bulgarian Customs Agency head Vanyo Tanov has declared that he is in favor of the government's efforts to move important state agencies to cities other than the capital Sofia.

Politics » Domestic | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 09:33

Society

Bulgarian Police Threaten VIP Traffic Violators with Black List

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry is planning to generate a "black list" of public figures who have disobeyed traffic laws.

Society | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 13:23

Bulgarians Tend to Dislike Roma, Chinese - Study

Bulgarians seem to dislike the Roma minority and Chinese people, according to a study conducted by Open Society.

Society | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 10:10

New York Jews to Mark Anniversary of Bulgarian World War II Rescue

The Bulgarian Jewish community in New York is to take part in marking the 70th anniversary since the Balkan country's historic rescue of 50 000 Jews from Nazi concentration camps in 1943.

Society | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 09:00

Bulgarian Teens Alarmingly Illiterate, Study Shows

An alarming percentage of sixteen-year old Bulgarians are illiterate, according to the Zaedno v Chas (Together in Class) NGO study.

Society » Education | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 14:00

Bulgarian Language Faces Digital Extinction - Study

Bulgarian is among the 21 major languages spoken in Europe that are in danger of digital extinction, according to a new study called "Europe's Languages in the Digital Age".

Society » Culture | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 14:48

Sports

Fulham Goalie: Berbatov Is Excellent, Helps Youngsters

Fulham's experienced goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has praised the club's new Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov singling him out as the club's star signing of the summer transfer window.

Sports | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 10:50

Crime

Bulgarian Investigators to Interrogate 'Cocaine Ship' Sailors in Spain

Bulgarian investigators will travel to Spain in order to interrogate the detained crew of the Bulgarian vessel Sveti Nikolay (Saint Nikolay), which was captured with 3 metric tons of cocaine in August, announced Borislav Sarafov, head of Bulgaria's Specia

Crime | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 16:54

Bulgarian ATM Fraudsters Stir Turmoil in Uganda Court – Report

A group of four Bulgarians arrested in Uganda's capital Kampala on allegations of operating an ATM skimming scam have "barricaded" themselves in a courtroom, according to a local media report.

Crime | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 11:35

World

Blast Kills 7 in Kurdish-Populated Part of Turkey

An explosion hit a vehicle carrying Turkish security forces in an eastern province on Tuesday, killing six of them as well as a civilian passer-by.

World | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 20:22

Obama Denounces 'Innocence of Muslims', Defends Freedom

US President Barack Obama has called the low-budget movie "The Innocence of Muslims, which sparked anti-American violence in the Muslim world, "crude and disgusting" but defended the right to free speech that allowed posting it online.

World | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 19:10

Nuclear Iran Threatens Israel's Existence, Obama Tells UN

A nuclear-armed Iran would threaten Israel's existence, the security of the Persian Gulf nations, and global economic stability, US President Barack Obama has told UN General Assembly.

World | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 17:33

Czechs Find Source of Deadly Bootleg Liquor

Czech police authorities have found a source of methyl-alcohol used to taint drinks after contaminated beverages killed at least 25 people in the country over the past weeks.

World | September 25, 2012, Tuesday // 08:05
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