ARCHIVE - 28 September 2012
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Russian manufacturing plant Metrovagonmash has completed and shipped to Bulgaria its last two sets of subway cars for the Sofia Metro ahead of schedule, Russian media reported.
Business | September 28, 2012, Friday // 19:41
According to preliminary data from the 2011 survey, in 2010, 22.47% of Bulgaria's population lived below the poverty line.
Business | September 28, 2012, Friday // 14:01
In September 2012, the total business climate indicator in Bulgaria preserves its level from previous month as worsening of business conjuncture is observed only in the service sector.
Business | September 28, 2012, Friday // 13:24
Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) has demanded access to bank accounts without court permission.
The share of bad and restructured loans in Bulgaria decreased for the second consecutive month to 23.34% of total lending at the end of August, amounting to BGN 9.884 B, shows central bank data.
In August 2012, the production of diesel increased by 18.2% month on month to 208 thousand tons, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
The inspection of the petition of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for a referendum on the Belene NPP project has concluded, with 543 639 valid signatures, enough to make the vote irreversible.
The US company interested in investing in the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria's Danube town of Belene, is guaranteeing to Bulgaria's government an option to be part of the project if there is such will.
The American investment fund Quantum Group is going to finance the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria's Danube town of Belene.
The University of Brasilia, in the capital of Brazil, has awarded an honorary doctorate to Bulgarian diplomat and Latin American Studies Professor Rumen Stoyanov, announced the Bulgarian Embassy in Brasilia.
The Bulgarian community in the southern Italian city of Bari, which consists of 16 000 people, will have a Bulgarian Orthodox temple of its own, the Bulgarian Culture Ministry announced.
Marcie Ries, the United States new ambassador to Bulgaria, has already assumed her responsibilities, replacing James Warlick, the embassy announced.
Only 0.5% of the arable land in Bulgaria is used for organic farming, which places the country last in the EU by production and consumption of organic products.
The majority of EU Member States showed a considerable increase of motor cars exports between 2009 and 2011: exports grew particularly fast in Cyprus and Bulgaria, although their shares remain of minor importance, according to Eurostat data.
Bulgaria has the highest number of mosques per capita in Europe and the country ranks next to Arab countries with its total of 1200 mosques, according to data of Eurostat.
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, already has a new job for outgoing Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, and will nominate him to become a constitutional judge.
The openly lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire has been flooded with marriage proposals by men from around the world, including Bulgaria, after her father offered a USD 62.2 M dowry.
Society | September 28, 2012, Friday // 15:35
The son of famous Hollywood Director, Steven Spielberg, Sawyer Avery, has made his theatrical debut with a troupe, created by Bulgarian actor, Theodor Petlev.
Bulgarian archaeologists have found more gold and silver coins at the holy rock city of Perperikon, belonging to the largest ever medieval coin treasure in the country.
Fulham's new Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov will miss the club's visit of Manchester City on Saturday because of injury, the manager announced.
Sports | September 28, 2012, Friday // 18:37
Top Bulgarian criminal Yosif Yosifov aka Yosko, who caused a hellish accident in March, killing two, has tried to attract the attention to his health problems as he is waiting for his sentence.
Crime | September 28, 2012, Friday // 20:14
Former Bulgarian football referee Momchil Vraykov has been arrested in the city of Plovdiv on allegations of large-scale bank card draining worth millions of euros.
Crime | September 28, 2012, Friday // 17:02
The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik is to hold on October 29 a new hearing in the trial against 13 suspects who were allegedly preaching radical Islam in the country.
Crime | September 28, 2012, Friday // 12:01
The Syrian government said on Friday its security forces fought back a "decisive attack" by the rebel Free Syrian Army on Syria's second largest city, Aleppo.
World | September 28, 2012, Friday // 19:47
The man linked to the US-made film offensively depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad which triggered unrest across the Middle East, is been held without bond after a hearing in Los Angeles, California.
World | September 28, 2012, Friday // 11:15
A plane with nineteen passengers, heading for the Everest region has crashed in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, killing all on board.
World | September 28, 2012, Friday // 09:31
Bulgaria has wasted too much public energy on a tasteless, infantile hip-hop song metaphor in the colors of the national flag, misused in a pseudo-political kick-up in the past week.
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