ARCHIVE - 19 October 2012

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Business

Bulgarian Farmers Plant Double Wheat Acreage
Bulgarian Rulers: Referendum to Prove N-Plant's Futility
?French Investor Wants Defunct Airport in Bulgaria's Stara Zagora - Report
Bulgaria-Based Company to Operate Danube Bridge 2
President Plevneliev Encourages Bavarian Businesses to Invest in Bulgaria
FIFA Confirms Bulgaria's Bid to Host 2015 Beach World Cup
Bulgarians to Declare Income from Bank Deposit Interest
EconMin Strikes Bulgarian Oil Concessionaire, Predecessor Might Face Charges
Ex-EU Commissioner: Bulgaria's N-Plant Referendum Pointless
Bulgaria's Inquiry Committee to Probe All NPP Records

Politics

Bulgarian President Heading Off to Israel, Palestine
Bulgarian Ambassador to UK Presents Credentials to Queen Elizabeth
Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Backs Lifting Visas for Turkish Expats
Bulgarian-Korean Trade Tripled in 3 Years - Ambassador
EPP Reassures Bulgarian Rulers after Jeleva's Latest Failure
EU Leaders Agree on Common Bank Supervision
Bulgarian Administrative Bodies Equipped with 268 POS Terminals
Bulgaria to Set Up Tent Camp for Syrian Refugees in Harmanli
Demostrators Block Tribute to Bulgaria's 'Communist Princess'
Bulgaria's GERB Revises Solo NPP Referendum Question

Society

Bulgarian Transport Minister Injured in Car Crash
Bulgarian Top Cop to Ban Random Traffic Stops
Baumgartner's Supersonic Jump Inspired by Bulgarian
Bulgarian Soprano with Fabulous Debut in Chicago
Bulgaria Honors Miracle Worker St. Ivan Rilski
Bulgarian Archaeologists Rescue Thracian Treasure from Hwy Construction
?Underpaid Doctors Aborting Bulgarian Blood Transfusion Centers

Sports

Bulgarian PM Succeeds in Getting Football Clash Televised

Crime

2 Bulgarians Await Drug Trafficking Sentences by Malaysian Court
Austrian Police Rescue Kidnapped Bulgarian Woman
Bulgaria to Fine Oligarch for Obstructing Access to Beach
Bulgarian Ethnic Turkish MP Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail

World

Lebanese Intelligence Chief Killed in Massive Car Bomb Blast
France's Societe Generale to Sell Greek Unit to Piraeus Bank
NATO Chief: ISAF Withdrawal from Afghanistan On Track
Pussy Riot Member Appeals to European Court of Human Rights
8000 Evacuated in Budapest over Removal of WWII Bomb
Berlusconi Claims He Never Threw 'Bunga-Bunga' Parties
North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Strike' against South

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A Question of Life and Death, Literally

Business

Bulgarian Farmers Plant Double Wheat Acreage

Bulgarian agricultural producers have planted with more than double the amount of land they planted last year, according to data of the Agriculture Ministry's regional directorates.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 19:38

Bulgarian Rulers: Referendum to Prove N-Plant's Futility

The upcoming referendum on the fate of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant will prove that the project is pointless, according to Interior Minister Tsvetan Tstevatov.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 17:11

?French Investor Wants Defunct Airport in Bulgaria's Stara Zagora - Report

A large French construction company has expressed interested in investing in the defunct airport in the Southern Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 15:59

Bulgaria-Based Company to Operate Danube Bridge 2

The company which will operate Danube Bridge 2 will be based in Bulgaria, according to Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:52

President Plevneliev Encourages Bavarian Businesses to Invest in Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, who is on a two-day working visit to Bavaria, has sought to underscore the favorable investment environment in the country to local business representatives.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 13:34

FIFA Confirms Bulgaria's Bid to Host 2015 Beach World Cup

Bulgaria is among the 12 countries bidding to host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2012, FIFA has confirmed.

Business | October 19, 2012, Friday // 13:17

Bulgarians to Declare Income from Bank Deposit Interest

A number of Bulgarians will have to include soon in their tax declaration interest they have earned from their bank deposits, despite assurances of the opposite coming from the Finance Ministry.

Business » Finance | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:20

EconMin Strikes Bulgarian Oil Concessionaire, Predecessor Might Face Charges

The concession license of the Bulgarian company Lederbel for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea continental shelf and exclusive economic zone will be revoked.

Business » Energy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 13:50

Ex-EU Commissioner: Bulgaria's N-Plant Referendum Pointless

The upcoming referendum on the fate of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant project would be "a pointless exercise", according to the country's former EU Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva.

Business » Energy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:26

Bulgaria's Inquiry Committee to Probe All NPP Records

The temporary parliamentary inquiry committee, probing the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene in Bulgaria all the way back to 2002, has requested the full documentation on it.

Business » Energy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 09:57

Politics

Bulgarian President Heading Off to Israel, Palestine

Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is departing on a state visit to the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority early next week, the Presidency press service announced.

Politics » Diplomacy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 19:45

Bulgarian Ambassador to UK Presents Credentials to Queen Elizabeth

Bulgaria's new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James, Konstantin Dimitrov, has presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth.

Politics » Diplomacy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 16:34

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Backs Lifting Visas for Turkish Expats

Bulgaria would only benefit from the lifting of the visa regime for Turkish expats, according to Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov.

Politics » Diplomacy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 15:18

Bulgarian-Korean Trade Tripled in 3 Years - Ambassador

The trade between Bulgaria and South Korea increase by 300% in the last three years, according to data cited by South Korean Ambassador in Sofia Chun Bi-ho.

Politics » Diplomacy | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:18

EPP Reassures Bulgarian Rulers after Jeleva's Latest Failure

The European People's Party has reiterated its support for Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB after Rumiana Jeleva, the party's nominee for a second term in office as EPP Deputy Chair, was rejected.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:07

EU Leaders Agree on Common Bank Supervision

The EU leaders have agreed late Thursday at the Brussels summit to introduce a common mechanism for bank supervision in the Eurozone.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | October 19, 2012, Friday // 08:16

Bulgarian Administrative Bodies Equipped with 268 POS Terminals

The number of point of sale (POS) terminals at Bulgarian state administrative bodies has increased from 30 in 2011 to 268 by September 2012, according to data of Borika -Bankservice AD as cited by the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 18:04

Bulgaria to Set Up Tent Camp for Syrian Refugees in Harmanli

The military barracks in the southern Bulgarian town of Harmanli are undergoing urgent repair works to turn into a temporary refugee accommodation center within a month.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 12:23

Demostrators Block Tribute to Bulgaria's 'Communist Princess'

The start of the "scientific conference" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova, daughter of Communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was hurdled Friday by protesting people.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:56

Bulgaria's GERB Revises Solo NPP Referendum Question

The MPs from the Legal Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament voted late Thursday the edited version of the question of the referendum on the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene.

Politics » Domestic | October 19, 2012, Friday // 09:24

Society

Bulgarian Transport Minister Injured in Car Crash

Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has been injured in a car crash near the Northern Bulgarian town of Ugarchin.

Society | October 19, 2012, Friday // 15:03

Bulgarian Top Cop to Ban Random Traffic Stops

Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is working on ending random traffic stops and the bribing of traffic cops that often stems from them.

Society | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:38

Baumgartner's Supersonic Jump Inspired by Bulgarian

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-shattering jump from the stratosphere has been indeed inspired by Bulgarian Ivan Trifonov, it has been revealed.

Society | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:57

Bulgarian Soprano with Fabulous Debut in Chicago

Renowned Bulgarian soprano, Krassimira Stoyanova, has joined this fall the stars of the Chicago Lyric Opera, which is the second largest theater in North America.

Society » Culture | October 19, 2012, Friday // 12:47

Bulgaria Honors Miracle Worker St. Ivan Rilski

Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria commemorate on October 19 Saint Ivan Rilski, known as the Miracle Worker and also celebrated as the patron of Bulgaria.

Society » Culture | October 19, 2012, Friday // 08:41

Bulgarian Archaeologists Rescue Thracian Treasure from Hwy Construction

A real archaeological treasure has popped out underneath the "Struma" highway construction works in western Bulgaria.

Society » Archaeology | October 19, 2012, Friday // 10:39

?Underpaid Doctors Aborting Bulgarian Blood Transfusion Centers

All six doctors and half of the nurses and lab staff at the Regional Blood Transfusion Center in Bulgaria's Stara Zagora are quitting because of their low salaries.

Society » Health | October 19, 2012, Friday // 18:31

Sports

Bulgarian PM Succeeds in Getting Football Clash Televised

The upcoming football game between Sofia archrivals Levski and CSKA will be broadcast by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), it has been announced.

Sports | October 19, 2012, Friday // 12:42

Crime

2 Bulgarians Await Drug Trafficking Sentences by Malaysian Court

A Malaysian court is to issue in end-October the first instance verdicts of two Bulgarians arrested on drug trafficking charges.

Crime | October 19, 2012, Friday // 17:22

Austrian Police Rescue Kidnapped Bulgarian Woman

The police in the Austrian capital Vienna have rescued a Bulgarian woman and her 2-year-old daughter from a man who kidnapped them.

Crime | October 19, 2012, Friday // 16:59

Bulgaria to Fine Oligarch for Obstructing Access to Beach

Bulgarian authorities will fine the Rusalka Holidays company owned by notorious oligarch Nikolay Banev and his wife Evgeniya for illegally obstructing the access to a state-owned Black Sea beach.

Crime | October 19, 2012, Friday // 16:11

Bulgarian Ethnic Turkish MP Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail

The Sofia City Court has sentenced Mithat Tabakov, MP from ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, to four years in prison for accepting an exceptionally large bribe.

Crime | October 19, 2012, Friday // 15:58

World

Lebanese Intelligence Chief Killed in Massive Car Bomb Blast

A top-ranking Lebanese security officer who died in a massive car bomb blast in Beirut on Friday may have been the intended target of the attack, local media reported.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 18:17

France's Societe Generale to Sell Greek Unit to Piraeus Bank

French bank Societe Generale announced Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Piraeus Bank to sell its entire 99.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 17:50

NATO Chief: ISAF Withdrawal from Afghanistan On Track

NATO and Anghanistan's government have confirmed that the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will transfer full security responsibility to the Afghan military by the end of 2014, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Friday.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 16:47

Pussy Riot Member Appeals to European Court of Human Rights

Yekaterina Samutsevich, a member of the anti-Putin punk group Pussy Riot, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 15:13

8000 Evacuated in Budapest over Removal of WWII Bomb

Some 8000 people living near a Danube bridge in Hungary's Budapest have been evacuated, as demolition experts prepare to remove a half ton bomb from World War II.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:47

Berlusconi Claims He Never Threw 'Bunga-Bunga' Parties

Former Italian Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi has denied links to underage prostitutes and refuted misuse of office charges.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 14:37

North Korea Threatens 'Merciless Strike' against South

North Korea has threatened a military response if South Korean activists air-drop anti-North propaganda leaflets over its territory.

World | October 19, 2012, Friday // 11:06

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Novinite Insider » Editorial | October 19, 2012, Friday // 12:45
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