EC Gives Green Light for Bulgarian Telco Purchase
The European Commission gave Monday the green light for the purchase of Bulgarian telecom Vivacom by the country's Corporate Commercial Bank and the Russian bank VTB.
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The European Commission gave Monday the green light for the purchase of Bulgarian telecom Vivacom by the country's Corporate Commercial Bank and the Russian bank VTB.
Two members of Bulgaria's Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) have trained public procurement applicants how to take advantage of mistakes and omissions by contractors to appeal the deals.
Bulgarian producers have expressed their concerns over a recent call by MEPs for a EU-wide ban on the production and sale of foie gras.
The deficit of Bulgaria's General Government Sector in 2011 amounted to BGN 1 535 M or 2.0% of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has made it clear it is "open" for talks with Bulgaria over a EUR 1 B international arbitration suit over the terminated project for a second Bulgarian nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene.
Russian oil giant Rosneft announced landmark deals on Monday to buy 100 % of TNK-BP from British oil major BP and the AAR consortium of Russian billionaire shareholders.
The right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party has once again declared that it does not support the planned referendum on the fate of Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant project.
Bulgaria seeks to develop the Nabucco West gas pipeline project in two phases, according to Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev.
Bulgarian Renewable Energy producers are to stage a fresh protest against against the newly introduced fee for accessing the networks of the three power distributors operating in the country, CEZ, Energo-Pro and EVN.
The workers of VMZ Sopot, Bulgaria's largest military industrial plant, are set for a one-hour warning strike to protest the fact that their salaries have been delayed, a syndicate announced.
Bulgarian Prime Miinister Boyko Borisov has declared during a visit in Tirana that Bulgaria would like to buy as much bitumen, or asphalt, as Albania can provide.
Bulgaria's government has always insisted that all Balkan countries must join NATO and the EU, Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, declared in Albania.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has declared that his country seeks strong high tech cooperation with Israel.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and an official delegation left for a visit to Albania Monday morning.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is visiting Albania on Monday and Tuesday, as the two Balkan countries are looking to deepen their economic relations.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is visiting Israel on Monday and Tuesday, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nikoly Mladenov.
Greece's deficit and public debt for 2011 are higher than originally estimated, provisional figures released on Monday by the Greek national statistics authority showed.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has approved the bid of Tonio Borg to become Malta's new EU Commissioner after the resignation of John Dalli.
The Bulgaria for Citizens party of former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has proposed the establishment of a new ministerial portfolio for Bulgaria's Severozapaden (northwestern) region, the poorest NUTS 2 region in the EU.
In 2011, seventeen Member States had deficits higher than 3% of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, while Bulgaria with 2% and a 16.3% ratio of government debt to GDP is among the top achievers.
In June 2012, Bulgaria topped the Eurostat ranking for net occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments, scoring 89.4%
Bulgaria has EU's second highest rate of young people who are not engaged in any form of employment, education or training (NEET) – 24.6%.
An initiative committee has launched a petition to award posthumously to Gen. Vasil Delov the country's highest order Stara Planina.
The former leaders of Bulgaria's right-wing party Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, Martin Dimitrov (2008 – 2012) and MEP Nadezha Neyski (2002 – 2005) established over the weekend a new fraction in the party.
The three Roma teens seen on a picture mocking Bulgarian national heroes have been expelled from the professional high school for automobile transport in the eastern city of Dobrich.
Bulgarian mothers across the country took their babies and toddlers Monday to protest rallies against the Cabinet's social policy.
The monthly maintenance expenses for a four-member family in Bulgaria now total BGN 2 250, according to research of the Confederation of Independent Syndicates in Bulgaria (KNSB).
Sofia Contemporary – the first international festival for contemporary art in Bulgaria, is to offer to the citizens of Sofia diverse artistic experiences, traditional and new media, urban and interior art spaces.
Urinary incontinence is a symptom that hides a pathological condition of a serious disease.
The investigation into the July 18 terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria's Burgas will have a positive outcome, Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov believes.
The prosecutors in the tax evasion case against Bulgarian energy tycoon Hristo Kovachki has asked for it to be returned for retrial.
Three children born and raised in the Belgian town of Herstal have gone missing since Friday, with their father suspected to have abducted them.
The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp has died at the age of 108.
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Serbia's government plans to set up a new debt-free national airline, according to Finance and Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic.
Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said George Clooney will testify on his behalf, proving he did not have sex with an underage prostitute.
A gunman opened fire at a beauty salon in in Brookfield, Wisconsin, killing three people and wounding four others.
The convicted Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, have been transferred from the Moscow detention center to a penalty colony.
Incumbent US President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney are to face each other in their final presidential debate, focusing on foreign policy.
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