ARCHIVE - 5 February 2013
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Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport, Information Technology, and Communications has announced a new extension of the bid submission deadline for the service concession of the Tutrakan port terminal on the Danube River.
Business | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 13:42
Dimitar Gogov, CEO of state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz, has said that the company is gearing up for expansion on gas markets.
Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev has assured that the Bulgarian government has not changed its stance on the shale gas moratorium introduced in the beginning of 2012.
The Total-led consortium, which was awarded a concession for oil and gas exploration in the Khan Asparuh Black Sea block last year, will invest a total of BGN 1 B to EUR 1 B, according to Bulgarian Energy Minister Dobrev.
All workers of Bulgaria's state-owned military plant VMZ Sopot will go on a two-week leave during which the ones to be dismissed will be selected, according to Dimitar Atanasov from the Podkrepa Labor Confederation.
Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov held a meeting with ambassadors from Arab countries to Bulgaria right after the Bulgarian government implicated Hezbollah in the 2012 Burgas bus bombing.
Lebanon is ready to assist Bulgaria in investigating the 2012 Burgas bus bombing, stated Lebanese PM Najib Mikati Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the results from the Bulgarian probe into last year's terror attack in the Black Sea city of Burgas,
Bulgaria relies on the government of Lebanon for assistance in investigating the 2012 Burgas bus bombing, stated Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov, just after implicating Hezbollah in the attack.
Israel and the United States are waiting for an official Bulgarian statement on last year's Burgas bus bombing on Tuesday, according to an Israeli paper.
The Bulgarian government has not made a formal statement implicating Hezbollah for the 2012 Burgas bus bombing, according to leading Bulgarian Middle East expert Vladimir Chukov.
The Bulgarian government's implication of Hezbollah in the Burgas bus bombing is poorly founded and imperils the national security, argued opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev.
Security was tightened at the Bulgarian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has told local media.
An Australian national was involved in last year's deadly terror attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas, Bulgarian authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Two of the people who organized the July 2012 terror attack in Burgas, Bulgaria could have belonged to Hezbollah, according to Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
Bulgaria has identified two of the three persons who perpetrated the July 2012 terror attack against Israeli tourists in Burgas, stated Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
Bulgarian investigators have information suggesting that Hezbollah could have financed the July 2012 terror attack in Burgas, stated Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov Tuesday.
Investigation of the July 2012 anti-Israeli terror attack in Bulgaria is still under way and no final results can be announced at this point, stated President Rosen Plevneliev.
Bulgarian authorities have identified several people involved in last year's terror attack in the Black Sea city of Burgas, a Bulgarian Member of Parliament told reporters on Tuesday.
Bulgaria's Consultative Council for National Security is convening Tuesday to discuss the attack against ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan.
The EU needs to consider carefuly all data from the investigation of the 2012 Burgas bus bombing, stated Tuesday EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
EC spokesman Mark Gray has confirmed that the Commission has revealed the so-called oral assessment for Bulgaria under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture and Food is preparing an action plan to solve the problem with backyard slaughter of cattle for personal consumption by end-March to avoid EU penalty.
Bulgarian independent Member of the Parliament, Kiril Gumnerov, voiced indignation about Bulgarian politicians keeping silent all while another EU Member State is deriding Bulgaria.
Official data published at the website of Bulgaria's election authority suggest that 9,720 votes at the January 27 referendum on nuclear energy went uncounted.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has claimed that the police case for operative surveillance against him was launched because he has been a private bodyguard of Communist Dictator Todor Zhivkov and of former Tsar, Simeon Saxe-Coburg.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has once again condemned the gas pistol attack against former ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 points on the Richter scale has been registered in southwestern Bulgaria Tuesday, in the first hours of the new week.
Supporters of the existing full smoking ban for enclosed public spaces in Bulgaria will win overwhelmingly if a referendum takes place on the issue, according to a poll.
Prominent Bulgarian poet, writer, translator, and author of children's literature, Leda Mileva, has passed away Tuesday at the age of 93.
The Bulgarian Football Union has lost its appeal against the sanction levied against it by FIFA for supporter racism, it was made clear on Tuesday.
Sports | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 14:32
The Bulgarian government is to blame Hezbollah for last year's deadly terror attack in the coastal city of Burgas, according to The Commentator.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 15:19
An Australian national has emerged as a suspect in last year's terror attack in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas, according to two Western officials.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 13:44
Notorious Bulgarian drug lord Zlatomir Ivanov aka The Beret, who was shot last Tuesday in downtown Sofia, is in a state of medically-induced coma, according to local media.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 11:23
Two of the most respected and popular US dailies, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have published articles about anticipations Bulgaria will blame Tuesday Hezbollah for the Burgas terror act.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 11:19
Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov, is getting Tuesday a petition with 10 000 signatures demanding legal proceedings against the people thrashing the man who attacked ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 09:38
The site for investigative journalism Bivol.bg has published late Monday evening a new document further revealing that Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, was a target of the police in the 90s of the 20th century.
Crime | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 08:19
The Bulgarian government said Tuesday that two of the people behind a deadly bombing attack that targeted an Israeli tourist bus six months ago were believed to be members of the military wing of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Bulgaria is a small country located in the heart of the Balkans which managed to obtain EU membership six years ago.
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A meeting of top government officials and security personnel of this small Balkan country on Tuesday could have wide-reaching repercussions for Europe's uneasy d?tente with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah
"What they have done, I can cook it for all of you standing here today.
Quotes | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 12:45
The White House has interpreted as conclusive the Bulgarian government's Tuesday statement that Hezbollah might be involved in the 2012 Burgas bus bombing.
World | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 18:33
Council of Europe head Thorbjorn Jagland has called upon EU hopeful Turkey to to improve its dismal record on freedom of expression.
World | February 5, 2013, Tuesday // 15:47
An exclusive blitz interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with Bulgarian Arab Studies expert, prof. Vladimir Chukov, on the role of pro-Iranian Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Burgas Bus Bombing
An exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with Member of the European Parliament and leader of the nationalist British National Party Nick Griffin on the issue of Bulgarian and Romanian migrant labor in the UK.
Previously classified documents from the 90s, just published by the independent site for investigative journalism Bivol.
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