Number of Protesters in Sofia Diminishes on Day 16
Around 300 protesters gathered Monday evening at the Orlov Most junction in downtown Sofia on the 16th day of protests.
Around 300 protesters gathered Monday evening at the Orlov Most junction in downtown Sofia on the 16th day of protests.
Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar is sitting Monday on the jury of the prestigious European Business Awards (EBA).
The Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition, KZK, has imposed a fine of BGN 338 094 on the Sofia municipal heating utility "Toplofikatziya" for a monopoly position on the shared distribution of heating energy.
Sofia heating utility Toplofikatsia Sofia will appeal the penalty imposed by Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (KZK) for abuse of dominant position within the statutory deadline of 14 days.
All six members of Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) have resigned last week, according to the press center of the watchdog.
Employees in the troubled Bulgarian State-owned arms manufacturer, VMZ Sopot, are returning to work Monday after a 12-day paid leave.
The European People's Party (EPP) has voiced support for outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his center-right party GERB.
Romanian PM Victor Ponta has assured Britain that his compatriots will not rush to the country once labor market restrictions are lifted at the end of 2013.
The European Union's Agriculture Ministers have gathered in Brussels for talks that are focused on the growing horsemeat scandal in Europe.
Bulgaria's President, Rosen Plevneliev, pledged the country will have a caretaker government by the end of next week, adding he already had a recovery plan for the political crisis.
The GERB Chair of the parliamentary legal committee has suggested that the center-right party would have to resort to a lot to select the 20 MPs that would back an interim government headed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party or the ethnic Turkish DPS party.
Varna Mayor, Kiril Yordanov, declared at an emergency briefing Monday he was not going to resign from the post.
The outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, called on the two main opposition parties to turn politically responsible and form an interim government.
Bulgaria's ruling center-right GERB party expectedly turned down the mandate it received Monday for the formation of an interim government.
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is giving Monday the mandate to the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, to form an interim government.
Bulgaria's Chief Mufti, Mustafa Hadzhi, has extended congratulations to Bulgaria's new Orthodox Patriarch Neofit.
The protest rallies of Bulgarians against the political model, unbearable utility bills and wide-spread poverty continue Monday.
Eighteen workers and a bus driver have been injured in a crash early Monday morning near the Bulgarian Danube city of Ruse.
The new Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Neofit will serve his first solemn mass Monday after his election by the Holy Synod and official enthronement one day earlier.
At least 65 Bulgarian cities and towns will take part in this year's Earth Hour initiative scheduled to take place next month.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 points on the Richter scale has been registered in southwestern Bulgaria Sunday evening.
Bulgarian visual effects artist Lyubomir Hristov has won an Oscar for being part of the team working on the "Life of Pi" motion picture.
"Argo," directed by Ben Affleck has won the prize for best picture at the 85th Oscar awards Sunday.
Bulgarian heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev may not have to face another opponent before his eagerly anticipated fight with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top tennis player,has moved to No 33 in the ATP Ranking which is his all time best.
Thirty people have been detained in the Bulgarian capital Sofia after the official conclusion of the mass protest rally held Sunday.
Tens of thousands of people have joined angry protest marches across Bulgaria, after the resignation of the government failed to quell public fury over poverty and corruption.
Pier Luigi Bersani's center-left bloc is leading the race for both houses of Italy's Parliament, according to early exit polls from the country's general election.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.
What usually happens when a country's government resigns as a result of mass protests triggered by poverty, corruption and a lack of social justice? An opposition party wins the elections.
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