ARCHIVE - 26 June 2013
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Stalled Nabucco Project Close to Official DeathShah Deniz Consortium Gives Up Nabucco WestMajor Reshuffles Hit Bulgaria’s N-Plant, Energy HoldingBulgaria's Mission in Russia Issues 200,000th Visa for 2013EC Presses Central, East Europe Members to Boost Roma IntegrationBulgaria to Support EU Policies against Youth UnemploymentParliament Chair: Crisis in Bulgaria Must Be Solved PeacefullyBulgarian President Woos Anti-Cabinet ProtestersBulgaria's Interior Min: No Cabinet Resignation ImminentBulgaria’s Govt Has Just One Move Left - Resignation, Analysts SayScores of Stock Breeders Rally against Bulgaria's Agriculture MinistryBulgarian NGOs Boycott Talks with ParliamentBulgaria's Trade Unions to Support Govt Until New Election Code is AdoptedNew Snap Polls Loom Large in BulgariaBulgarian Righists, Liberals Issue 4 Steps to Exit Political CrisisBulgaria Socialists: New Snap Polls if Nationalists Boycott ParliamentBulgaria's Socialists Call Urgent Meeting after Canceled Parliament SittingBulgaria's Parliament Not Working, That's a Problem - PMBulgaria's Rightist Goes on Hunger Strike, Wants Govt OutBulgarian Socialist MP Accuses GERB Party of Obstructing Election Code ChangesBulgaria's Interior Minister: Protesters Have Every Reason to ProtestBulgarian Socialist MP Booed by Anti-Govt ProtestersBulgarian Stock Breeders to Stage Protest over Govt InactionProtests Chant 'Mafia", "Resign" in front of Parliament Building in SofiaBulgarian MPs, NGOs, to Discuss Election Code AmendmentsBulgaria’s Naimova to Defend Herself over Doping Allegations in SeptThe Spirit of Protest in Brazil and Turkey Has Now Swept into BulgariaCoffee Protest in Sofia
Austrian oil and gas company OMV CEO Gerhard Roiss has issued a statement saying that his company views the Nabucco pipeline project as failed, after the Shah Deniz II consortium suggested it intends to ship gas to Europe via another route.
The Shah Deniz II consortium has suggested that it has chosen not to use Nabucco West for the transportation of natural gas from Azerbaijan's most promising field to Europe.
Bulgaria’s state energy holding company, which groups the country's top energy assets, including its sole nuclear power plant Kozloduy, has seen a new wave of reshuffles, it emerged on Wednesday.
8-year-old Russian girl Maria Bulava received the 200,000th Bulgarian visa issued to Russian citizens for 2013.
The European Commission has called on 5 EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, to do more to further the integration of their Roma citizens.
Embattled new Bulgarian PM Plamen Oresharski will take part in the June European Council in Brussels Thursday and Friday, when the issue of youth unemployment in the EU will be high on the agenda.
??Bulgarian Parliament Speaker Mihail Mikov has made a special address to the nation Wednesday evening, issuing strong criticism against verbal and physical assault against MPs at a rally earlier.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has issued a statement of support for ongoing protests against the government of PM Plamen Oresharski.
A resignation of Bulgaria's cabinet is not on the agenda, stated Minister of Interior Tsvetlin Yovchev Wednesday, when anti-government protests came to a new high.
Bulgaria’s embattled Socialist-backed government can do only one reasonable move – resign, pollsters claim.
About 30 members of the National Association of Stock Breeders protested on Wednesday at noon in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
14 leading Bulgarian NGOs have refused to discuss a reform of Bulgaria's Election Code with MPs, joining growing calls for a resignation pledge of Bulgarian PM Plamen Oresharski.
Representatives of Bulgarian trade unions have suggested that the current government should remain in office until a new Election Code is adopted, cautioning about mass strikes in the metallurgy and "ticking bombs" in the manufacturing sector.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party is also bracing up for new early elections in September amid fears the opposition will continue to hamper the work of parliament.
A number of important out of parliament rightist and centrist Bulgarian parties have united calling the swift resignation of cabinet, the drafting of new election rules and the calling of new snap elections in the fall.
Sergei Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, has suggested that a potential refusal of nationalist party Ataka to participate in the work of Parliament will lead to new snap elections.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has called an emergency meting over the increasingly complex political situation in the country amid ongoing anti-government protests.
Amid ongoing protests, Bulgaria’s prime minister has warned of the risk of a prolonged period of political instability.
Edvin Sugarev, poet, intellectual and former MP of the right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) party, is going on a hunger strike against the socialist-led government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.
Socialist MP Maya Manolova said Wednesday that the only party interested in obstructing Election Code amendments was center-right party GERB because they had drafted the legislation and were willing to take advantage of it once again.
Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev has said protesters have every reasons to protest, adding that the government is closely following their demands.
A crowd of anti-government protesters booed socialist MP Maya Manolova as she went out of the Parliament building tried to engage in conversation with them.
Bulgarian stock breeders will stage a protest over the uncertain future of the sector on Wednesday at noon in Sofia.
Around 1000protesters have gathered at the rear door of the Parliament building in downtown Sofia to demand the resignation of the socialist-led government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.
Against the backdrop of unceasing protests, Bulgaria's parliamentary committee on cooperation with civil organizations and movements will hold a public discussion of changes to election rules during its Wednesday sitting.
Bulgarian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova, who faces a life ban for doping, has asked to make her case in front of the country’s athletics federation no earlier than September.
Sports | June 26, 2013, Wednesday // 16:37
In recent weeks the world has been transfixed by protests in Turkey and Brazil. Fewer media outlets have reported on the anti-government protests in Bulgaria, now well into their second week. But make no mistake about it.
Wednesday morning.
Smiles | June 26, 2013, Wednesday // 16:19
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