ARCHIVE - 4 August 2013
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Sofia should hold a referendum on the termination of the concession contract with water utility Sofiyska Voda in the period October 20 – November 5, according to Boris Tsvetkov, MP from the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Business | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 17:55
Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, says that a possible presidential veto on the revised State budget 2013 will be detrimental for the planned measures for the disadvantaged people and for repaying what is owed to the business.
The owner of the Oranovo coal mine has two weeks to bring the operations in line with legal requirements, according to Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will not have a summer holiday this year as his work schedule for August is full.
Keeping peace and avoiding violence during the protest rallies is the top priority of Sofia Mayor, Yordanka Fandakova, according to her own words.
Bulgarian National Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev says nearly two-months of relentless anti-government protests show the country is in political crisis.
Bulgaria's National Center for Study of Public Opinion (NCIOM) will be closed, according to the Speaker of the Parliament, Mihail Mikov.
Hundreds of Bulgarians have taken once again to the streets of the capital Sofia Saturday evening to demand the resignation of the country's government for a 51st day in a row.
A public prayer for national unity and moral transformation of the Bulgarian people will be held at 6.30 pm on August 6 at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.
Society | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 19:20
A group of Bulgarian intellectuals have sent a letter to Patriarch Neofit, asking him to hold a national prayer for the spiritual union and moral resurrection of the country's people.
Society | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 14:51
Bulgarian Environment Minister Iskra Mihaylova, reiterated somewhat her explanation about the mass dismissal of senior officials in her sector, saying they stemmed from delays in projects funded by the EU Operational Program Environment.
A total of 11 schools in Bulgaria will be closed in September and some 34 other face the threat of closure, according to the Bulgarian Teachers Trade Union.
Beginning Sunday, August 4th, as well as the following Sundays until the end of the month different streets in downtown Sofia, will be closed for vehicles under the project called "Sofia Breathes.
Officers of the Regional Border Police Directorate in Elhovo have detained 29 illegal immigrants, including 28 Syrian nationals and an Iraqi national, on the territory of the southeast village of Valcha Polyana.
Crime | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 16:38
A prank call alerting of a new tragedy in the Oranovo coal mine in southwestern Bulgaria has sent local police on a wild chase Saturday evening.
Crime | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 11:51
The US has decided to close Sunday 21 embassies and consulates across the globe and up security measures over information for looming terrorist threats.
World | August 4, 2013, Sunday // 10:37
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