ARCHIVE - 7 August 2013

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Business

Bulgaria Govt Drags Its Feet over Mux EU Trial
Bulgaria to Delay Analogue Switch-Off over DTT Assistance
Bulgaria’s PM Slams President for Veto on Budget Update
Bulgaria's President Imposes Partial Veto on Budget Revision Act
Bulgarian President Expected to Slap Veto on Controversial Budget Update
Bulgaria's Electricity Exports Reach 1600 MW/h
Bulgarian Energy Minister: Maritsa Iztok Miners to Keep Their Jobs

Politics

Bulgaria's Foreign Min Backs Bokova for 2nd Term as UNESCO Chief
Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Leader: President Must Shoulder Responsibility for Budget Update Veto
Bulgaria's Ex-PM Demands Immediate Parliament Sitting over Partially Vetoed Budget Update
?Bulgarian MPs to Attend Extraordinary Parliament Sitting over Budget Update Veto
Bulgaria's Govt Adopts 24 Measures to Cut Red Tape
Bulgarian Foreign Min Slams President over Expected Veto on Budget Update
Bulgarian Government to Skip Summer Break

Society

Bulgarian Anti-Govt Protesters Set Up 'Protest Network' Association
Harrison Ford Replaces Bruce Willis in Bulgaria-Shot Expendables 3
Grammy-Winning Jazz Icon George Duke Dies at 67

Sports

Verona Snap Up Bulgarian Keeper Mihaylov
Bulgaria’s Dimitrov Suffers Defeat in Montreal Masters First Round
Bulgaria's Ludogorets See Off Partizan to Reach Champions League Playoff

Crime

Man Murdered Near Casino in Bulgaria's Sofia Was Lawyer
Young Man Murdered Near Casino in Bulgaria's Sofia

Lifestyle

Bulgaria-Born Nina Dobrev Gorgeous on Cosmopolitan Cover

Views on BG

Bulgarian Protests: Gearing up for September

Quotes

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World

Yemen Said to Have Foiled Major Al-Qaeda Plot
Obama to Attend G20 Summit in Russia despite Snowden, Gay Hate Bill

Novinite Insider

Pollster Mira Radeva: New Elections Only Way Out for Bulgaria
Bulgaria's Govt Should Hear the Business Sector

Business

Bulgaria Govt Drags Its Feet over Mux EU Trial

Eight months after Brussels referred Bulgaria to the EU court over the controversial tenders for the operation of what will be the country's DTT multiplexes, Bulgaria still has no official position.

Business | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 16:43

Bulgaria to Delay Analogue Switch-Off over DTT Assistance

Bulgaria's government will seek to extend, yet again, the deadline for the analogue switch-off, set for September 1, 2013, citing delay in tenders for free DTT receivers.

Business | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 16:01

Bulgaria’s PM Slams President for Veto on Budget Update

Bulgaria’s Socialist-led government has slammed President Rosen Plevneliev after he vetoed a budget revision on Wednesday.

Business » Finance | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 21:00

Bulgaria's President Imposes Partial Veto on Budget Revision Act

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has imposed a partial veto on the Law on Amending and Supplementing the State Budget Act for 2013.

Business » Finance | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 14:42

Bulgarian President Expected to Slap Veto on Controversial Budget Update

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is to announce at a press conference Wednesday his decision whether to veto a controversial budget update passed by Parliament last week.

Business » Finance | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 08:42

Bulgaria's Electricity Exports Reach 1600 MW/h

Bulgaria's electricity exports have reached a level of 1600 MW/h, registering a substantial increase from the rate of 128 MW/h in May 2013, according to reports of the Ministry of Economy and Energy (MIET).

Business » Energy | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 16:56

Bulgarian Energy Minister: Maritsa Iztok Miners to Keep Their Jobs

Bylgaria's minister of Economy and Energy, Dragomir Stoynev , has assured that discharges will not be made in the Maritza Iztok Complex – the largest energy complex in Bulgaria, located in Stara Zagora Province.

Business » Energy | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 11:31

Politics

Bulgaria's Foreign Min Backs Bokova for 2nd Term as UNESCO Chief

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has backed the nomination of Bulgarian Irina Bokova, the current Director- General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for her second term on the post.

Politics » Diplomacy | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 14:47

Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Leader: President Must Shoulder Responsibility for Budget Update Veto

Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), has said that Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev must be capable of handling the responsibility arising from the budget update veto.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 21:03

Bulgaria's Ex-PM Demands Immediate Parliament Sitting over Partially Vetoed Budget Update

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has demanded an immediate extraordinary sitting of Parliament over the presidential veto on provisions of the recently adopted budget update.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 20:27

?Bulgarian MPs to Attend Extraordinary Parliament Sitting over Budget Update Veto

Bulgarian Parliament Chair Mihail Mikov has called an extraordinary sitting of Parliament at 10 am on August 30, 2013, over the partial veto imposed by President Rosen Plevneliev on the Law on Amending and Supplementing the State Budget Act for 2013.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 19:51

Bulgaria's Govt Adopts 24 Measures to Cut Red Tape

Bulgaria's government has adopted its first package of 24 measures aimed at reducing the regulatory burden.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 16:17

Bulgarian Foreign Min Slams President over Expected Veto on Budget Update

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has joined the choir of government voices criticizing President Rosen Plevneliev, who is expected to issue a veto on a controversial budget revision later on Wednesday.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 10:59

Bulgarian Government to Skip Summer Break

Ministers in Bulgarian Parliament will not have a summer break, it has been announced.

Politics » Domestic | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 10:36

Society

Bulgarian Anti-Govt Protesters Set Up 'Protest Network' Association

Regular participants in the anti-government demonstrations in Bulgaria have announced the establishment of an association titled "protest network" aimed at preserving the accumulated protest energies and achieving the goal of resignation of the Cabinet an

Society | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 18:21

Harrison Ford Replaces Bruce Willis in Bulgaria-Shot Expendables 3

Harrison Ford has replaced Bruce Willis in the third edition of the start-packed action adventure franchise Expendables, which is to be shot in Bulgaria.

Society » Culture | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 12:27

Grammy-Winning Jazz Icon George Duke Dies at 67

George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul, has died. He was 67.

Society » Obituaries | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 18:38

Sports

Verona Snap Up Bulgarian Keeper Mihaylov

Italian side Hellas Verona have completed the signing of Bulgarian international goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov.

Sports | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 13:08

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov Suffers Defeat in Montreal Masters First Round

Spain’s Marcel Granollers has defeated Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in the first round at Montreal Masters.

Sports | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 12:55

Bulgaria's Ludogorets See Off Partizan to Reach Champions League Playoff

Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad made history on Tuesday, as the team secured its first ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League play-offs by defeating Serbian giants Partizan Belgrade 3:1 on aggregate.

Sports | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 07:48

Crime

Man Murdered Near Casino in Bulgaria's Sofia Was Lawyer

The 36-year old man, who was murdered in front of a casino in the Bulgarian capital, worked as a lawyer at the local heating utility, according to media reports.

Crime | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 17:57

Young Man Murdered Near Casino in Bulgaria's Sofia

A 36 – year old man has been murdered in front of the “Millennium”casino in the Krasno selo district in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Crime | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 09:46

Lifestyle

Bulgaria-Born Nina Dobrev Gorgeous on Cosmopolitan Cover

Bulgarian-born actress Nina Dobrev is Cosmopolitan's September cover girl and she is looking absolutely gorgeous.

Lifestyle | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 14:07

Views on BG

Bulgarian Protests: Gearing up for September

They may have reduced somewhat, but protests in the Bulgarian capital Sofia are continuing throughout August, as demonstrators push to keep up the pressure on their government.

Views on BG | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 12:15

Quotes

Today's Quote

“If a guy spends more time looking in the mirror than I do, that's problem!”Bulgarian-born actress Nina Dobrev, Cosmopolitan's September cover girl, in an interview for the magazine

Quotes | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 16:59

World

Yemen Said to Have Foiled Major Al-Qaeda Plot

Yemen says it has foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports, international media inform.

World | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 14:38

Obama to Attend G20 Summit in Russia despite Snowden, Gay Hate Bill

US President Barack Obama has confirmed his intention to attend the Group of Twenty summit in Russia’s St.

World | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 09:05

Novinite Insider

Pollster Mira Radeva: New Elections Only Way Out for Bulgaria

Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with pollster Mira Radeva, head of MBMD agency

Novinite Insider » Interview | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 11:36

Bulgaria's Govt Should Hear the Business Sector

Bulgaria’s economic environment should be made foreseeable for the business to operate, according to the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | August 7, 2013, Wednesday // 11:58
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