ARCHIVE - 30 August 2013
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The construction of a 34-km section of Bulgaria's Maritsa highway will be delayed by 6 months, with the new deadline set at June 2014, the Bulgarian Regional Development Ministry said Friday.
Business | August 30, 2013, Friday // 11:23
Bulgaria is ready to evacuate its citizens from Syria if their lives or health is in danger, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin assured on Friday.
Bulgaria is counting on agreement within the UN Security Council before any steps are taken with respect to Syria, stated Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Kristian Vigenin.
There is no direct terrorist or military threat on Bulgaria's territory as a result of the exacerbating crisis in Syria, stated Bulgarian Vice-PM and Minister of Interior Tsvetlin Yovchev.
The Bulgarian cabinet has created a special operational unit on the ongoing crisis in Syria, stated Vice-PM and Minister of Interior Tsvetlin Yovchev.
Bulgaria’s governemnt Security Council will hold on Friday an emergency sitting focused on the situation in Syria and the emerging risks for Bulgaria’s security.
The EU's Court of Justice has initiated proceedings against Bulgaria over the assignment of digital broadcast spectrum, according to information on its official site.
Bulgarian former ruling party GERB will not nominate a vice-speaker of parliament and MPs to chair parliamentary committees, according to an official party press release.
Tatyana Doncheva, a former Bulgarian Socialist Party lawmaker, has hinted of establishing a new left-wing political outfit.
Tsetska Tsacheva, a key lawmaker of Bulgaria's center-right GERB party, will become Deputy Speaker of the country's Parliament, GERB deputy leader Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced on Friday.
The Bulgarian citizens involved in the deadly chain crash on the highway near the Hungarian capital Budapest are all alive, informed the Hungarian police authorities.
Society | August 30, 2013, Friday // 15:56
Traffic at the Bulgarian-Serbian border checkpoint at the village of Kalotina has come to a halt due to the seasonal return of Turkish gastarbeiters heading to Western Europe.
Society | August 30, 2013, Friday // 14:32
Three people were killed and 33 were injured in a chain crash on the highway near the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Society | August 30, 2013, Friday // 13:52
Authorities in southern Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas have launched an investigation on a yet unspecified substance that has appeared a number of beaches in the region.
A 2.9 point magnitude earthquake has been registered Friday near the southern Bulgarian town of Dospat, according to the site of the Geophysical Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).
Roger Waters, the co-founder and a principal songwriter, bassist and vocalist of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, will stage his rock opera "The Wall" in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday, August 30, at Vassil Levski national stadium.
Bulgarian champions Ludogorets will be playing together with Dutch PSV Eindhoven, Croatian Dinamo Zagreb and Ukrainian Chornomorets Odessa in Europa League's Group 2.
Sports | August 30, 2013, Friday // 15:24
German club Mainz 05 has secured the signing of Botev Plovdiv's 20-year-old winger Todor Nedelev for an undisclosed fee, it was announced on Friday.
Sports | August 30, 2013, Friday // 14:17
Germany’s Mainz 05 is expected to clinch a deal in the short term for highly rated Bulgarian international winger Todor Nevelev, according to local reports.
Sports | August 30, 2013, Friday // 08:32
A total of 106 illegal immigrants have been detected at the Bulgarian-Turkish “green” border over the last 24 hours, announced from the press center of Bulgarian Interior Ministry.
Crime | August 30, 2013, Friday // 15:35
The central railway station in Bulgaria's capital Sofia was closed on Friday over an anonymous bomb alert was received.
Crime | August 30, 2013, Friday // 12:12
There’s more to the TV industry in Bulgaria than meets the eye.
The US is morally oblidged to inflict a military attack against Syria, stated US Secretary of State John Kerry.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 20:54
The US will seek a "tailored" military response to alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, stated Secretary of State John Kerry Friday.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 20:18
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is "a thug and murderer," according to US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is about to announce an imminent US military intervention in Syria.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 20:06
NATO is not planning a military intervention in Syria under the auspices of the Alliance, stated Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 19:51
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has repeated the claims of his country that it has information putting the responsibility for an alleged chemical attack on Syrian PM Bashar Al-Assad.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 18:49
Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi has made clear his country's position that no interference should take place in Syria without a UN sanction.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 18:19
The US government will release Friday a declassified version of its intelligence report backing up a government assessment that the Syrian regime was responsible for a chemical weapons attack last week.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 17:46
French President Francois Hollande has revealed that a military strike on Syria could come by next Wednesday.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 13:28
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly had his former girlfriend Hyon Song-wol executed.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 12:59
The United States may have to take action against Syria without the support of one of its staunchest allies after British lawmakers voted against a proposal for military action, CNN reported, citing officials.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 07:36
British MPs have rejected possible UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to deter the use of chemical weapons, BBC reported.
World | August 30, 2013, Friday // 06:55
Interview of Novinite.com and Novinite.bg with Mohamed Khalaf, an Iraqi-born journalist and correspondent in Bulgaria of a Kuwaiti newspaper, on Syria's crisis.
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