ARCHIVE - 4 July 2014

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Business

Hemus Highway Construction Workers to Stage Protest Over Unpaid Wages
Bulgarian Trace Group Hold Lands EUR 19.6M Contract in Serbia
First Investment Bank Lures Old Customers with Interest Rates
Bulgarian Development Bank Welcomes New Supervisory Board
VIVACOM Cash Balance in KTB '11 Times Higher' than Announced
Bulgaria's Revenue Agency Adds 53 Items to List of Fiscal Risk Goods
Ukraine Allowed to Sell Up to 49% of Gas Pipeline System
Kozloduy NPP Unit 7 Investor Agreement Implies No Commitments Yet -BEH

Politics

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to Visit Bulgaria July 7
NATO's Breeze 2014 Naval Drills Kick Off in Black Sea
Italy's Ambassador Vows Support for Bulgaria's Schengen Bid
EP Vice-President Backs Bulgaria's Georgieva as Foreign Policy Chief
Trade Union Insists on Swift Adoption of Laws before Early Elections
Bulgarian Interior Minister Refers Predecessor to Prosecutor's Office
Chief Prosecutor to Examine Alleged Breaches of Agri Fund Officials
Bulgarian MPs Traveled 1.7M Kilometers in One Year
MEP Nikolay Barekov Reportedly Overtakes TV7 National Channel
Bulgarian Gov't to Resign between July 23, 25 - PM Oresharski
Bulgaria's Parliament Cancels Session as GERB, Ataka Refuse to Attend

Society

Bulgarians Working in Greece Number 200 000 - Trade Union
Nationalist Ataka Condemns Sofia Pride 2014
Heavy Traffic Jams Along Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea Coast
'Officers'' Beach in Varna To Remain Closed At Least Till Monday
Bulgaria Nat'l TV Inks Deals with MacedonianRadio&TV, Cable Operators
New Music Festival Takes Place in Bulgaria's Burgas
Medical Association: Bulgaria's Health System Falling Apart

Sports

Dimitrov Loses to Djokovic in Wimbledon Semifinal
Grigor Dimitrov Faces Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Semifinals

Crime

Court Sends Man For 5 Months In Prison for Stealing 7 Chocolate Bars
Bulgarian Authorities Apprehend Wanted for Terrorism Belgian Citizen
Armed Bank Robbery Reported in Bulgaria's Sofia

World

Greece Suffers Brownouts As Electricity Workers Strike
Raid on Ukraine's pro-Russian Activists 'Kills 150 Rebels' - Army

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria 'Missed Chance for Eurozone' – Former FinMin Simeon Djankov

Business

Hemus Highway Construction Workers to Stage Protest Over Unpaid Wages

Employees of Bulgaria's Avtomagistrali-Tcherno More construction company will stage a peaceful protest on Monday due to unpaid salaries, Bulgarian National Radio informed.

Business | July 4, 2014, Friday // 14:31

Bulgarian Trace Group Hold Lands EUR 19.6M Contract in Serbia

Bulgarian construction company Trace Group Hold AD has signed a contract for the finishing work on the Pirot-Dimitrovgrad section of the E80 motorway in Serbia.

Business | July 4, 2014, Friday // 13:54

First Investment Bank Lures Old Customers with Interest Rates

First Investment Bank, which suffered from the panic on Bulgaria's banking system last week, is trying to lure back its old customers with promises of interest rates.

Business » Finance | July 4, 2014, Friday // 16:35

Bulgarian Development Bank Welcomes New Supervisory Board

The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) has a new Supervisory Board.

Business » Finance | July 4, 2014, Friday // 14:41

VIVACOM Cash Balance in KTB '11 Times Higher' than Announced

Bulgarian telecom VIVACOM's assets in BNB-supervised Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) are likely to amount to EUR 71 M, the Irish Stock Exchange wrote on its website.

Business » Finance | July 4, 2014, Friday // 13:17

Bulgaria's Revenue Agency Adds 53 Items to List of Fiscal Risk Goods

Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) has added 53 items to the list of high fiscal risk goods.

Business » Finance | July 4, 2014, Friday // 12:33

Ukraine Allowed to Sell Up to 49% of Gas Pipeline System

Ukraine's Parliament adopted on first reading a bill under which up to 49% of the country's gas pipeline network could be sold to foreign investors.

Business » Energy | July 4, 2014, Friday // 16:42

Kozloduy NPP Unit 7 Investor Agreement Implies No Commitments Yet -BEH

The strategic investor deal with US Westinghouse and Japan's Toshiba for unit 7 of the Kozloduy NPP does not entail commitments, according tо the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH).

Business » Energy | July 4, 2014, Friday // 11:59

Politics

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov to Visit Bulgaria July 7

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to arrive in Bulgaria to meet his counterpart Kristian Vigenin on July 7.

Politics » Diplomacy | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:23

NATO's Breeze 2014 Naval Drills Kick Off in Black Sea

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and the US are due to take part in NATO's Breeze 2014 naval drills beginning on July 4, Bulgaria's Defense Ministry has announced.

Politics » Defense | July 4, 2014, Friday // 11:05

Italy's Ambassador Vows Support for Bulgaria's Schengen Bid

Italy's Ambassador to Bulgaria Marco Conticelli has vowed support for the Schengen bids of Bulgaria and Romania during Italy's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | July 4, 2014, Friday // 17:05

EP Vice-President Backs Bulgaria's Georgieva as Foreign Policy Chief

Green European Parliament Vice-President Ulrike Lunacek has said the Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva is "best suited" to become the next EU's High Representative.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | July 4, 2014, Friday // 13:53

Trade Union Insists on Swift Adoption of Laws before Early Elections

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) has insisted on the urgent adoption of key laws before the dissolution of Parliament.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 17:45

Bulgarian Interior Minister Refers Predecessor to Prosecutor's Office

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev has submitted a tip-off to the prosecuting authority against his predecessor Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 16:30

Chief Prosecutor to Examine Alleged Breaches of Agri Fund Officials

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister has submitted a tip-off to Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov against officials of the State Fund Agriculture (SFA) for flawed project approval.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:09

Bulgarian MPs Traveled 1.7M Kilometers in One Year

Last year Bulgarian MPs have traveled over 1.7 million km in their official vehicles which is approximately 44 times the length of the Earth's Equator.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 12:21

MEP Nikolay Barekov Reportedly Overtakes TV7 National Channel

The MEP Nikolay Barekov reportedly overtakes his former employer, the national channel TV7, which earlier this week filed for bankruptcy.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 12:01

Bulgarian Gov't to Resign between July 23, 25 - PM Oresharski

Bulgaria's government is due to step down between July 23 and 25, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has announced.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 10:26

Bulgaria's Parliament Cancels Session as GERB, Ataka Refuse to Attend

Today's plenary session has been canceled due to a lack of quorum as Bulgaria's opposition party GERB refused to register in Parliament once again.

Politics » Domestic | July 4, 2014, Friday // 09:51

Society

Bulgarians Working in Greece Number 200 000 - Trade Union

More than 200 000 Bulgarians work in Greece, Plamen Dimitrov, leader of a leading trade union organization, announced.

Society | July 4, 2014, Friday // 16:08

Nationalist Ataka Condemns Sofia Pride 2014

The nationalist party Ataka condemned the planned for Saturday Sofia Pride 2014 parade, reports Dnes.

Society | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:59

Heavy Traffic Jams Along Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea Coast

A nearly 7-km-long traffic jam has clogged the roads between Bulgaria's Black Sea towns of Pomorie and Aheloy on Friday afternoon.

Society | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:44

'Officers'' Beach in Varna To Remain Closed At Least Till Monday

The “Officers'” beach in Varna will remain closed at least until Monday, reports Darik Radio.

Society | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:35

Bulgaria Nat'l TV Inks Deals with MacedonianRadio&TV, Cable Operators

The Macedonian Radio & Television (MRT) and the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) are to sign a contract for broadcasting their programs on the territory of the two countries.

Society | July 4, 2014, Friday // 13:02

New Music Festival Takes Place in Bulgaria's Burgas

On August 9, Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas will host the first edition of the Sea Garden Festival.

Society » Culture | July 4, 2014, Friday // 13:50

Medical Association: Bulgaria's Health System Falling Apart

The health system in Bulgaria is falling apart and the government is acting irresponsibly, said the Sofia organisation of the Bulgarian Medical Association in a press statement.

Society » Health | July 4, 2014, Friday // 17:26

Sports

Dimitrov Loses to Djokovic in Wimbledon Semifinal

Bulgarian star tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has lost to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in a hotly contested semifinal of Wimbledon.

Sports | July 4, 2014, Friday // 18:28

Grigor Dimitrov Faces Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Semifinals

Bulgaria's best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will play against the world's current number 2 Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon semifinals at 3pm EEST on Friday.

Sports | July 4, 2014, Friday // 10:32

Crime

Court Sends Man For 5 Months In Prison for Stealing 7 Chocolate Bars

The Varna Regional Court sentenced a 34-year-old man to five months in prison for trying to steal seven chocolate bars from a supermarket, reports BGNES.

Crime | July 4, 2014, Friday // 16:22

Bulgarian Authorities Apprehend Wanted for Terrorism Belgian Citizen

A Belgian citizen, wanted for terrorism, was apprehended by Bulgarian authorities upon trying to enter Bulgaria at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint with Turkey, reports Nova TV.

Crime | July 4, 2014, Friday // 14:17

Armed Bank Robbery Reported in Bulgaria's Sofia

A bank branch has been robbed in Bulgaria's capital of Sofia, Thursday evening.

Crime | July 4, 2014, Friday // 11:36

World

Greece Suffers Brownouts As Electricity Workers Strike

Parts of Greece have been experiencing power cuts – after electricity workers began a 48-hour strike on Thursday over privatisation plans, reports Euronews.

World | July 4, 2014, Friday // 15:01

Raid on Ukraine's pro-Russian Activists 'Kills 150 Rebels' - Army

Ukrainain forces say at least 150 rebels have been killed during heavy fighting in the east of the country.

World | July 4, 2014, Friday // 11:34

Novinite Insider

Bulgaria 'Missed Chance for Eurozone' – Former FinMin Simeon Djankov

Bulgaria was almost ready to join the Eurozone, former Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | July 4, 2014, Friday // 12:41
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