ARCHIVE - 7 August 2014
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Bulgarian farmers have received a total of BGN 60.3 M in state aid since the beginning of 2014, according to Tatyana Angelova, Deputy Executive Director of the State Fund Agriculture (SFA).
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 15:12
The European Union is to refer Moscow's decision to restrict imports of food from the bloc to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a diplomatic source reveals.
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 15:04
By the end of the year bio farms will start selling their produce from mobile stalls and fridges in Sofia and Plovdiv, the head of Bioselena foundation Stoilko Apostolov told BTA.
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 13:39
The state owes around BGN 1B to businesses due to the halted payments under EU programs, according to Kamen Kolev, Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 13:24
The European Commission has adopted a Partnership Agreement with Romania paving the way for investing EUR 23 B in total Cohesion Policy funding in the country over 2014-2020.
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 12:23
Bulgaria's largest arms factory, VMZ Sopot, has registered a threefold y/y increase in sales revenues in Q2, 2014, according to a report published by the Finance Ministry.
Business | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 11:37
Bulgaria's Ombudsman on Thursday urged the central bank to be more flexible in managing its restrictions on KTB bank to alleviate the plight of the bank’s clients.
Russia on Thursday banned food imports from the EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway in response to Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s support for Ukrainian rebels.
Politics | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 17:29
Bulgaria’s interim cabinet said on Thursday winning back the people’s trust in state institutions should be the first step in leading the country out of the current crisis.
Politics | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 14:10
US guided-missile cruiser Vella Gulf entered the Black Sea on Thursday, "to promote peace and stability in the region", the US Navy announced.
Bulgaria's 2014-2020 Partnership Agreement with the European Commission has been concluded.
Kristalina Georgieva has vowed to keep working for Bulgaria's good image in her next term in office at the European Commission.
All Bulgarian Deputy Ministers from the cabinet of Plamen Oresharski were discharged as of Wednesday, August 6, authorities revealed.
Leaders of parties that forged the right-wing Reformist Bloc last year have announced they are to decide on a single Chair next month.
Ekaterina Zaharieva, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister, has vowed to make as much information as possible on the South Stream gas pipeline project publicly available.
Only 10% of Bulgarians support stricter EU sanctions against Russia, shows a survey of the Open Society Institute Sofia.
Society | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 16:44
The tenth edition of the Mozart Musical Festival will take place in Bulgarian town of Pravets on August 13-17.
Ancient walls dating back to the 2nd-4th century were found during the reconstruction of Sofia's landmark Lavov Most (Lion's Bridge) on Thursday.
The restoration of the Suleiman the Magnificent bath in Burgas is almost complete and will open for visitors next year, report the Bulgarian-language media.
An ATM mysteriously appeared on a street in the Lagera district of Sofia, reports Dnes.bg.
Lovech Prosecution, along with Environment Ministry and the local municipality, started an investigation of the shooting of Alonso the jaguar, who escaped from his cage on Sunday.
Caretaker Ministers of Interior and and Social Policy have set off for Mizia, where flash floods took two lives and left a fourth of the town under water.
The Specialized Prosecutor's Office has pressed charges against four officials of the Veliko Tarnovo unit of Bulgaria's Automobile Administration Executive Agency (AAEA).
Crime | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 16:06
The District Court in Bulgaria's town of Vidin is due to sit on a request to discharge mayor Gergo Gergov issued by the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office.
Crime | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 12:53
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has submitted an indictment against Alexey Zelov, Deputy Mayor of Pleven, with the Pleven District Court.
Crime | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 12:47
Bulgarian-born Nina Dobrev was attacked by a monkey while she was on holiday on the Indonesian island of Bali, the actress revealed.
Lifestyle | August 7, 2014, Thursday // 13:55
Kristalina Georgieva has been nominated to become EU foreign policy chief "in an attempt to break the deadlock" over who will take the post, the Financial Times wrote Wednesday.
The government proposed to President Rosen Plevneliev to award with Stara Planina order the ex-French Ambassador Philippe Autie and current German Ambassador Matthias Hoepfner.
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