ARCHIVE - 2 October 2014

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Business

Balkan Holidays Adds 4 Belfast-Burgas Flights for Summer 2015

Politics

Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva Unanimously Approved For EC VP
MEPs Grill Bulgaria's Georgieva at EU Parliament
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council Fails to Elect Military Appellate Court Chair
Five Parties To Enter Parliament, Three At Threshold
CEC: Exit Poll Results On Election Day Can Be Published In Social Media
Only 61% of Votes Will Show True Support For Parties
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Movement Seeks Greater Tax Fairness in Election Program
Seven Parties to Make It into Bulgaria's Parliament - Poll
GERB Pledges Greater Predictability, Transparency of Decisions
GERB Party Leader Warns of Risk of Failure to Form Govt after Oct 5 Elections

Society

Bulgaria's Security Agencies Investigate Immigrant Trafficking Scheme
Construction Of Sofia's 3d Metro Line To Be Financed By EU Programme
Labor Inspectorate Found Out 143 Violations before Closing Down Ammo Plant
President Plevneliev: 'Blatant Non-Observance of Rules' Caused Deaths
Fifteen Dead After Bulgarian Ammo Plant Explosion - Officials
'New Product' Tested at Midzhur Ammo Plant on Day of Explosion
Bulgaria Declares October 3 National Day of Mourning over Ammo Plant Blast
Chief Prosecutor to Personally Investigate Gorni Lom Ammo Plant Blast
Fourteen Employees at Gorni Lom Plant During Explosion - Witnesses
Specially Equipped Team to Enter Site of Explosion in NW Bulgaria
Explosion-Hit Explosives Plant in NW Bulgaria Functioned Despite Numerous Penalty Notices
Blast at Explosives Plant Likely Due To Human Error - Ammo Expert
Up to 15 Feared Dead in Wednesday Blast at Bulgarian Explosives Plant

Sports

Referee Questions Second Real Madrid Penalty against Ludogorets
Grigor Dimitrov Qualifies For Quarter Final in Beijing

Crime

Operation Imperium Busts Bulgarian Fake Payment Cards Group

Quotes

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Novinite Insider

National Mourning For Our Non-Existent State
Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes: We Can Boost Cooperation in Energy, Science

Business

Balkan Holidays Adds 4 Belfast-Burgas Flights for Summer 2015

Balkan Holidays is adding four flights from Belfast to Burgas next year to meet demand for holidaymaking at Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Slanchev Bryag.

Business » Tourism | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 08:54

Politics

Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva Unanimously Approved For EC VP

Bulgaria's nominee for the European Commission Kristalina Georgieva was unanimously approved for EC VP for Budget and Human Resources by the group representatives in the European Parliament committees, reports the Club Z website, quoting sources in Brusse

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 20:46

MEPs Grill Bulgaria's Georgieva at EU Parliament

The hearing of Kristalina Georgieva, the incoming EU Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources, is to take place in Brussels on Thursday.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 15:43

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council Fails to Elect Military Appellate Court Chair

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has failed to elect a Chair of the Military Appellate Court.

Politics » Domestic | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 14:23

Five Parties To Enter Parliament, Three At Threshold

Five parties will certainly have seats in next Bulgarian parliament, shows a Gallup poll, ordered by the bTV national channel.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 20:44

CEC: Exit Poll Results On Election Day Can Be Published In Social Media

Exit poll results on election day can be published in the social media, but not in the media, ruled Bulgaria's Central Electoral Committee (CEC).

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 19:19

Only 61% of Votes Will Show True Support For Parties

Only 61% of all votes at the October 5 early elections, will show true support for parties and their policies, said the deputy head of the Demographic Policies Centre, Petar Ivanov, at a news conference.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 18:01

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Movement Seeks Greater Tax Fairness in Election Program

The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Movement (ABV Movement) of former two-term President Georgi Parvanov has called for improving tax fairness in its election program for the upcoming early elections.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 16:09

Seven Parties to Make It into Bulgaria's Parliament - Poll

A total of seven parties are likely to send lawmakers to the National Assembly of Bulgaria after the early general elections on Sunday, a new poll shows.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 16:07

GERB Pledges Greater Predictability, Transparency of Decisions

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, tipped to win most votes in October 5 parliamentary elections, is vowing to restore public trust and the stability of institutions.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 14:13

GERB Party Leader Warns of Risk of Failure to Form Govt after Oct 5 Elections

Boyko Borisov, leader of center-right party GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria), has insisted that the party will not try to form a coalition government or participate in such a format.

Politics » Early Elections 2014 | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 13:26

Society

Bulgaria's Security Agencies Investigate Immigrant Trafficking Scheme

Bulgaria's security agencies are investigating an scheme for trafficking of illegal immigrants from Turkey to Bulgaria, reports Sega daily.

Society | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 21:27

Construction Of Sofia's 3d Metro Line To Be Financed By EU Programme

The construction of the third metro line in Sofia will start with the stretch between Yanko Sakazov boulevard and Borovo district, said caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

Society | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 17:24

Labor Inspectorate Found Out 143 Violations before Closing Down Ammo Plant

Bulgaria's General Labor Inspectorate has issued a decree to close the explosives plant Midzhur, hours after a blast in the factory razed it to the ground killing 15 employees.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 16:41

President Plevneliev: 'Blatant Non-Observance of Rules' Caused Deaths

Innocent lives were lost due to a blatant non-compliance with prescriptions and rules established by state institutions on how to work with explosive materials, Bulgaria's President said Thursday.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 15:34

Fifteen Dead After Bulgarian Ammo Plant Explosion - Officials

The blast at the Midzhur explosives plant resulted in the deaths of 13 men and 2 women, Interior Ministry officials say.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 13:53

'New Product' Tested at Midzhur Ammo Plant on Day of Explosion

A new product was introduced Thursday on the assembly line at the explosives factory near Bulgaria's Gorni Lom shortly before some of the ammo went off, a trade-union leader says.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 12:52

Bulgaria Declares October 3 National Day of Mourning over Ammo Plant Blast

Friday, October 3 will be a day of national mourning after the explosion at the Midzhur ammunition factory near the northwestern village of Gorni Lom, the Council of Ministers has announced.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 12:35

Chief Prosecutor to Personally Investigate Gorni Lom Ammo Plant Blast

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has said he is personally committed to the probe into the explosions that razed the Midzhur factory with 14 to 15 people feared dead.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 12:19

Fourteen Employees at Gorni Lom Plant During Explosion - Witnesses

There were fourteen people at the time of the explosion in the ammo factory Midzhur near the village of Gorni Lom in Bulgaria's north-west, witnesses say.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 11:46

Specially Equipped Team to Enter Site of Explosion in NW Bulgaria

A specially equipped team of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior is to enter the site of the explosion near the village of Gorni Lom.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 10:53

Explosion-Hit Explosives Plant in NW Bulgaria Functioned Despite Numerous Penalty Notices

Bulgaria’s caretaker Labor Minister Yordan Hristoskov informed that the explosives factory near the village of Gorni Lom, which was stricken by a powerful blast on Wednesday, had been issued a number of penalty notices.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 10:08

Blast at Explosives Plant Likely Due To Human Error - Ammo Expert

A human error is the likely cause of Wednesday’s blast at an explosives factory in northwestern Bulgaria, leading ammunition expert Valentin Radev has said.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 09:40

Up to 15 Feared Dead in Wednesday Blast at Bulgarian Explosives Plant

The death toll from Wednesday’s blast at an explosives factory in northwestern Bulgaria could be as high as 15, according to unofficial estimates.

Society » Incidents | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 07:57

Sports

Referee Questions Second Real Madrid Penalty against Ludogorets

Former Spanish referee Juan And?jar Oliver has cast a doubt that the second penalty awarded to Real Madrid in its Champions League match against Ludogorets was well-grounded.

Sports | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 17:30

Grigor Dimitrov Qualifies For Quarter Final in Beijing

Bulgaria's most successful tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, qualified for the quarter final of the China Open tournament in Beijing.

Sports | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 17:21

Crime

Operation Imperium Busts Bulgarian Fake Payment Cards Group

Bulgaria and Spain, in cooperation with Europol, have dismantled a significant Bulgarian organised payment crime network.

Crime | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 11:38

Quotes

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"I'm getting worried about the size of the British Army.

Quotes | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 16:20

Novinite Insider

National Mourning For Our Non-Existent State

October 3 is yet another day of mourning this year – mourning for the mediocrity of state institutions and the transition, democracy and European values that never happened.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | October 2, 2014, Thursday // 18:25
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