ARCHIVE - 18 November 2014
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Bulgarian and Romanian companies could join hands to export foods, electronics, machines and textile outside the EU, Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has told Romania's Ambassador to Bulgaria Anton Pacuretu.
Business | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 19:34
Bulgaria becomes unattractive for foreign investment, shows a report of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), quoted by the Sega daily.
Business | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 13:14
Bulgaria is seeking to raise some EUR 1.
The Budget and Finance Committee at Bulgaria's Parliament has given the government a mandate to start talks over a fresh foreign borrowing of up to BGN 3 B.
Bulgaria's Parliament will discuss at an extraordinary meeting the budget update.
The heads of state of Bulgaria and Poland, Rosen Plevneliev and Bronislaw Komorowski have united around the idea that an energy union could boost the EU's security of supplies, Plevneliev's press office has said.
“Bulgaria strongly condemns the attack on the synagogue and the religious school in Jerusalem,” said Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry in a press statement.
Turkey's ambassador to Bulgaria Suleyman Gokce said that his country was against the construction of a fence along the entire border between Bulgaria and Turkey.
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev is on a official visit to Poland on Tuesday and Wednesday, said his press office.
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Veselin Vuchkov on Tuesday supported the idea of establishing European Prosecutor's Office responsible for combating fraud and misappropriation of EU funds.
Lawmakers have approved the government's proposal to overhaul this year's state budget.
GERB MP Menda Stoyanova, chair of the parliamentary budget committee, urged the managerial board of Bulgaria's Central Bank (BNB) to assume the moral responsibility for the problems of Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB).
The Patriotic Front (PF) might withdraw its support for the coalition government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, announced Valeri Simeonov, co-chairman of PF.
The number of illegal immigrants entering Bulgaria through the border with Greece, continues to rise, Interior Ministry sources tell Dnevnik.
Society | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 08:20
Bulgaria's Environment Ministry warns of expected rise of water levels in the rivers, reports Dnevnik.
Lawmakers have approved the allocation of additional BGN 100 M to the budget of Bulgaria's health fund for 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing his best to influence policy-making in individual member states, particularly in Bulgaria, German magazine Der Spiegel wrote on Monday.
"A World War Three is possible.
Quotes | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 17:41
Officials announced Tuesday afternoon the names of all four victims of the bloody terror attack at the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in Jerusalem.
World | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 17:13
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said on Tuesday two of its members were responsible for the attack in a Jerusalem synagogue that had left four people dead.
World | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 13:54
Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, reports Reuters.
World | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 12:12
Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest on Monday to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the government, the BBC reported.
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EU | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 12:56
The EU member states and the European Parliament have failed to strike a deal on the 2015 budget and talks will continue.
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EU | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 12:11
Thousands of Czechs have protested against Czech President Milos Zeman on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which ended communist rule.
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EU | November 18, 2014, Tuesday // 08:52
A draft law on amnesty and pardons that would have helped jailed Romanian politicians was overwhelmingly rejected by the country's Parliament on Tuesday.
Teodor Melescanu, who recently became the Foreign Ministry of Romania, has stepped down due to the poor organization of Sunday's presidential elections abroad.
Greeks commemorated on November 17 the 41st anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising with demonstrations in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and most major cities.
The foreign ministers of Germany and Russia will discuss renewed tensions in Ukraine on Tuesday in a bid to prevent further esclation of the conflict.
The Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is launching an online store for Bulgaria in 2015, said the company in a press release.
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