The buying-in price of tobacco in 2014 will be 10% lower than last year’s, according to Tsvetan Filev, Chair of the National Tobacco Growers Association (NAT – 2010).
Bulgaria’s Parliament on Thursday turned down a proposal to increase tax on interest earned from bank deposits to 10% from the current 8% from 2015.
Tens of people have gathered in front of the Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) headquarters in Sofia waiting for officials from the bank to help them overcome the difficulties they have withdrawing their money.
Repayment of deposits at Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) is set to begin on Thursday, December 4, at nine banks previously announced by the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has suggested that he expects a clear answer from the European Commission as regards the future of the South Stream gas pipeline projects.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said that the decision to stop the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline is final.
Bulgaria’s caretaker Energy Minister Vasil Shtonov has argued that the South Stream gas pipeline would have fetched meager profits from transit fees.
Bulgaria’s State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) proposes introducing a ceiling on prices paid to power generators.
"I am fed up with Bulgarians. Having the West and the European Union and their back, they are challenging and opposing us," Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told his Turkish counterpart.
Valentin Nikolov, Deputy Chair of the parliamentary energy committee, has recommended signing concession contracts for exploration blocks Silistar and Teres.
"Bulgaria could swell with anger" a Russian MP wrote on Twitter to comment on the South Stream project's demise.
Admitting Bulgaria into the EU’s borderless Schengen zone is a legal problem rather than a political one, according to European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
Bulgaria’s is well prepared to join the EU’s visa-free Schengen zone, European Council President Donald Tusk opined on Thursday.
The European Commission is unfreezing the EU funds under Operational Programme Regional Development, that were suspended for Bulgaria in the middle of the year.
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of the EU’s support for the country.
Bulgaria will not allow to be used as a coin in relations between Russia and the West, the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in Brussels on Wednesday evening.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is on a visit to Brussels to hold talks with the heads of the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament.
Left-wing ABV will withdraw its support for the coalition government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov only if it allows for the accumulation of negative decisions and discrepancies with the programme declaration that had been signed by the parties supporti
The Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point has been closed since 11 pm on Wednesday due to flooding.
Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov and his deputy Penka Bogdanova will arrive in Brussels Thursday on a one-day official visit to meet with the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality V?ra Jourov?.
US State Department is providing USD 700 000 to preserve and conserve a 14th Century medieval church, Saint John Aliguretos, in the ancient city of Nesebar, the US Embassy has announced.
The Plovdiv Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the decision of the Pazardzhik District Court to keep under arrest seven Bulgarian nationals accused of preaching radical Islam as there was risk they might commit further crimes.
Falling oil prices and Western pressure have forced Russia to cancel South Stream, according to an article published in the online edition of The Economist.
Bulgaria lacks coherence if one judges by its attitude to various energy projects, Russia's permanent envoy to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, has claimed.
The annual Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) takes place on 4 and 5 December in the Swiss city of Basel.
The Head of the US Africa Command General David Rodriguez reported on Wednesday that Islamic State (IS) has set up training camps in eastern Libya.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered his annual address to the country's Parliament calling for measures to get the economy back on its feet.
Up to ten police officers could have been killed in a shootout following a special operation against militants in the Chechen capital Grozny, media reports suggest.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to address both chambers of the country's legislative body, the Federation Council and the State Duma.
The decision to abandon South Stream was prompted by Russia’s current economic difficulties as well as desire to focus investment on joint energy projects with China, Bulgaria's former ambassador in Moscow Iliyan Vassilev has said.
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