ARCHIVE - 26 January 2015

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Business

Russian Companies Interested in Building Hydraulic Structures in Bulgaria – Ambassador Isakov
Bulgaria’s Max to Offer New High Definition Voice Services
Ex Energy Minister Seeks 10-Fold Increase in Minimum Fine for Power Distributors
Bulgaria Energy Minister Triggers Inspection at Energy Distributors
Bulgaria Launches EU-funded Advertising Campaign to Boost Domestic Tourism

Politics

President to Attend Holocaust Remembrance Ceremonies in Poland, Czech Republic

Society

Bulgaria’s 2011-2013 Refugee Integration Strategy Was Total Failure – Audit Office
Greek Singer Demis Roussos Dies
Bulgaria Deputy Parliament Speaker Dies Aged 60

Crime

Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Orders Inquiry into Suspected Diesel Theft at State Railways

Quotes

Breaking Racquets Is Beautiful
Austerity 'Is Like Bleeding to Death'

World

Greek Fighter-Jet Crash in Spain Kills 10
Islamic State Claims to Have Killed One Japanese Hostage
SYRIZA Win Pushes Euro to 11-Year Low
IMF Ready to Continue Support for Greece
Tsipras Sworn In as Greek Prime Minister
Greece's SYRIZA, ANEL Agree to Form New Gov't
Macedonia's Foreign Minister Visiting Albania to Boost Cooperation
SYRIZA Vows to Avoid Grexit as Talks Begin with Independent Greeks
SYRIZA, Independent Greeks 'Might Form Greece Gov't' Monday
Greek Election Results Prompt Mixed Reaction across Europe
SYRIZA Wins Greece's Early Election, Official Count Shows
NATO Urges Russia to Stop Supporting Separatists in Eastern Ukraine

Novinite Insider

Cas Mudde: Five Predictions of Greece's Future after SYRIZA Landslide

Business

Russian Companies Interested in Building Hydraulic Structures in Bulgaria – Ambassador Isakov

Russia's Ambassador to Bulgaria Yuriy Isakov has emphasized the need for innovative approaches to developing economic and trade relations between the two countries.

Business | January 26, 2015, Monday // 20:16

Bulgaria’s Max to Offer New High Definition Voice Services

WiMax opeartor Max Telecom has built and commissioned the first Bulgarian commercial 4G LTE mobile network.

Business | January 26, 2015, Monday // 16:29

Ex Energy Minister Seeks 10-Fold Increase in Minimum Fine for Power Distributors

Former Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev has proposed a 10-fold increase in the minimum fine for power distributors failing to observe the 31-day metering deadline.

Business » Energy | January 26, 2015, Monday // 17:54

Bulgaria Energy Minister Triggers Inspection at Energy Distributors

Detailed inspections are to be carried out at all three electricity distribution companies operating in Bulgaria, the country's Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has said.

Business » Energy | January 26, 2015, Monday // 09:46

Bulgaria Launches EU-funded Advertising Campaign to Boost Domestic Tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism has launched a campaign to advertise 50 little-known tourist sites around the country.

Business » Tourism | January 26, 2015, Monday // 18:50

Politics

President to Attend Holocaust Remembrance Ceremonies in Poland, Czech Republic

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is to visit the Czech Republic and Poland on Monday to take part in the Holocaust remembrance ceremonies there, his press office says.

Politics » Diplomacy | January 26, 2015, Monday // 10:08

Society

Bulgaria’s 2011-2013 Refugee Integration Strategy Was Total Failure – Audit Office

Bulgaria’s National Audit Office has made clear that the implementation of the national program for the integration of refugees in the period 2011-2013 failed to produce any effect.

Society | January 26, 2015, Monday // 15:56

Greek Singer Demis Roussos Dies

Famous Greek pop and rock singer Demis Roussos has died in an Athens hospital.

Society » Obituaries | January 26, 2015, Monday // 15:14

Bulgaria Deputy Parliament Speaker Dies Aged 60

Deputy Parliament Speaker Rositsa Yanakieva passed away in the small hours of Monday, her party ABV's press office reports.

Society » Obituaries | January 26, 2015, Monday // 09:56

Crime

Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Orders Inquiry into Suspected Diesel Theft at State Railways

Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski on Monday ordered an internal inquiry into suspected theft of diesel fuel at cash-strapped state railways company BDZ following a media report.

Crime | January 26, 2015, Monday // 14:34

Quotes

Breaking Racquets Is Beautiful

 "That is art.

Quotes | January 26, 2015, Monday // 10:30

Austerity 'Is Like Bleeding to Death'

"If a tiny country like Greece can stand up to the lenders and achieve even a small haircut of the debt, the message to the Spanish, Portuguese and Italians will be that they too can stand up at some point.

Quotes | January 26, 2015, Monday // 08:34

World

Greek Fighter-Jet Crash in Spain Kills 10

A fighter jet crash at a military base in southeastern Spain has left ten people dead and 13 injured.

World | January 26, 2015, Monday // 21:00

Islamic State Claims to Have Killed One Japanese Hostage

Islamic State militants appear to have beheaded one of their two Japanese hostages and are demanding the release of a convicted terrorist in Jordan in exchange for the other.

World | January 26, 2015, Monday // 09:57

SYRIZA Win Pushes Euro to 11-Year Low

The euro hit its lowest level against the US dollar in more than 11 years on Monday following the victory of radical left SYRIZA party in Greece’s elections that has ignited fears the country might exit the eurozone.

World » EU | January 26, 2015, Monday // 12:46

IMF Ready to Continue Support for Greece

The International Monetary Fund has said it is ready to extend its financial support for Greece.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 21:34

Tsipras Sworn In as Greek Prime Minister

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as Greece’s next prime minister by President Karolos Papoulias.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 16:21

Greece's SYRIZA, ANEL Agree to Form New Gov't

Greece is to have an anti-austerity government, Panos Kammenos, Independent Greeks, has told reporters after coalition talks with SYRIZA's Alexis Tsipras in Athens.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 11:39

Macedonia's Foreign Minister Visiting Albania to Boost Cooperation

Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki is visiting Albania on Monday as part of intensified contacts between the two Balkan neighbours.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 11:03

SYRIZA Vows to Avoid Grexit as Talks Begin with Independent Greeks

Coalition talks have started between leftist SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and the Independent Greeks right-wing party's Panos Kammenos.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 10:59

SYRIZA, Independent Greeks 'Might Form Greece Gov't' Monday

Leftist SYRIZA party, the winner in Greece's snap elections, and rightist, anti-austerity Independent Greeks could form a government as early as Monday, sources suggest.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 08:53

Greek Election Results Prompt Mixed Reaction across Europe

British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter that "the Greek election will increase economic uncertainty across Europe.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 08:37

SYRIZA Wins Greece's Early Election, Official Count Shows

Leftist SYRIZA party is to win 149 out of 300 seats in Greece's Parliament, two seats short of a majority, according to official results cited by Greek news websites.

World » Southeast Europe | January 26, 2015, Monday // 07:42

NATO Urges Russia to Stop Supporting Separatists in Eastern Ukraine

Following the Mariupol attack on Saturday, an extraordinary ambassadorial meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission took place in Brussels on Monday.

World » Ukraine | January 26, 2015, Monday // 19:16

Novinite Insider

Cas Mudde: Five Predictions of Greece's Future after SYRIZA Landslide

Five main developments could follow SYRIZA's landslide victory in the early elections on Sunday, according to political scientist Cas Mudde, who has been studying radical political parties for years.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | January 26, 2015, Monday // 12:21
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