ARCHIVE - 16 February 2015
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Hemus Motorway to Pass Closer to Veliko Tarnovo Than Initially PlannedBulgaria’s Govt to Prioritize Economic Development of Northwestern RegionShare of Informal Economy in Bulgaria at 30-35% - Trade Union HeadJSC of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Zagreb Stock Exchanges Seek Contractor for Electronic SystemTurkish Businesses to Invest in Balkan CountriesMinister to Present Economic Priorities for Bulgaria's NorthwestBulgarian Households Had Higher Expenses at End of 2014New Borrowing Is Inevitable without Govt Surplus – Chair of Parliamentary Budget CommitteeBulgaria's Plovdiv Awarded at Vacation and Spa Expo 2015Bulgaria's New Tourism Logo To Be RevealedVisegrad Four to Share E-Government Best Practices with BulgariaBulgaria PM, Ukraine Foreign Minister Discuss Humanitarian Aid, Visas Ukraine FM: No Mass Mobilization Being Carried Out among Ethnic BulgariansBulgarian FM, PM Await Visit of Ukrainian FMBulgaria’s Regional Development Ministry Seeks Concessionaires for 22 BeachesBulgaria ex-Interim PM Says He Was Subject to WiretappingHighway between Bulgaria's Ruse, Veliko Tarnovo to Be Finished by 2020Fresh Snowfalls Expected in BulgariaBulgarian Historic Figure Comes to Life in New MovieGrigor Dimitrov Keeps 11th Place in Ranking, Pironkova DropsBulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Starts with Victory in DubaiBulgaria Prosecution Demands 10-Year Sentence for CSKA PresidentMacedonian Inmate Caught While Trying to Cross into BulgariaNew Terrorist Attacks Threaten Belgium and FranceI Am Isolated, but I Don't CareShould Denmark's Jews Move to Israel?Danish Police Charge Two Men With Helping Copenhagen AttackerItalian Authorities Saved the Lives of 2,164 RefugeesEgypt Launches Air Strikes on IS in Libya in Response to BeheadingsPoland Embarks on Massive Spending to Overhaul Military Hardware Macedonia Opposition Leader Unveils 'Evidence' of Gov't Pressure on JudiciaryTsipras: We Don't Need Money, We Need TimeEU Imposes Sanctions on Russian Officials, Singer Iosif KobzonFighting Continues in Eastern Ukraine Despite Ceasefire DealUkraine's Inflation to Reach 26% in 2015 - PMCeasefire in Ukraine Largely Holds on First DayDr Mohd Abuasi: The Motivations of ISIS Are Social, Political and Economic
The projected route of Bulgaria’s Hemus motorway in the area of Veliko Tarnovo will be changed to facilitate easier connection to a new motorway that would link the city with the Danube port of Ruse, at the border with Romania.
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 21:00
Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski presented measures aimed at overcoming the economic backwardness of the northwestern region, the poorest region in the EU.
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 17:56
40% of workers on a global scale are part of the informal economy, with Bulgaria occupying a prominent place in the ranking with a share of 30-35%, according to Plamen Dimitrov, President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 16:36
SEE Link, a joint stock company established by the Bulgarian, Macedonian and Zagreb stock exchanges, is seeking a contractor to establish an electronic system for order routing.
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 13:42
Alaattin Bayraktar, General Vice President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Confederation of Business Women, has vowed substantial investments in Balkan states in 2015.
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 13:02
Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski is to present the economic priorities of the government for the development of the northwestern region of the country.
Business | February 16, 2015, Monday // 10:42
Bulgarian households had higher expenses at the end of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, while their incomes remained the same.
Menda Stoyanova, Chair of the parliamentary budget committee, has suggested that there is no cause for concern over the medium-term bond program by 2017 worth BGN 16 B, stressing that it is a financing program using external debt.
Plovdiv won in the category Re-establishing the Image of Bulgaria as a Tourist Destination at the forum Vacation and Spa Expo 2015, held in Sofia on February 12 to 14.
The new Bulgarian tourism logo will be officially presented in 10 days, as announced by Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
Good practices in the implementation of electronic government services will be presented at an expert workshop in Sofia organized by the embassies of the four countries of the Visegrad Group in Sofia on 26 February.
Politics | February 16, 2015, Monday // 20:06
Sending humanitarian aid to ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine and proportional mobilisation of Ukrainian servicemen belonging to various ethnic groups have been discussed on Monday by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo
Only 20 out of 200 000 ethnic Bulgarians living in Ukraine have been called up as the partial mobilization is ongoing, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin is to arrive on an official visit to Bulgaria on Monday at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov.
Bulgaria’s Regional Development Ministry is looking for concessionaires to manage 22 beaches for 5-year periods.
Prof Georgi Bliznashki, who was caretaker PM between August and November 2014, claimed on Monday there had been eavesdropping on some of his phone conversations during the 2013 anti-government protest.
Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova has confirmed that the government is working on the construction of a major thoroughfare between the cities of Veliko Tarnovo and Ruse.
Over the course of the next day Bulgaria will slowly be taken over by strong northern and north-eastern winds.
A new film interpretation of the life and activities of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski is to be released in Bulgaria on Monday.
Bulgaria's top male tennis player kept his 11th place in the ATP ranking, while the country's best female representative Tsvetana Pironkova dropped seven positions in the WTA ranking.
Sports | February 16, 2015, Monday // 13:35
Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova won in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Sunday.
Sports | February 16, 2015, Monday // 11:39
Prosecutors have demanded a ten-year sentence for Aleksandar Tomov, who owns the CSKA football club, in an embezzlement trial that started in 2008.
Crime | February 16, 2015, Monday // 13:52
Bulgarian and Macedonian police have detained a 41-year-old inmate who was seeking to enter Bulgaria.
Crime | February 16, 2015, Monday // 13:13
Two Islamic state soldiers have threatened Belgium and France with new terrorist attcks in a video.
Crime | February 16, 2015, Monday // 08:55
After a trip to Latin America, Erdogan was asked whether he felt isolated from the rest of the political world.
Quotes | February 16, 2015, Monday // 14:21
Denmark's chief rabbi Jair Melchior voicing his disappointment with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Sunday comments after the events in Danish capital Copenhagen.
Quotes | February 16, 2015, Monday // 12:21
Two men have been arrested and charged with helping the attacker who killed two people in Copenhagen at the weekend, the BBC reported on Monday.
World | February 16, 2015, Monday // 17:16
A total of 2,164 refugees coming from Libya who attempted to cross the Mediterranean by boats have been rescued close to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
World | February 16, 2015, Monday // 10:51
Egypt launched air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya in response to a video purporting to show the execution of 21 Egyptian Christians.
World | February 16, 2015, Monday // 09:19
NATO member Poland, bordering conflict-torn Ukraine, has earmarked a whopping EUR 33.
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EU | February 16, 2015, Monday // 22:05
The leader of Macedonia's main opposition party has presented what he describes as a proof that the cabinet interferes with courts, local media suggest.
An important Eurogroup meeting in Brussels will take place on Monday so that finance ministers could discuss the Greek bailout program.
The European Union has futher expanded the list of sanctions on Russian officials and citizens over the Ukraine crisis.
Fighting raged around a key railway hub in eastern Ukraine on Monday despite a ceasefire agreement that officially went into force a day earlier.
Inflation in Ukraine is currently forecast at 26% for this year, according to the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
The OSCE monitoring mission to Ukraine reported that the ceasefire, which entered into force on Sunday, was largely observed during the first hours, except in Debaltseve, Raihorodka and Luhansk.
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