ARCHIVE - 3 April 2015

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Business

Stilago Offers Exclusive Combination of Items by Stefanel, Wrangler, Lee, Esprit, EDC by Esprit
Bulgarian Businessman Tsvetan Vasilev's Hotels Impounded by Authorities
Bulgaria Court to Hold Hearing on KTB Insolvency Case on 15 April
Bulgaria’s Shumen Looking for Licensed Hot-Air Balloon Pilot

Politics

Moldova MPs to Vote on Expanding Cultural Autonomy of Mostly Ethnic Bulgarian Region
Bulgarian FM Condemns Kenya University Terrorist Attack
Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture Transfers BGN 5 M to Pomorie for Upgrade of Fishing Port
MEP Outlines Benefits, Challenges Facing EU Agriculture in TTIP Talks
Bulgaria Will Outpace Romania in Combating Corruption, Organized Crime – PM Borisov
Bulgaria to Seek EU Aid for Abolished Milk Quotas
Massive Police Operation Taking Place in Bulgaria's Varna
Bulgarian Justice Minister Determined to Complete Judiciary Reform

Society

Parents of Impaired Children Stage Protest in Sofia
Strong Winds Close Bulgaria's Varna Port
Asenovgrad- Smolyan Road Remains Blocked
Bulgarian Ski Track in Chepelare Is Now Temporarily Closed

Sports

Bulgarian Sprint Champion Tests Positive for Doping

Crime

Bulgarian Border Police Officer Injured in Pursuit of Illegal Immigrants, Traffickers
Ex Deputy Head of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency Remains in Custody
Bulgarian Police Detains 14 Illegal Immigrants in Stara Zagora

World

Germanwings' Second Black Box Confirms Purposeful Plane Crash
The Telegraph: Greece Planning Nationalising Banks, Issuing Parallel Currency
Foreign Ministers of Hungary, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia to Discuss Turkish Stream
Greek PM Tsipras Promises to Hire 4,500 Doctors Immediately
Oil Prices Mark Decrease Following Agreement on Iran Nuclear Program

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Putin Has Little to Offer Eastern Europe, Gerd Koenen Tells DW

Business

Stilago Offers Exclusive Combination of Items by Stefanel, Wrangler, Lee, Esprit, EDC by Esprit

Stilago, the best online fashion retailer in Bulgaria, is now offering an exclusive range of brands such as Stefanel, Wrangler, Lee, Esprit and EDC by Esprit.

Business | April 3, 2015, Friday // 16:02

Bulgarian Businessman Tsvetan Vasilev's Hotels Impounded by Authorities

The Bulgarian State Income Agency has continued seizing the funds operated by firms connected to murky banker Tsvetan Vasilev.

Business | April 3, 2015, Friday // 12:37

Bulgaria Court to Hold Hearing on KTB Insolvency Case on 15 April

The Sofia City Court (SCC) has resumed proceedings on the insolvency case of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB).

Business » Finance | April 3, 2015, Friday // 16:37

Bulgaria’s Shumen Looking for Licensed Hot-Air Balloon Pilot

Shumen has become Bulgaria’s first municipality to own a hot air balloon certified by the country’s Civil Aviation Administration, BGNES news outlet reported on Friday

Business » Tourism | April 3, 2015, Friday // 15:41

Politics

Moldova MPs to Vote on Expanding Cultural Autonomy of Mostly Ethnic Bulgarian Region

The Parliament in Chisinau will discuss on Friday a draft bill granting a status of a ‘national-cultural region’ to Taraclia, an area in southwestern Moldova with predominantly ethnic Bulgarian population, BGNES reported.

Politics » Diplomacy | April 3, 2015, Friday // 18:06

Bulgarian FM Condemns Kenya University Terrorist Attack

Bulgaria condemned the terrorist attack on Garissa University College in Kenya carried out by the Somali terrorist organisation Al-Shabaab on Thursday, which left 147 civilians dead and 79 injured.

Politics » Diplomacy | April 3, 2015, Friday // 13:32

Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture Transfers BGN 5 M to Pomorie for Upgrade of Fishing Port

The State Fund Agriculture – Paying Agency has made an advance subsidy payment of nearly BGN 5 M to the Pomorie Municipality for the reconstruction and modernization of the local fishing port.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | April 3, 2015, Friday // 21:17

MEP Outlines Benefits, Challenges Facing EU Agriculture in TTIP Talks

Bulgarian MEP Momchil Nekov (S&D) presented the opportunities and challenges facing EU agriculture in the framework of the TTIP negotiations at a conference, which was held in the House of Europe in Sofia on Friday.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | April 3, 2015, Friday // 18:36

Bulgaria Will Outpace Romania in Combating Corruption, Organized Crime – PM Borisov

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has pledged a swift adoption of substantial changes to the judicial system that will result in Bulgaria outpacing Romania in terms of progress in combating corruption and organized crime.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | April 3, 2015, Friday // 16:21

Bulgaria to Seek EU Aid for Abolished Milk Quotas

Bulgaria and ten other member states will seek EU aid to compensate for the abolition of the milk quotas.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | April 3, 2015, Friday // 15:00

Massive Police Operation Taking Place in Bulgaria's Varna

A specialised police operation is taking place in Bulgaria's Black Sea capital Varna on Friday, announced Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Politics » Domestic | April 3, 2015, Friday // 13:01

Bulgarian Justice Minister Determined to Complete Judiciary Reform

Bulgarian Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov expressed on Friday his readiness to complete the reform of the judiciary.

Politics » Domestic | April 3, 2015, Friday // 09:55

Society

Parents of Impaired Children Stage Protest in Sofia

''We demand rights, and not limitations,'' stated parents of children with impairments who gathered to stage an all-national protest in front of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers.

Society | April 3, 2015, Friday // 13:15

Strong Winds Close Bulgaria's Varna Port

The port in Bulgaria's Black Sea capital Varna was closed on Friday due to strong winds, the management of the port informed.

Society » Environment | April 3, 2015, Friday // 12:43

Asenovgrad- Smolyan Road Remains Blocked

The road between Asenovgrad and Smolyan still remains closed both ways due to the new landslide in the region. It is expected that the road will be unblocked by the end of the day.

Society » Incidents | April 3, 2015, Friday // 09:29

Bulgarian Ski Track in Chepelare Is Now Temporarily Closed

Commission for Consumer Protection in Bulgaria has ordered that the ski track Mechi Chal in mountain resort Chepelare should be closed.

Society » Incidents | April 3, 2015, Friday // 08:41

Sports

Bulgarian Sprint Champion Tests Positive for Doping

Georgi Georgiev who has won the title in the 60 meter sprint at the National Athletics Championship, was caught with a positive doping test.

Sports | April 3, 2015, Friday // 11:29

Crime

Bulgarian Border Police Officer Injured in Pursuit of Illegal Immigrants, Traffickers

A Bulgarian border police officer was injured in a car chase near the village of Sladun, Svilengrad Municipality, in an attempt to detain a group of illegal immigrants and traffickers.

Crime | April 3, 2015, Friday // 20:34

Ex Deputy Head of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency Remains in Custody

Rumeтn Bozhinov, former Deputy Director of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency, remains in custody, according to a ruling of the Haskovo District Court.

Crime | April 3, 2015, Friday // 19:18

Bulgarian Police Detains 14 Illegal Immigrants in Stara Zagora

Bulgarian policed detained on Friday fourteen people without identity documents in the village of Trakia in the Stara Zagora district.

Crime | April 3, 2015, Friday // 14:04

World

Germanwings' Second Black Box Confirms Purposeful Plane Crash

Data from the second black box of crashed Germanwings aircraft confirmed that the second pilot Andreas Lubitz most probably caused the accident on purpose.

World | April 3, 2015, Friday // 13:54

The Telegraph: Greece Planning Nationalising Banks, Issuing Parallel Currency

Greece is drawing up plans to nationalise banks and introduce a parallel currency to pay salaries and pensions unless the eurozone softens its demands for austerity measures, according to Britain’s The Telegraph .

World » EU | April 3, 2015, Friday // 12:07

Foreign Ministers of Hungary, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia to Discuss Turkish Stream

The foreign ministers of Hungary, Serbia, Greece, Turkey, and Macedonia will exchange views on possibilities for participating in the Turkish Stream project at a meeting on April 7 in Budapest.

World » Southeast Europe | April 3, 2015, Friday // 18:38

Greek PM Tsipras Promises to Hire 4,500 Doctors Immediately

Healthcare will yet again be among the priorities for each and every Greek citizen. The health system has been a ''victim to the memorandum and austerity policies''.

World » Southeast Europe | April 3, 2015, Friday // 10:34

Oil Prices Mark Decrease Following Agreement on Iran Nuclear Program

Oil prices have marked a decrease on international markets following the agreement reached Thursday upon the Iran nuclear program.

World » International Business | April 3, 2015, Friday // 07:55

Novinite Insider

Putin Has Little to Offer Eastern Europe, Gerd Koenen Tells DW

Russia is lacking a working coherent strategy towards countries in Eastern Europe and Moscow under President Vladimir Putin has little to offer to countries in the region,  German historian Gerd Koenen has opined.

Novinite Insider » Interview | April 3, 2015, Friday // 13:11
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