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Business

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Head Dismissed amid Extortion Allegations
Bulgarian Farmers Hit By Russia Sanctions May Expect Compensations Totaling EUR 398 000
Average Wage in Bulgaria Increased 4-fold in 2000-2015
Bulgaria’s State-Owned Maritsa East 2 TPP Reported Loss of BGN 38.6 M in 2014
Bulgaria Backs Idea for Gas Ring with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia
Bulgarians Completed Less Tourist Trips in First Quarter of 2015

Politics

Bulgaria’s PM, Georgian Counterpart Discuss Bilateral Cooperation
Ex-Foreign Min Warns against Bulgaria's Harsh Tone on Russia
Bulgaria's Neynski 'In Talks over Turkey Mission'
Kapitan Andreevo Border Crossing Switches to Card Payments Only for Toll Fees as of June
Bulgarian Dairy Farmers to Stage National Protest, Block Road

Sports

Bulgarian Football Union to Determine Fate of CSKA Sofia

World

IS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Attack on Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia
At Least 30 Casualties as Suicide Bomber Targets Shia Mosque in Saudi Arabia
Kristalina Georgieva Appointed Co-Chair to UN Humanitarian Financing Panel
David Cameron Vows to Seize Pay of Illegal Migrants Working in UK
Bulgaria, Italy Agree to Deepen Cooperation in Dealing with Migratory Pressure
Macedonian Opposition Leader Dismisses Speculation of Partitioning
World Bank Grants USD 1.2 B in Aid to Albania
Russia Warns Google, Twitter, Facebook of Possible Blocking of Services

Novinite Insider

'Macedonians Only Wish to Live Normally'
Internet Trolls Not Credible, PR Expert Maxim Behar Says
'The International Community Needs the African Vision to Address Challenges'

Business

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Head Dismissed amid Extortion Allegations

Plamen Mollov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), has been dismissed at the proposal of Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Business | May 22, 2015, Friday // 20:51

Bulgarian Farmers Hit By Russia Sanctions May Expect Compensations Totaling EUR 398 000

Fruit and vegetable growers in Bulgaria may expect compensations of up to EUR 398 000 from the EU for the losses incurred as a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia and the country’s response to that policy, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav

Business | May 22, 2015, Friday // 16:15

Average Wage in Bulgaria Increased 4-fold in 2000-2015

The average wage in Bulgaria increased four times from BGN 225 to BGN 800 over the past 15 years.

Business » Finance | May 22, 2015, Friday // 20:34

Bulgaria’s State-Owned Maritsa East 2 TPP Reported Loss of BGN 38.6 M in 2014

Bulgaria’s state-owned thermal power plant Maritsa East 2 registered pre-tax loss of BGN 38.6 M for 2014.

Business » Energy | May 22, 2015, Friday // 17:05

Bulgaria Backs Idea for Gas Ring with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have signed a joint declaration supporting the idea to link their countries’ gas transmission systems, Hungary’s Foreign Minister P?ter Szijj?rt? announced on Thursday evening.

Business » Energy | May 22, 2015, Friday // 12:43

Bulgarians Completed Less Tourist Trips in First Quarter of 2015

The number of Bulgarians, who completed tourist trips in the first quarter of 2015, decreased with 15 % compared to the same period last year.

Business » Tourism | May 22, 2015, Friday // 15:19

Politics

Bulgaria’s PM, Georgian Counterpart Discuss Bilateral Cooperation

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili discussed bilateral cooperation in Riga during the Eastern Partnership Summit.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 22, 2015, Friday // 19:12

Ex-Foreign Min Warns against Bulgaria's Harsh Tone on Russia

Recent comments by Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov about Moscow's "irresponsible" approach to the situation in Macedonia are very dangerous, Mitov's predecessor Kristian Vigenin has said.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 22, 2015, Friday // 09:06

Bulgaria's Neynski 'In Talks over Turkey Mission'

Nadezhda Neynsky, a former Bulgarian Foreign Minister (1997-2001), has said she has entered talks to take over Bulgaria's Embassy in Ankara.

Politics » Diplomacy | May 22, 2015, Friday // 07:59

Kapitan Andreevo Border Crossing Switches to Card Payments Only for Toll Fees as of June

Starting 8 a.m. on June 1, 2015, toll fees and vignette stickers for trucks at Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point will only be paid at a “points of sale” (POS).

Politics » Domestic | May 22, 2015, Friday // 17:59

Bulgarian Dairy Farmers to Stage National Protest, Block Road

Bulgarian dairy farmers will stage a national protest on Friday due to the low purchasing price of milk and the lack of state strategy and support for the livestock breeding sector.

Politics » Domestic | May 22, 2015, Friday // 09:54

Sports

Bulgarian Football Union to Determine Fate of CSKA Sofia

The Executive Committee of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) will decide the fate of CSKA Sofia on Friday.

Sports | May 22, 2015, Friday // 11:17

World

IS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Attack on Shiite Mosque in Saudi Arabia

The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia.

World | May 22, 2015, Friday // 19:52

At Least 30 Casualties as Suicide Bomber Targets Shia Mosque in Saudi Arabia

There were at least thirty casualties as a suicide bomber targeted a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

World | May 22, 2015, Friday // 14:20

Kristalina Georgieva Appointed Co-Chair to UN Humanitarian Financing Panel

EU Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva was appointed as co-chair of the newly-established UN High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing.

World | May 22, 2015, Friday // 13:49

David Cameron Vows to Seize Pay of Illegal Migrants Working in UK

British Prime Minister David Camerion has unveiled new measures aimed at cutting immigration to the UK.

World » EU | May 22, 2015, Friday // 13:45

Bulgaria, Italy Agree to Deepen Cooperation in Dealing with Migratory Pressure

Bulgaria and Italy will deepen their cooperation in order to deal with the migratory pressure, which is affecting the two countries.

World » EU | May 22, 2015, Friday // 12:56

Macedonian Opposition Leader Dismisses Speculation of Partitioning

Macedonian opposition SDSM leader Zoran Zaev dismissed the speculation of partitioning or federalisation of the country.

World » Southeast Europe | May 22, 2015, Friday // 11:57

World Bank Grants USD 1.2 B in Aid to Albania

The World Bank Group is allocating USD 1.

World » Southeast Europe | May 22, 2015, Friday // 08:17

Russia Warns Google, Twitter, Facebook of Possible Blocking of Services

Russia has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook to comply with laws requiring internet companies to transmit data on Russian bloggers who have more than 3,000 readers a day, Reuters has reported.

World » Russia | May 22, 2015, Friday // 15:32

Novinite Insider

'Macedonians Only Wish to Live Normally'

Macedonians in Macedonia place much more importance on living well than on nationality, an emphasis Russia cannot understand, a Bulgarian journalist wrote Friday.

Novinite Insider » Opinions | May 22, 2015, Friday // 07:39

Internet Trolls Not Credible, PR Expert Maxim Behar Says

"How could you believe a lie said by an anonymous person?" PR Expert and Novinite publisher Maxim Behar has said during a TV discussion about Internet trolls.

Novinite Insider » Expert Voices | May 22, 2015, Friday // 08:46

'The International Community Needs the African Vision to Address Challenges'

Africa as a continent has a total surface area of 30.2 million square kilometers – bigger than China, India, Europe and the United States combined. And yet too many people associate it only with poverty, conflicts and – more recently – Ebola.

Novinite Insider » Diplomatic Channel | May 22, 2015, Friday // 09:53
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