Workers to Protest Again over Closure of Tobacco Plant in Sofia
Trarade unions with Bulgaria's major tobacco holding Bulgartabac have called for Monday a demonstration against the decision to close down a Sofia-based tobacco plant.
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ARCHIVE - 9 May 2016
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Workers to Protest Again over Closure of Tobacco Plant in SofiaTen Bulgarian Beaches, One Marina Get Blue Flag Label in 2016
Politics
NATO Launches Platinum Lion 16-3 Exercise at Bulgaria’s Novo Selo Training RangeBulgarian President Urges MPs to Repeal Curbs to Voting Abroad
Mariya Stoyanova Elected Chair of Bulgaria's Media Watchdog
Bulgaria's Ombudsman Meeting Expats, Parties over Election Rules
Who Is Who: Korneliya Ninova, New Head of Bulgaria's Socialists
Society
Bulgarians Honor Victory Day in Front of Soviet Army Monument'Provocateurs' Were Sent to Protests in Bulgaria's Radnevo - IntMin
Bulgaria Marks Europe Day with Readings, Light Shows
Severe Hailstorm Hits Bulgaria’s Lovech
Sports
Bulgaria's Dimitrov Drops Out of Top 30 in TennisViews on BG
Stratfor: Bulgaria, Romania to Get ‘Increasingly Involved’ in Crises over Refugees, UkraineQuotes
Today's Quote: Holocaust Remembrance and Nazi GermanyWorld
Romania’s Health Minister Resigns over Disinfectants ScandalEU Membership Remains Strategic Goal for Turkey, President Erdogan Says
Serbia's President Sees Europe as 'Necessary Evil'
Greece Approves Changes to Tax, Pension Systems
Novinite Insider
Bulgarian Intelligence ex-Head: Free Visa Regime w/ Turkey 'Threatens National Security'Business
Ten Bulgarian Beaches, One Marina Get Blue Flag Label in 2016
Ten beaches on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast have been awarded the Blue Flag label this year.
Politics
NATO Launches Platinum Lion 16-3 Exercise at Bulgaria’s Novo Selo Training Range
Platinum Lion 16-3, a joint exercise of NATO troops, has been launched on Monday at Novo Selo training range, in southeastern Bulgaria.
Bulgarian President Urges MPs to Repeal Curbs to Voting Abroad
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said that his veto on recently adopted changes to election rules aim to remind to political parties that citizens have equal rights under the constitution.
Mariya Stoyanova Elected Chair of Bulgaria's Media Watchdog
Council on Electronic Media (CEM) member and interim head Mariya Stoyanova has been elected permanent chairperson of the Bulgarian broadcast media watchdog after a vote of the council members.
Bulgaria's Ombudsman Meeting Expats, Parties over Election Rules
National Ombudsman Maya Manolova is brokering a new round of talks between political leaders and representatives of Bulgarians who live abroad on Monday morning, her press office has said.
Who Is Who: Korneliya Ninova, New Head of Bulgaria's Socialists
Lawmaker Korneliya Ninova on Sunday was elected head of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the country's biggest opposition.
Society
Bulgarians Honor Victory Day in Front of Soviet Army Monument
Hundreds of Bulgarians laid wreaths in front of the Soviet Army Monument in the capital Sofia to mark Victory Day on Monday.
Society | May 9, 2016, Monday // 13:10
'Provocateurs' Were Sent to Protests in Bulgaria's Radnevo - IntMin
Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova said on Monday there had been "provocateurs" at the protest rallies in the town of Radnevo, where tensions rose last week between ethnic Bulgarians and Roma residents.
Society | May 9, 2016, Monday // 09:59
Bulgaria Marks Europe Day with Readings, Light Shows
A number of towns and cities throughout Bulgaria will mark the Day of Europe on Monday.
Society | May 9, 2016, Monday // 09:32
Severe Hailstorm Hits Bulgaria’s Lovech
A snowplough was used to clear ice from the streets of Lovech on May 9 following a 20-minute hailstorm, bTV reported.
Sports
Bulgaria's Dimitrov Drops Out of Top 30 in Tennis
The highest-ranking male tennis player of Bulgaria has slumped to the 35th spot in ATP rankings, leaving the list of the world's best 30 for the first time in three years.
Sports | May 9, 2016, Monday // 09:05
Views on BG
Stratfor: Bulgaria, Romania to Get ‘Increasingly Involved’ in Crises over Refugees, Ukraine
Bulgaria and Romania, lying at the eastern border of both NATO and the EU, will become ‘increasingly involved’ in Europe’s migration crisis and the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine, Stratfor has forecast.
Views on BG | May 9, 2016, Monday // 17:03
Quotes
Today's Quote: Holocaust Remembrance and Nazi Germany
"If there's something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it's the recognition of the nauseating processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then - 70, 80 and 90 years ago - and finding signs of them here amon
Quotes | May 9, 2016, Monday // 10:18
World
Romania’s Health Minister Resigns over Disinfectants Scandal
Romania's health minister Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu has resigned in a dispute over the use of sub-standard disinfectants in hospitals.
EU Membership Remains Strategic Goal for Turkey, President Erdogan Says
European Union membership is a strategic objective for Ankara and the proposed lifting of visa requirements for Turkish citizens travelling to the EU will speed up Turkey's accession to the bloc, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Serbia's President Sees Europe as 'Necessary Evil'
Serbian head of state Tomislav Nikolic has described Europe as "a necessary evil" in an interview with Serbian-language Sputniknews.
Greece Approves Changes to Tax, Pension Systems
Greek lawmakers passed late on Sunday a reform package reforming the country's tax and pension system.
Novinite Insider
Bulgarian Intelligence ex-Head: Free Visa Regime w/ Turkey 'Threatens National Security'
Visa liberalization with Turkey poses a new threat to Bulgarian national security, Kircho Kirov, the former chair of the national security service, has said.
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