ARCHIVE - 12 October 2016

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Business

Bulgarian Government To Ensure Better Protection for Employees Sent to EU
Bulgaria, UAE EconMins Launch Business Forum in Sofia
Parliament To Ratify Guarantee for EUR 100 M Lent to BDB by KfW
Bulgaria's Energy Minister To Discuss Belene Payment in Moscow
Petrol, Gas Association of Bulgaria 'Surprised' by Price-Fixing Claim

Politics

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Bulgarians Voting in Britain Should Expect Delays
Head of Bulgaria's DOST Party Meets Turkey's Erdogan
UAE To Open Embassy in Bulgaria in 2017
Slovakia Dispatches 25 Border Police Officers to Bulgaria
Bulgarian Government Approves BGN 12 M Strategy for Electronic Management of Customs Agency
Toplofikatsiya Sofia Ready To Turn Heating On
Court Leaves Former Mayor Charged With Rape Under Arrest
Bulgaria's Parliament Goes on Suprising 'Election Holiday'

Society

Underground Protest at Bulgaria's Bobov Dol Mines Continues
Eight Companies Vying to Build 16 km of Bulgaria's Hemus Motorway
Russian Impressionists Featured in Bulgaria for 1st Time
Bulgarian Movie 'Losers' to Compete for Oscar with 84 Titles

Sports

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Backs Down in 2nd Round of ATP Masters Shanghai

Crime

Bulgarian Border Police Officers Taken into Custody amid Corruption Charges

Quotes

'You Are Not on My Level,' Turkey's Erdogan Tells Iraqi PM

World

Hungary Indicts 7 Bulgarians Over Death of 71 Migrants
Germany Cuts Social Benefits for EU Member-States Citizens
Israeli Expert: Turkey's Erdogan Can Radicalise Muslims in Bulgaria
Turkey Purges NATO Cadres After Coup Attempt

Novinite Insider

Traycho Traykov, the Reluctant Presidential Candidate
Austria Opens Honorary Consulate in Bulgaria's Burgas
Five Ambassadors to Bulgaria Present Diplomatic Credentials

Business

Bulgarian Government To Ensure Better Protection for Employees Sent to EU

The Bulgarian government has approved amendments to the Labour Code which ensure better protection for Bulgarian workers sent on working trips in the EU, reported the press centre of the Council of Ministers.

Business | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 16:51

Bulgaria, UAE EconMins Launch Business Forum in Sofia

A delegation of the United Arab Emirates has been received by Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski in Sofia on Wednesday, the Economy Ministry has said.

Business | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 11:52

Parliament To Ratify Guarantee for EUR 100 M Lent to BDB by KfW

The Council of Ministers has proposed that Parliament ratify a guarantee for the EUR 100 M withdrawn by the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) from Germany’s KfW, reported the government’s press centre.

Business » Finance | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 14:56

Bulgaria's Energy Minister To Discuss Belene Payment in Moscow

Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova is travelling to Moscow to discuss the forthcoming steps concerning the fulfillment of the decision of the Arbitration Court on the Belene nuclear power plant.

Business » Energy | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 20:46

Petrol, Gas Association of Bulgaria 'Surprised' by Price-Fixing Claim

The Bulgarian Petroleum and Gas Association (BPGA) has expressed its surprise at the competition watchdog's claims of a cartel agreement involving six major oil and gas retailers.

Business » Energy | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 10:05

Politics

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Bulgarians Voting in Britain Should Expect Delays

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working within the limits set by the Electoral Code and may not open more election sections than the number stipulated by law, stated on Nova TV Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov.

Politics | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 16:38

Head of Bulgaria's DOST Party Meets Turkey's Erdogan

A delegation of DOST party, led by its chair Lyutvi Mestan, held a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Ankara, the party's press office has said.

Politics | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 15:09

UAE To Open Embassy in Bulgaria in 2017

The UAE will open an embassy in Bulgaria in 2017, announced the Economy Minister of the Emirates Sultan al Mansouri.

Politics » Diplomacy | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 18:45

Slovakia Dispatches 25 Border Police Officers to Bulgaria

Twenty-five Slovak police officers will help Bulgaria protect is border with Turkey as part of the effort to tackle the migrant crisis in Europe.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 12:36

Bulgarian Government Approves BGN 12 M Strategy for Electronic Management of Customs Agency

The Bulgarian government has approved a strategy for the development of the electronic management of the National Customs Agency.

Politics » Domestic | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 21:07

Toplofikatsiya Sofia Ready To Turn Heating On

Toplofikatsiya Sofia is prepared to turn on the heating for all subscribers in the capital, said on Radio Sofia the spokesperson of the venture Elizabet Pavlova

Politics » Domestic | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 19:11

Court Leaves Former Mayor Charged With Rape Under Arrest

The Plovdiv Regional Court has not heeded the request for changing former mayor Ivan Evstatiev’s arrest sanction to a lighter penalty.

Politics » Domestic | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 15:27

Bulgaria's Parliament Goes on Suprising 'Election Holiday'

Bulgarian lawmakers have surprisingly agreed to take a month-long break due to the presidential elections on November 06.

Politics » Domestic | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 11:09

Society

Underground Protest at Bulgaria's Bobov Dol Mines Continues

Miners from Babino pit, at the Bobov Dol mines in Bulgaria, continue their protest action on Wednesday as their talks with the management and trade union have failed, the public broadcaster has said.

Society | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 10:24

Eight Companies Vying to Build 16 km of Bulgaria's Hemus Motorway

There are eight offers submitted by companies willing to build a 16 km section of Hemus Motorway in Northern Bulgaria, the Road Infrastructure Agency has said.

Society | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 09:40

Russian Impressionists Featured in Bulgaria for 1st Time

The National Art Gallery of Bulgaria has unveiled a collection of works by Russian Impressionists for the first time.

Society » Culture | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 13:13

Bulgarian Movie 'Losers' to Compete for Oscar with 84 Titles

Karatsi ("Losers") of Ivaylo Hristov is among the 85 movies vying in the Foreign Language Film contest of the 89th Academy Awards.

Society » Culture | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 10:37

Sports

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Backs Down in 2nd Round of ATP Masters Shanghai

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has been defeated by Vasek Pospisil in the second round of the ATP Masters Tournament in Shanghai (5:7, 6:7 (2)).

Sports | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 15:37

Crime

Bulgarian Border Police Officers Taken into Custody amid Corruption Charges

The Appellate Court of Plovdiv has decided to leave six of the detained border police and customs officers in custody after their arrest late in September.

Crime | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 08:17

Quotes

'You Are Not on My Level,' Turkey's Erdogan Tells Iraqi PM

“He is defaming me but you are not my interlocutor; you are not on my level and are not my value or quality.

Quotes | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 08:37

World

Hungary Indicts 7 Bulgarians Over Death of 71 Migrants

Hungarian police announced that it will charge seven Bulgarians and an Afghani male after it concluded the investigation of the death of 71 migrants discovered in a truck in Austria last year.

World » EU | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 18:25

Germany Cuts Social Benefits for EU Member-States Citizens

The German government approved a law on Wednesday which stipulates that citizens of other EU member-states who have not worked in Germany will not be eligible to apply for full compensation for unemployment during the first five years of their stay in Ger

World » EU | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 17:18

Israeli Expert: Turkey's Erdogan Can Radicalise Muslims in Bulgaria

Turkish President Recep Erdogan can radicalise Muslims in Bulgaria, warned the Director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa Dr.

World » Southeast Europe | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 21:24

Turkey Purges NATO Cadres After Coup Attempt

Turkey has fired hundreds of its senior military – representatives at NATO both in Europe and the USA after the unsuccessful coup attempt on July 15, showed documents to which Reuters has secured access.

World » Southeast Europe | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 18:07

Novinite Insider

Traycho Traykov, the Reluctant Presidential Candidate

Novinite publishes profiles of presidential candidates running in the forthcoming elections on November 06.

Novinite Insider | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 14:40

Austria Opens Honorary Consulate in Bulgaria's Burgas

The Bulgarian government has given the green light for Austria to open its honorary consulate in Bulgaria.

Novinite Insider » Diplomatic Channel | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 12:14

Five Ambassadors to Bulgaria Present Diplomatic Credentials

Ambassadors newly posted to Bulgaria have presented their diplomatic credentials to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.

Novinite Insider » Diplomatic Channel | October 12, 2016, Wednesday // 07:44
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