ARCHIVE - 21 March 2017

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Business

Transport Minister To Propose End to Sofia Airport Concession

Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev has proposed that the Council of Ministers stop the concession of Sofia Airport, reported BGNES.

Business | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 14:55

Belgian Spadel Is New Owner of Devin

Belgian company Spadel is the new owner of Devin as of March 10 in a deal for EUR 120 M.

Business | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 11:02

Politics

Bread Prices To Increase If Gas Price Goes Up by 30%

Bread prices will go up if the price of natural gas rises by 30% in April, warned the chairman of the Regional Union of Bread Producers in Burgas Dimitar Ludiev.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 17:02

Bulgaria's Parties Want En Masse Representatives in Voting Sections in Turkey

Political parties want en masse to have representatives in voting sections in Turkey for the upcoming snap election on March 26, announced the head of the working group with the Foreign Ministry Elena Shekerletova.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 13:21

Borisov Refuses Coalition with DOST, DPS. Ninova Links Him to Mestan

GERB’s leader Boyko Borisov is certain that his party will not enter a coalition with either DOST or DPS.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 12:52

Border Checkpoints With Turkey Blocked By Protests Against "Voting Tourism"

Slightly after 10:00 hrs, traffic at border cross checkpoint Kapitan Andreevo was blocked by protests held by patriots against the so-called “voting tourism” from Turkey.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 12:15

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Provides Information For Organization Of the Vote Abroad

Information for the organization of voting abroad for the snap parliamentary elections on March, 26 in Bulgaria will be presented in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 10:07

Rumen Radev Called an Extraordinary Meeting of Special Services

An extraordinary meeting has started between Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, Head of State Agency National Security Dimitar Georgiev, and Head of the State Intelligence Agency Dragomir Dimitrov, according to BNR.

Politics » Domestic | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 07:36

Society

Economist Intelligence Unit: Singapore Most Expensive City Worldwide

Singapore ranked as the most expensive city in the world for a fourth consecutive time, showed the ranking of Economist Intelligence Union.

Society | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 15:49

Personality in the News Awards 2017

What a great ceremony for Novinite.

Society | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 09:22

US Billionaire Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dies at 101

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller has died in his sleep at his home in Poncantico Hills, New York, a spokesman said.

Society | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 08:23

Crime

Russia Could Have Laundered Up to USD 80 B Via Moldova, Latvia

British banks were also a part of the large-scale Russian operation for money laundering through Moldova and Latvia in the period 2010 – 2014, showed data from an international investigation, cited by The Guardian.

Crime | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 16:32

World

Merkel's Deputy Bouffier: Erdogan Not Wanted in Germany

The Turkish President has crossed all admissible boundaries by comparing the government in Berlin to the Nazis and this is why he and other officials are no longer wanted in Germany, stated Volker Bouffier, Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democratic Unio

World | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 17:33

EU, Japan To Sign Trade Agreement in 2017

The EU and Japan have agreed on an accelerated signing of a trade agreement as early as this year.

World » EU | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 15:20

Poland To Oppose Two-Speed Europe at Rome Summit Meeting

The leader of the ruling party in Poland has stated that Warsaw will oppose all models which create different “speeds” of integration in the EU at the upcoming summit meeting in Rome this week.

World » EU | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 14:15

Juncker: Britain's Example Will Show It Is Not Worth It To Leave EU

The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is not worried that, after Great Britain leaves the EU, other member-states would want to do the same since it will become clear that Brexit is not a good option.

World » EU | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 11:47

Japan and the EU Discusses the Possibilities of Free Trade

Free trade is going to be the main subject of the forthcoming meeting between the European Union and Japan in Brussels.

World » EU | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 09:50

Greek Police Investigates 8 More Parcel Bombs Addressed to EU Experts

Police in Greece have discovered another eight parcel bombs intended for financial experts in the European Union.

World » Southeast Europe | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 13:46

26% of Macedonians have Confidence in Nikola Gruevski, 13.5 – in Zoran Zaev

The approval rating of the leader of the Macedonian party VMRO-DPMNE - Nikola Gruevski – is almost double that of Zoran Zaev, chairman of the SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Party).

World » Southeast Europe | March 21, 2017, Tuesday // 08:35
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