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Kuneva: Bulgarian Consumers Will Be Among My Key Priorities

Meglena Kuneva is Bulgaria's EU Commissioner. She was approached by Darik News hours after the European Parliament voted for her candidacy.

Novinite Insider » Interview | December 12, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 5960

Glocalisation is a Wonderful Thing

By Zlatka Velichkova When the reality TV show Big Brother was first launched in Bulgaria I thought it was the most degrading thing a person could choose to watch out of the enormous options one has during prime time.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 12, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1589

Bulgaria's (Parallel) Authority

By Milena Hristova "How can the audience be so bored, when the stakes are so high?", a foreign colleague of mine recently asked me, amazed at Bulgaria's political theatre.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 11, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1500

Lost in Fog

By Ivelina Puhaleva People crowding in front of air carriers bureaus, boards showing cancelled, cancelled, cancelled flights.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 10, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1299

Stolen Lives

By Ivelina Puhaleva The impermeable fog clouding and cutting off Sofia city from the rest of the world was just a prelude to the black end of this week.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 8, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 959

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Accident was not Caused by Bad Road Infrastructure

Rumen Petkov is Bulgaria's interior minister. He was approached by Darik Radio to comment what was the cause for the terrible tragedy that happened only 24 hours ago.

Novinite Insider » Interview | December 8, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1335

Hitting the Slopes

Some have been waiting for this moment for as long as last March - the moment when the slopes are again covered in snow and they can grab their skis or snowboard and head downhill fast. Over the past few years Bulgaria has become the dream destination for

Novinite Insider » Destinations | | Viewed: 2406

D_ 2, Me Too

It's been 6 years since D_2 first strutted out on a small Sofia stage, backed by Dimitar Karnev's guitar licks, Krasi Todorov's gentle fingers on the keyboard and Yavor Alexandrov's tastefully incessant drumming. They were just one of the so popular boy b

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 8, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1382

The Phoney Santa

By Lora Petrova It is this time of the year, days before Christmas and the festive mood somehow starts to escalate uncontrolled by anyone.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 7, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 991

Fit of Schizophrenia on EU Doorstep

By Milena Hristova That could have been Bulgaria's final and most earnest reckoning with its totalitarian past.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 6, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4592

Out of Security Measures

By Zlatka Velichkova Security measures are the first thing that everybody takes into account in every sphere of modern life.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 5, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 900

Salute but Mute

By Ivelina Puhaleva The much awaited birth of Bulgaria's three-hundred-and-something-th party splashed out from the TV screen as real parody.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 4, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1074

A Christmas (Un)felt

By Petya Sabinova Fogs have been creeping over Sofia for days now, and the capital's citizens have but a few reasons to be joyful in this gloomy weather.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 3, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1101

The Silence of Bulgaria's Painful Past

By Milena Hristova "Are you optimistic?", I asked two years ago a colleague of mine, who had done solid research into the accessible files of the former state security service.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | December 1, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 910

Charmed by UNESCO Frescos in Sofia

Located at the foot of the Vitosha Mountain in the Sofia suburb of Boyana, the church's unique murals will come back to display next Monday. Even nowadays experts and historians, more than seven centuries later, still stay stun with their beauty, expressi

Novinite Insider » Destinations | | Viewed: 2709

EU Spokesman: Bulgaria's Gambling Law Must Apply to Everybody

Oliver Drewes is spokesman for the internal markets commissioner, Charlie McCreevy. He was approached by Darik Radio to comment amendments to Bulgarian law on gambling.

Novinite Insider » Interview | November 30, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 6725

Shall We Cry or Laugh?

By Ivelina Puhaleva A really weird thing happened today when the much awaited reaction of the European Parliament to the proposed delay in two nuclear units' closedown just did not feature on the agenda.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | November 30, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3349

Another Hangover in the Making?

By Milena Hristova The financial health of the Bulgarian state next year will be fuelled by an unhealthy for the Bulgarian people cocktail.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | November 29, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 786

Fatih Ali: Agca Loves Previous, Dislikes New Pope

Amid the much controversial Turkey visit of Pope Benedict XVI Bulgarian private Darik Radio sought to know the opinion of Ali Agca, the Turk who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II, on the late pontiff's successor. Fatih Ali, a man responsible for Ali Agc

Novinite Insider » Interview | November 28, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1899

Wings of Glory

By Petya Sabinova Several days ago I met a guy in a bar, who told me, yawning, that he was dead tired but had a couple of more hours to go because he wanted to see the Bulgarians' volleyball game against Cuba.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | November 28, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1019

A European Consumer Diary

By Ivelina Puhaleva Promoting consumers' rights, prosperity and well-being are core values of the European Union (EU), and this was strictly emphasized during the hearing of Bulgaria's EU commissioner designate Meglena Kuneva.

Novinite Insider » Editorial | November 27, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3558
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