Bulgaria's Conservatives: PM Mulls Withdrawal from ACTA
Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is most likely to withdraw the country's signature under the controversial international ACTA agreement.
February 13, 2012, Monday
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Top 10 for 2012
TOP 10 NEWS
Malmstrom Raises Hopes for Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry
Bulgaria and Romania can enter the Schengen Agreement very soon, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom believes.
February 9, 2012, Thursday
Bulgarian Women Ranked World's 5th Most Beautiful
The women in Bulgaria are the fifth most beautiful in the world, according to an online travel directory.
February 29, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgaria Leaked Milosevic's Kosovo Ethnic Cleansing Plan in 1999
Bulgaria's government turned over to Germany and NATO intelligence information about "Operation Horseshoe" - the Kosovo ethnic cleansing plan of ex Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic back in 1999.
January 9, 2012, Monday
Bulgaria Joins EU in Diplomatic Pullout from Belarus
Bulgaria is withdrawing its ambassador from Belarus a day after Minsk ordered the ambassadors of Poland and the EU to leave the country, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has announced.
February 29, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgarian EconMin Ready to Resign over ACTA Outrage
Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, announced that he is ready to resign over the ACTA controversy.
February 15, 2012, Wednesday
Campaign for Independence from UK Launched in Scotland
Supporters of independence for Scotland have launched a campaign which they hope will lead to the demise of a 305-year-old union with England, as part of the United Kingdom.
May 26, 2012, Saturday
Alpha Bank Country Manager Evangelos Litras: Bulgaria's Banking Sector Is Resilient, Dynamic, Well-Managed
An interview with Evangelos Lytras, Country Manager of Alpha Bank Bulgaria, for the Investors of the Decade Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg.
March 23, 2012, Friday
Boosting Bulgaria's Nordic Investments - Insights from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
As part of its "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg have asked the representatives of the Nordic countries in Sofia how Bulgaria can attract more Nordic investments.
February 26, 2012, Sunday
Fired Greek Worker Shoots 3, Injures Bulgarian
A former plastic factory employee shot three people and took two hostages in the northern Greek city of Komotini before surrendering to police early on Friday.
March 2, 2012, Friday
TOP 10 COMMENTS
Time for Preemptive Division of Macedonia (?)
After five Macedonian men were found killed near Skopje last week, the ethnic tensions in the Republic of Macedonia seem to be getting worse by the hour.
April 21, 2012, Saturday
Bulgaria's Most Influential People
This week, the Bulgarian edition of Forbes Magazine unveiled its first most influential persons list, with the top 10 featuring four officials from the ruling party GERB and six oligarchs.
March 30, 2012, Friday
A Bulgarian's Budget (Re)Capitulation
Bulgaria's Cabinet has adopted the 2013 Budget projecting a 0.2 pp GDP growth increase(!).
October 11, 2012, Thursday
The Magic Number 270 that Leads to White House
US citizens don't elect their presidents and vice presidents in a direct vote since the winner is determined by votes cast by electors of the Electoral College.
November 6, 2012, Tuesday
A Flood of Failures
Before the communist regime collapse thousands of big and small dams were built in Bulgaria, making the water reserves of the country among the biggest in Europe. Now nobody knows who and how maintains them. This can be deadly dangerous.
February 9, 2012, Thursday
Danube Bridge 2 between Bulgaria and Romania: The Bridge of Shame!
Of course, it is a nice thing that Danube Bridge 2 between Bulgaria and Romania will be completed after all.
December 12, 2012, Wednesday
What Will 2012 Be Like for Bulgaria? (by Novinite.com & Novinite.bg)
As 2012 has kicked off, the journalists of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are offering you their takes on a crucial question...
January 7, 2012, Saturday
Bulgaria Will Never Be The Same
Terror doesn't have two faces, or any more than that.
July 18, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Blurred Digital TV? Move
The government in Sofia is dragging its feet over the long and keenly awaited analogue switch-off.
June 24, 2012, Sunday
Bulgaria: Fifteen Years Later
The first of July marked the anniversary of a momentous day in Bulgarian history. On that day, fifteen years ago, Bulgaria installed its currency board system (CBS), finally ending its hyperinflation, which had peaked with a monthly inflation rate of 242%
November 2, 2012, Friday
TOP 10 INTERVIEWS
Bulgarian 'Boykometer' Creators Genov and Pavlov: We Strive to Reduce Political Hypocrisy
Interview of Novinite.com and Novinite.bg with Bulgarian bloggers and civil activists Asen Genov and Konstantin Pavlov-Komitata.
December 17, 2012, Monday
Spanish Ambassador to Bulgaria Jose Luis Tapia: Bulgarian Immigrants Aren't Coming Back from Spain
Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with His Excellency Jose Luis Tapia, Ambassador of Spain to Bulgaria.
July 17, 2012, Tuesday
Prophon CEO Ina Kileva: ACTA Would Save over 1 Million Jobs
An interview for Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with Ina Kileva, CEO of Prophon, a Bulgarian music licensing company, regarding the ACTA trade agreement.
February 11, 2012, Saturday
Prof. Emil Horozov: Money for Science Is Siphoned Illegally in Bulgaria
Exclusive interview of Novinite.com and Novinite.bg with Professor Emil Horozov, former Director of Bulgaria's Scientific Research Fund.
December 5, 2012, Wednesday
Maxim Behar: Sofia International Airport Must Be Named 'John Atanasoff'
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are publishing an interview of the Bulgarian PR expert for the "Media on Air" talk show of the "Bulgaria on Air" TV.
May 14, 2012, Monday
Bulgarian Journalist Ivan Bakalov: Like Other Balkan Leaders PM Borisov Will Be Sentenced in Court Some Day
A new book appeared on the Bulgarian print market in October 2011, but local media, with very few exceptions, stubbornly keep silent about it.
February 8, 2012, Wednesday
Bulgarian Actress Plamena Bozhilova: British Acting Is Based on Tradition, American Acting - on Freedom
Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Plamena Bozhilova, a young Bulgarian actress based in London.
August 9, 2012, Thursday
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci: Kosovo Will Join EU When All Western Balkan Nations Do
An exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Hashim Thaci.
June 20, 2012, Wednesday
Varna Architect Kalina Pavlova vs. TIM: Being Brave Is Not Being Fearless, but Act Despite Fears
Meet architect Kalina Pavlova – often called "The Civic Face of Varna.
January 19, 2012, Thursday
Bulgarian-born French Journalist Roumiana Ougartchinska: Bulgarian Expats Are Not Traitors
Interview for Novinite.com and Novinite.bg with well-known French journalist with Bulgarian roots, Roumiana Ougartchinska.
October 30, 2012, Tuesday
TOP 10 JOKES
Bulgarian Husbands
A Bulgarian lad came home from school and told his mother he had been given a part in the school play.
July 13, 2012, Friday
Merkel on Bulgaria and Vice Versa
A: Merkel has singled out Bulgaria as a star pupil.
July 27, 2012, Friday
Bulgarian Railways
A passenger on a BDZ train in Bulgaria gets extremely angry as the train moves very slowly, and makes stops every five minutes.
January 9, 2012, Monday
Bulgarian Family's Lovers
A Bulgarian family are discussing their situation.
September 4, 2012, Tuesday
Boyko Driving (Even the GPS Mad)
Heading to the countryside for an official visit to a small town, Bulgaria's Prime minister insisted that he drives by himself.
November 2, 2012, Friday
Iran or Iraq?
Two Bulgarian pop folk singers got engaged in a hot dispute and were on the verge of getting in a fight.
January 3, 2012, Tuesday
New Bulgarian President Discovering Secret Weapon
Bulgaria's newly elected President Rosen Plevneliev takes over, inspecting a military parade in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief.
January 17, 2012, Tuesday
TOP 10 QUOTES
Today's Quote
Borisov: "You've done whatever you've done – you now pick your tiles, and get out of here before June...
January 11, 2012, Wednesday
Today's Quote
"Today there is much talk about the growing inequality over the last 30 years.
September 14, 2012, Friday
Today's Quote
"Such a large and expensive project cannot be signed on your knee in a piano bar, it needs to be fine-tuned all over.
January 3, 2012, Tuesday
Today's Quote
"I do not worry about criticisms regarding media freedom, because there cannot be a greater freedom of speech.
November 19, 2012, Monday
Today's Quote
"But apparently, the Boss has decided to bring about a power that will reveal all the secret files so that the laity can reach their own conclusions,"
January 23, 2012, Monday
Today's Quote
"When I am in Germany I work so hard that I have no time to feel nostalgic.
January 3, 2012, Tuesday
Today's Quote
"Stanishev has been elected interim PES leader for just one year.
January 5, 2012, Thursday
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