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ARCHIVE - 6 NOVEMBER 2009
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Business

Bulgaria Former Deputy Foreign Minister Heads Postal Monopoly
Bulgaria Economy Minister Acquitted of Conflict of Interests
Dundee Precious Plans for Bulgaria Suffer Setback in Court
Melrose Gets Ok for Bulgarian Gas Field

Finance

Bulgaria Finance Minister Reiterates Intention for New Tax Cuts
Bulgaria Banks Urged to Bring Down Lending Rates by 3%

Energy

New Crisis with Russia Averted as Ukraine Pays Natural Gas Dues
Bulgaria Minister: BGN 300,000 for Nuclear Plant JV Gone

Properties

Russian Oligarchs Throw Money around at Bulgaria Black Sea Properties

Diplomacy

Russia Denies Diplomatic Status of Police-Raided Bulgarian Premise
New Bulgaria Ambassador to UK Presents Credentials to Queen
Arrests of 3 Bulgarians in Moscow Confirmed after Diplomatic Premise Raid
4 Bulgarians Arrested in Russia in Wake of Diplomatic Premise Raid

Defense

Bulgaria Won't Reduce Afghanistan Troops despite Funding Issues

Domestic

Bulgaria Prime Minister Borisov: I Stopped Abuses in 100 Days
Bulgaria Ex-Labor Minister Faces 20 Years in Jail over Embezzlement of BGN 10 M
Bulgaria PM: Ethnic Turkish Leader Covered Up All Traces
Bulgaria Personal, Economic Prosperity Prospects in Decline
Bulgaria Lifts the Lid on Road Controversy
Bulgaria Amends Legislation in Rush to Provide Swine Flu Vaccines
Bulgaria Ex-Minister: I Am Victim of Monstrous Libel
Bulgaria Prosecutor Initiates Charges against Ex-Labor Minister
Bulgarian Municipalities Want 20% of Personal Income Tax

Society

Bulgaria Health Ministry Declares National Swine Flu Epidemic
Bulgarian Capital Sofia Declares Swine Flu Epidemic Starting Monday
WHO Recommends: Watch Closely Animals for Flu
Bulgaria Jobless Rate Shoots up in October
Bulgaria Registers 6th Swine Flu Fatality, Epidemic Spreads

Sports

Coach of Bulgaria Top Football Club CSKA Resigns
Bolivia Refuses to Play Ball with Bulgaria
Bulgarian Striker Berbatov Declared Fit for United's Sunday Clash

Crime

Turkish National with Fake Bulgarian ID Fleeces UK Casinos
Corrupt Bulgaria Veterinarian Head Faces 15 Years in Jail
Bulgaria Police Free 2 Kidnapped Girls
Top-ranking Bulgarian Veterinarian Arrested for Racketeering
Bulgaria Businessman Speaks out about Bribing Corrupt Prosecutor

Views on BG

Bulgaria: The Sweet Taste of the Black Sea
Bulgaria Won't be Celebrating 1989

World

Florida Gunman Arrested after Killing 1, Wounding 5 in Orlando Shooting Spree
Young Angela Merkel Saunas as Berlin Wall Falls
US Major Held after Base Shooting, 13 Killed
US Shooter Survives Carnage at Fort Hood, Texas
Death Toll of Vietnam Floods after Typhoon Mirinae Exceeds 100
12 Men Killed in Shooting at US Military Base in Fort Hood, Texas

Business

Bulgaria Former Deputy Foreign Minister Heads Postal Monopoly

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's former deputy foreign minister Milen Keremedchiev will head the state postal monopoly, it emerged on Friday a day after the government took the first steps in mail service liberalization....

Bulgaria Economy Minister Acquitted of Conflict of Interests

November 6, 2009, Friday
The Anti-Corruption Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament has concluded that Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, is not involved in a conflict of interests....

Dundee Precious Plans for Bulgaria Suffer Setback in Court

November 6, 2009, Friday
Toronto-based Dundee Precious Metals Inc. announced that a Bulgarian court has revoked a 2008 environmental impact assessment resolution, which gave the green light to its gold and copper mine in Chelopech, Bulgaria....

Melrose Gets Ok for Bulgarian Gas Field

November 6, 2009, Friday
Oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources said on Friday it has received approval from the Bulgarian government to develop the Kavarna gas field, which has estimated reserves of 24 billion cubic feet (bcf)....

Finance

Bulgaria Finance Minister Reiterates Intention for New Tax Cuts

November 6, 2009, Friday
Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has made clear his intention to reduce Bulgaria’s value-added tax from 20% down to 18% or even 16% by the end of the GERB cabinet’s term in 2013....

Bulgaria Banks Urged to Bring Down Lending Rates by 3%

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's finance minister has renewed his calls on the banks to lower lending rates by at least 3% due to the decreasing financial risk in the country....

Energy

New Crisis with Russia Averted as Ukraine Pays Natural Gas Dues

November 6, 2009, Friday
Ukraine has paid Russia for the October 2009 natural gas supplies, which has assuaged fears about the breakup of a new gas crisis between the two states not unlike the one in January....

Bulgaria Minister: BGN 300,000 for Nuclear Plant JV Gone

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's government will approach prosecutors on suspicions of embezzlement of funds earmarked for Belene nuclear project, the economy and energy minister said on Friday....

Properties

Russian Oligarchs Throw Money around at Bulgaria Black Sea Properties

November 6, 2009, Friday
Russian oligarchs have paid up to EUR 3 800 per square meter for vacation properties at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast....

Diplomacy

New Bulgaria Ambassador to UK Presents Credentials to Queen

November 6, 2009, Friday
The newly-appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Lyubomir Kyuchukov, presented his credentials to the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...

Arrests of 3 Bulgarians in Moscow Confirmed after Diplomatic Premise Raid

November 6, 2009, Friday
Russian authorities have confirmed the arrest of three Bulgarian citizens in Moscow in the wake of Thurday’s raid of the Russian police on the Bulgarian Industrial Center in Russia’s capital....

4 Bulgarians Arrested in Russia in Wake of Diplomatic Premise Raid

November 6, 2009, Friday
Four Bulgarian citizens have been arrested in Moscow in the wake of Thurday’s raid of the Russian police on the Bulgarian Industrial Center in Russia’s capital....

Defense

Bulgaria Won't Reduce Afghanistan Troops despite Funding Issues

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria is not going to reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan despite the financial difficulties of its Defense Ministry....

Domestic

Bulgaria Prime Minister Borisov: I Stopped Abuses in 100 Days

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, stated Friday night that in his first 100 days in office he stopped embezzlement of state funds, and found money for large infrastructure projects....

Bulgaria Ex-Labor Minister Faces 20 Years in Jail over Embezzlement of BGN 10 M

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's former Labor Minister and current Socialist Party MP, Emiliya Maslarova, is under the investigation for the embezzlement of BGN 10 M of state money....

Bulgaria PM: Ethnic Turkish Leader Covered Up All Traces

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's prime minister has said it is impossible to strip the immunity from prosecution of ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan as he has been careful not to leave evidence of his allegedly controversial deals....

Bulgaria Personal, Economic Prosperity Prospects in Decline

November 6, 2009, Friday
A consumer survey conducted in October shows that trust in the economy and feelings about personal well-being are in decline throughout Bulgaria....

Bulgaria Lifts the Lid on Road Controversy

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's finance ministry has declassified the financial audit of the state-owned National Road Infrastructure Fund, whose former head is being tried for corruption....

Bulgaria Ex-Minister: I Am Victim of Monstrous Libel

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria’s ex-Labor Minister, Emiliya Maslarova, has stated in written that she agreed to have her MP immunity lifted....

Bulgaria Prosecutor Initiates Charges against Ex-Labor Minister

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, has initiated a procedure for bringing charges against former Labor Minister, Emiliya Maslarova....

Bulgarian Municipalities Want 20% of Personal Income Tax

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria’s local authorities want to collect one-fifth of the personal income tax in order to have more funds available for their projects....

Society

Bulgaria Health Ministry Declares National Swine Flu Epidemic

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's Health Ministry announced Friday afternoon the declaration of a state of national swine flu epidemic over the rising number of patients with A(H1N1)....

Bulgarian Capital Sofia Declares Swine Flu Epidemic Starting Monday

November 6, 2009, Friday
The Sofia Health Inspectorate announced Friday afternoon that the Bulgarian capital will be declaring a swine flu epidemic starting Monday, November 9, 2009....

WHO Recommends: Watch Closely Animals for Flu

November 6, 2009, Friday
Household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet spread quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday....

Bulgaria Jobless Rate Shoots up in October

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgaria's unemployment rate marked a sharp increase in October 2009, reaching 8,23%, up by 0,20% over the previous month, officials announced....

Bulgaria Registers 6th Swine Flu Fatality, Epidemic Spreads

November 6, 2009, Friday
А 53-year-old man has died in a hospital in Sofia as a result of complications of the A(H1N1) virus, bringing Bulgaria’s total swine flu death toll to six....

Sports

Coach of Bulgaria Top Football Club CSKA Resigns

November 6, 2009, Friday
CSKA Sofia coach Lyuboslav Penev has surprisingly submitted his resignation on Friday, citing disagreement with a series of decisions of the club from earlier this week....

Bolivia Refuses to Play Ball with Bulgaria

November 6, 2009, Friday
The Bolivian national football team have refused to play in an international ‘friendly’ match at Bulgaria’s Vasil Levski National Stadium....

Bulgarian Striker Berbatov Declared Fit for United's Sunday Clash

November 6, 2009, Friday
Dimitar Berbatov, Manchester United’s Bulgarian forward, has recovered from his recent injury, and will now be available for Sunday’s fixture with Chelsea....

Crime

Turkish National with Fake Bulgarian ID Fleeces UK Casinos

November 6, 2009, Friday
One of the world's most notorious casino cheats has been jailed for a three-year fraud that spread all over the UK and several other countries....

Corrupt Bulgaria Veterinarian Head Faces 15 Years in Jail

November 6, 2009, Friday
The Deputy Director of Bulgaria's National Veterinary-Medical Service, Leonid Lavchev, who was arrested Friday, has been charged with blackmailing....

Bulgaria Police Free 2 Kidnapped Girls

November 6, 2009, Friday
Two kidnapped girls have been found and released by anti-mafia units in a village, close to the town of Pleven, Northern Bulgaria, police announced on Friday....

Top-ranking Bulgarian Veterinarian Arrested for Racketeering

November 6, 2009, Friday
The Deputy Director of Bulgaria’s National Veterinary-Medical Service, Leonid Lavchev, has been arrested on “racketeering” charges....

Bulgaria Businessman Speaks out about Bribing Corrupt Prosecutor

November 6, 2009, Friday
Bulgarian businessman Yosko Isaev has made public details on how he was blackmailed by Prosecutor Georgi Velkov who was recently busted with a bribe of BGN 23 000....

Views on BG

Bulgaria: The Sweet Taste of the Black Sea

November 6, 2009, Friday
Within 10 minutes of getting into the car that is going to take me from the border town of Ruse to the Black Sea resort of Varna, I am reminded of what is still universally considered by Bulgarians to be the single most important date in their history....

World

Florida Gunman Arrested after Killing 1, Wounding 5 in Orlando Shooting Spree

November 6, 2009, Friday
Jason Rodriguez, a 40-year-old man, has been detained after a shooting spree in which he killed one person and wounded five in Orlando, Florida, on Friday....

Young Angela Merkel Saunas as Berlin Wall Falls

November 6, 2009, Friday
A young East German physicist named Angela Merkel was on her way home from her weekly trip to the sauna and a beer with a friend...

US Major Held after Base Shooting, 13 Killed

November 6, 2009, Friday
A US major is under guard at a Texas military base as officials investigate what prompted a shooting attack, whose death toll has risen to 13....

US Shooter Survives Carnage at Fort Hood, Texas

November 6, 2009, Friday
Major Nidal Malik Hasan who killed 12 and wounded 31 officers at the US military base Fort Hood, Texas, is alive in a stable condition. ...

12 Men Killed in Shooting at US Military Base in Fort Hood, Texas

November 6, 2009, Friday
10 American soldiers and one civilian police officer have been killed, and 31 others have been wounded by a US Army major at the Fort Hood Military Base in Texas....
Bulgaria Court Keeps Nationalist Councilor Yuriy Galev under House Arrest

Borisov: UK Fund to Invest BGN 100 M in Electric Car Plant in Bulgaria

A British investment fund is going to set up an electric car factory in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora, announced Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov, on an official visit to the UK.
Bulgaria Court Keeps Nationalist Councilor Yuriy Galev under House Arrest

Bulgaria Court Keeps Nationalist Councilor Yuriy Galev under House Arrest

Sofia Regional Court has ruled that Yuriy Galev, a nationalist municipal councilor in the Bulgarian town of Samokov, and his accomplices, are to remain under house arrest. His son will be placed under direct police supervision.

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