Bulgaria Central Bank Interest Rate Hits New Low
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has announced the lowest basic interest rate since the index was recorded for the first time in 1991.
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has announced the lowest basic interest rate since the index was recorded for the first time in 1991.
Spain has assumed the rotating European Union presidency with a spectacular light show in Madrid.
President Georgi Parvanov warned Bulgarians will face an uphill struggle in 2010 as he addressed the nation minutes before the new year set in.
New, higher prices of central heating, natural gas and water are coming into force in Bulgaria on January 1.
Balkan music guru Goran Bregovi? and his Weddings and Funerals Orchestra performed on New Year's Eve on Sofia's central square, a concert that was attended by thousands of citizens and visitors of the capital.
Bulgarian smokers will have to swallow a raise in excise duties on cigarettes and their prices as of January 1, as the government struggles to curb smoking and relieve the health care system.
On the first day of the New Year Bulgarian Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Vassilij the Great, who lived around 330-379.
Temperature records were seen across Bulgaria on the first day of the new year, marking the second day in a row with unusually warm weather, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) announced.
The Bulgaria section of the Danube River has not been included among the views that accompanied one of the biggest musical performances in the world - the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 2010 from the Musikverein.
No contact has yet been made with the pirates who hijacked the UK chemical tanker St. James Park on Monday, along with 26 crew including 5 Bulgarians, it emerged on January 1.
At least 40 people have been killed after a suspected suicide bomb attack at a volleyball pitch in the troubled north-west of Pakistan, BBC reported, citing officials.
Pope Benedict XVI has called for the respect of all people without discrimination and the protection of children from war and violence during a Mass marking the start of 2010.
People around the world have celebrated the turn of the decade and welcomed in the year 2010.
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