Foreign direct investments in Bulgaria last year marked a sharp decline and did not exceed 2,6 B from January till November, down by EUR 3,4 B over the same period the previous year, data of the InvestBulgaria Agency shows.
Russian state-owned company "Transneft" has started talks with Turkey, Italy, and Greece for forming a consortium to manage the two oil pipeline projects - Burgas-Alexandroupolis and Samsun-Ceyhan.
Local tourist companies have reported a huge drop in tourist numbers in Bulgaria's main winter resorts over the blockade by Greek farmers of the Bulgaria-Greece border.
It is expected that the Bulgarian government will approve to send three specialized servicemen to Afghanistan at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Bulgaria's new EU Commissioner-Designate, Kristalina Georgieva, has declared that she had agreed to the nomination in order to help her country in the tough situation after the withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva.
Bulgaria's new EU Commissioner-Designate, Kristalina Georgieva, has declared she was very well aware of her proposed portfolio.
The withdrawal of Bulgaria's EC nominee, Rumiana Jeleva can end up being very convenient for the EC President, Jose Manuel Barroso, the French Le Monde writes.
The European Parliament voted on the confirmation of the second European Commission led by Jose Manuel Barroso has been set for February 9, 2010, as a result of the change of the Bulgarian Commissioner-Designate.
European Parliament hearing of Bulgaria's new EU Commissioner-Designate Kristalina Georgieva has been scheduled for February 3, 2010.
The opposition Bulgarian Socialists Party has welcomed the decision of the country's EC bidder Rumiana Jeleva to withdraw after her troubled EP hearing last week.
The European Parliament spokesperson, Jaume Duch Guillot, has confirmed that the withdrawal of EU Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva will now delay the appointment of the new EU Commission.
Rumiana Jeleva will not withdraw from her post of Bulgaria's foreign minister after her resignation was not accepted by the prime minister, the department announced.
The withdrawal of Bulgaria's troubled EU Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva is a moral victory for the Socialists in the EU, MEP Kristian Vigenin told Novinite.
Bulgaria's new EU Commissioner-Designate, acting World Bank Vice President Kristalina Georgieva has declined to comment in detail on her newly-announced nomination.
The chair of the European Socialists group in the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has stated that the withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva as EU-Commissioner-Designate was "inevitable and predictable".
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has refused to accept the resignation of Rumiana Jeleva as foreign minister.
Bulgaria now ex-Commissioner-designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response has written a letter to PM, Boyko Borisov notifying him she is resigning from all political posts.
Bulgaria Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has requested EUR 10 M from the European Union for the ongoing blockade of the Bulgaria-Greek border by Greek farmers.
European Commissioner President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced he is to meet as soon as possible World Bank's Kristalina Georgieva, the replacement candidate for Bulgaria's new commissioner.
Kristalina Georgieva, Vice President of the World Bank, is the country's new nominee to the European Commission after Rumiana Jeleva gave in to pressure and resigned on Tuesday.
Due to the withdrawal of Bulgaria's EU Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva, earlier on Tuesday, the appointment of the whole new EU Commission is set to be delayed.
On Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Rumiana Jeleva announced she ended her political career withdrawing her EU Commissioner-Designate bid, and resigning as Bulgaria's Foreign Minister in the GERB government of Boyko Borisov.
Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul, has confirmed that Bulgaria's EU Commissioner-Designate, Rumiana Jeleva, is withdrawing from political life.
Bulgaria's besieged nominee for European Commissioner, Rumiana Jeleva, is withdrawing form the battle, the Chairman of the European People Party (EPP), Joseph Daul announced Tuesday at noon.
Bulgarian commissioner-designate Rumiana Jeleva has withdrawn her candidature and resigned as foreign minister after pressure for her removal mounted both on the European and home front.
The majority in a key committee of the European Parliament have renewed calls for the removal of Bullgarian commissioner-designate Rumiana Jeleva even though the office of legal affairs accepted her documentation as being truthful and accurate.
A key decision on Bulgaria's embattled European Commissioner candidature is expected on Tuesday after the political coordinators of the EP Development Committee failed to reach a joint position Monday night.
Airline company Bulgaria Air has announced that it is canceling its Wednesday Sofia-Varna and Varna-Sofia flights over the inclement weather in the eastern part of the country.
The Regional Court in the city of Targovishte ruled Tuesday to ban and end the non-profit organization Bulgarian Red Crescent.
Over 1 million Bulgarians use the largest social network in the world, Facebook, according to data published by software and marketing company Komfo Bulgaria.
The prosecutor's office in the town of Thessaloniki has launched legal proceedings against the militant Greek farmers, who used tractors and farm machinery to block crossings with Bulgaria and Macedonia.
Eastern Bulgaria woke up Tuesday in the grip of a heavy snow storm with treacherous roads, power outages and canceled school classes.
The management team of music superstar, Elton John, announced Tuesday his much anticipated Sofia concert is rescheduled for June 13.
A monument of prominent Bulgarian poet and writer, Ivan Vazov, is going to be displayed in the Italian capital Rome.
The UK media have reported that Dimitar Berbatov is likely to make a shock appearance for Manchester United in the league cup semi-final derby clash at Manchester City on Tuesday evening.
The Veliko Tarnovo Appellate Court accepted Tuesday the dual court and medical expertise in the high-profile Borilski case.
Accused Bulgarian criminal, Tihomir Georgiev aka Boksiora (The Boxer) withdrew Tuesday his court appeal requesting his release from jail.
Rumiana Jeleva, Bulgaria’s embattled designate to the European Commission, withdrew her nomination on Tuesday, one week after her stormy confirmation hearing prompted a bitter political and institutional feud in Brussels.
Bulgaria's foreign minister Rumiana Jeleva resigned today and withdrew her nomination for European Commissioner in an embarrassment to the European Union's newest and poorest member state.
Following days of questions over her financial interests and her competence to be the EU's aid commissioner, Bulgaria's Rumiana Jeleva on Tuesday stepped aside as her country's nominee in a move likely to delay the installation of the new commission.
Bulgaria's nominee to the new European Commission has resigned - a move that could delay confirmation of the new 27-strong team.
In 1999, Jeleva, 30 years old at the time, was appointed CEO of ETKO Schneiders, documents from public registers show.
The fate of Bulgarian commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva is to be decided on Tuesday (18 January) at a behind-closed-doors meeting of MEPs on the development committee.
Bulgarian foreign minister and European Commissioner-designate Rumiana Jeleva will most probably have to catch the plane for Sofia, the French daily newspaper Liberation wrote ahead of the crucial vote of the EP Development Committee on Tuesday.
The fate of Bulgarian foreign minister Rumiana Jeleva appeared too close to call last night as a key committee of the European Parliament prepared in Strasbourg to discuss her nomination as humanitarian aid commissioner in the incoming EU executive.
"I would have never withdrawn Jeleva's nomination myself.
The US military has begun airdropping food and water supplies into earthquake-hit Haiti.
Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia's biggest air carrier, has filed for bankruptcy protection, reports say.
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