The Bulgarian Agriculture Ministry and Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism have received 13 notifications from firms reporting a total loss of BGN 77,5 M from the Greek farmer blockade of the Bulgarian border.
A young financial expert, who has been tipped to join Bulgaria's GERB party cabinet as a new deputy prime minister, has denied reports that he will replace Finance Minister Simeon Djankov.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has thanked his Finance Minister Simeon Djankov for his efforts to "improve Bulgaria's image with the global financial institutions.
Bulgaria has dropped down 19 positions to 75th place in the world in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom compiled by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.
Ex Bulgaria Deputy PM, Meglena Plugchieva, has confirmed that she is bidding to become the Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Moody's Investors Service has changed Thursday the outlook on the Bulgarian government's Baa3 ratings from stable to positive.
Bulgaria's finance minister has announced that Value-Added Tax (VAT), which currently stands at 20%, could be cut to 16% by the end of the new center-right government in 2013.
Two Chinese companies, Polar Photovoltaics and Wiscom, have proposed to invest USD 7 M to build a 2 MW Photovoltaic plant near Ihtiman, 40 km south from Bulgarian capital Sofia.
The Bulgarian Road Agency will sign an annex to the Lyulin Highway contract with Turkish company Mapa Cengiz, following their request for additional funds for the motorway construction project.
Average asking sales prices across all property sub markets fell 20% on average on a year-on-year basis, data of realtors shows.
A team of Bulgaria's Military Medical Academy is setting off to take part in the relief efforts in Haiti were hundreds of thousands have been killed, injured, or left homeless after last weeks massive earthquake.
The newly-arrived US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James Warlick, has made his first public appearance in Sofia on Wednesday.
Russia PM Vladimir Putin has thanked the Bulgarian Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, for the action taken to stop the illegal export from Bulgaria of fake 'Stolichnaya' vodka.
The new US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James B. Warlick Jnr, has arrived in the Bulgarian capital Sofia to take up his official position.
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov has suggested that the three Bulgarian military units serving in Afghanistan should all be based in the city of Kandahar.
EC President Jose Manuel Barroso met Thursday night in Brussels with the new Bulgarian EU Commissioner-Designate, World Bank Vice President Kristalina Georgieva.
Martin Dimitrov, leader of Bulgarian rightist party, the Union of Democratic Forces, has stated that he opposes the nomination of Meglena Plugchieva for the position of Vice-President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The European Parliament has given its approval to 25 of the 26 EU-Commissioner-Designates ahead of the final vote on the EU Commission on February 9.
Bulgaria's new nominee for European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, who is expected to take charge of the humanitarian aid division, has expressed satisfaction with her portfolio.
The European Commission and the Spanish Presidency of the EU will launch on Thursday the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
European Commissioner President Jose Manuel Barroso is scheduled to confer on Thursday with World Bank's Kristalina Georgieva, the replacement candidate for Bulgaria's new commissioner.
Bulgaria's new Deputy Prime Minister, INSEAD Professor Ilian Mihov, will be in charge of coordinating EU funding and of the country's efforts to join the Eurozone.
Bulgaria's Ex Foreign Affairs Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, will miss her first Parliamentary plenary session since resigning her post over "illness".
INSEAD Professor Ilian Mihov will be a new Deputy Prime Minister with economic responsibilities in the Borisov government.
An earthquake measuring 2,9 on the Richter scale was reported on the territory of Bulgaria at 8:14 am on Thursday
With a variety of colorful rituals, Bulgaria marks the day of midwives on January 21 on the so-called Babinden.
Nine films, including "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" from Bulgaria, have made it to the next lap in the race for the best foreign-language film Oscar.
The Austrian police have announced on Thursday the successful arrest of a gang suspected of organizing human trafficking in European countries.
Alleged top criminal boss Krasimir Marinov, aka The Big Marguin, has been sent back to jail after the Sofia Appellate Court ruled that he should be refused bail.
A telephone fraudster, who asked for charity money in the name of Bulgarian first lady, Zorka Parvanova, has been arrested after a police investigation that lasted over 18 months.
Bulgaria Prosecutors have submitted two volumes of new evidence in the case against alleged top criminal boss Krasimir Marinov aka The Big Marguin.
A scandal has erupted in the international world of fashion, with a Bulgarian designer accusing American singer and model Beyonc? of plagiarism.
A sad end to an unhappy few weeks in the European spotlight for the Bulgarian commissioner-designate.
There are some who say the forced withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva as Bulgaria’s candidate for the European Commission on Tuesday was a blow to Commission president Jos? Manuel Barroso.
European Commission chief Jos? Manuel Barroso moved to expedite the formal appointment of his incoming EU executive by declaring he will put Bulgaria’s new nominee, Kristalina Georgieva, into the portfolio vacated by her predecessor.
Bulgaria withdrew its nominee for the European Commission on Tuesday in a move that underlined the European parliament's power and illustrated Sofia's faltering progress towards EU respectability, write Financial Times correspondents in Strasbourg .
Two Bulgarian men are hanging out in a pub.
A police officer tells a colleague about a lengthy special operation for the arrest of highway robbers that took place in parts of Southern Bulgaria.
Slovakia has become the seventh EU country to offer to help speed up the closure of Guantanamo Bay by accepting three detainees.
An earthquake registering 4,2 on the Richter scale was felt around midday on Thursday, in the regions of western Greece and the Ionian Islands.
Pakistan's army has said it will launch no new offensives on militants in 2010, as the US defence secretary arrived for talks on combating Taliban fighters.
China says its economy expanded by 8,7% in 2009, exceeding even the government's own initial expectations.
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