ARCHIVE - 13 December 2010
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All truck traffic between Western Bulgaria and Greece has been terminated as snow has added to the traffic problems created last week by the collapse of a major road because of floods.
Business | December 13, 2010, Monday // 17:40
Representatives of major companies from South Korea informed Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of their investment plans for the country at a meeting on Monday.
Business | December 13, 2010, Monday // 16:59
A record 13% increase has been indicated in Bulgaria's flights in November 2010, most notably in freight transportation .
Business | December 13, 2010, Monday // 14:40
Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency has made a detailed review of the two most damaged and potentially dangerous sections of E-79, the main road connecting Bulgaria with Greece.
Business | December 13, 2010, Monday // 12:59
Ambulances and special purpose vehicles have begun moving on the main road connecting Bulgaria and Greece, E-79, th Bulgarian National Radio informed.
Business | December 13, 2010, Monday // 11:46
Ernst & Young, one of the world's leading professional services companies, expects that the Bulgarian economy will grow by 3.6% in 2011, the same growth rate forecast by the Bulgarian government.
In the month of November, annual inflation in Bulgaria has reached 4.6%, compared to November of 2009, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (NSI).
Bulgaria has been slammed by senior Greek government officials over its stalling of the construction of Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline.
A short circuit has occurred in a transformer located in the the Bulgarian Kozloduy NPP's so called "Special Corpus 3" – a non-nuclear unit – on Sunday.
The Bulgarian Directorate for National Construction Supervision (DNSK) has announced it is starting to remove the illegal constructions near the Iskar Reservoir.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry is sending to the country's winter resorts police patrols whose members speaks up to three foreign languages, Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, informs.
Bulgaria's winter tourism is slowly recovering from the financial crisis, mainly due to the increased number of tourists from neighboring Balkan countries.
The family of Zdravko Zdraveski from Prilep, Macedonia, has been constantly terrorized by the authorities in FYROM for declaring themselves to be Bulgarian, according to a media statement calling for help.
A delegation of the Bulgarian Atlantic Council has commenced its official visit in the Republic of Korea at the invitation of the Korean government and the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has backed his Greek counterpart in the notorious dispute for the name of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the interpretation of the Macedonian press.
France, Germany, and Poland, the countries of the so called "Weimar Triangle", have issued a call for enhanced EU defense cooperation.
Grants for energy efficiency projects in 58 Bulgarian municipalities under EU programs have been approved on Monday.
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has met in Brussels with Bulgarians working as part of the staff of the European External Action Service.
The opposition Members of the Bulgarian Parliament submitted Monday a request for the establishment of a Parliamentary Investigative Committee to probe the appointment of notorious Kalina Ilieva as CEO the State Agriculture Fund.
As many as 26 Bulgarian MPs have not uttered a single word from the Parliamentary Tribune since the 41-st Bulgarian National Assembly has started working.
Opticians and optometrists protested Monday in front of the Bulgarian Health Ministry against the amendments to the Healthcare Act, which were adopted by the parliament in the beginning of December.
Bulgaria's notorious ethnic Turk, Ali Yuzeirov, is going to run for president in 2011, Yuzeirov, himself, stated Monday during a special press conference.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is becoming more and more "evil" because things in the country are turning from bad to worse, President, Georgi Parvanov says.
Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev said he will approach the Constitutional Court only for cases of violated basic human rights.
A 7:15 pm flight from Sofia to Athens was delayed by almost three hours by a warning that there might be a bomb on board of the plane.
Society | December 13, 2010, Monday // 22:09
Bulgarian clerics and church employees have founded a trade union, which became a member of the National Labor Confederation "Podkrepa" (Support).
Society | December 13, 2010, Monday // 17:19
Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Traicho Traikov is set to make a check on dangerous items in stores in Sofia on Monday, the Economy Ministry has announced.
Society | December 13, 2010, Monday // 08:09
Thin snow of up to 5 cm will cover the bigger part of the country, according to weather forecasts by Bulgarian meteorologists.
The British pop group Wham!'s 1984 single "Last Christmas" is the most annoying Christmas song ever, according to a Bulgarian poll.
The Kings of Swing, Glenn Miller Orchestra, is arriving to Bulgaria again to stage two concerts in Sofia and in the Black Sea city of Varna, the organizers ART BG have announced.
More than 600 international activists staged a protest rally in Bulgaria's capital Sofia where the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is holding a meeting.
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, launched Monday the most modern image diagnostic ward in the country, located at the University Hospital "St. Ivan Rilski" in Sofia.
A teenager from the northeastern Bulgaria city of Targovishte had died from viral meningitis, the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, informs.
A new stadium is to be built in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced on Sunday.
Sports | December 13, 2010, Monday // 13:43
The Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (DANS), the police in the northern city of Lovech, and the Regional Prosecutor's Office have busted a doctors' scam to drain money from the National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK).
Crime | December 13, 2010, Monday // 16:15
The controversial former head of Sofia's heating utility, Valentin Dimitrov, faces a new 10-year sentence for embezzlement on Monday, according to the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office
Crime | December 13, 2010, Monday // 12:06
Parents have killed their 8-year-old daughter during a drunken brawl in a Bulgarian village in the Lovech Province, the Bulgarian National Radio informed.
Crime | December 13, 2010, Monday // 08:36
The Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situation plans to attract more tourists to Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 17:07
French police have arrested the 17-year-old who took 20 children and a teacher hostage in a nursery school earlier Monday, the BBC informed.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 14:30
The British police have continued searching a house in Bedfordshire Monday as part of an investigation into the UK connections of the suicide bomber, who attempted a terror attack in the Swedish capital Stockholm Saturday.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 12:35
An armed 17-year-old has taken about several children hostage in a nursery school in the French city of Besancon, the BBC informed.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 12:27
Kosovo’s PM Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in the first parliamentary elections since the country unilaterally declared independence from Serbia, the BBC informed.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 09:53
Greek railroad workers have started a strike, which will continue at least five days, the Bulgarian daily “24 Chasa” (24 Hours) has announced.
World | December 13, 2010, Monday // 08:58
Don’t let yourself be fooled! – The government of Bulgaria is actually bent on destroying the country’s best research institution, no matter all protestations that it intends nothing of the sort.
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