ARCHIVE - 18 December 2010

» Back to calendar

Business

Bulgaria Registers Highest Export Growth in EU 27 in 2010 Q1-Q3

Bulgaria has registered the highest year-on-year growth of its exports of all EU 27 countries in the first nine months of 2010, according to latest Eurostat data.

Business | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 12:58

Bulgarian PM Formally Cuts Ribbon of Crucial Highway Junction

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov officially inaugurated on Saturday the Daskalovo road junction, which is expected to unclog the road traffic in all of Western Bulgaria, including the roads to Macedonia and Greece.

Business | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 11:58

IMF Gives Greece More 'Credit'

The International Monetary Fund has disbursed EUR 2.5 B from its bailout package to Greece, with senior IMF saying it deserved "credit" for pushing its austerity measures.

Business » Finance | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 13:19

Bulgaria's FinMin Pledges Two VAT Reductions by 2013

The Bulgarian government is the only one in Europe that reduced the tax burden in a difficult crisis year such as 2010, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said.

Business » Finance | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 11:19

Bulgaria's Energy Watchdog to Further Decrease Natural Gas Price

Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation will further increase the planned drop in the price of the natural gas by more than 5% starting January 2011.

Business » Energy | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 16:43

New French Hydro-Power Plant Unveiled in Bulgaria

The Dzherman hydro-power plant, an investment of "Electricite de France Energies Nouvelles" (EDF EN), was formally opened in Southwestern Bulgaria on Saturday.

Business » Energy | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 14:20

Bulgaria's Key Economic Ministers Diverge on Belene NPP

Bulgaria's two key ministers with economic portfolios have expressed somewhat differing views on the future of the project for the country's second nuclear power plant at Belene.

Business » Energy | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 10:45

Politics

Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Defends Exposed Diplomats

The recently revealed list with current Bulgarian diplomats who have collaborated to the country's former State Security is no surprise for the former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin (2005-2009).

Politics » Diplomacy | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 19:48

Bulgaria's Parliament Speaker Opposes Vote on Turkey EU Accession

No referendum on Turkey's potential EU accession is currently necessary in Bulgaria, according to the country's Parliamentary Speaker, Tsetska Tsacheva.

Politics » Bulgaria in EU | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 15:41

Bulgarian Opposition Leader Threatens Govt with No-Confidence Vote

There will be a second no-confidence vote against Bulgaria's ruling GERB government, this time against their culture and science policies, the leftist opposition leader Sergey Stanishev announced.

Politics » Domestic | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 18:11

Bulgarian Interior Head Most Likely GERB Presidency Bidder

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov is the ruling centrist GERB party's most probable candidate for President, according to GERB leader and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Politics » Domestic | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 16:19

Bulgaria's Diaspora Minister to Resign over Communist Secret Service Past

Bulgaria's Diaspora Minister Bozhidar Dimitrov has declared that he will be resigning his post on Monday in order not to compromise the government's move to recall all Bulgarian diplomats who were agents of the secret service of the fomer communist regime

Politics » Domestic | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 14:33

Bulgarian Diaspora Minister Expected to Step Down without Feeling 'Scapegoat'

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov said he expected his Diaspora Minister to resign on his own as the government is being accused of double standards in the treatment of civil servants and diplomats who were agents at the former communist secret service.

Politics » Domestic | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 14:25

Borisov-Parvanov's Tit for Tat: Minister to Go with Discredited Ambassadors

Bulgarian PM Borisov has suggested he would dismiss his Diaspora Minister, a former collaborator with the communist regime's secret service once President Parvanov recalls all ambassadors with the same kind of record.

Politics » Domestic | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 10:10

Society

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Named 'Politician of 2010'

Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has been declared Bulgaria's "Politician of the Year" 2010 in a traditional media poll.

Society | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 12:28

Sports

Bulgarian Ski Resort Opens New Season

Borovets, one of the top Bulgarian ski resorts, has opened its 2011-2012 winter season with festivities.

Sports | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 19:33

Bulgaria's Jekova Grabs Silver in 3rd World Cup Snowboard Cross

Bulgaria's best snowboarder Alexandra Jekova has won the silver medal in the third women's cross for the 2011 in Telluride, Colorado.

Sports | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 13:54

Crime

Bulgaria to Launch Special Surveillance Devices Registry

Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office will create a register of all cases in which special surveillance devices have been used for investigation and the names of the prosecutors who have ordered their use.

Crime | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 18:59

Smiles

Bulgarian Ways: Third-Generation Equipment

"What is a third generation equipment in Bulgaria?"

Smiles | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 14:22

World

Ahmadinejad Appoints Nuclear Chief as Iran's Foreign Minister

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has named Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the country's controversial nuclear program, as the new Foreign Minister.

World | December 18, 2010, Saturday // 11:40
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria