ARCHIVE - 5 December 2010
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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of three Bulgarian nationals, who brought a case against Bulgaria, claiming to be successors to shareholders of a brewery in Plovdiv, which was nationalized in 1947.
Business | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 15:52
Sofia will have a new bus line, just on time for the winter holidays, to connect directly the airport with the metro station in the "Mladost" district.
Business | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 14:46
The EBRD and UniCredit Bulbank announced they will support a modernisation programme and energy efficiency improvements at Bulgaria's Chelopech mine, the largest gold deposit in Europe that is still in production.
The captains of two ships, who were charged in Bulgaria following a deadly collision in the Black Sea this week, are a Syrian and a Filipino.
Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, left Sunday on a week-long work trip to the US, the Interior Ministry press center informs.
A small opposition party with links to shady figures from Bulgaria's transition has risen against the prospect of Kristalina Georgieva, the EU's humanitarian aid commissioner, running for president of the country.
Berlin prosecutors are about to issue a European arrest warrant against the former head of a Bulgarian agency overseeing hundreds of millions of euros in EU farm aid, who got the job using a faked German university diploma, reports say.
The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office has been able to obtain part of the requested documents from the case of the sinking of Macedonian tour boat Ilinden.
Society | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 11:56
Bulgarian Christian Orthodox mark Sunday the Day of Saint Sava or Sabbas.
Society | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 09:46
The rescue operation to free four adults and three teenagers who have been stranded in the Duhlata cave in western Bulgaria for two days ended successfully late on Sunday.
A section of the E-79 road, the international road running from Bulgaria's Sofia to Kulata and Thessaloniki in Greece, may remain impassable for a whole month following a landslide, caused by the rising of the Struma River.
The flood situation in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, caused by torrential rains on Saturday, is under control and returning to normal, Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, reports.
The rescue operation to free four adults and three teenagers who have been stranded in the Duhlata cave in western Bulgaria for 24 hours now is continuing, Civil Defense informed Sunday.
Torrential rains falling in the last twenty four hours in Bulgaria have triggered major problems in several regions, especially in the western and southwestern parts of the country.
A truck and its driver have disappeared with no trace into the raging Struma River in Southwestern Bulgaria during efforts to reinforce one of the lanes of the E-79 road leading from Sofia to Greece.
One of the two lanes of the E-79 road, the international road running from Bulgaria's Sofia to Kulata and Thessaloniki in Greece, has been destroyed by a landslide caused by the rising of the Struma River.
Dimitar Berbatov's agent has claimed the popular Bulgarian striker wants to play for Manchester United until the end of his career.
Sports | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 16:30
Malian striker and Levski Sofia player Garra Dembele, who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of drink-driving, has appealed for forgiveness in an open letter to the Bulgarian society, fans and the club.
Sports | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 15:35
The Bulgarian police was able to halt illegal antique trade and illegal archeological digs in the area of the ancient city of Nove, the Interior Ministry reports Sunday.
Crime | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 14:11
International help received during Israel's time of need was indeed an example of the spirit of the global community in practice.
"There are certain professions, which distort the psyche.
Quotes | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 19:06
Two people were killed and more than 80 others injured when a passenger plane rolled off the runway after making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, BBC reports, citing Russian officials.
World | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 12:33
Senior Chinese figures were behind the hacking of Google earlier this year, BBC reports Sunday, citing one the latest US diplomatic cables released by the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks.
World | December 5, 2010, Sunday // 11:25
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