Bulgaria Sees 34% Increase in Goods Transported by Land Q1 2011
Bulgaria's goods transported by land transport increased by 34.2% year on year in the first quarter of 201, according to the country's National Statistical Institute.
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Bulgaria's goods transported by land transport increased by 34.2% year on year in the first quarter of 201, according to the country's National Statistical Institute.
In the first quarter of 2011, the employment rate for population aged 15-64 went down by 1.5% as compared to the same quarter of 2010 to 57.3% (59.9% for men and 54.8% for women).
Capped maximum rates for taxi cabs come into force in Bulgaria on May 25 in a bid to prevent rogue taxi drivers from charging highly inflated prices.
The long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) outlook of Bulgaria's Societe Generale Expressbank, Allianz Bank Bulgaria and Bulgarian Development Bank have been upgraded to positive by Fitch Ratings.
The EU will not set unjustified restrictions regarding the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, which is supposed to transit Russian gas to Europe, Gunther Oettinger, EU Energy Commissioner, stated Wednesday.
The Russian Ministry of Energy and state-run gas giant Gazprom will present the South Stream gas pipeline project at the EU headquarters in Brussels Wednesday.
DoubleTree by Hilton Varna-Golden Sands, the first global hotel brand to enter Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, has officially opened its doors to guests just as the summer season kicks off.
A total of nine new Consul Generals have been appointed by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry to represent the country abroad.
Bulgarians with proven links to the former State Security will be banned from becoming ambassadors, consuls general, as well as from all other public offices in the diplomatic corps, the Parliament decided Wednesday.
Bulgaria has been ranked 53 out of 153 countries in the Vision of Humanity organization's newly published Global Peace Index.
Iran's foreign ministry has condemned the attack against Muslims in a Sofia mosque last week, which left several worshipers injured, ISNA agency reported.
Bulgaria's accession to Schengen will be tied to the results of EC's July report on the monitoring mechanism in the sphere of justice and home affairs, announced Karel van Kesteren, Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria.
The European Commission is looking into the Netherlands' intention to introduce special conditions for Bulgarian and Romanian workers on its labor market.
New rules designed to offer improved broadband, landline and mobile phone services to consumers come into effect on May 25.
Sofia's Prosecutor's Office will launch a pre-trial procedure against unknown offenders for praching religious hatred after last Friday's accident in which supporters of the far-right Ataka (Attack) party assaulted praying Muslims.
The recent actions of the leaders of the Bulgarian nationalist Ataka (Attack) party, is extermely harmful for Bulgaria's national interests and the country's patriotism, according to three renegades from the party.
Three MPs from the controversial Bulgarian far-right Ataka (Attack) party have left its parliamentary group, leaving it with just 17 deputies.
Bulgaria's conservative Order, Law and Justice, RZS, party, has welcomed Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's preparedness to call early general elections in the autumn, urging him to stick to his commitments for once in his political career.
All Bulgarian parliamentary represented political parties condemned Wednesday the actions of the far-right, nationalist Ataka party in front of a mosque in downtown Sofia last Friday.
Svetlana Boyanova, Bulgarian Deputy Agriculture Minister, has been exonerated from suspicions of abuse of power and will remain at the post.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has condemned its own ally, the Ataka party over the incident in which nationalist activists assaulted praying Muslims in downtown Sofia.
Bulgaria is a country where the rule of law is observed and my commitment is to apply all effort to make sure rules are followed," the Mayor of Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, says.
The plane used by Bulgaria's former communist dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was sunk in the waters of the Black Sea Wednesday at 10:44 am.
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria's top female tennis player, failed to advance to the third round of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament, losing 4:6, 2:6 to Argentine Gisela Dulko.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's hot young tennis prospect, failed to advance to the second round in his first Roland Garros debut.
A bank safety vault has been robbed once again in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, this time in the Lyulin district, the Interior Ministry's press center informs Wednesday.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who id facing charges for trying to rape a chambermaid, was allegedly busted having sex with a prostitute back in 2007.
Germany is closing its northern airspace on Wednesday because of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland, officials say.
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