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ARCHIVE - 16 JANUARY 2013
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Business
Bulgarian Govt Boasts Expanded Subway Depot, EU Funds AbsorptionBulgarian State-Owned Postal Operator Expects Losses in 2012 Report
Bulgarian Transport Ministry Reports BGN 23 M from Concessions for 2011
Bulgarian Tobacco Producers Reported 30% Smaller Harvest in 2012
New Blow Dealt on Bulgarian Cable Operator in TV War
Bulgaria Bestows 2012 Investor Awards
Industry
Bulgaria Launches Recovery Plan for Faltering Military PlantDiplomacy
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Proposes Consular Assistance BillDefense
Bulgaria Formally Moves to Pull Out Troops from AfghanistanBulgarian Defense Official Found Guilty of Conflict of Interests over Bali Trip
Bulgaria in EU
Dutch Media Reports Total Failure of Xenophobic SiteDomestic
Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Transport, ICT Quits GovtBulgarian Far-Right Leader Accused of Assaulting Journalist
Bulgarian PM Endorses 2nd Gondola Lift in Bansko
Environment
Bulgarian Govt Slaps Maximum Fine on Developer Targeting Protected AreaBulgarian Environment Minister: Protests against Overdevelopment Come Too Late
Bulgaria Declares Code Yellow over Gusty Winds
Education
Rocky Mountains Picture Returns to 'Haunt' BulgariaCulture
Bulgarian Govt Steps Up Bidding for European Capital of Culture in 2019Sports
Bulgaria's CSKA, Litex Consider MergerBulgaria's Manolev Fancies Fulham Move
Crime
Romania Wants Arrest of 2 Bulgarian Drug Trafficking SuspectsBulgarian Border Police Bust 8 Illegal Syrian Immigrants
Greek Appeals Court Uphelds 123 Y Jail for Bulgarian Pilot
Views on BG
Bulgaria Grant to Payner Pop Channel Prompts EU ConcernDavid Cameron's View of Bulgarians as Benefit Tourists Is Way Off the Mark
Fears of Bulgarian Migrants Going to UK 'Exaggerated'
Lehi Family Brings Adopted Child Home from Bulgaria
World
Priest Who Backed Pussy Riot Suspended in RussiaIslamist Militants Abduct Foreigners in Algeria
Russian Mafia 'Godfather' Shot Dead in Downtown Moscow
Helicopter Crash in Central London Leaves 2 Dead - Report
Kentucky College Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured
Letters to the Editor
Bulgaria's Accession to SchengenBusiness
Bulgarian Govt Boasts Expanded Subway Depot, EU Funds Absorption
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's government has invested over BGN 17 M in an expansion of the depot of the Sofia Metro and its repair plant, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski announced.
...Bulgarian State-Owned Postal Operator Expects Losses in 2012 Report
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Deyan Daneshki, Executive Director of state-owned postal carrier Bulgarian Posts EAD, has said that the company will most probably report a loss for 2012 once the financial results for the past year become clear....Bulgarian Transport Ministry Reports BGN 23 M from Concessions for 2011
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
By December 2011, Bulgaria's Ministry of Transport, Information Technology, and Communications controlled 9 concession contracts for port terminals, the Silistra ferry terminal, and the civil airports in Burgas and Varna, according to a report....Bulgarian Tobacco Producers Reported 30% Smaller Harvest in 2012
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Tsvetan Filev, Chair of the National Tobacco Growers Association (NAT – 2010), has said that the 2012 tobacco harvest in Bulgaria was 30% smaller due to the drought....New Blow Dealt on Bulgarian Cable Operator in TV War
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian Cable Operator Bulsatcom has been dealt a heavy blow by losing the rights to air the games from the group A football championship....Bulgaria Bestows 2012 Investor Awards
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Eight companies received awards Tuesday evening at the "Investor of the Year 2012" ceremony....Industry
Bulgaria Launches Recovery Plan for Faltering Military Plant
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The management of Bulgaria's State-owned arms manufacturer, VMZ Sopot, is to provide for the trade unions Wednesday an economic analysis.
...Diplomacy
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Proposes Consular Assistance Bill
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has drafted a concept paper on a bill on consular services and consular assistance in a bid to respond better to the needs of Bulgarian citizens....Defense
Bulgaria Formally Moves to Pull Out Troops from Afghanistan
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Cabinet is adopted a long anticipated decision to terminate partly the Bulgarian military mission in the NATO-led ISAF forces in Afghanistan....Bulgarian Defense Official Found Guilty of Conflict of Interests over Bali Trip
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
A senior civil servant from Bulgaria's Defense Ministry, Heni Shiyakova, has been confirmed by the Sofia Administrative Court to have been in conflict of interest in her dealings with a private firm, Bereta Trading....Bulgaria in EU
Dutch Media Reports Total Failure of Xenophobic Site
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Dutch daily NRC Handelbslad has reported a full failure for the controversial website created by the far-right PVV party of Geert Wilders....Domestic
Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Transport, ICT Quits Govt
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
One of Bulgaria's Deputy Ministers of Transport and ICT Kamen Kichev has requested to be dismissed from the Cabinet....Bulgarian Far-Right Leader Accused of Assaulting Journalist
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
A Bulgarian journalist has claimed that Volen Siderov, the notorious leader of far-right party Ataka (Attack), kicked him in the party's parliamentary office.
...Bulgarian PM Endorses 2nd Gondola Lift in Bansko
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared his support for the potential construction of a second gondola lift in the mountain resort of Bansko.
...Environment
Bulgarian Govt Slaps Maximum Fine on Developer Targeting Protected Area
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The Bulgarian authorities has slapped a BGN 20 000 fine on Emona 2000 EOOD, the developer which attempted and nearly managed to carry out resort construction in the Irakli – Emine protected area on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Environment Ministry a...Bulgarian Environment Minister: Protests against Overdevelopment Come Too Late
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The protests against overbuilding in Bulgarian resorts come after a long delay, according to Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova....Bulgaria Declares Code Yellow over Gusty Winds
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Code yellow has been declared for twenty one Bulgarian regions Wednesday over the forecast for gusty winds.
...Education
Rocky Mountains Picture Returns to 'Haunt' Bulgaria
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
A picture from the Rocky Mountains in the US State of Colorado has once again prompted ridicule in Bulgaria, as it turns out it has been used to depict "Bulgarian nature" in an 8th grade schoolbook....Culture
Bulgarian Govt Steps Up Bidding for European Capital of Culture in 2019
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Borisov Cabinet decided Wednesday to appoint the Culture Ministry as its "national coordination body" to select a Bulgarian city that is going to bid for becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2019....Sports
Bulgaria's CSKA, Litex Consider Merger
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Two of Bulgaria's leading football clubs, CSKA Sofia and Litex Lovech, consider a tie-up, CSKA co-owners Ivo Ivanov and Dimitar Borisov revealed Wednesday....Bulgaria's Manolev Fancies Fulham Move
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian international midfielder Stanislav Manolev is keen to join Premiership side Fulham, his agent has revealed.
...Crime
Romania Wants Arrest of 2 Bulgarian Drug Trafficking Suspects
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Romanian prosecutors have demanded the arrest of two Bulgarians suspected of running one of Europe's largest cocaine trafficking rings from Colombia to Europe.
...Bulgarian Border Police Bust 8 Illegal Syrian Immigrants
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian border guards have arrested eight illegal immigrants from Syria in a police operation near the Bulgarian-Turkish border....Greek Appeals Court Uphelds 123 Y Jail for Bulgarian Pilot
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The Appellate Court in Athens has upheld the sentence of 123 years of jail time for Bulgarian pilot, Yanko Stoimenov.
...Views on BG
Bulgaria Grant to Payner Pop Channel Prompts EU Concern
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The European Commission has asked Bulgaria for an explanation after it awarded an EU grant of 1m euros (£0.8m; $1.3m) to a music broadcaster....David Cameron's View of Bulgarians as Benefit Tourists Is Way Off the Mark
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
In the film Casablanca, a youthful, innocent and newly married Bulgarian woman approaches Rick (Humphrey Bogart) begging for help to get an exit visa for the US....Fears of Bulgarian Migrants Going to UK 'Exaggerated'
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
From EU Observer
...Lehi Family Brings Adopted Child Home from Bulgaria
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
The boy with the big eyes and the big smile doesn't speak a lick of English, but the joy was evident on his face and in his feet....World
Priest Who Backed Pussy Riot Suspended in Russia
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
A Russian priest who apologized for the actions of Orthodox activists against the Pussy Riot feminist punk group has been expelled from the Russian Orthodox Church....Islamist Militants Abduct Foreigners in Algeria
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Two foreign nationals have been killed and several abducted in an attack by Islamist militants on a gas plant in eastern Algeria.
...Russian Mafia 'Godfather' Shot Dead in Downtown Moscow
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
A man believed to be one of Russia's biggest mafia bosses was shot dead in downtown Moscow on Wednesday as he was leaving a restaurant after lunch, the Russian Interior Ministry announced....Helicopter Crash in Central London Leaves 2 Dead - Report
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Two people reportedly died when a helicopter crashed near the River Thames in central London during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, according to reports of the city's police forces....Kentucky College Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Injured
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
Two people have been killed and a teenager has been wounded in the parking lot of a Kentucky community college in the US.
...Letters to the Editor
Bulgaria's Accession to Schengen
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
It is farcical to see Ireland supporting Sofia's application to join Schengen when it denies the right of free travel to its own citizens.
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