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Business
Only 10% of Products Sold in Bulgaria Are Locally ManufacturedBulgaria Govt Awards 35-Year Concession for Port Terminal Lom
Energy
Bulgarian Govt Accuses Ex-Rulers of 'Lying, Lying, and Lying' over Belene NPPBulgarian PM Exposes Predecessor as 'Liar' over Belene NPP Project
Bulgaria Poured Major State Funds in Belene NPP Project, MP Probe Finds
Socialist Chief: Bulgarian-Russian NPP Project Cheapest Ever Counting Inflation
Bulgaria's Nuclear Energy Referendum Will Be Invalid - Poll
Industry
Bulgarian Cabinet Mulls Fate of Faltering Military PlantProperties
Bulgaria’s Dwelling Prices Slumped by 2.7% in 2012Tourism
Bulgaria to Issue Visas to Russian Tourists Right on the BorderBulgaria Expects Tourism Growth of over 3% in 2013
Diplomacy
Bulgarian President on Macedonia: We Are No Second Greece!Bulgaria Opens Embassy in Iraq
Bulgaria in EU
EU Enlargement Commissioner Makes Surprise Visit in MacedoniaEPP Throws Weight Behind Bulgarian PM in Dogan Assault Case
European Justice Commissioner: Schengen Expansion is Mostly Political Issue
EC Report Due in End-January to Decide Bulgaria's Schengen Accession
Bulgaria Demands Friendship Treaty from Macedonia, Vows EU Veto
Bulgarian Labor Agency Assuages UK's Migrant Workers' Fears
Domestic
Bulgaria Ruling GERB Ratings Crash Further over Recent ScandalsBulgarian Parliament Fails to Condemn Dogan Assassination Attempt
6 Bulgarian Security Chiefs to Be Sanctioned over Dogan Attack
Bulgarian Opposition Socialists Deem Coalition with Rightist Rulers Impossible
Ethnic Turkish Chief: Bulgarians Turned Dogan's Attacker into Martyr
Bulgarian President Issues 10-Day Deadline for Dogan Attack Probe
Society
Bulgaria Names Costa Concordia Hero 'Man the Year 2012'Study Shows 63% of Bulgarians Live in Poverty
Bulgaria's 'Dogan Attack' Makes Top Online Video Show
Sports
Cruelty behind Bulgaria's Rhythmic Gymnastics Past Glory - ChampCrime
Bulgaria Court Clears Refugee Agency Director, Govt DefeatedAustrian Lobbyist Hochegger Charged with Money Laundering
Views on BG
EU and Immigration: Fear MongeringHuman Rights in Bulgaria
Smiles
The BossQuotes
Today's QuoteWorld
EU Leaders Warn UK PM Cameron over ReferendumIMF: Global Еconomic Recovery 'Weakening'
David Cameron Promises In/Out Referedum on EU
Weeks of Coalition Haggling Predicted in Israel
Netanyahu Vows Broad Coalition Govt after Indecisive Win
Netanyahu Scores Narrow Win in Israeli Election
YouTube Makes USD 8 M in Ad Revenue from Gangnam Style
Interview
Bulgarian Astronomer Tanyu Bonev: ISON Comet Could Provide Spectacular DisplayBusiness
Only 10% of Products Sold in Bulgaria Are Locally Manufactured
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Plamen Grozdanov, Executive Director of the Made in Bulgaria Union, has argued that only 10% of the goods sold in the country are locally produced....Bulgaria Govt Awards 35-Year Concession for Port Terminal Lom
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Following an open tender, the Bulgarian government awarded Wednesday a concession contract for Port Terminal Lom to Port Invest EOOD...Energy
Bulgarian Govt Accuses Ex-Rulers of 'Lying, Lying, and Lying' over Belene NPP
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev has slammed the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party for employing overt lies to deluded the public over the controversial Belene NPP project, which was revived by the government of BSP Chair Sergey Stanishev...Bulgarian PM Exposes Predecessor as 'Liar' over Belene NPP Project
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has leaked a record of the meeting of the Cabinet of his predecessor Sergey Stanishev, which Borisov says exposes the former as a lier regarding the controversial project for the construction of the Belene nuclear po...Bulgaria Poured Major State Funds in Belene NPP Project, MP Probe Finds
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The overwhelming share of Bulgaria's expenditures on the preparation and execution of the construction of the Belene NPP has come from the state budget, according to the findings of a temporary parliamentary committee probing the project....Socialist Chief: Bulgarian-Russian NPP Project Cheapest Ever Counting Inflation
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The project for Belene Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria, a Bulgarian-Russian venture that was terminated by Bulgaria's center-right Borisov Cabinet a year ago, is the cheapest NPP project, according to Sergey Stanishev, head of opposition Bulgarian Sociali...Bulgaria's Nuclear Energy Referendum Will Be Invalid - Poll
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The referendum on the future of nuclear energy in Bulgaria will end up being invalid, according to a recent poll....Industry
Bulgarian Cabinet Mulls Fate of Faltering Military Plant
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The Bulgarian Council of Ministers is examining Wednesday at the regularly scheduled meeting the future and the fate State-owned arms manufacturer, VMZ Sopot....Properties
Bulgaria’s Dwelling Prices Slumped by 2.7% in 2012
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The market price index of the dwellings in Bulgaria for the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter of 2012 was 99.3%, i.e. the average decrease of the market prices of the dwellings was 0.7%....Tourism
Bulgaria to Issue Visas to Russian Tourists Right on the Border
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's government plans to start issuing visas for Russian tourists right at its border crossing points, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has announced....Bulgaria Expects Tourism Growth of over 3% in 2013
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria expects a growth of at least 3% in tourism in 2013, according to Ivo Marinov, Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism....Diplomacy
Bulgarian President on Macedonia: We Are No Second Greece!
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's is not "a second Greece" with regard to its policy towards the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has declared....Bulgaria Opens Embassy in Iraq
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Mladenov, is opening Wednesday a Bulgarian Embassy in Bagdad....Bulgaria in EU
EU Enlargement Commissioner Makes Surprise Visit in Macedonia
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has paid a surprise visit to the Macedonian capital Skopje....EPP Throws Weight Behind Bulgarian PM in Dogan Assault Case
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The European People's Party has voiced support for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, whose ruling party GERB is an EPP member, over the European liberals' criticism of Borisov's reaction to Saturday's assault against Bulgarian ethnic Turkish leader...European Justice Commissioner: Schengen Expansion is Mostly Political Issue
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has suggested that the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen is more of a political decision, despite the technical criteria set by the EC....EC Report Due in End-January to Decide Bulgaria's Schengen Accession
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has argued that the next EC report on Bulgaria's progress under the cooperation and verification mechanism (CVM) will be decisive for the country's Schengen accession....Bulgaria Demands Friendship Treaty from Macedonia, Vows EU Veto
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has demonstrated a harder stance with respect to relations with the Republic of Macedonia, indicating that Bulgaria could use its veto right in the EU with respect to the former's accession process, unless good-neighbo...Bulgarian Labor Agency Assuages UK's Migrant Workers' Fears
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Concerns in Britain that it might be flooded by migrant laborers from Bulgaria and Romania after the due lifting of its EU labor market restrictions on January 1, 2014, are completely unfounded, according to Elena Vidinska, chief expert at the Bulgarian E...Domestic
Bulgaria Ruling GERB Ratings Crash Further over Recent Scandals
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The approval ratings of Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and his ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, have gone down even further, according to a recent poll....Bulgarian Parliament Fails to Condemn Dogan Assassination Attempt
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The parliamentary groups in the Bulgarian National Assembly have failed to agree on a joint declaration to denounce the January 19, 2013, assassination attempt against Bulgarian ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan....6 Bulgarian Security Chiefs to Be Sanctioned over Dogan Attack
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
A total of six employees of Bulgaria's National Security Services, NSO, will be sanctioned over the attack on the country's ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan....Bulgarian Opposition Socialists Deem Coalition with Rightist Rulers Impossible
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Sergey Stanishev, leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and chairman of the Party of European Socialists, has dismissed any possibility of a forming any sort of a governing coalition with the ruling center-right party GERB after Bulgaria's 20...Ethnic Turkish Chief: Bulgarians Turned Dogan's Attacker into Martyr
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Instead of condemning the attack against ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan, Bulgarians are demonstrating a dangerous trend of turning the attacker into the victim....Bulgarian President Issues 10-Day Deadline for Dogan Attack Probe
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, has issued a 10-day deadline to all involved institutions to conclude their work in the attack against ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan....Society
Bulgaria Names Costa Concordia Hero 'Man the Year 2012'
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian cruise ship technician Petar Petrov, who saved hundreds of people aboard Costa Concordia cruise liner, has been named "Man of the Year 2012"....Study Shows 63% of Bulgarians Live in Poverty
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
A recent study conducted in Bulgaria has shown once again that the country is trailing all EU Member States in the income level of the population....Bulgaria's 'Dogan Attack' Makes Top Online Video Show
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Nearly 2.3 million people have viewed the video showing a man pointing a gun at the head of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan, and the following melee....Sports
Cruelty behind Bulgaria's Rhythmic Gymnastics Past Glory - Champ
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's dominance of rhythmic gymnastics during the communist regime was impressive, but the success came at a sickening price, a book by a former world champion has revealed....Crime
Bulgaria Court Clears Refugee Agency Director, Govt Defeated
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
A Bulgarian court has cleared yet another high level official of abuse of office charges following a much trumpeted by the government trial....Austrian Lobbyist Hochegger Charged with Money Laundering
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The Vienna State Prosecutor's Office has charged three people, including Peter Hochegger, who was involved in a scandal in Bulgaria, with helping to divert EUR 960 000 from Telecom Austria to right-wing party Alliance for the Future of Austria....Views on BG
EU and Immigration: Fear Mongering
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
For the Daily Mail, a populist British daily prone to anti-immigrant rhetoric, a recent report by MigrationWatch, a lobby group, was grist to the mill....Human Rights in Bulgaria
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan was in the news this weekend after surviving a dramatic assault at a party conference in Sofia....Smiles
Quotes
Today's Quote
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
"Let it be clear – Bulgaria is not a second Greece. Bulgaria doesn't wage a war [on Macedonia]....World
EU Leaders Warn UK PM Cameron over Referendum
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Germany and France have warned UK Prime Minister David Cameron that Britain cannot pick and choose EU membership terms in the wake of his pledge for a referendum....IMF: Global Еconomic Recovery 'Weakening'
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned again of a weakening global economic recovery despite government efforts to stimulate growth....David Cameron Promises In/Out Referedum on EU
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
British people will be given the opportunity to "have their say" on Europe in an in/out referendum if the Conservatives win the election, Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged in a key address....Weeks of Coalition Haggling Predicted in Israel
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Coalition talks are set to begin in Israel after general election results predicted right-wing and centre-left blocs tied on 60 seats each....Netanyahu Vows Broad Coalition Govt after Indecisive Win
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to create a broad coalition government after his bloc won a very narrow win in the country's parliamentary elections.
...Netanyahu Scores Narrow Win in Israeli Election
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu right-wing Likud-Beitenu bloc will have 31 seats in parliament, according to exit polls....YouTube Makes USD 8 M in Ad Revenue from Gangnam Style
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Google announced the YouTube page showcasing the "Gangnam Style" video by South Korean rapper Psy has earned USD 8 M in ad revenue.
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Bulgarian Astronomer Tanyu Bonev: ISON Comet Could Provide Spectacular Display
January 23, 2013, Wednesday
Bulgaria's Rozhen observatory, the largest in Southeast Europe, survived 2012 despite the drastic budget cuts imposed by the country's centrist-right GERB government....
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