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ARCHIVE - 15 FEBRUARY 2013
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Business
Woman Arrested for Threats against Bulgarian PMAnti-Trust Watchdog Clears Acquisition of Bulgaria's Kaolin by Germany's Quartzwerke
Energy
Ex Bulgarian Energy Minister: Liberalization Will Reduce Opacity, Not Power BillsCentral Cooperative Bank Acquires Minority Share in Bulgarian Utility CEZ
Chair of Bulgaria's Energy Watchdog Hints at Power Rate Reduction
Diplomacy
Bulgarian Interior Minister Backs Expulsion of Hamas DelegationBulgaria FM: Hamas Visitors Weren't Banned from EU
Hamas Condemns Bulgaria over Expulsion of Its Lawmakers
Israel Pressured Bulgaria to Kick out Hamas Delegation - Report
Defense
Security Agency: Hamas Visit Was Threat for BulgariaBulgaria Min: Burgas Bombers Ran Hezbollah Units in Canada, Australia
Bulgaria in EU
Ministry Spokesman Rejects Softening of Dutch Stance on Schengen ExpansionEU: UK Won't Curb Bulgarian, Romanian Immigration
EU Foreign Affairs Council Not Likely to Blacklist Hezbollah
Bulgaria to Receive EU Funds of over EUR 15 B in 2013-2020 - PM
UK Urges EU to Tighten Measures against Hezbollah
Domestic
Bulgarian Ruling Party Would Lose Elections - PollsSociety
2 Bulgarian Women Found Dead in Italy's FlorenceResearchers Call for Abolition of EC Progress Reports on Bulgaria, Romania
Bulgarian Church to Name 3 Patriarch Candidates
Environment
Meteorite Fall in Russia Injures over 500Meteorite Fall Stuns Central Russia
Obituaries
Beloved Bulgarian Actor Todor Kolev Dies at 73Sports
Dimitrov Battles Past Baghdatis to Reach Semifinal in RotterdamCrime
Dutch Man Caught Smuggling Gold Bars at Bulgarian Border CrossingBulgarian Court OKs Fraudster's Deportation to USA
Anti-Mafia Court Rules BGN 50 000 Bail for Bulgaria's Sugar VAT Fraud Boss
Bulgarian Prosecutor Mysteriously Arrested
Bulgarian Drug Lord Sentenced to 7.5 Years behind Bars
World
Russian Orthodox Cleric Deems Devastating Meteorite 'God's Sign'Fule Cancels FYROM Visit over Political Stalemate
Russian Nationalist Claims Meteorite Was 'US Weapons Test'
Patriot Missiles in Turkey No Threat for Syria, NATO Tells Russia
North Korea Drives Space Program Forward - Report
UK Horsemeat Probe Results in 3 Arrests
US Republicans Block Hagel for Defense Secretary
Business
Woman Arrested for Threats against Bulgarian PM
February 15, 2013, Friday
A 28-year-old woman with psychiatric problems has been detained in the town of Omurtag in Northeastern Bulgaria for making phone threats against Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov....Anti-Trust Watchdog Clears Acquisition of Bulgaria's Kaolin by Germany's Quartzwerke
February 15, 2013, Friday
Bulgaria's Commission on Protection of Competition (KZK) has cleared the acquisition of mining company Kaolin by German Quartzwerke.
...Energy
Ex Bulgarian Energy Minister: Liberalization Will Reduce Opacity, Not Power Bills
February 15, 2013, Friday
Asked to comment on the growing discontent of Bulgarians over high power bills, former Economy and Energy Minister Traycho Traykov has reminded that the country has low electricity tariffs compared to the EU average....Central Cooperative Bank Acquires Minority Share in Bulgarian Utility CEZ
February 15, 2013, Friday
Central Cooperative Bank, which is connected with controversial Varna-based security and business group TIM, has acquired a minority share of 9....Chair of Bulgaria's Energy Watchdog Hints at Power Rate Reduction
February 15, 2013, Friday
Yuliana Ivanova, newly appointed Chair of Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR), has suggested that electricity prices could drop....Diplomacy
Bulgarian Interior Minister Backs Expulsion of Hamas Delegation
February 15, 2013, Friday
Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has defended the expulsion of a four-member Hamas delegation from the country earlier on Friday....Bulgaria FM: Hamas Visitors Weren't Banned from EU
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Hamas representatives that visited Bulgaria were not on any list with persons banned from entering the EU, stated Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov....Hamas Condemns Bulgaria over Expulsion of Its Lawmakers
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Hamas government in in the Gaza Strip has condemned Bulgaria's expulsion of a party delegation visiting the country....Israel Pressured Bulgaria to Kick out Hamas Delegation - Report
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Hamas delegation that had arrived in Bulgaria Wednesday has left the country Friday under controversial circumstances....Defense
Security Agency: Hamas Visit Was Threat for Bulgaria
February 15, 2013, Friday
Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security has issued a statement confirming that it has expelled representatives of Hamas who visited Bulgaria....Bulgaria Min: Burgas Bombers Ran Hezbollah Units in Canada, Australia
February 15, 2013, Friday
Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov has yet again reiterated his belief that two of the attackers of the July 2012 bombing in Bulgaria are part of Hezbollah....Bulgaria in EU
Ministry Spokesman Rejects Softening of Dutch Stance on Schengen Expansion
February 15, 2013, Friday
A spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice has rejected an alleged softening of stance towards Bulgaria's accession to Schengen....EU: UK Won't Curb Bulgarian, Romanian Immigration
February 15, 2013, Friday
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has assured Bulgaria and Romania that the UK will not keep its labor market restrictions for their citizens after December 31, 2013....EU Foreign Affairs Council Not Likely to Blacklist Hezbollah
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Bulgarian report suggesting that Hezbollah may have been responsible for last year's Burgas bus bombing will be discussed at the next meeting of EU's Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.
...Bulgaria to Receive EU Funds of over EUR 15 B in 2013-2020 - PM
February 15, 2013, Friday
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has boasted that Bulgaria will receive over EUR 15.4 billion in EU funds in the period 2013-2020 despite the reduction in the total EU budget....UK Urges EU to Tighten Measures against Hezbollah
February 15, 2013, Friday
British Foreign Secretary William Hague called on the European Union to ensure that organizations like Hezbollah can't carry out attacks without consequences....Domestic
Bulgarian Ruling Party Would Lose Elections - Polls
February 15, 2013, Friday
For the first time since assuming power in 2009, Bulgarian ruling center-right GERB party has dropped second in opinion polls....Society
2 Bulgarian Women Found Dead in Italy's Florence
February 15, 2013, Friday
Two Bulgarian musicians – a woman and her daughter – have been found dead in an apartment in downtown Florence, Italy....Researchers Call for Abolition of EC Progress Reports on Bulgaria, Romania
February 15, 2013, Friday
The cooperation and verification mechanism (CVM) of the European Commission aimed at assisting the fight against corruption and organized crime in Bulgaria and Romania is inefficient, according to a group of researchers from the Sofia University "St....Bulgarian Church to Name 3 Patriarch Candidates
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will name Friday and Saturday the three candidates for the position of patriarch....Environment
Meteorite Fall in Russia Injures over 500
February 15, 2013, Friday
Over 510 people have sought medical assistance after a meteorite fell on Russia's central Chelyabinsk Oblast Friday morning....Meteorite Fall Stuns Central Russia
February 15, 2013, Friday
Residents of the Chelyabinsk Oblast in central Russia have witnessed Friday morning a massive fall of meteorite fragments....Obituaries
Beloved Bulgarian Actor Todor Kolev Dies at 73
February 15, 2013, Friday
One of the most beloved Bulgarian actors, comedians, and talk show hosts, Todor Kolev, passed away at the age of 73....Sports
Dimitrov Battles Past Baghdatis to Reach Semifinal in Rotterdam
February 15, 2013, Friday
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov came from a set down to beat his doubles partner Marcos Baghdatis 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-3 and book a place in the semifinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Friday....Crime
Dutch Man Caught Smuggling Gold Bars at Bulgarian Border Crossing
February 15, 2013, Friday
A Dutch man has been detained by Bulgarian Customs officers at the Bulgarian-Serbian border crossing Kalotina trying to smuggle two gold bars.
...Bulgarian Court OKs Fraudster's Deportation to USA
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Varna Appellate Court has allowed the deportation of Galin Filev, an alleged Bulgarian fraudster wanted in the USA....Anti-Mafia Court Rules BGN 50 000 Bail for Bulgaria's Sugar VAT Fraud Boss
February 15, 2013, Friday
A bail of BGN 50 000 (some EUR 25 500) has been determined by Bulgaria's special anti-mafia court for the release of Stayko Staykov who is believed to be in charge of a large-scale sugar trade VAT draining ring....Bulgarian Prosecutor Mysteriously Arrested
February 15, 2013, Friday
A prosecutor from major Bulgarian city of Burgas has been detained, according to media reports Friday....Bulgarian Drug Lord Sentenced to 7.5 Years behind Bars
February 15, 2013, Friday
The Sofia City Court sentenced notorious Bulgarian drug lord Evelin Banev aka Brendo to 7.5 years in prison on Friday....World
Russian Orthodox Cleric Deems Devastating Meteorite 'God's Sign'
February 15, 2013, Friday
The meteorite which injured hundreds of people in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region on Friday was "the Lord's message to humanity," according to Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust Feofan...Fule Cancels FYROM Visit over Political Stalemate
February 15, 2013, Friday
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule has canceled a planned trip to Skopje next week over the country's political wranglings....Russian Nationalist Claims Meteorite Was 'US Weapons Test'
February 15, 2013, Friday
Russian nationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky, claimed Friday that meteorite fragments had not rained down on Russia in the morning, but that the light flashes and tremors in several of the country's regions resulted from US weapons tests.
...Patriot Missiles in Turkey No Threat for Syria, NATO Tells Russia
February 15, 2013, Friday
NATO representatives have assured Russia the deployment of Patriot missile systems in Turkey is not preparation for an offensive operation against Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov announced on Friday....North Korea Drives Space Program Forward - Report
February 15, 2013, Friday
Increased activitiy in one of North Korea's space launch pads suggests future tests with larger rockets, according to a US analyst institute....UK Horsemeat Probe Results in 3 Arrests
February 15, 2013, Friday
British police have nabbed three men on suspicion of fraud at two meat plants inspected earlier this week by the country's Food Standards Agency....US Republicans Block Hagel for Defense Secretary
February 15, 2013, Friday
Republicans in the US Senate have blocked Chuck Hagel's candidacy for the position of a Defense Secretary.
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Madness Everywhere!
Patients at a mental institution in Sofia are watching the evening news. Now and again a man sitting in the first row jumps up, clapping his hands happily and starts saying:“It’s so good I am here, not there! It’s so damn good!”Upon seeing that behavior for yet another night, a doctor tells his colleague:“I think that guy is perfectly ok already, it’s time to release him, don’t you think?”“Yes, definitely,” the other replies. ...read
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