Bulgaria's communist-era "panel construction" buildings have proven to be rather earthquake-proof, according to the Sofia Chamber of Engineers.
The minimum retirement pension in Bulgaria is going up by BGN 9 a month, effective Friday, June 1, 2012.
Bulgaria's Commission for Regulation of Communications, CRC, has obtained, as expected, permission from the European Commission to reduce twice the wholesale prices of mobile operators.
Bulgaria's state budget in April 2012 saw its highest monthly surplus since January 2009, according to latest data of the Bulgarian Finance Ministry.
The Polish consortium Silesia and the majority owner of the troubled Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in Bulgaria's Kardzhali will sign a 3-year management contract.
The Bulgarian consular office in Moscow has issued 6211 visas in a single day, a record for the number of visas issued since the introduction of the visa system between Bulgaria and Russia, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said.
There are no disputes between Bulgaria and Romania that divide the two nations, Romania's new Foreign Minister Andrei Marga declared on Friday.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Romanian counterpart Viktor Ponta have described their nations' economic relations as "excellent" at a meeting in Bucharest.
The Republic of Bulgaria's new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic, Margarita Ganeva, has presented her credentials to Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic.
The new Bulgarian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary, Biserka Benisheva, has presented her credentials to Hungarian President Janos Ader.
US Ambassador to Serbia Mary Warlick will be recalled early, according to local media.
Ireland has approved the so called EU Fiscal Pact by a wide margin in a referendum, the country's PM announced Friday afternoon.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared that he is against changing place names in the country that have Turkish origin.
Bulgaria's only English-language daily newspaper, The Sofia Morning News, a publication of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), has become 11 years old as of 00:00 EET on June 1, 2012!
A total of 56% of all Bulgarian children suffer from deprivation, which places the country 28th among 29 European states assessed by UNICEF's Report Card 10 study.
Bulgaria marks Friday the International Children's Day, established in 1925 during the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland.
Almost all Bulgarian bars and restaurants adhere to the full smoking ban that became effective at midnight on Friday, according to Bulgarian Health Minister Desislava Atanasova.
An initiative committee has been formed that is set to organize a protest against the country's freshly imposed full smoking ban in closed public spaces.
Dr. Dinev, why is Vita Esthetic Center the preferred center for esthetic procedures in Sofia?
Vita Esthetic Center opened doors in March 2009.
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament have been spotted smoking outside the Parliamentary building Friday, which is the first day of the full smoking ban in closed public spaces.
Salaries of emergency room personnel are going up by 18%, effective June 1, 2012, as promised by Bulgarian Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova.
The full smoking ban in Bulgaria became effective on Friday, June 1, at midnight.
The Under-21 national football teams of Bulgaria and Scotland have ended a Euro-2013 qualifier in Bulgaria's Lovech in a 2:2 draw.
Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was defeated by Frenchman Richard Gasquet at the second round of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament.
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation has declared former Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev not guilty on a count of criminal breach of trust dating back to 1999 when he was an employee at the Defense Ministry.
There are no high-profile cocaine lords who remain at large in Bulgaria, the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has declared after the arrest of alleged drug boss Evelin Banev aka Brendo.
Well-known Bulgarian businessman, owner of the Litex group of companies, Grisha Ganchev, has firmly denied he plans to sell his entire business in a year.
An automatic cash telling machine has been blasted in the capital Sofia "Nadezhda 6" (Hope) district.
Bulgarian-born Hollywood actress and star of "The Vampire Diaries," Nina Dobrev, has been spotted in the capital Sofia.
The notorious 1995 massacre of 8 000 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica was not genocide but the killings amounted to "grave war crimes," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic declared on Friday.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Friday that an incident at a mobile border checkpoint in southeastern Kazakhstan where 15 bodies have been found was a terrorist attack.
In what seems a terrifying reminiscence of a July 2011 incident, three people have perished in Russia when a boat capsized on the Volga River.
Far-left anti-bailout party Syriza has gained a 6% lead over conservative New Democracy ahead of the vital Greek general elections on June 17, according to a new poll.
"Sofia's Last Ambulance", a documentary by Ilian Metev about Bulgaria's capital Sofia and staff at its ambulances struggling to keep up with their workload, recently landed the Critics' Week Visionary award in Cannes.
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