ARCHIVE - 14 June 2012
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A mere 1000 (0.8%) of the total of 350 000 companies re-registered in Bulgaria's Trade Register are big (total headcount of 250+), the remaining ones being small and middle-sized, according to Bulgaria's President.
Business | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 17:38
Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 7-6(3), 6-4 in the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club in London.
Business | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 17:13
The Sofia City Hall municipal council decided Thursday to rename three of the stops on the second subway line that is still under construction.
Business | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 15:28
The Istanbul Shopping Fest (ISF) Is Taking Place This Year June 9 to 29.
Business | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 12:01
Bulgaria should decide on its own whether it would allow shale gas research on its territory, according to US Ambassador to the country James Warlick.
Bulgaria's Parliament decided to partially lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in natural gas and oil exploration and extraction.
Bulgaria's Devnya-based chemical fertilisers maker Agropolychim received Thursday the long-awaited signature by Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov clearing the construction rights for the company's waste depot.
The Greek crisis may prove an excellent opportunity for Romania and Bulgaria to attract more foreign tourists, according to Dan Matei Agathon, president of the Romanian Tourism Employers' Federation.
His Holiness, Catholicos Karekin II, Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church has blessed all Bulgarians during the visit of Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov to the country.
The late Pope John Paul II never believed that Bulgaria has been involved in the attack on his life in 1981.
A commemorative plaque in honor of Assen Kermekchiev, a Bulgarian-American citizen and the first US consular representative in Bulgaria, will be unveiled in Sofia on Thursday.
Bulgaria is second among EU Member States by the increase of hourly labor costs in the first quarter of 2012, only behind Estonia.
Bulgaria is among the top three EU Member States having the lowest annual inflation for May 2012, only behind Greece and Sweden.
The Bulgarian cabinet approved Thursday changes in the Decree for Industrial Ownership Representatives, allowing foreigners to become such.
Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev presented Wednesday a documentary titled "How to win elections in Bulgaria" at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, stressing that the end-October 2011 campaign had been characterized by pressure, chaos and vote buying.
Bulgaria's prime minister has furiously slammed expectations that Brussels is about to issue a crushingly critical report for the country's alleged failure to reform its courts, reduce corruption, and fight organized crime.
Slightly after the adoption of amendments to the Judiciary Act, Prime Minister and leader of center-right ruling party GERB Boyko Borisov made a U-turn on the matter, encouraging President Rosen Plevneliev to impose a veto.
The Forestry Act is indeed lobbyist, but for the benefit of snowboarders and skiers and all winter sports lovers, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
Approval for Bulgaria's ruling center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, continues to erode, according to a recent poll.
The first of its kind Mobility Center started work in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna under an EU project.
Two Bulgarian far-right nationalist parties - Ataka (Attack) and VMRO staged Thursday the latest protest against the volume of the loudspeakers of Sofia's Banya Bashi mosque.
Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, is going to approach President, Rosen Plevneliev, with a request to veto the controversial Forestry Act, passed by the Parliament Wednesday.
The opposition left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria is going to notify the European Commission about the amendments to the Forestry Act, passed by the Parliament Wednesday.
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has expectedly condemned the Sofia Pride gay parade planned for June 30 in the capital.
Society | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 16:02
Thousands of Bulgarian protestors have vowed to hit the streets again on Thursday, calling on the president to veto the controversial brand new forestry act.
Martin Stoev has been appointed as the new coach of Bulgaria's male national volleyball team, the country's troubled volleyball federation has announced.
Sports | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 14:37
Spain's national football team have crushed Ireland in a Group C match at Euro 2012.
Croatia stole a point by drawing Italy in a match from Group C of Euro 2012.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has officially demanded that the assets of media moguls Ognyan Donev and Lyubomir Pavlov be frozen.
Crime | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 19:10
Europol, Eurojust and police authorities in Bulgaria, France, Poland and Belgium have dismantled a human trafficking ring involving Bulgarian women used as sex workers, it has been announced.
Crime | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 18:34
Bulgaria's prosecutors office will probe a scandalous tape recording, implicating publisher of Trud and 24 Hours dailies and chairman of the Union of Publishers in Bulgaria Lyubomir Pavlov, in trading in influence.
Crime | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 12:09
Bulgarian authorities are to freeze the assets of the publishers of a major press group, formerly owned by WAZ Mediengruppe, but this will not hamper its operations, prosecutors have said.
Crime | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 10:42
The death of a 17-year-old Brit, who fell from the balcony of his hotel room in Bulgaria's Sunny Beach resort, was an accident, a coroner has ruled.
Crime | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 09:27
The recently adopted Forest Act amendments doom Bulgaria's forests and protected areas as they will lead to the plundering of the country's last significant natural resource, WWF has warned.
"You say the EC report will be bad? Gimme a break!
Quotes | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 14:49
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his last appeal that aimed at blocking his extradition to Sweden to face sex offence charges.
World | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 19:52
Latvia's retirement age will be gradually increased at the rate of three months annually, until it reaches 65 in 2025, the local Parliament has decided.
World | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 16:34
Four days before the crucial elections in Greece, French President Francois Hollande have warned voters that failure to respect engagements to international creditors may trigger the country's expulsion from the euro zone.
World | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 08:38
Credit ratings agency Moody's has slashed Spain's sovereign credit rating by three notches, saying the newly approved euro zone plan to help Spain's banks will increase the country's debt burden.
World | June 14, 2012, Thursday // 07:46
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