ARCHIVE - 29 January 2013
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Labor Minister Totyu Mladenov has said that a total of 225 employers in the Plovdiv district have declared their readiness to fill 400 vacancies with laid-off workers of state-owned military plant VMZ Sopot.
Business | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 14:50
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov arrived Tuesday noon for a luncheon with the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria (AmCham) in downtown Sofia even though an attempt to assassinate an emblematic mobster was made just meters away from the meeting
Business | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 12:30
The Bulgarian government's financing needs are the second lowest in eastern Europe, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has admitted that the introduction of the contested grid access fee for renewable energy producers was his idea, but the decision was tough to take.
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission has announced the final results from the January 27 nationwide referendum on the development of nuclear energy in Bulgaria.
The new chair of Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation will be announced next week, Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev stated Wednesday.
Ruslan Stefanov from the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) has argued that the dismissal of the Chair of Bulgaria's State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation will be interpreted by the EU as a sign of the lack of independence of the watchdog.
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has assured that the visa requirements for Bulgarian citizens will be reconsidered in the light of US legislation aimed at reducing the number of visa rejections.
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, and his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, have joined around the opinion relations between the two countries are excellent at all levels.
A NATO center for studying, creating, and perfecting the capacities of the Alliance in crisis management and disaster relief is to be set up in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Bulgarian Deputy Defense Minister Avgustina Tsvetkova announced Tuesday.
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has demanded the resignations of two more Cabinet members – Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov.
Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will start a petition for a referendum on smoking in public spaces next week, according to UDF leader Emil Kabaivanov.
Atanas Atanasov, the former head of Bulgaria's National Security Service, has declared that the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has failed to combat crime and corruption.
The Chairman of the Bulgarian State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation, DKEVR, Angel Semerdzhiev, confirmed Tuesday that he had submitted his resignation.
The Chair of the Parliamentary Education Committee, Ognyan Stoichkov, is questioning the control of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, on Bulgaria's embattled Science Research Fund.
A municipal councilor in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv has called for the expansion of the Roma residential district "Stolipinovo.
Society | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 16:19
Bulgarian international Stanislav Manolev is likely to move to Fulham on a loan deal until the end of the season, according to a report.
Sports | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 19:49
High-profile Bulgarian mobster Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata (The Beret), who has shot in downtown Sofia Tuesday morning, is in a state of shock due to a heavy blood loss, medics have told reporters.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 18:24
Emblematic Bulgarian mobster Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata (The Beret), who has shot in downtown Sofia Tuesday morning, has been in surgery for several hours.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 17:21
Tuesday's failed assassination attempt on notorious Bulgarian drug lord Zlatomir Ivanov was "extremely bad news", according to Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvatanov.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 15:44
The Sofia City Court ruled Tuesday to keep under permanent detention the young man who attacked ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan, with a gas pistol.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 14:44
A group of nationalists, headed by the former leader of the extreme-right formation Bulgarian National Union, Boyan Rasate, rallied in support of the attacker of ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 14:04
Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has started a pre-court procedure against an unknown perpetrator for the assassination attempt against mafia boss Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata ("The Beret), committed in downtown Sofia Tuesday morning.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 13:55
The spot before the Central Courthouse in Bulgaria's capital is an "easy" one for shooting, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov told AmCham during his annual luncheon with US investors in downtown Sofia shortly after a failed assassination attempt agai
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 12:55
Two teams of sharpshooters have been waiting to shoot at Bulgarian top crime boss, Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata (The Beret, The Barret).
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 12:51
The attempt on the life of Bulgarian mafia boss Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata, made Tuesday morning in front of the Central Courthouse in Bulgaria's Sofia, has not postponed the hearing against Oktay Enimehmedov, the failed assassin of ethnic Turki
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 12:14
The shooting at Bulgarian mobster Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata (The Beret), Tuesday morning before the Central Courthouse in Sofia, came from the roof of the building of Sofia Bar Association.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 12:07
Bulgarian top crime boss, Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata (The Beret, The Barret), who was shot in broad daylight in downtown Sofia, has four gunshot wounds.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 11:43
The shooter, who opened fire on alleged top crime boss Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata (The Beret, The Barret) in downtown Sofia on Tuesday morning, most probably took aim from the building opposite the Sofia Court House.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 11:41
No one has issued death threats against Bulgarian top crime boss, Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata (The Beret, The Barret).
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 10:52
Bulgarian mobster Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata (The Beret), was shot and injured before the Central Courthouse in Bulgaria's capital Sofia the morning of January 29, 2013.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 10:17
Alleged Bulgarian top crime boss, Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata (The Beret, The Barret) has been shot in downtown Sofia.
Crime | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 09:55
Pity the staff at the British embassy in Bucharest. Only last month they were cheerfully banging the drum for Great Britain, telling Romanians what a swell country this rain-soaked archipelago is.
Those (few)Bulgarians who made it to the polls in Sunday's referendum on nuclear power have voted in favour of further development.
The Government is planning an expensive advertising campaign to dissuade Romanians and Bulgarians from moving to Britain when immigration restrictions are lifted at the end of this year.
"This is a very easy spot for shooting.
Quotes | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 13:20
The bodies of dozens of young men have been discovered in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to rebels and activists.
World | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 17:02
Twenty-two people were killed in a passenger plane crash near Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty, an emergency services official said.
World | January 29, 2013, Tuesday // 10:31
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