ARCHIVE - 16 June 2013
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Sofia heating utility Toplofikatsiya-Sofia has won a grant of EUR 21.5 M under the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF) to be used for the implementation of six investment projects.
Hannes Swoboda, Chairman of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament, has expressed his surprise over the election of controversial Bulgarian media mogul Delyan Peevski as head of the country’s powerful national security agency.
For a third day in a row, thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to voice their discontent over the policies of the new government and oppose the appointment of a controversial media mogul as head of the national security agency.
Socialist leader Sergei Stanishev has admitted to making a political mistake with the appointment of media tycoon Delyan Peevski as head of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS).
Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has invited representatives of protesters and non-governmental organizations opposing the appointment of media tycoon Delyan Peevski as Chair of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) to a meeting on Monday.
Rumen Petkov, MP of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and former Interior Minister, has argued that the failure to coordinate the appointment of the new as Chair of the State Agency for National Security (DANS) with partner services was a crude mistake.
Tsetska Tsacheva, former Parliament Chair and current MP of center-right party GERB, has emphasized that controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski was appointed, not elected Chair of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS).
The Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) is calling an urgent meeting to discuss the situation surrounding the election of a Chair of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).
Bulgaria’s former European Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has called upon her country’s new government to step down over the controversial appointment of a shady media mogul as head of national security.
Key Bulgarian Socialist Party lawmaker Georgi Kadiev has demanded the resignation of BSP leader Sergey Stanishev over the election of controversial businessman Delyan Peevski as the country’s national security head.
New nationwide protest rallies are to take place in Bulgaria Sunday over the government’s decision to appoint a controversial media mogul as head of the country’s State Agency for National Security (DANS).
At least twenty people were killed in a series of car bombings that rocked central and southern Iraq, according to police and medics.
World | June 16, 2013, Sunday // 14:52
Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators were injured as Turkish police used excessive force to clear Istanbul’s Gezi Park, the main group organizing the protests said on Sunday.
World | June 16, 2013, Sunday // 13:18
North Korea proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday.
World | June 16, 2013, Sunday // 11:11
Protesters have clashed with Turkish police in Istanbul, after riot squads used tear gas and water cannon to eject demonstrators from Gezi Park.
World | June 16, 2013, Sunday // 10:08
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