ARCHIVE - 3 July 2013
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Teams of officers of the National Revenue Agency, the Customs Agency and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, have been inspecting big fruits and vegetable wholesale markets in the country since 4.30 am on Wednesday.
Business | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 14:38
The Trakiya highway in southern Bulgaria, connecting the capital Sofia and the Black Sea city of Burgas, which has been built for 40 years now, will most likely be competed on July 8.
Business | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 14:33
Iglika Yordanova has undertaken the management of Colliers International Bulgaria in her capacity of Managing Director, the company announced.
Business | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 07:20
Ongoing political turmoil in Bulgaria is not likely to adversely affect the country's economic, fiscal and institutional strength, according to rating agency Moody's.
Bulgaria's government has made the first steps towards creating the country's first nuclear waste repository.
The Bulgarian government has removed Sergei Tsochev from the post of Chair of the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BNRA) due to the expiration of his term in office.
Bulgaria's Electricity System Operator (ESO) and the National Electric Company (NEK) have undergone a reshuffle of senior staff amid a scandal over the delayed separation of ESO from NEK and potential penalties by the European Commission.
Some 861 years of unused leave has accumulated by civil servants in Bulgaria's state administration.
Politics | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 15:51
New Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Kristian Vigenin has stated Wednesday he and President Rosen Plevneliev are on the same positions in all foreign policy areas.
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister, Zinaida Zlatanova, published Wednesday a list of media which received EU funds from ministries.
The European People's Party should have critiqued largest Bulgarian affiliate party GERB for boycotting the work of the Bulgarian Parliament, according to the house's deputy-speaker Maya Manolova.
Eurostat has published a report indicating inefficiencies in dairy farms in Bulgaria and Romania.
Serious concerns over the rule of law in Bulgaria were raised in a European Parliament debate with Council and Commissioner Reding on Tuesday afternoon.
Hundreds of State servants have been appointed in recent years on high, mid and low level positions in the Bulgarian ministries without having the necessary skills.
The police have failed to react to the actions of people terrorizing former Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, according to GERB MP, Ivaylo Moskovski.
Citizens have filed a claim with Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov and Sofia City Prosecutor's Office requesting to lift the immunity of the nationalist party Ataka leader Volen Siderov and to hold him criminally liable.
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament decided Wednesday to establish a new committee in charge of religion and parliamentary ethics.
Shterio Shterev, MP from the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, has handed in his written agreement to be stripped of his lawmaker's immunity.
According to a survey of the Mediana polling agency, despite the series of ongoing anti-government protests, over 60% of Bulgarians are not seeking new early elections now and they rather want the situation to return to normal.
Thursday's sitting of the Bulgarian government is to focus on administrative reform.
For a sixth morning in a row, Bulgarians will stage a coffee-drinking anti-government protest in front of the Parliament building in downtown Sofia.
Thousands of Bulgarians have yet again gathered Wednesday evening in front of the Council of Ministers in downtown Sofia to request the resignation of PM Plamen Oresharski.
Society | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 19:29
A Bulgarian citizen is missing after falling off an oil platform near the coast of Angola, informed the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday.
Society | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 18:38
Bulgarian-born US millionaire Shefket Chapadzhiev is among the space travelers who will fly with the "Spaceship 2" shuttle.
Society | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 15:49
Bulgarian police have arrested Wednesday morning journalist Nayo Titzin after he entered the security zone around the Parliament wearing a straitjacket and a mask of nationalist leader, Volen Siderov.
Society | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 12:09
Former Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov is going to be charged on a new count on Friday.
Crime | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 13:59
The Military Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has submitted an indictment against Kircho Kirov, former director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), on charges of large-scale embezzlement.
Crime | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 10:34
For more than two and a half weeks now Bulgarians have been taking to the streets, demanding their newly appointed socialist government step down.
Egypt's constitution is suspended, and Mohammed Morsi is no longer the president of the country, after an official address by Egypt army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 22:22
Egypt's army has released a statement Wednesday evening that it will imminently disclose a 'road map' for the future development of the country, further giving grounds to reports that a takeover might be taking place.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 22:06
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi adviser Essam Al-Haddad has described latest developments in Egypt as a "military coup.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 19:38
Unconfirmed reports have it that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been placed under house arrest Wednesday, after protests against him came to a head in the past weeks.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 18:58
Bolivian President Evo Morales' State aircraft had to change its route over Europe over suspicions US whistleblower Edward Snowden is onboard.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 14:41
Egypt's Mohammed Morsi has insisted he remains the country's legitimate president, as mass protests claimed more lives in the capital, Cairo.
World | July 3, 2013, Wednesday // 07:29
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament from the ruling majority sneakily masterminded Wednesday a plan to get rid of the "Volen Siderov's Ethics" problem.
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