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Bulgarian Audit Office: 264 Public Figures with Wrong Declarations

Bulgaria's National Audit Office (NAO) published a list of 264 names of public figures whose declarations have discrepancies between declared property and property owned in reality.

Society | January 29, 2011, Saturday // 13:57 | Viewed: 2933

Disgruntled Bulgarian Tobacco Growers Clash with Police

Several hundred of protesting Bulgarian tobacco growers have blocked the E-80 international road near the southern city of Harmanli.

Society | January 29, 2011, Saturday // 12:50 | Viewed: 2352

Transport Minister: No Threat of Terrorist Attack on Bulgaria

There is no danger and no threat of terrorist attacks on Bulgarian territory, Transport Minister, Aleksander Tsvetkov, assured Saturday.

Society | January 29, 2011, Saturday // 12:04 | Viewed: 3082

Bulgaria's Largest Kukeri Festival to Gain UNESCO World Heritage Status

The 20th edition of Bulgaria's largest and most impressive "Kukeri" event – the Surva Festival – kicked off in the western city of Pernik on Friday.

Society » Culture | January 28, 2011, Friday // 21:13 | Viewed: 10803

Bulgarian Court Snubs Ex Tsar's Request in Palace Property Case

The Plovdiv Appellate Court has rejected the request of Bulgaria's former Tsar and PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg to present new evidence and testimonies in the dispute over the former royal palace Krichim.

Society | January 28, 2011, Friday // 18:20 | Viewed: 6429

Bulgarian Tennis Star's Racket Auctioned Off at Cancer Fundraiser

Bulgarian young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov's "legendary" racket from his match against world's No.

Society | January 28, 2011, Friday // 16:44 | Viewed: 3625

Bulgaria to Hunt Down 17 Brown Bears

Seventeen brown bears will be legally hunted in Bulgaria 2011, as the government introduced a bear hunting quota for the first time on Thursday.

Society » Environment | January 28, 2011, Friday // 09:44 | Viewed: 6237

World Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27 marks the International Holocaust Remembrance day and the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp by Soviet troops in 1945 .

Society | January 27, 2011, Thursday // 19:47 | Viewed: 2333

Bulgaria Torrent Websites: We Will Persist to Exist

Bulgaria's two major torrent sites Zamunda and Arena will continue to exist, the administrator of Arena, Eliyan Geshev, has announced.

Society | January 27, 2011, Thursday // 17:47 | Viewed: 5720

Bulgarian Dies in Swiss Labor Accident

A Bulgarian man, aged around 50, has perished in a labor accident in the western Swiss town of Echallens on Wednesday.

Society | January 27, 2011, Thursday // 14:59 | Viewed: 1777

Sofia Icy Streets Injured 183

183 people were hospitalized in the last 24 hours with injuries resulting from falls on icy streets in Sofia, the Pirogov Hospital announced.

Society » Environment | January 27, 2011, Thursday // 10:23 | Viewed: 2865

Bulgarian Surgeons Operate Toddler's Wrong Arm

Doctors from the emergency "Pirogov" hospital in the Bulgarian capital Sofia have done surgery on a toddler's healthy arm, the hospital press center informed.

Society » Health | January 27, 2011, Thursday // 09:24 | Viewed: 2604

Turkish Novelist Orhan Pamuk to Visit Sofia in May

Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk will make his first visit to Bulgaria on May 18, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation has announced.

Society » Culture | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 18:21 | Viewed: 2878

Bulgarian Defense Ministry 3rd by Number of Communist Agents

Bulgaria's Files Commission announced Wednesday the names of 149 high-ranking employees of the Defense Ministry, who have been agents or collaborators of the former Communist State Security (DS).

Society | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 18:01 | Viewed: 2328

Bulgarian Sets 'Fake' Guinness Record as '1st Public Official Fired for Playing FarmVille'

Dimitar Kerin, the Farmville-addict Bulgarian city councilor of whom Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) reported in March 2011, has made it "undeservedly" to the Guinness Book of world records as "The First Public Official Fired for Playing Farmville."

Society | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 17:46 | Viewed: 5031

Details Emerge about Bulgarian-Austrian Moscow Attack Victim

Nikolay Ivanov, the Bulgarian native with Austrian passport, who was killed during the terrorist attack at the "Domodedovo" airport in Moscow, was from Sofia.

Society | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 17:16 | Viewed: 2639

500 Bulgarian Doctors Found Jobs Abroad in 2010

More than 500 Bulgarian doctors left the country to go work abroad in 2010, according to the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Doctors Union, Dimitar Lenkov.

Society » Health | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 16:30 | Viewed: 4597

Bulgaria Starts Searching for Toll System Experts

In two weeks the procedure for choosing a consultant for the introduction of toll system of Bulgarian roads will begin, the country's Minister on Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, has announced.

Society | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 14:32 | Viewed: 2002

Bulgarian Cellist Seals Deal with Celine Dion

Superstar singer Celine Dion has signed on a unique Bulgarian cellist to play in the small string section of the 31 musicians who will be onstage during her new show.

Society » Culture | January 26, 2011, Wednesday // 13:26 | Viewed: 7730

Turkish Director to Make Bulgarian Novel into TV Series

A novel of young Bulgarian author Lyudmila Filipova will be made into a TV series in Turkey.

Society » Culture | January 25, 2011, Tuesday // 19:52 | Viewed: 4641

Bulgarian PM Announces New Smoking Ban Deadline

The option to introduce full smoking ban in establishments in Bulgaria in 2013 is on the table, Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, informs.

Society » Health | January 25, 2011, Tuesday // 16:19 | Viewed: 3874
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