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Real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news - economic, political and cultural, foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and world news.
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Bulgaria PM Promises More Funds for Renovation of Student Dorms
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev promised Wednesday the government was going to allocate money for the renovation of more student dormitories in 2009. Together with the Minister of Education Daniel Valchev, Stanishev visited Building 20 at the Sofia quarter of Studentski Grad ("Students'...
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Chinese Holding Re-Builds Glass Factory in Bulgaria's Razgrad
The Vice President of the Chinese holding Luoyang Glass Company Ltd Li Wei and the owner of the Bulgarian firm Via Properties Denis Barekov announced Wednesday a large-scale investment into the rebuilding and reopening of the glass factory in the city of Razgrad. Some of the old buildings of the fo...
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Verheugen: Bulgaria Can Contribute to EU Position on Caucasus Conflict
The Vice President of the European Commission Günter Verheugen said Wednesday he believed Bulgaria could make a significant contribution to the position of the EU on the conflict in Georgia. "Now it becomes clear Bulgaria's accession to the EU was the right choice. Bulgaria is extremely useful fo...
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Laptop Sales in Bulgaria Up 100% in First Half of 2008
The sales of portable computers in Bulgaria have gone up 100% during the first six months of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007, according to data of the market research company IDC. Bulgaria's growth in laptop sales puts it before Romania, where the increase is 90%. The country fourth in th...
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Today's Quote
Before the EU and NATO make any sharp statements, we all should think about who has greater interest in our cooperation. Obviously, NATO and the EU have an interest in cooperating with us, even more than we do in cooperating with them. Russia is not a poor relative, we are an economically powerful s...
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New Russia Ambassador: Intervention in Georgia Was Humanitarian Operation
The new Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sofia Yuriy Isakov said Wednesday in a press conference Russia's recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was a successful attempt to prevent the physical extermination of their peoples. "This was a humanitarian operation, not a ...
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EC Vice President Verheugen: Bulgaria's Economic Progress Is Impressive
The Vice President of the European Commission Günter Verheugen, who is also the Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, praised Bulgaria for its impressive economic progress during his visit to Sofia on Wednesday. However, Verheugen also reminded that the criticism against Bulgaria in the recen...
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Protesting Farmers Try to Storm Bulgaria's Council of Ministers
Over 200 milk producers from all over Bulgaria staged a protest rally in downtown Sofia demanding agricultural subsidies, which ended with clashed with the police and several arrests after an unsuccessful attempt to storm the Council of Ministers building. After Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Sta...
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New York Parking
Before going to Europe on business, a man drives his Rolls-Royce to a downtown New York City bank and asks for an immediate loan of $5,000. The loan officer, taken aback, requests collateral. "Well then, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce," the man says. The loan officer promptly has the car driven...
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Traffic Accident Could be Cause of Sisters Belneyski's Deaths
The five members of the expert commission in the sisters Belneyski case have completed their report and have submitted it to the District Prosecutor's Office in Pazradzhik, according to statements made before Darik radio by the District Prosecutor Ivan Daskalov. The expertise's conclusion confirms ...
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Passengers of Hijacked Sudanese Airplane Released by Rebels
Hours after landing at an airfield in southern Libya, all passengers, but not the crew, of the hijacked Sudanese airplane have been allowed by the hijackers to leave the plane, according to a Libyan official. The civil aviation official did not provide additional details and spoke Wednesday on con...
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Sofia Historic Bathhouse to be Offered for Concession
The Sofia municipality has officially opened the concession procedure for the construction of the site "Central Mineral Bath - Healing and SPA Center", as announced by the municipality's press center. The bathhouse is a public municipal property with an area of 5603 square meters. The concession is...
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Kremikovtzi Gas Supply Is at Full Capacity
Starting Wednesday, the steel mill "Kremikovtzi" is receiving the full volume of necessary natural gas - 30,000 cubic meters per hour, as confirmed by the trade unions at the mill. The company of the Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Zhevago, "Vorskla Steel", which has a contract to manufacture stee...
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Bulgaria State Debt Is EUR 4,7 B
The state debt of Bulgaria by the end of July of 2008 was EUR 4,705,200,000, according to data published by the Bulgarian Finance Ministry. EUR 1,536,900,000 of them are internal state dept while Bulgaria's external dept amounts to EUR 3,168,300,000. In nominal value the debt is EUR 30,800,000 le...
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Personal Information From 1 Million Bank Accounts Sold on eBay
The personal bank account information of over 1 million bank clients, including account numbers and signatures has been discovered on the hard drive of a computer sold on eBay. According to the British "Daily Mail," a former employee of Graphic Data, a company which is keeping private data of the c...
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Bulgaria First in Europe in Transport Gasification
Bulgaria ranks first in Europe by the rates of the gasification of vehicles in the country, according to the European gas transportation community's magazine, Gas Vehicle Report. "Overgas" also confirms that several years in a row Bulgaria has been holding the first place in the transition rates of...
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Karadzic Demands Annulment of His Trail
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has demanded the annulment of his court trail before the Hague Tribunal due to procedural violations and lack of respect for his rights. This is not the first time when Karadzic is arguing against the legal soundness of the court trail against him. He had...
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200 Farmers from Bulgaria's Kurdzhali to Participate in Protest Rally
Over 200 farmers from the Kurdzhali region are on their way to Sofia Wednesday to participate in the national farmers' protest beginning at 12:00 pm in front of the Ministries Council building. Boyko Sinapov, leader of the local farmers, who have been on strike for over a month, stated that they we...
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Darfur Rebels Hijack Sudanese Airplane
The 10 or more people who hijacked Tuesday a Sudanese passenger plane with more than 100 people on board have claimed to belong to a Darfur rebel group, Libyan officials said Wednesday. According to the accounts of the plane's pilot, the hijackers have said they belong to the Sudanese Liberation Ar...
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Engineers and Accountants
Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only one ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an accountant. "Watch and you'll see"...
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Bulgaria to Pay Farmers BGN 60 M; Another Protest Rally Scheduled for Wednesday
The "Agriculture" Fund is beginning subsidy payments to Bulgarian farmers despite the danger of sanctions that might be imposed by the European Commission (EC) after their September 3 decision. The Bulgarian Deputy Agriculture Minister Svetla Bachvarova made the announcement Tuesday, at the conclus...
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Bulgaria's Population to Drop 30% by 2060
Bulgaria's population is going to drop by 28,2% by 2060 when it will be 5 485 000, according to a Eurostat survey. These figures rank Bulgaria first in population decrease in the EU. Over the same period Latvia's population is predicted to drop by 25,9%, Lithuania's - by 24,3%, Bulgaria, the Cze...
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Bulgaria Sides with EU in Supporting Georgia's Territorial Integrity
The Spokesman of Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Dimitar Tsanchev said Tuesday the country backed Georgia's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. Tsanchev's statement came in response to Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the...
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Half of All Bulgaria Farming Equipment Is Obsolete
130 new, high productivity wheat harvesters have been imported in Bulgaria in 2008, according to Georgi Georgiev, Executive Director of the National Control and Technology Inspection Services. The number of the super modern, air-conditioned harvesters in Bulgaria is estimated at 800. However, over ...
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Bulgaria Extremists Disrupt Welcoming of New USA, Russia Ambassadors
Tuesday's welcoming ceremonies for the new ambassadors of the USA and the Russian Federation to Sofia were disrupted by extremists from the nationalist and extreme right Ataka party, who have set up a protest camp some 50 meters away from Bulgaria's Presidency. As both ambassadors appeared within...
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Rice: Russia's Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Is Regrettable
The US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice stated Tuesday Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was "regrettable". At a special press conference in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, Rice was positive that the United Stat...
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Short Circuit Sets Fire in Bulgaria Steel Mill Kremikovtzi
A short circuit in one of the transformers of the main sub-feeder of Bulgaria's largest steel-maker Kremikovtzi caused fire around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. There were 30-50 tons of machine oil near the substation, which also caught fire, but the fire fighters managed to contain it within minutes of thei...
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Rogozin: Russia Is Not Trying to Annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Russia's Permanent Representative at NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Tuesday afternoon at a press conference that the country was not trying to annex Georgia's separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, ITAR-TASS reported. According to Rogozin, the decision of the President Medvedev to comply with ...
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Russia Recognizes Independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev announced in the early afternoon on Tuesday that he had signed the decrees with which the Russian Federation formally recognized the independence of Georgia's separatist regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. "Russia is asking other states to take the same step. Thi...
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Bulgaria Justice Ministry Proposes Changes in Trade Law
The Bulgarian Justice Ministry has sent for approval to all Ministries the project for changes in the Trade Law, as announced by the Justice Ministry's press center. The changes have the goal to reduce bureaucratic procedures and save time and expenses for the businesses in Bulgaria and are expecte...
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