Turkey’s Besiktas will strike a deal with Parma for the purchase of Bulgarian striker Bojinov in 48 hours, according to Italian media reports. In July 2010, Bozhinov signed a 5-year contract with the Italian team, but his performance during the fall season has been largely seen as disappointing with the Bulgarian player spending lots of [...]
Sofia is anticipating a charity concert on Christmas night at the National “Ivan Vazov” Theater. The concert is part of the “Bulgarian Christmas” initiative, held for the eight year in a row, under the patronage of President, Georgi Parvanov, and First Lady, Zorka Parvanova. Actors, Kalin Vrachanski and Elena Petrova, stars of the Bulgarian hit [...]
97-year-old Patriarch Maxim, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, has served the traditional Christmas Day service at the St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia. The Patriarch completed the Christmas service with a prayer for good health and long lives and with a blessing to all Bulgarian Orthodox Christians around the world. “Today is a [...]
The Bulgarian government is expected to review a proposal for removal of the 33 Ambassadors, who worked as collaborators or agents of the former Communist State Security, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. A Presidential order is required for their removal. However, earlier Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov said he will review each case individually. Georgi Mihov, [...]
Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisovis considering removing the official post Minister without Portfolio after the resignation of Bozhidar Dimitrov. “There are no suitable candidates for the post at the moment,” Borisov said Thursday, the Bulgarian News Agency has reported. The prime minister has explained that the functions of the Minister without Portfolio, who is responsible for [...]
The Bulgarian cabinet adopted a decision Thursday to ask the President to dismiss all ambassadors of the country who were revealed to have been part of communist State Security. Last week the special government committee researching the files of State Security revealed that some 40% of Bulgarian diplomats have been enlisted in the former intelligence [...]
Cave-lovers from a tourist club called “Rodopeya” are going to welcome the new year in the Yagodinska Cave in Southern Bulgaria. The Yagodinska Cave is located in the Rhodope Mountain; it is long 10 km and has three levels, of which the lowest one is equipped with electricity and fit for organized tourism with 1.1-km [...]
The receiver of the bankrupt Bulgarian steel factory Kremikovtzi has scheduled February 7 as the date for the third attempt to sell off the failed behemoth’s assets. Two prior auctions were held over the fall, but failed because actually no one turned out to bid for Kremikovtzi, which is considered the pride of communist-era industry [...]
The Russian energy giant Gazprom is launching in the beginning of 2011 the study of the sea segment of the gas pipeline South Stream. The information was reported Saturday by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing Gazprom‘s CEO Alexey Miller. The study will begin as soon as the technology and economy feasibility assessment of [...]
The index of wholesale prices went up sharply during the past week – from 1.745 points to 1.784 points, which is the highest level since the beginning of 2010. The data comes from the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Market Places. A similar trend was registered around the Easter holidays when the wholesale prices [...]
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