Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov has been appointed as Russian squad Rostov‘s sporting director. Stoichkov is expected to officially become the team’s manager in 2012, Russian media have reported, as cited by the Bulgarian Topsport. Currently, Bulgarian national team midfielder Chavdar Yankov is playing at Rostov. Stoichkov is the most internationally renowned Bulgarian footbal player, [...]
This year’s Sofia Rocks festival gathered a string of heavyweights from the 70s and 80s UK rock scene and went on into the wee hours Saturday. The event, organized by Balkan Entertainment Company at Sofia’s Balgarska Armiya (CSKA) Stadium, kicked off in the blasting heat around 4.30 pm Friday with Bulgarians Sheky and the Bloodrain, [...]
A total of nine bodies have been discovered since the Russian “Bulgaria” boat sank Sunday, with local authorities claiming there is little chance for survivors to be found. A total of 80 people have been rescued, but scores are still missing after the two-deck river cruiser sank in the Volga river. Chances that any survivors may [...]
Stefan Sofiyanski, the highly popular-turned-controversial former Sofia mayor, launched his pre-election campaign for a new term as head of the municipality office on Sunday. Sofiyanski was Sofia Mayor in 1995-2005, after being elected three times – in 1995, 1999, and 2003; in 2005, he backed out of the job to become a Member of Parliament. [...]
Sixteen now-independent Members of the Bulgarian Parliament have so far voiced their desire to create a new political formation. The news was announced Sunday for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, by independent MP, Dimitar Chukarski, formerly from the group of the conservative Order, Law and Justice party, RZS. Chukarski said the 16 are united by [...]
The governments of Bulgaria and neighboring Romania have asked the European Commission to help convince older member states to lift restrictions for job-seekers from the two countries as of 2012. Bulgarian Labor Minister Totyu Mladenov and his Romanian counterpart Sebastian Lazaroiu have sent to this end a joint letter to Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion [...]
The European Parliament has adopted Thursday a resolution opposing the facilitation of border control reintroduction within the Schengen free movement area. “The influx of migrants and asylum seekers cannot justify reintroducing border controls in Schengen,” says the resolution, adopted by a wide majority stating “strong and firm opposition” to such measures. Member states such as [...]
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has joined the other EU countries in the recognition and welcome of the newest independent state in the world, South Sudan, which held Saturday, July 9, 2011, its independence ceremony. “Six months after voting freely for independence in a democratic referendum, we witness the birth of Africa’s youngest nation. The peaceful road [...]
A Bulgarian exterior designer, Deyan Denkov, is the author of the design concept of Renault‘s latest concept car, the Renault Frendzy. Denkov, a native of Yambol in Eastern Bulgaria, has been working for Renault since 2007, according to the Renault website. “I took inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including unconventionally shaped aircraft such as [...]
Bulgaria will hold auctions for a total of six shale gas exploration blocks, said Kristalina Stoykova from the Geological Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). Stoykova heads a scientific group in charge of shale gas research in Bulgaria. In her words, four of the blocks that will be auctioned off are located in [...]
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