The first 36 contracts under the measure for creation and development of micro businesses of the EU Rural Development Program have been singed in Bulgaria. Thus, a total of BGN 11 M from the program will fund the development of local tourism projects, small-scale photovoltaic and renewable energy plants, and factories for the precessing of [...]
Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, will make a visit to the Gaza Strip sooner than scheduled after the crisis caused by an Israeli raid on 6 vessels carrying aid for the Palestinian territory. Georgieva, who is in charge of humanitarian aid, international cooperation, and crisis response within the European Commission, confirmed Monday in the city [...]
Bulgaria hopes to be a member of the Schengen Agreement by March 2011, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced. Tsvetanov met Sunday with the other Deputy Prime Minister, Simeon Djankov, and the head of the National Revenue Agency Krasimir Stefanov in order to discuss the progress of the government measures for joining the Schengen Area. “The [...]
Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgaria’s EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Crisis Response is set to support the charity concert for Haiti in Sofia Sunday. The concert that is set to raise money for the re-building of the National cinema-theatre ‘Triumph’ in Haiti after it was destroyed by the devastating earthquake earlier this year, will [...]
The European Commission is suggesting that the retirement age in member states should be raised regularly so that on average across the EU not more than one third of adult life is spent in retirement. According to a report in today’s Financial Times Deutschland, citing a commission ideas paper on pensions, workers should work longer [...]
The European Commission sent a formal request to Bulgaria to ensure that all customers can keep their fixed phone number when changing operator. The EC reminds Wednesday the phone number portability is required by EU telecoms rules and Bulgaria had been given an extended deadline to introduce this requirement by January 1, 2009. In May [...]
The European Commission has sent a reasoned opinion to Bulgaria today regarding its failure to properly implement the ‘first railway package’ legislation, the EC informs. In a press release, issued Wednesday, the Commission points out Bulgaria will need to solve important issues relating to its system of railway track access charges. The EU directives of [...]
The global economic downturn had a severe effect on Bulgaria’s economy, but brought about a welcome adjustment in some of the imbalances, says an analysis of the European Commission. The document is part of the institution’s spring economic forecast, which was presented Wednesday morning by EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn. “The [...]
The daughter of a former Bulgarian minister appears to have received EUR 700,000 in EU aid last year, according to data, revealed by the Danish and british-based pro-transparency NGO Farmsubsidy.org and cited by EUobserver. Galina Dimitrova Peicheva-Miteva, the 27-year-old daughter of Dimitar Peichev, Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture minister until July 2009, who was responsible for handling [...]
A report of the European Parliament will recommend that the European Commission be more vigilant with funding for Bulgaria. EP’s report will be released Wednesday and will review the 2008 EC budget. It is expected to be critical of the way the Commission has monitored judicial and interior affairs in Bulgaria and Romania. According to [...]
World Bank President Heaps High Praise on Bulgarian Govt
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World Bank President Robert Zoellick Heads for Bulgaria
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