Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has continued his war of words with popular TV host Slavi Trifonov, accusing the showman of “speaking lies about him”. Borisov stated late Tuesday; “Neither Slavi Trifonov or the show interest me…or the adverts that he does on my back. How he hosts his show is his business.” He continued that [...]
Representatives of the Sofia District Court and the Bulgarian government met Tuesday in order to try to sort the debacle in which the country’s busiest court might be kicked out of its building. In May 2010, the Chair of Bulgaria’s largest and busiest court, the Sofia District Court, Judge Krasimir Vlahov, announced that the institution [...]
Bulgaria’s state administration has cut its cost by 40% for the first quarter of 2010 year-on-year. Data was provided by a check-up assigned by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. According to the information gathered Bulgaria’s Council of Minister has saved an overall BGN 850 000. The capital expenses of the Bulgarian Cabinet have remained the [...]
American ambassador to Bulgaria, James Warlick, expressed his approval for the anti-crisis measures that the Bulgarian government rounded up Wednesday. According to ambassador Warlick, the proposed austerity package gives a clear vision for the future of Bulgaria. The US ambassador said in his statement to the Bulgarian media that he is envouraged by the government’s [...]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has reacted strongly to criticism by declaring his readiness to lead his party GERB to all-out elections. Borisov was angered by comments made by the country’s major trade unions and his allies from the Blue Coalition, as well as by a newly emerging conflict between the government and the Socialist [...]
Bulgarian government will draft a new act on children and family by the end of 2010, announced Bulgaria’s Labor and Social Policy Minister. Minister Totyo Mladenov, who attended Thursday a conference entitled “To protect the children of Bulgaria – child and youth abuse,” said that Bulgaria should have one single institution to deal with child [...]
Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva was the highlight of the Civil Protection National Service simulations in Montana. Bulgaria’s EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response arrived Friday in the northwestern city of Montana to take part in one of the rescue simulations of the Civil Protection Service. Dressed in a smart suit [...]
Bulgaria’s Minister for Bulgarians Bozhidar Dimitrov announced that over 5000 foreigners have obtained Bulgarian citizenship in the last year. Diaspora Minister Dimitrov explained Friday that most of the approved applications (over 4 000) come from Macedonia and Moldova, while the remaining 1 000 are from Serbia, Ukraine and Israel. “Recently there’s also been an increase [...]
Bulgaria’s far-right, nationalist Ataka party has no other alternative but to firmly support the cabinet of the ruling GERB party, Ataka leader, Volen Siderov, declares. Siderov, who was the keynote speaker , said that this support for the Citizens of European Development of Bulgaria is beneficial for the country because anything else would mean the [...]
Bulgarian prime minister is mentioned in one in every three media releases, followed by the finance minister and the president, who also shine in the media spotlight, a survey shows. A media analysis of seven national daily newspapers, launched by the Laboratory for Media Monitoring of the Media Democracy Foundation, has shown that Prime Minister Borisov [...]
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