
22 tons of yellow cheese (kashkaval) past its sell-by date have been delivered to an incineration plant by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BABH). Laboratory tests have confirmed that the dairy product is unfit for consumption due to the advanced stages of milk fat oxidation, according to BABH’s statement. The yellow cheese is owned by the [...]
December 6, 2011 | Posted in
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Plovdiv, Bulgaria‘s second largest city, is in the focus of the festivities in the country as it celebrates the 126th anniversary since its unification. A solemn retreat starting 20:30 local time on Tuesday will be the culmination of the celebrations in the city, the bTV private channel has informed. The holiday is also marked with [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
July 11, 2011 | Posted in
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale was registered in Southeastern Bulgaria Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake hit at 4:32 pm local time; it did not produce any damages or injuries. Its epicenter was located 40 km west of the city of Burgas and 7 km south of the town of Karnobat, [...]
July 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s capital will host Saturday the fourth edition of Sofia Pride, a march for equal rights of persons of different sexual orientation or gender identity. Over 1000 participants are expected to attend the demonstration celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) culture. The gathering point for Sofia Pride 2011 is the Lovers’ bridge right behind [...]
June 18, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) has rejected the proposal of Sofia City prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov for awarding four of his subordinates, who had worked on key trials. Kokinov has proposed prosecutors Roman Vasilev, Bozhidar Dzhambazov, Margarita Nemska and Neli Zlatkova to be awarded with a diploma for their good work on two of the key [...]
February 25, 2011 | Posted in
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A 2-year old girl passed away Friday at the 7th hospital in the Bulgarian capital Sofia while waiting on an ambulance. The news was reported Saturday by the Bulgarian National Television, BNT. Anastasiya has been brought to the hospital by her parent for an exam. The girl died inside the doctor’s office. The initial diagnosis [...]
February 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Hadzhi was elected unanimously by the votes of all attending delegates and said he was hoping the Bulgarian Court will, this time, take under account the will of Bulgarian Muslims and is going to register him as Chief Mufti. Since the spring of 2010, a large number of the country’s Muslims have organized many protests [...]
February 12, 2011 | Posted in
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