The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is to arrive on a three-day visit to Bulgaria on Friday. The Patriarch’s visit is on the invitation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and hisBulgarian counterpart, Maxim. On Saturday, Kirill will the country’s President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime MinisterBoyko Borisov and Parliamentary Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva. The last trip of a Russian Patriarch in Bulgaria took place in the now-distant [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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Several central government agencies in Bulgaria will no longer operate from Sofia, but will be based in other cities, revealed Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov Sunday. This will be made in an effort to make their work more effective, create opportunities in other cities, and disburden the Bulgarian capital, said the PM during a visit to Plovdiv. Among the [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov said that his cabinet will work toward and expects actually lowering the prices of fuels in the country. “The government expects to further reduce the prices of fuels and has good arguments about that,” stated Borisov while on a visit to Plovdiv Sunday. “Cabinet makes many efforts to reduce fuel prices, but in all cases, interests [...]
April 30, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy have inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was massively funded with EU money. Together with Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, EU FundsMinister Tomislav Donchev, and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, Borisov and and Van Rompuy opened the 2.4 km section of the first line of the Sofia Metro. The new section links the one operational line from the [...]
April 25, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has stated he is “amused” by the battle between Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergey Stanishev and his opponent, Georgi Parvanov. Stanishev has a certain advantage in the media, Borisov reckons. “I see that almost everyone is now referring to the former President as “Gotse,”” the Prime Minister observed, referring to Parvanov’s alias from the time he [...]
April 21, 2012 | Posted in
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy Chair of center-right ruling party GERB, who is in Brussels for a Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, has met with Wilfred Martens, President of the European People’s Party. Tsvetanov thanked Martens, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Joseph Daul, and Secretary General [...]
March 10, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers is set to present the controversial ACTA agreement to the country’s Parliament, only to see it scrapped by the MPs. The ruling centrist-right GERB already suspended the ratification of ACTA in the national Parliament and instructed all its MEPs to vote against the international agreement. However, oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party MP [...]
March 10, 2012 | Posted in
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The Bulgarian Union “Made in Bulgaria” bestowed Wednesday evening the annual “Golden Martenitsa” awards. The ceremony was held for the 18th year and gathered at the National Palace of Culture in downtown Sofia leading Bulgarian businesses and institutions. The award for Economic Cooperation for 2011 was given to Litex Motors for the building and the [...]
March 8, 2012 | Posted in
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The Bulgarian Parliament will vote on second reading Wednesday and Thursday legislation relating to Bulgaria’s state budget for 2012. Prior to that, the Bulgarian government had agreed with trade unions not to up the retirement age before 2021, and had signed an agreement with representatives of farmers regarding much larger subsidies than those stipulated in [...]
December 6, 2011 | Posted in
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They insisted on a meeting with Borisov and his Deputy, Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, but did not get a positive response. Meanwhile, the demonstrators, represented by the National Grain Producers Association, were invited to meet with Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, but declined the invitation on the grounds he is not authorized to sign any decisions. [...]
December 6, 2011 | Posted in
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