A central unit for compensations in cases of slow justice may become operational in mid-June, according to Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, she explained that the problem with providing compensation to the victims of slow court proceedings could be easily resolved with amendments to the Judiciary Act. Kovacheva presented a project for the [...]
May 20, 2012 | Posted in
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European Parliament President Martin Schulz has thrown his weight behindBulgarian Socialist Party leader and ex PM Sergey Stanishev for the permanent post of President of the Party of European Socialists. Schulz, who was also the leader of the European Socialists in the European Parliament before taking it over, had a guest lecture at Sofia University Thursday, organized by the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and [...]
May 6, 2012 | Posted in
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Father Lyubomir Popov is an Orthodox priest in Bulgaria’s Black Sea City of Varna. He was expelled from the temple “Athanasiy” and deposed by the ecclesiastical court at the Varna and Veliki Bishopric, but remains one of the most respected Servants of God in the city. Popov was ordained deacon in 1978. From 1982 to 1998, he was [...]
April 21, 2012 | Posted in
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The name of the actual buyer of the State-owned cigarette-maker monopoly Bulgartabac is going to be revealed very soon, Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, promised. Speaking Saturday from the Black Sea city of Varna, Traikov, however, stressed that the most important issue was who the investor is, not the buyer. He added that there [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in
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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 [...]
July 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Evgeniya “Zheni” Zhivkova, a prominent Bulgarian designer, has revealed her ambitions to run as the leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming October elections. Zhivkova is the granddaughter of the communist head of state Todor Zhivkov, who was in power from 1971 until 1989. She was also an MP from 2001 until 2009. [...]
July 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s former foreign minister and current member of the European Parliament, Nadezhda Neynski, formerly Mihaylova, has confirmed plans to join the race for president in the autumn. “I believe I am fit to run for the presidential office, which is the reason why I have agreed that my party debates my nomination,” Neynski told the [...]
April 15, 2011 | Posted in
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