Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Crisis Response. Kristalina Georgieva was born on August 13, 1953, in Sofia, Bulgaria. She earned her MA in Political Economy and Sociology in 1976 and her Ph.D. in economics in 1986 from the University of National and [...]
June 2, 2010 | Posted in
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Bulgaria marks Wednesday, June 2, the 134th anniversary of the death of one of the most prominent Bulgarians – the publicist, poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev, who gave his life for Bulgaria’s independence. The anniversary will be commemorated all over Bulgaria with official ceremonies and laying of wreaths. At precisely 12 noon sirens invite people [...]
June 2, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
June 2, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
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The Bulgarian Ambassador to Israel, Dimitar Tsanchev, has confirmed that the 2 Bulgarian journalists seized by Israeli forces during the raid on the Gaza aid flotilla will return to Bulgaria Wednesday. Israel has also deported 124 foreign activists detained after the deadly raid on an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade of Gaza. The activists, mainly [...]
June 2, 2010 | Posted in
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The trips of Bulgarians abroad during the first quarter of 2010 have been 853 700, the National Statistics Institute data shows. The data was published Monday and reveals that compared to the same period of 2009, the number of trips is down over 32%. The number of trips abroad is down over 50%, while of [...]
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The combined profit of the major Bulgarian pharmaceutical companies has seen a strong increase of 26% in the first quarter of 2010. Thus, the combined profit of the six Bulgarian pharmaceutical producers listed on the Sofia Stock Exchange – Sopharma AD, Medica AD, Bulgarian Rose – Sevtopolis AD, Momina Krepost AD, Unifarm AD, and Septona [...]
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Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, is on an official trip to Talin, Estonia on Monday, the Finance Ministry informs. Djankov met with his Estonian counterpart, Jurgen Ligi, to discuss Estonia’s candidature for Eurozone entry. Ligi presented his cabinet’s measures for their successful austerity fiscal policy regarding the budget deficit. Estonia’s budget [...]
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Bulgarians begin earning money for themselves Tuesday after working for the State since January 1 until the end of May. The so-called “Day of Freedom from the State” was forecast for June 1 by the Institute for Marker Economy, according to the initial 2010 budget estimates. This is the day when working Bulgarians should have [...]
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Bulgaria’s budget deficit is growing with higher expenditures year on year despite Cabinet efforts to reduce substantially state spending. The Finance Ministry distributed Tuesday an official account for the implementation of the budget by the end of April 2010 according to the Consolidated Fiscal Program (KFP). Bulgaria had a monthly budget surplus of BGN 370 [...]
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