The ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, still has not transferred the one million levs that it promised to donate to a flood-buried village, a check has shown. The funding was to be taken from the party’s state subsidy and was destined to help the victims of the tragedy in the flooded southeastern village of Biser. “This [...]
Renown Bulgarian volleyball player Matey Kaziyski has hinted he may boycott the upcoming Olympic Games in London due to the scandal that erupted between Bulgaria’s volleyball federation and the country’s national team coach. Coach Radostin Stoychev was dismissed by the federation on Sunday, a day after his team was defeated by Germany in the second semifinal of the 2012 Olympic Games-European Qualification Tournament in Sofia. The dismissal triggered an [...]
Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev, is discussing Thursday with bank creditors the future of the Kardzhali Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK). OTZK is the largest Bulgarian producer of non-ferrous metals in the southern city of Kardzhali, providing until recently livelihood of many in the city and the region. OTZK has been out of operation in the past [...]
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, wished success to the two major parties in the now former right-wing Blue Coalition, after news reports about the latter’s breakup. “Both the Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, and Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, are our political partners in the European right wing and in the European People’s Party, EPP, and I wish them success,” Borisov told the media Tuesday. [...]
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are publishing an interview with Bozhidar Dimitrov, a prominent historian, Director of Bulgaria’s National History Museum in Sofia, and a former Minister of Bulgarians Abroad (Diaspora Minister) in the Borisov Cabinet in 2009-2011. Interview by Evelina Ivanova, a freelance journalist. Bozhidar Dimitrov has an impressive resume, a harsh language [...]
The European Union‘s executive will suspend in the short term the excessivebudget deficit procedure against Bulgaria as the country has taken adequate steps to correct it, a deputy finance minister believes. Bulgaria‘s budget deficit dipped below the European Union limit of 3% of gross domestic product last year because of the government’s prudent fiscal management, Deputy Finance Minister Boryana Pencheva told MPs from the European affairs parliamentary committee. “Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, [...]
Bulgaria’s ex Tsar and ex Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg has published an article claiming that his primary motivation for “accepting” to head the Bulgarian government in 2001 was to make the country an EU member. The article in question appeared on Saxe-Coburg’s website on Tuesday, April 24, apparently intended to note the anniversary since the signing of Bulgaria’s EUaccession treaty seven years ago, on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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