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28 March 2012, Issue 3352
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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Czech Republic Firmly Backs Bulgaria's Schengen Agreement Bid
 The Czech Republic stands firmly behind Bulgaria's Schengen entry, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev stated after meeting with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus. read |
Forbes Names 4 Politicians, 6 Oligarchs 'Most Influential Bulgarians'
 The Bulgarian edition of Forbes Magazine unveiled its first top 30 most influential persons in Bulgaria list at an event in capital Sofia on Tuesday, with the top 10 featuring four officials from the ruling party GERB and six oligarchs. read |
Hungarian President Cleared of Plagiarizing Bulgarian Researcher
 Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has been cleared of plagiarizing his 1992 doctoral dissertation, even though he copied many pages from other sources, including Bulgarian researcher Nikolai Georgiev. read |
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ROMANIA SAYS IT HAS NO TERRITORIAL DISPUTE WITH BULGARIA
There is no territorial dispute between Sofia and Bucharest, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu has stated. Romania simply wants the Black Sea territory in question to be divided between the two countries under the international maritime legislation, Diaconescu has told Evenimentul Zilei, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph agency. read more 
NO NEED TO FRET ABOUT BULGARIA'S BUDGET - FINANCE MINISTRY Data for the first 2 months of 2012 show that Bulgaria's state budget is being executed according to schedule and does not need to be revised, stated the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance Tuesday. The Ministry of Finance was responding to a warning by rightist Union of Democratic Forces party, member of the Blue Coalition, according to which the budget is heading for failure and needs to be updated. read more BULGARIAN MOBILE OPERATORS BOAST 593 ILLEGAL BASE STATIONS There are 593 illegal mobile network base stations functioning in Bulgaria, revealed Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova Tuesday. Pavlova was speaking at a press conference presenting priorities for 2012 of Bulgaria's construction regulator agency, the Directorate for National Construction Control at the Ministry of Regional development. read more BULGARIAN AIRLINE FARES TO GET A HIKE There is a highly probable and imminent rise in the fares of airline tickets by Bulgarian companies in store, announced the Bulgarian Airlines Association Tuesday. The Association gave a press conference, saying that "merciless competition" will necessitate the rise, which however will not be proportional to the rise in jet fuel prices. read more BULGARIAN RIGHTISTS WARN ABOUT STATE BUDGET FAILURE The Bulgarian government needs to update the state budget for 2012, warned rightist Union of Democratic Forces at a meeting in Plovdiv Tuesday. State revenue for 2012 is bound to be some BGN 814 M lower than expected, raising the budget deficit to close to BGN 2 B, according to data availabe to the UDF. read more SOCIALISTS: BULGARIAN PM HID TRUTH ABOUT BELENE NPP Key opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party politicians have criticized what they saw as secrecy on the part of Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov regarding his recent talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the fate of the joint projected Belene NPP. Monday Borisov had a much-publicized beforehand phone conversation with Putin on Belene, during which, Borisov had said, the Bulgarian PM was to announce his country's final position on the project. read more SHALE GAS PRODUCTION IN POLAND FACES FAILURE The production of shale gas in Poland, which is at the forefront of the novel technology in Europe, might face significant hurdles and prove economically ineffective. During last week Polish authorities annouced that shale gas deposits in the country have turned out significantly less than expected and that their extraction will cost 3 times more than in the birthplace of the technology - the US. read more 
RUSSIA DETERMINED TO BUILD TRANS-BALKAN PIPE, CUT COSTS Russia has reiterated its determination to construct the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and reduce the price tag of the project, following Bulgaria's withdrawal. This was confirmed by Trans-Balkan Pipeline consortium advisory board member Mikhail Barkov, as cited by RIA Oreanda-News. read more BULGARIAN ENERGY HOLDING HEAD: 15% INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY PRICES IS JUSTIFIED Mihail Andonov, the newly appointed CEO of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) and former head of the National Electric Company (NEK), has insisted that the national power utility had solid reasons to change its Q2, 2012 price increase request from 4.5% to 15%. At the end of 2011, NEK requested an increase of 4.5 in wholesale prices, while on Monday the figure spiraled to 15%. read more BULGARIA REGISTERS 17% DROP IN FOREIGN VISITORS FEB 2012 The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria decreased by 17.1% in February 2012 as compared with January, reaching 279 500, according to the country's National Statistical Institute. A total of 1.9% less visits with the purpose of holiday and recreation were registered in comparison with the previous month. read more BULGARIA TERMED CHEAPEST 2012 HOLIDAY DESTINATION FOR RUSSIANS Bulgaria and Greece are the cheapest summer holiday options for Russians, said Tuesday Alexander Tugolukov, Executive Director of the Biblio Globus company. In a statement at the international tourism exhibition MITT 2012 held in Moscow he explained that German tour operators had given up on Greece in 2012. read more FORBES NAMES 4 POLITICIANS, 6 OLIGARCHS 'MOST INFLUENTIAL BULGARIANS' The Bulgarian edition of Forbes Magazine unveiled its first top 30 most influential persons in Bulgaria list at an event in capital Sofia on Tuesday, with the top 10 featuring four officials from the ruling party GERB and six oligarchs. Predictably, the list was topped by Bulgaria's ubiquitous and manly PM Boyko Borisov, leader of the ruling center-right GERB party. read more BULGARIA'S PLEVNELIEV 'PROCLAIMS' VACLAV KLAUS PRESIDENT OF POLAND Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's first welcome of a foreign head of state – Czech Republic's President Vaclav Klaus – featured an embarrassing gaffe. Addressing the Czech state delegation led by Klaus in Sofia, the former construction entrepreneur, and currently President of Bulgaria, mistakenly welcomed the guests "from Poland". read more BULGARIA APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER Bulgaria's ambassador to Poland Ivan Naydenov has been appointed Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of European affairs, the government announced. Naydenov will replace Konstantin Dimitrov, who headed earlier this month for London as the new ambassador there. read more BULGARIA DEPLOYS NEW 300-STRONG UNIT TO AFGHANISTAN A send-off ceremony will be held in Karlovo, Central Bulgaria, on Tuesday for a 300-strong military unit which will join the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The unit will provide security at Kandahar Airport under the commandment of Major Mitko Baltov. read more CZECH REPUBLIC FIRMLY BACKS BULGARIA'S SCHENGEN AGREEMENT BID The Czech Republic stands firmly behind Bulgaria's Schengen entry, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev stated after meeting with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus. Plevnelev declared that the Czech support for his country's Schengen aspirations was "full and unconditional." read more BRUSSELS: BULGARIA BREACHES EU RULES ON DEFENSE PROCUREMENT Brussels has warned Bulgaria with sanctions for failing to implement EU rules on defense procurement, which aim to help companies access defense and security markets in other member states. The European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Bulgaria and Luxembourg in order to act to ensure that they comply with their obligations to implement EU rules on defence procurement which were published in 2009. read more GREECE MAY FACE SCHENGEN EXIT OVER ILLEGAL MIGRATION - REPORT Greece may have to leave the Schengen Agreement if it does not take adequate measures to combat illegal migration, according to the country's Citizens' Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis. The deadline for the measures' implementation expires in June, Chrysochoidis has told local media, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. read more EX EU COMMISSIONER: BULGARIAN GOVT CANNOT AFFORD TO PLAY GAME OF EARLY ELECTIONS The GERB government should not waste time playing games of early elections but should focus on improving the living standards in the country, according to former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva. Asked to comment on the dispute about the area of 17 square meters on the maritime border between Bulgaria and Romania, she says that the fact that the issue was brought up by the Romanian Foreign Minister came as a surprise. read more RULING PARTY MP TO HEAD BULGARIAN HEALTH FUND Bulgarian ruling GERB party MP Plamen Tsekov has been nominated as the next head of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Funds (NZOK), according to reports. The proposal to nominate Tsekov has already been approved by the center-right party's political group in Parliament, and by the leadership of the party. read more HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT CLEARED OF PLAGIARIZING BULGARIAN RESEARCHER Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has been cleared of plagiarizing his 1992 doctoral dissertation, even though he copied many pages from other sources, including Bulgarian researcher Nikolai Georgiev. According to international media, a five-member committee at Budapest's Semmelweis University says academics at the then-independent University of Physical Education should have noticed and called attention to similarities between large parts of Schmitt's thesis analyzing the Olympic Games and works by other authors. read more BULGARIAN BAR OWNER MADE EMPLOYEES WEAR 'I STEAL' SIGNS A 34-year-old owner of a bar in the northern Bulgarian town of Polski Trambesh will face legal action after beating up two of his employees and making them stand in the central square with "I steal" signs around their necks. On September 10, the police department in Polski Trambesh received a tip-off from angry citizens that two boys were standing in the downtown area wearing "I steal" signs. read more BULGARIAN GARDEN TO TAKE PART IN PRESTIGIOUS UK FLOWER SHOW Bulgarian gardener Hristo Yordanov will participate in one of the most prestigious flower forums in the UK, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The project is entitled Crossroad Garden and contains references to the legendary Silk Road, Yordanov has explained. read more BULGARIA SET TO EASE FULL SMOKING BAN ONCE AGAIN - REPORT Bulgaria's MPs are allegedly set to go for a "liberalized" version of the much anticipated full smoking ban. The draft bill that bans smoking in closed public spaces is yet to pass first reading, but lawmakers are already considering softening it, according to the Standart daily. read more GALATASARAY EAGER TO SNAP UP BERBATOV Turkish giants Galatasaray have placed Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov on the top of their transfer shortlist, according to Turkish media. Galatasaray are reportedly willing to pay between EUR 8 M and EUR 10 M for the unsettled Bulgarian. read more LEVSKI SOFIA NAMES NEW COACH AFTER SHOCK RESIGNATION Bulgarian major football club Levski Sofia is expected to pick on Tuesday a new boss, a day after head coach Nikolay Kostov surprisingly quit. Stanimir Stoilov, who guided the team to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 2006, has been tipped as the favourite to replace Kostov, according to media reports. read more TROUBLED VILLA MIGHT SHED CAPTAIN STILIYAN PETROV Bulgarian national footballer Stiliyan Petrov, who has for long captained UK's Aston Villa, might part ways with the team due to its financial troubles, according to reports. British sources quoted by Bulgarian media say that Petrov might quit Aston Villa after the summer, since the team's owners want to reduce his pay. read more BULGARIA PHENOMENAL GYMNAST SKIPS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Bulgaria's legendary gymnast Yordan Yovchev will skip the European championship in May as he prepares to compete in his six Olympic Games, a record among male gymnasts. Yovchev was scheduled to lead the Bulgarian team to the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, France in end-May, but gave it up, fearing this could put at risk his performance in London. read more LEVSKI SOFIA PICKS EX MIDFIELDER ILIAN ILIEV FOR NEW COACH - REPORT Ilian Iliev, former international football midfielder and currently manager of Beroe Stara Zagora, will be the new coach of Bulgarian major football club Levski Sofia, according to unconfirmed information. During his career Iliev has played for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Bulgarian sides Cherno More and Levski Sofia. read more STRAY DOGS FOUND SKINNED IN BULGARIA'S SOFIA Two cases of skinning of living dogs have been discovered in the Malinova Dolina quarter of the Bulgarian capital Sofia within 10 days, the local press said. The stray dogs were first skinned, and were them thrown out in Sofia outskirts, the 24 Chasa daily reported Tuesday, citing a local woman, Radostina Tacheva. read more MAN WITH FAKE BULGARIAN DRIVER'S LICENSE HITS BOY IN FRANCE A man with a false Bulgarian driver's license hit and slightly injured a 12-year-old boy in a traffic accident that took place in the French city of Limoges. The 29-year-old driver tried to flee the scene but was later apprehended by police authorities, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency says, citing French media. read more LESSORS SEE OPPORTUNITY IN EASTERN EUROPE, EMBRAER SAYS Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=137917 ANNAN: SYRIA ACCEPTS UN PEACE PLAN The Syrian government has agreed to the UN and Arab League plan for a ceasefire, said special envoy Kofi Annan. During a visit to Beijing on which he met Chinese PM Wen Jiabao, the former UN Secretary Gerneral said that he received a positive answer from Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's government. read more CUBA GIVES WARM WELCOME TO POPE BENEDICT Pope Benedict XVI has begun a three-day visit to Cuba, the first papal visit to the communist-run island for 14 years, which many hope will accelerate reforms there. The Pope, who flew in from Mexico, was welcomed to the eastern city of Santiago by President Raul Castro. read more N KOREA HAS NO INTENTION OF QUITTING SATELLITE LAUNCH North Korea's government has announced that it will carry out a satellite launch in April as planned, despite warnings on behalf of US President Barack Obama and other international leaders. Pyongyang ""will not give up the satellite launch for peaceful purposes, which is a legitimate right of a sovereign state and requirement essential for economic development," the country's official Korean Central News Agency declared on Tuesday. read more WHO PROFITS FROM (THE SKINNING OF) THE STRAY DOGS IN BULGARIA'S SOFIA? Contrary to what a bunch of politicians, "statesmen", municipal officials, bureaucrats, current PMs and their mayoral successors would have the Bulgarian public believe, the problem with the tens of thousands of stray dogs roaming the streets of Sofia is easy to solve. It can be solved in 2 weeks. If there is the will to do so. (Regardless of how cliché the above-mentioned humanoids have made the word "will" with their empty talk and lies!) read more |
Who Profits from (the Skinning of) the Stray Dogs in Bulgaria's Sofia?
