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22 March 2012, Issue 3348
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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Russia Grows Tired of Bulgaria's Belene NPP Uncertainty
 Russia's state-owned energy company Rosatom has urged Bulgaria to quickly make up its mind about the Belene nuclear power plant project. read |
Bulgaria's GERB Completes Cabinet Reshuffle, Appoints Rookies
 Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB approved the appointment of new Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and new Health Minister Desislava Atanasova on Wednesday. read |
Google, bTV Named Strongest Brands in Bulgaria
 Google is the strongest global brand in Bulgaria, while private bTV channel is the best Bulgarian brand, shows a survey of the local consumer segment by Superbrands, the world's largest independent arbiter of brands. read |
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ROMANIA SEEKS TALKS WITH BULGARIA ON 'DISPUTED TERRITORY'
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu has drawn attention to an alleged "disputed territory" on the Black Sea border between Bulgaria and Romania in an area that was recently found to be rich in oil and gas. He further insisted that there were other unresolved issues between the two countries like that of the so-called Romanian minority in Bulgaria. read more 
DIESEL PRICES CLIMB TO RECORD BGN 2.73 PER LITER Fuel prices in Bulgaria have hit a new record after Lukoil increased wholesale prices by close to 2%. Starting Wednesday, diesel sells for BGN 2.73 per liter at filling stations in Bulgaria, up by BGN 0.05. read more GOOGLE, BTV NAMED STRONGEST BRANDS IN BULGARIA Google is the strongest global brand in Bulgaria, while private bTV channel is the best Bulgarian brand, shows a survey of the local consumer segment by Superbrands, the world's largest independent arbiter of brands. This year the popular search engine toppled the former leader Coca-Cola, while the private national TV channel convincingly beat Bulgaria's first and biggest mobile operator M-Tel. Google is also the undisputed favorite among the thousands of users, who voted online. read more BULGARIAN GAMBLING WATCHDOG WINS 1ST CASE AGAINST MOBILE OPERATOR Bulgaria's State Commission on Gambling has won its first case against a mobile operator that organized a Q&A game played via text messages. Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile (Globul) will be fined with BGN 50 000 for the illegally organized "The Big Cash" game and for tax evasion to the tune of BGN 1.3 M, according to a statement of the watchdog. read more BULGARIA'S TOP PRIVATE TV STATIONS GET TANGLED IN AD PRICE DUMPING SUIT Bulgaria's largest private TV station bTV Media Group has filed a suit against its largest private competitor, Nova Broadcasting Group, with the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission. bTV claims unfair competition practices on part of Nova TV as stipulated by the Competition Protection Act, the media company announced. read more BUILDER ERECTS LAST BEAM OF 2ND BULGARIA-ROMANIA DANUBE BRIDGE Spanish construction company FCC has erected the last pole of the so called Danube Bridge 2, the so second bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania across the Danube. The last beam of the Vidin-Calafat bridge completed on Wednesday is 44.76 m in height, the FCC company said. read more BULGARIA SEEKS ONLY MAJORS TO HELP SELL STOCK EXCHANGE - REPORT Bulgaria will seek to hire only major investment banks or consultancies to help arrange the privatization of the country's only stock exchange and depository, according to insiders. There are two major eligibility criteria advisers should meet, Capital daily reported, citing parameters of the privatization procedure it has obtained. read more 
RUSSIA GROWS TIRED OF BULGARIA'S BELENE NPP UNCERTAINTY Russia's state-owned energy company Rosatom has urged Bulgaria to quickly make up its mind about the Belene nuclear power plant project. "Bulgaria's government is yet to inform us about its political decision," Rosatom head Sergey Kiriyenko has told RIA Novosti. read more NEW BULGARIAN ECONMIN PARROTS PM STANCE ON BELENE NPP Bulgaria's Belene nuclear power plant will not be a solely Bulgarian-Russian project if it is built at all, the country's newly appointed Economy and Energy Minister has declared, echoing PM Boyko Borisov's stance on the issue. "I know that energy is the most interesting topic and that the Belene NPP is the most vital question," Delyan Dobrev stated on Wednesday after he was officially appointed as Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism. read more BULGARIAN REGULATOR TO GO FOR 13% NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKE Bulgaria's natural gas price is to go up by 12.73% as of April 1, 2012, the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) has stated in a report that is yet to be adopted. According to Angel Semerdzhiev, head of DKEVR, Bulgaria's state-owned natural gas monopoly Bulgargaz risks going bankrupt if the hike is any lower than that. read more BULGARIA SHOULD SELL BELENE NUCLEAR REACTOR - RIGHT-WING LEADER Bulgaria should sell its new Russian nuclear reactor, according to Ivan Kostov, co-chair of the right-wing Blue Coalition. The reactor can be sold to one of the Russian nuclear power plants that are currently out of operation, Kostoc explained. read more SUZLON, VOLKSWIND TO BUILD 74 WIND TURBINES IN BULGARIA Wind turbine giant Suzlon, which formed two years ago a joint venture with Volkswind Bulgaria called DIV Wind OOD, is planning to build about 74 wind turbines in the Balkan country. The wind project near Balchik in northeastern Bulgaria will be at least 150 megawatts in capacity depending on the size of turbine used, DIV Wind company director Malte Huchzermeier told Bloomberg agency by phone. read more BULGARIA SEES NO THREAT IN TERRITORIAL 'DISPUTE' WITH ROMANIA Bulgaria expects no problems in resolving its maritime delimitation dispute with Romania, according to the country's Foreign Ministry. Earlier on Wednesday, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu drew attention to an alleged "disputed territory" on the Black Sea border between Bulgaria and Romania in an area that was recently found to be rich in oil and gas. read more BULGARIA'S GERB COMPLETES CABINET RESHUFFLE, APPOINTS ROOKIES Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB approved the appointment of new Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev and new Health Minister Desislava Atanasova on Wednesday. The resignations of Traicho Traikov and Stefan Konstantinov, former Ministers of Economy and Health respectively, were accepted. No motives were listed for their ousting, besides the fact that they "resigned". read more RULING PARTY MP TAKES OVER BULGARIAN DEPUTY ECONMIN JOB Valentin Nikolov, a Member of Parliament from Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB, is Bulgaria's new Deputy Economy Minister. The 40-year-old Nikolov, who has been a Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Group of the GERB party and a Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy, is taking over the job after its prior holder, Delyan Dobrev, has been approved as Bulgaria's new Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism. read more MEP TO SET UP YET ANOTHER BULGARIAN PATRIOTIC PARTY Dimitar Stoyanov, a far-right Bulgarian MEP, will create a new patriotic political formation together with his mother, Kapka Siderova. Stoyanov is the stepson of Volen Siderov, the eccentric leader of the troubled nationalist Ataka (Attack) party. read more BULGARIA'S PM AXES YET ANOTHER DEPUTY ECONMIN Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has dismissed yet another Deputy Economy Minister, Dimitar Chohadzhiev, the government press service announced. As a deputy minister in the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Chohadzhiev was in charge of the economy. read more BULGARIA PROVIDES ALARMINGLY LOW PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - NGO The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has raised the alarm about the deteriorating level of human rights protection in Bulgaria. "The situation in the sphere of human rights protection has either collapsed or has remained at a disturbingly low level in a number of fields," the annual report of the BHC for 2011 says. read more MAN UTD EYE BERBATOV-MODRIC SWAP DEAL - REPORT Manchester United's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov may head back to Tottenham in a part-exchange deal for Luka Modric, it has been reported. Tottenham is expected to demand at least GBP 40 M for the Croat playmaker, which is beyond United's reach, but there are suggestions within Old Trafford that Berbatov could be included in a bid for Modric. read more BULGARIA'S BALAKOV MAY TAKE OVER KAISERSLAUTERN Bulgarian coach Krassimir Balakov will reportedly take the helm at troubled German team Kaiserslautern. Balakov is expected to sign a contract that binds him with the club until the end of 2013, even though the deal has not yet been completed, Bild reports. read more SOFIA POLICE ARREST 3 IN ATM FRAUD RING Sofia police have busted a crime group suspected of ATM scams. The specialized police operation started at around 5.30 p.m. when a Ford Focus carrying the members of the alleged crime ring was spotted traveling from Sofia University in the direction of Orlov Most. read more NEW STARS BORN IN BULGARIA Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov sits at his desk, deeply absorbed in thought. In comes his closest aide, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. B.B.: I think I already took a final decision about the new economy and hjealth minister. read more TOULOUSE SHOOTER HAS NO REMORSE AS FRANCE STANDOFF DRAGS ON The man suspected of killing seven people in France has confessed to the crimes, a federal prosecutor said late Wednesday, as the shooter standoff has continued into the night. The 23-year-old man of Algerian origin, however, has expressed "no regret" in talks with police negotiators. read more UKRAINE REFUSES TO DECRIMINALIZE 'TYMOSHENKO STATUTE' Ukraine's Parliament on Wednesday voted down a proposal to decriminalize the statute used to convict former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, despite the urging of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In October 2011, Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of office for exceeding her authority in signing a 2009 gas deal with Russia, a verdict immediately condemned by both the European Union and Russia as politically motivated. read more BULGARIAN BALLET DANCER DIES IN PHILADELPHIA AFTER HIT-AND-RUN Sofia-born ballet dancer Polina Kadiyska died Tuesday after being struck in a hit-and-run in the United States. The 22-year-old girl, a a third-year student at the Rock School for Dance Education in South Philadelphia, was run down early on Sunday by a teenager who ran a red light, Bulgarian TV station bTV reported, citing US sources. read more 6.2-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE JOLTS PAPUA, INDONESIA A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Papua, Indonesia, on Wednesday morning. The quake was 66.9 kilometers deep, international news agencies reported, citing the U.S. Geological Survey. read more EGYPT PREVENTS ATTACK ON SHIP IN SUEZ CANAL Egypt's National Security Service has foiled a planned attack against a foreign vessel in the Suez Canal. The service's officers detained two suspects - residents of the Ismailia Governorate, the MENA news agency reported on Wednesday. read more CROYDON POLICE STATION BLAST LEAVES 7 INJURED A police station in south London had to be evacuated after seven people were injured and in an explosion on Tuesday. The blast, which started a blaze in the basement of the building in Croydon, was reported at about 11.20 GMT on Tuesday, the BBC reported. read more AUSTRIAN COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR IN SOFIA MICHAEL ANGERER: BULGARIA'S VOLUME OF AUSTRIAN FDI IS IMPRESSIVE Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=137753 BULGARIA AND AUSTRIA � ON THE ARTERY OF EUROPE, CONNECTED THROUGH PAST AND PRESENT Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=137760 A SMALL SAD STORY Lingering around the transfusion center, a shabby, skinny man looks around expectantly. He holds the hand of a child, an apparently malnourished boy, who fidgets nervously. A woman passes by on her way to the center's entrance. The man asks her whether she needs blood. Only this remark gives a clue to the real purpose of the weird couple - trading blood for money. read more WHY DIDN'T BULGARIA'S BORISOV ASK ERDOGAN ABOUT TURKEY'S NEO-OTTOMANISM? Bulgaria's government of PM Boyko Borisov has completed its first joint sitting with the Cabinet of Turkey led by PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bulgaria's ministers are coming back from the Turkish capital Ankara with a whole bunch of well-sounding, well-intentioned, and probably well thought through agreements, and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov, in what seems to be a fit of good-neighborliness and his well-known foreign language skills, even greeted Erdogan's honor guard in Turkish, by saying, "Merhaba, asker!" read more |
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