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30 April 2012, Issue 3375
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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Russian Patriarch: Bulgarian Priests Brought Christianity to Russia
 Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Russian Patriarch Kirill have underscored the common cultural heritage of the people of Bulgaria and Russia during their meeting in Sofia Saturday. read |
Bulgaria Says Turkey Gas Link Key, Hints Nabucco's Fate Unclear
 The natural gas interconnection pipeline between Bulgaria and Turkey, which is to allow the former to receive gas supplies from Azerbaijan, will be completed by 2014. read |
Bulgarian Air Force Back in Joint Drills with US after MiG 29 Incident
 The Bulgarian Air Force is now back in its largest joint training with the US Air Force ever, Thracian Star 2012, after it suspended its participation on Thursday when a Bulgarian MiG 29 fighter jet went down. read |
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BULGARIA TO MOVE SEVERAL GOVT AGENCIES AWAY FROM CAPITAL
Several central government agencies in Bulgaria will no longer operate from Sofia, but will be based in other cities, revealed Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov Sunday. This will be made in an effort to make their work more effective, create opportunities in other cities, and disburden the Bulgarian capital, said the PM during a visit to Plovdiv. read more 
DUTCH MP SEES PROGRESS ON LETTING BULGARIA, ROMANIA IN SCHENGEN There is progress in the Netherlands with respect to lifting the Dutch veto on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen Area accession, according to the Dutch Christian Democratic Party, a MP claim. Dutch Christian Democratic Member of Parliament Henk Jan Ormel spoke on the Bulgarian National Radio Saturday, stating that Bulgaria and Romania's chances of joining the visa-free Schengen agreement are growing. read more NO LAMB MEAT PRICE HIKE FOR ST. GEORGE'S IN BULGARIA - MINISTER The price of lamb meat in Bulgaria will not go drastically up for St. George's Day, said Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Foods Miroslav Naydenov Sunday. St. George's Day is one of the most significant religious holidays for Bulgarian Orthodox Christians, and is marked May 6. read more BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS ADAMANT ON BELENE NPP REFERENDUM The chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and ex PM Sergey Stanishev has become one of the first to sign the petition for a referendum on the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant. The controversial project for a second Bulgarian NPP, to be located at the Danube town of Belene, which was first started in the 1980s and was supposed to be built by Russian state company Atomstroyexport, was abandoned in March 2012 by the center-right government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the GERB party, the rationale being that it is economically unfeasible for Bulgaria. read more BULGARIA SAYS TURKEY GAS LINK KEY, HINTS NABUCCO'S FATE UNCLEAR The natural gas interconnection pipeline between Bulgaria and Turkey, which is to allow the former to receive gas supplies from Azerbaijan, will be completed by 2014. This has been promised by Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev, who spoke on BNR Saturday, after returning Friday from a state visit in Azerbaijan together with Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov. read more BULGARIA PM HINTS OF MYSTERIOUS REDUCTION IN FUEL PRICES Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov said that his cabinet will work toward and expects actually lowering the prices of fuels in the country. "The government expects to further reduce the prices of fuels and has good arguments about that," stated Borisov while on a visit to Plovdiv Sunday. read more RUSSIAN PATRIARCH: BULGARIAN PRIESTS BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO RUSSIA Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Russian Patriarch Kirill have underscored the common cultural heritage of the people of Bulgaria and Russia during their meeting in Sofia Saturday. On Saturday, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, was received by the Bulgarian state leaders, including President Plevneliev. read more 
RUSSIAN PATRIARCH: BULGARIAN PM IS STRONG AND ENERGETIC Russian Patriarch Kirill has praised Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for being energetic as the two met in Sofia on Saturday. Borisov kissed the hand of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church before the building of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, as he went out to welcomed him. read more BULGARIAN PRESIDENT WELCOMES RUSSIAN PATRIARCH KIRILL Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev welcomed Saturday the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia arrived Friday night on his first ever official visit in Bulgaria. read more RUSSIAN CHURCH WANTS MACEDONIAN CHURCH TO RETURN TO COMMUNION The Macedonian Orthodox Church should return to communion with the other orthodox churches across the world, stated Russian Church external relations chair bishop Hilarion in Sofia Sunday. Metropolitan bishop Hilarion is part of a large ecumenical delegation to Bulgaria headed by Russian Patriarch Kirill. read more RUSSIAN CHURCH PREPARED TO SEND MONK ENVOYS TO KOSOVO The Russian Church is ready to send monks as envoys to help Christians in Kosovo, said Russian Church external relations chair, metropolitan bishon Hilarion. Bishop Hilarion is part of a large Russian church delegation, headed by Patriarch Kirill, which is in in Bulgaria since Friday. read more PATRIARCH KIRILL ATENDS PRAYER AT SOFIA RUSSIAN CHURCH Russian Patriarch Kirill, who is presiding a large ecumenical delegation to Bulgaria, attended Sunday a solemn prayer at Sofia's Russian church of St. Nicholas. A large crowd of Bulgarians, Russians residing in Bulgaria and Bulgarians of Russian origin was assembled in and around the Russian church to welcome Kirill. read more BULGARIAN AIR FORCE BACK IN JOINT DRILLS WITH US AFTER MIG 29 INCIDENT The Bulgarian Air Force is now back in its largest joint training with the US Air Force ever, Thracian Star 2012, after it suspended its participation on Thursday when a Bulgarian MiG 29 fighter jet went down. As of April 28, 2012, the Bulgarian military aviation is back in the Thracian Star drills with Su-25 planes, announced Saturday Maj. Gen. Konstantin Popov, Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Air Force. read more MERKEL WARNS HOLLANDE: EU FISCAL PACT NOT RENEGOTIABLE The Fiscal Union Accord signed by 25 EU countries out of 27 is not negotiable, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared. Speaking in an interview with the Leipziger Volkszeitung daily, Merkel made it clear that Germany would not agree to a renegotiation of the so called EU fiscal pact. read more PES LEADER ANNOUNCES 'DAY OF WRATH' IN BULGARIA Bulgarians will go out on a large-scale protest against government policy on May 1, stated Party of European Socialists and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev Sunday. Speaking in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, the socialist leader slammed the cabinet headed by center-right GERB party chair, PM Boyko Borisov, as leading an incompetent policy in times of crisis. read more TREE IN PARK COLLAPSES, KILLS BABY IN BULGARIA A large tree has collapsed onto two benches in a park in north-eastern Bulgarian city of Shumen, killing a 2-year-old child and critically injuring another person. The 25-metre tall beech tree spontaneously collapsed onto two benches, on which a woman with her child and two young men were sitting. read more RUSSIAN PATRIARCH KIRILL SERVES SUNDAY MASS IN BULGARIA Russian Patriarch Kirill, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, is serving Sunday together with Bulgarian counterpart Patriarch Maxim as solemn mass at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in capital Sofia. The Bulgarian patriarchical cathedral, named after the 13th century Russian prince-saint, is thronged by hundreds of ordinary Bulgarians and high-ranking guests. read more LEVSKI BEAT CSKA 1:0 IN TOP BULGARIAN FOOTBALL DERBY The team of Levski beat arch-rivals CSKA 1:0 in a contested game at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Bulgarian capital Sofia Sunday. Close to 20,000 fans bought tickets for what was the most attended game of the current season of Bulgaria's A Group. read more ITALIAN CLUB LAZIO WANTS BERBATOV - REPORT Italian football club Lazio is reported to join in the bidding for purchasing Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov from Manchester United. Lazio President Claudio Lotito and sporting director Igli Tare have already talked to the club coach Edoardo Reja on seeking to get Berbatov, Italian site Calcionline reported. read more BRIT NABBED IN BULGARIA FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING MINORS A 63-year-old UK citizen residing in Bulgaria has been arrested by the local police and charged with sexually abusing two kids, ages 10 and 11. The man has been detained in his home in the central Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo, with one of the children at his home. read more BULGARIA'S GANGS SHIFT FROM DRUGS TO FINANCE - PROSECUTOR There are virtually no large criminal organizations in Bulgaria dealing in murder and drugs, according to Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov. According to Kokinov, speaking for the Bulgarian National Radio, murders and drugs are the specialization of a large network of smaller criminal organizations. read more INA MANCHEVA NAMED MISS BULGARIA 2012 17-year-old Ina Mancheva from Vratsa has been named Miss Bulgaria 2012, announced TV7. The runner up is Gabriela Vasileva, 20, from Byala Slatina, with the third place grabbed by Paula Koletzova, 18, from Plovdiv. read more SYRIA BLASTS TURKEY'S INTENTION TO INVOKE NATO ARTICLE 5 The Syrian Foreign Ministry has accused Turkey of provocation with its talk of asking NATO to help protect its border with Syria, saying such action went against the UN-backed peace plan. "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu continue to make provocative statements aimed at aggravating the situation in Syria and harming bilateral ties," Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdisi said, as cited by The Daily Star. read more US OFFICIALS: AL QAEDA EFFECTIVELY KNOCKED OUT A year after the US Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone even though its affiliates remain a threat to America, US counterterrorist officials say. Core al-Qaeda's new leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, still aspires to attack the U.S., but his Pakistan-based group is scrambling to survive, under fire from CIA drone strikes and lying low for fear of another US raid. That has lessened the threat of another complex attack like a nuclear dirty bomb or a biological weapon, the officials say, as cited by USA Today. read more STRAUSS-KHAN HINTS SARKOZY ORCHESTRATED NEW YORK SEX SCANDAL The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has accused political enemies linked to Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling UMP party of destroying his bid for the French presidency by choreographing the sex scandal that erupted last year. In an interview published by The Guardian, Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of assaulting a New York hotel maid, stated that he believes the highly public undoing that followed his encounter with the housekeeper in the Sofitel hotel's presidential suite, and his imprisonment on charges of attempted rape, were orchestrated by his political opponents. read more |
