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21 May 2012, Issue 3390
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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FinMin Firm on Bulgaria Joining Euro Zone
 Bulgaria can join the Eurozone in 2 to 3 years, but no one can give an exact date, according to the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov. read |
Bulgarian Energy Minister: No Conflict with Romania over Black Sea Gas
 Bulgaria is not going “to get in a conflict” with Romania over the natural gas deposits in the Black Sea, according to Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev. read |
Tadic Loses Serbian Presidential Elections to Nikolic
 Incumbent Boris Tadic has lost the presidential elections in Serbia to his opponent, Tomislav Nikolic from the Serbian Progressive Party. read | ||
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BULGARIAN PM MOCKS SOCIALISTS, SNUBS ETHNIC TURKISH LEADER'S EARLY ELECTION CALLS
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has ruled out any possibilities of holding early parliamentary elections. Borisov thus snubbed a forecast made a day earlier by opposition ethnic Turkish party DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) leader Ahmed Dogan, who said he could "smell" early elections in October-November 2012 as a result of a collapse of the Cabinet of Borisov and his center-right party GERB. read more  EX PM STANISHEV REELECTED BULGARIAN SOCIALIST LEADER Former Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev was reelected late Saturday evening to lead the main opposition party in the country, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP. The delegates of the party's 48th congress had to choose between him and Georgi Kadiev, former candidate for Mayor of Sofia. According to flash results, 75% have voted for Stanishev and 22% for Kadiev. read more PRESIDENT: BULGARIA IS NOT RUSSIAN TROJAN HORSE IN EU President, Rosen Plevneliev, attended Saturday an emotional meeting with the Bulgarian community in Chicago. Plevneliev, who is on his first official visit to the US as Head of State, addressed the expats ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago. The city is home of the largest Bulgarian diaspora in North America. read more FINMIN FIRM ON BULGARIA JOINING EURO ZONE Bulgaria can join the Eurozone in 2 to 3 years, but no one can give an exact date, according to the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov. The news was reported Sunday by the Bulgarian news agency BGNES, citing a statement of the Minister before Reuters on the occasion of the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD. read more BULGARIA'S FINMIN DJANKOV ELECTED CHAIR OF EBRD SUPERVISORY BOARD Bulgarian Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has been elected chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry announced. Djankov, who got the new job at the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has thus become the first government minister from the former communist bloc to be elected at a top position in the EBRD since the bank was established in 1991. read more BULGARIAN ENERGY MINISTER: NO CONFLICT WITH ROMANIA OVER BLACK SEA GAS Bulgaria is not going “to get in a conflict” with Romania over the natural gas deposits in the Black Sea, according to Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev. Dobrev pointed out that no conflict is to emerge since both Bulgaria and Romania have natural gas deposits in their Black Sea economic zones, as cited by BNR Sunday. read more BULGARIAN PM REITERATES PRIORITY OF SOUTH STREAM The South Stream gas pipeline is project of high priority for Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared. Borisov has pointed out the financial benefits of projects like South Stream that make use of his country's geostrategic location. read more  PROTESTERS DEMAND REVIVAL OF BULGARIA'S BELENE NPP An initiative committee has held a protest rally in Sofia demanding the resurrection of the project for the construction of a second Bulgarian nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Belene. Sunday's rally in Sofia was organized by a committee called "I Don't Give Up on the Belene NPP, Do You?" read more BULGARIAN OLIGARCH HIRES TROUBLED METALLURGY WORKERS AT PM'S REQUEST The new concessionaire of Bulgaria's Gorubso Madan Mines, wealthy businessman Nikolay Valkanov, has created jobs for 60 workers from the troubled Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC; OTZK) in Bulgaria's Kardzhali. This has been announced by Plamen Dimitrov, head of the Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Syndicates (KNSB), on Radio K2 on Sunday. read more PRESIDENT: NATO SHIELD IS VALUABLE FOR BULGARIA Bulgaria will be among the first five countries in Europe to be covered by NATO's missile defense shield, according to President, Rosen Plevneliev. Plevneliev, who is on his first official visit to the US as Head of State, spoke ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago. read more MEPS CALL ON BULGARIAN PM TO BAN STRAY DOG EUTHANASIA The Danish Member of the European Parliament, Dan Jorgensen, from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, has sent a letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, asking him to not allow the euthanasia of stray dogs. The letter has been issued by the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals in the European Parliament. It declares serious interest in the stray dogs' problem in Bulgaria and the strong concern of the members of the European Parliament with the possibility of changes in the Animal Protection Act which will legitimize the useless mass destruction of homeless dogs in the country.read more REELECTED BULGARIAN SOCIALIST LEADER DECLARES END OF SPLIT Sergey Stanishev, the reelected leader of Bulgaria's main opposition formation, the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, declared Sunday that the recent split in Socialist rang must be healed now. Stanishev, who is also a former Prime Minister and current Chairman of the Party of European Socialists, PES, was reelected late Saturday evening to lead BSP. read more EX PRESIDENT PARVANOV QUITS BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS' LEADERSHIP RACE Former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has dropped from the race to head the Bulgarian Socialist Party, paving the way for the reelection of incumbent chair and ex PM Sergey Stanishev. Parvanov quit the race late Saturday night, before the some 800 delegates at the 48th Congress of the BSP cast their votes for a party leader. read more BULGARIAN EX-PRESIDENT HOLDS PM'S LEADERSHIPS SKILLS AS EXAMPLE FOR LEFT-WING The left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) needs a stronger leader figure, according to former President Georgi Parvanov, who is running to take over as the party's new chair. "It is with regret and envy that I have observed how Boyko Borisov has been pulling GERB like a locomotive since 2009," Parvanov told BSP members at the party's 48th congress on Saturday, referring to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his centrist-right political formation. read more ETHNIC TURKISH LEADER STATES EARLY ELECTIONS LIKELY IN BULGARIA Ahmed Dogan, the controversial leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, has predicted that early elections will take place in the country. Dogan believes the ruling centrist-right GERB is governing the country in a brutal and chaotic manner and without any vision. read more EX-PRESIDENT SAYS BULGARIAN LEFT-WINGERS 'INDIVISIBLE' No one can split the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), according to Bulgaria's former President Georgi Parvanov, who is eager to take over as the political formation's leader. "Forget the word split when it comes to BSP," Parvanov told reporters on Saturday, referring to statements that the leadership battle between him and the BSP's current chair, Sergey Stanishev, may prove divisive for the party. read more BULGARIAN SOCIALIST LEADER VOWS 2013 POLL VICTORY The leader of the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, Sergey Stanishev, delivered a long keynote address at the party's 48th congress, focusing on the victory in the 2013 general elections. In it, he outlined ways to prevail over the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, his strong will to overcome, the Socialists political platform, team spirit and good organization, adequate coalition policy, clear commitments and fair elections. read more FAMOUS ROSE HARVEST FESTIVAL BEGINS IN BULGARIA The worldwide famous harvest has begun Saturday in the 'valley of the roses' close to Kazanlak in central Bulgaria. From May 19 to June 24, the town Kazanlak will host the 2012 Rose Festival. The program each week is dedicated to the elements of nature – fire, water, air, and earth, and to the Bulgarian rose. read more BULGARIAN VOLLEYBALL STAR MAY SKIP OLYMPIC GAMES OVER SCANDAL 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. read more BULGARIA HOLDS NATIONAL DAY OF SPORTS Bulgaria's Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova, launched Sunday the National Day of Sports in the capital Sofia's South Park. The Minister spoke about the harmful effects of smoking and voiced satisfaction from the fact that fewer children are tempted by trying cigarettes. read more INTERPOL-SOUGHT BULGARIAN DRUG LORD STAYS IN JAIL The Sofia City Court ruled Saturday to keep permanently behind bars alleged top criminal Evelin Banev AKA Brando. Banev was arrested on May 16 in the Black Sea town of Sozopol on suspicions of money laundering. read more STABBED BULGARIAN MMA FIGHTER VOWS TO RETURN TO RING Bulgarian MMA fighter Blagoi Ivanov who was stabbed nearly fatally on February 7 has declared that he is determined to return to the fighting ring and score more victories. Ivanov gave a brief conference at Sofia's Pirogov hospital on Saturday, his first media appearance since he was stabbed in a Sofia night club. He is expected to leave the hospital next week. read more BULGARIA'S EX-AGRICULTURE FUND CEO FAKE DIPLOMA TRIAL STARTS JUN 4 The trail against Kalina Ilieva, the notorious former head of Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund, charged with forging her university diploma, will be launched at the Sofia District Court on June 4. Ilieva faces up to eight years in prison over the fake master's degree diploma scandal. read more BULGARIAN ANTI-MAFIA POLICE, DEA BUST MONEY LAUNDERING GANG Bulgaria's Unit for Combatting Organized Crime, GDBOP, and the US' DEA have jointly carried out a special police operation codenamed "The Launderers." The Bulgarian special anti-mafia Prosecutor's Office led the operation. read more SELENA GOMEZ PARTIES IN SOFIA WITH BULGARIA'S EX EUROVISION CONTESTANT Hollywood star Selena Gomez has been enchanted by Poli Genova, a Bulgarian singer who represented her country at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Duesseldorf. Selena Gomez, who is shooting The Getaway together with Ethan Hawke in Bulgaria's Sofia until May 25, attended a party at Sofia's Yalta Club Friday night during which Poli Genova and the LaTiDa band presented their new song "Pants Only". read more FACEBOOK CEO ZUCKERBERG TIES KNOT Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has wed his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. The wedding was announced on the social network after Zuckerberg updated his status to "married." read more WOMAN'S EXPRESSIVE EYES After an extensive plastic surgery, a woman tells the doctor: - Everything you have done with me is perfect, but could you also make my eyes bigger and more expressive? read more TADIC LOSES SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO NIKOLIC Incumbent Boris Tadic has lost the presidential elections in Serbia to his opponent, Tomislav Nikolic from the Serbian Progressive Party. Nikolic has won 49.2% of the votes in the runoff of the Serbian presidential elections on Sunday vs. 47.5% for Tadic, according to data of the Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy, cited by Radio B92 and Focus. read more LOCKERBIE BOMBER AL-MEGRAHI DIES IN LIBYA Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday. The 60-year-old al-Megrahi, responsible for one of the most barbaric international terrorism acts of the regime of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has died nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. read more ITALY SHAKEN BY DEADLY EARTHQUAKE Northern Italy has been shaken by a very strong earthquake just hours after a 16-year-old girl was killed and other students were injured by bomb in front of a school in Brindisi in the south. BBC reports Sunday, citing local officials, that the quake has killed at least three people and caused thousands of others to flee into the streets. read more RUSSIAN OPPOSITION STAGES PROTEST RALLY IN ST. PETERSBURG Russian opposition activists and renowned cultural figures participated in a protest walk across Russia's second largest city St. Petersburg on Sunday. Only about a hundred people, including famous musicians, artists, and also film director Alexander Sokurov, started their stroll across St. Petersburg from St. Isaac's Square towards Nevsky Prospect; on Arts Square they began to recite poems and sang songs, RIA Novosti reported. read more NATO CHIEF AHEAD OF SUMMIT: NO RUSHING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has insisted that "there will be no rush for the exits" in Afghanistan regardless of the intention of new French President Francois Hollande to withdraw France's troops from the ISAF. "Our goal, our strategy, our timetable remain unchanged," Rasmussen said Sunday, as cited by international media. read more MONTI PLEDGES TO FIGHT CRIME AFTER SCHOOL BOMB ATTACK Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has declared that his government is determined to fight crime and not allow the country returned to its violent and "subversive" past. Monti's written statement followed a bomb explosion that took place on Saturday outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi. The blast killed one 16-year-old girl and injured at least seven others. read more MAFIA INVOLVEMENT NOT CERTAIN IN ITALY SCHOOL BLAST - MINISTER Investigators are yet to find evidence suggesting the bomb that went off outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi is the work of the mafia, according to the country's Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri. A blast went off as students were arriving at Brindisi Francesca Morvillo Falcone vocational school at around 07:45 local time on Saturday, killing one 16-year-old girl and injuring 7. read more BOMB GOES OFF OUTSIDE ITALIAN SCHOOL, KILLS GIRL A 16-year-old girl was killed and at least six students were injured as a bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Saturday. The blast went off as students were arriving at the Francesca Morvillo Falcone vocational school at around 07:45 local time. read more |
