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1 May 2012, Issue 3376
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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Bulgaria to Set Up Project Company for New Kozloduy N-Plant Unit
 A project company will be established within the next 10 days for the construction of Unit 7 at the country's only existing nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Kozloduy, the country's Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said Monday. read |
Bulgaria to See 5-8% Increase in Tourists in Summer Season 2012
 Deputy Minister Ivo Marinov has argued that moving the Tourism Unit of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism to Plovdiv will boost specialized forms of tourism which are already well developed in the southern Bulgarian city. read |
Son of Gunned Down Bulgarian PM Enters Politics
 Karlo Lukanov, the son of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov, is entering the executive council of a Bulgarian political party called United Social Democracy. read |
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GADDAFI, SARKOZY INVOLVED N-PLANT DEAL IN RESCUE OF BULGARIAN MEDICS - REPORT
The freedom of the six Bulgarian medics formerly jailed in Libya over the notorious Libyan HIV Trial has been granted in exchange for a nuclear power plant deal between French President Nicolas Sarcozy and Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, a report says. The deal was sealed in 2007, French magazine Les Inrocks states, citing secret documents it has allegedly obtained. The magazine has promised to reveal more details in its print edition on Wednesday. read more 
BULGARIA TO SET UP PROJECT COMPANY FOR NEW KOZLODUY N-PLANT UNIT A project company will be established within the next 10 days for the construction of Unit 7 at the country's only existing nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Kozloduy, the country's Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said Monday. Currently, a working group is developing a road map for the project. Once the working group has created a project company, the project company will start looking for a strategic investor. read more BULGARIA TO SEE 5-8% INCREASE IN TOURISTS IN SUMMER SEASON 2012 Deputy Minister Ivo Marinov has argued that moving the Tourism Unit of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism to Plovdiv will boost specialized forms of tourism which are already well developed in the southern Bulgarian city. Marinov told journalists Monday that the planned move matched the policy of developing and presenting Bulgaria as a tourist destination with an emphasis on cultural tourism. read more BULGARIA MOVES TO FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE TOURISM Bulgaria is focusing on developing alternative forms of tourism, the country's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Delyan Dobrev has stated. On Monday, Dobrev commented on an announcement made by the country's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov that the Tourism Unit of the Ministry is to be shifted to Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv. read more SON OF GUNNED DOWN BULGARIAN PM ENTERS POLITICS Karlo Lukanov, the son of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov, is entering the executive council of a Bulgarian political party called United Social Democracy. Lukanov-junior told the Bulgarian National Radio on Monday that he had no intention of engaging himself in the political life for quite a long time. However, he pointed out that "a moment has come in which one should not just sit idly by and observe, criticizing from a distance." read more BULGARIAN SOCIALISTS TO STAGE PROTEST AGAINST GOVT'S FAILED SOCIAL POLICY The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will stage a protest against "the policy of robbing the people" pursued by center-right ruling party GERB on May 1, the International Workers' Day, according to BSP leader Sergey Stanishev. "We are not the only ones to feel angry. There are many people in Bulgaria who feel angry due to the state of the country, the way they live and the huge unemployment," Stanishev said Monday in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). read more PRESIDENT PLEVNELIEV TO MEET BULGARIAN DIASPORA IN CHICAGO Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will meet Bulgarians living in Chicago and its surroundings on May 19. The meeting has been scheduled for 12 at noon, CST, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, according to news portal eurochicago.com. read more 
BULGARIA PM CUTS RIBBON ON RENOVATED NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER Prime Minister Boyko Borisov cut the ribbon Monday on the renovated premises of the Carlsberg Bulgarian National Tennis Center in Sofia. The tennis facilities are maintained by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. read more BRITISH PEDOPHILE SUSPECT REMAINS IN BULGARIAN CUSTODY The detention of the 63-year-old alleged British pedophile nabbed in Bulgaria on Sunday has been increased to up to 72 hours until the court decides if he will detained permanently, it has been announced. The man is suspected of sexually abusing two Roma brothers aged 10 and 11. The children's family allegedly knew of the Brit's doings and received financial support from him. read more NJ FOLK FESTIVAL DELIVERS TASTE OF BULGARIAN CULTURE Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=138919 UKRAINE CRIES FOUL OVER TOP EU OFFICIALS' BOYCOTT As top EU officials have apparently decided to boycott events in Ukraine due to concerns over jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the country has described the move as "Cold War tactics." Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshin has said he hopes reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will skip the Euro 2012 football matches hosted by Ukraine were no more than press speculation, international media report. read more EX OIL MINISTER OF LIBYA FOUND DEAD IN VIENNA Former Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem, 69, has been found dead in Vienna's Danube River. The dead body was found floating in the river on Sunday morning, with no external signs of violence, according to reports of the BBC News. read more HOLLANDE TO WIN RUN-OFF FOR FRENCH PRESIDENT BY 53% - POLL Socialist candidate Francois Hollande remains the favorite to win the May 6 runoff of France's presidential election with 53% of the ballots, according to local polling agencies. Pollsters estimate support for incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy at 47%. read more UN MISSION IN SYRIA URGES END OF ATTACKS The head of the UN observer mission in Syria has called on President Bashar Assad and the country's opposition to stop fighting to allow the cease-fire to work out. Maj. Gen. Robert Mood spoke after arriving in the Syrian capital, Damascus, to take charge of an advance team of 16 U.N. monitors trying to salvage an international peace plan to end the country's 13-month-old crisis, as cited by the WP. read more ILO WARNS OF 202 MILLION UNEMPLOYED IN 2012 The International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned about a global unemployment rate of 202 million people in 2012. The projected unemployment rate for 2012 constitutes an increase of 6 million people from 2011, according to the ILO's World of Work Report 2012. read more TYMOSHENKO NOT ABUSED IN JAIL, UKRAINE'S PROSECUTORS CLAIM An investigation of the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office has failed to find evidence to substantiate the allegations of jailed ex PM Yulia Tymoshenko that she was physically abused in prison, a prosecutor has announced. At the end of last week, global news agencies released photos of Tymoshenko showing bruises on her body that she claimed to have received as she was beaten during her transportation to a hospital. read more BAROSSO TO SNUB EURO 2012 IN UKRAINE OVER TYMOSHENKO CASE EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has declared that he has no intention of visiting Ukraine for the upcoming Euro 2012 football championship the country is co-hosting, unless there is a swift improvement in the human rights situation there. "The president has no intention at this point in time of going to Ukraine or participating in events in Ukraine." Barosso's spokeswoman has commented upon whether the Commission had decided to boycott the event due to concerns over jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. read more MAXIM BEHAR: BULGARIA IS COMING BACK TO EUROPE. BUT WHEN, REALLY? This article has been published at the "Unfiltered" column of the Bulgarian news agency BGNES. read more |
