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29 May 2012, Issue 3396
by Novinite.com
Bulgaria's Daily Newspaper since 2001
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Earthquake Damages in Bulgaria's Sofia Estimated at BGN 1.3 M
 The damages caused by the 5.8-6.0-magnitude earthquake in the Bulgarian capital Sofia are estimated at BGN 1,3 M, announced Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. read |
Borisov: Bulgarian Ethnic Turkish Leader Losing Ground, Panicking
 Bulgarian ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan is panicking as he is rapidly losing political ground, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. read |
Nabucco Project to Be Dropped by June - Report
 The EU-backed Nabucco natural gas pipeline project may be dropped for good by late June, according to a Russian media report. read |
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MOODY'S AFFIRMS BULGARIA'S STABLE OUTLOOK, LESS OPTIMISTIC THAN GOVT
One of the major global credit rating agencies, Moody's, has confirmed Bulgaria's government bond rating and stable outlook in its annual credit report on the country, issued Tuesday. Moody's Investors Service says that Bulgaria's Baa2 government bond rating and stable outlook reflect its moderate levels of economic and institutional strength as well as high government financial strength, which contribute to the country's moderate susceptibility to event risk. read more  ROMANIA GLOATS ABOUT BEATING BULGARIA WITH NO SMOKING BAN Romania hopes to capitalize on the decision of neighboring Bulgaria to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces, as it may be seen as an attractive destination for tobacco-addicted tourists, media reports say. Tobacco-addicted summer holiday-makers can rely on Romania for laxer control in restaurants, cars, hotels and offices after Bulgaria introduces the full ban on June 1. read more GREAT WALL BULGARIAN PARTNER TO ACQUIRE 40% SHARE OF CSKA SOFIA Bulgarian businessman Grisha Ganchev is to acquire a 40% stake in local football club CSKA Sofia, according to media reports. Grisha Ganchev is the owner of the Litex company, based in the northern Bulgarian city of Lovech, as well as the eponymous football club (Litex Lovech.) read more BULGARIA TO COMBAT FAKE PRODUCT/SERVICES CERTIFICATES Bulgaria is a leader in forging product packaging, according to Ivan Savov, Regional Manager of Intertek-Moody Europe. Savov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov opened Monday the Program for Combating Fake Certificates. read more BULGARIA'S PLEVEN CLAIMS TO EMERGE AS HUB FOR CHINESE IMPORTS IN EUROPE A special logistics hub for the distribution of Chinese goods in Europe is likely to be set up in the northern Bulgarian city of Pleven, according to its Deputy Mayor Anton Bosilkov. Bosilkov revealed Monday, as cited by BTA, that the idea was discussed with the authorities of the Chinese city of Yangquan, Shanxi Province, during a recent visit there by the municipal administration of Bulgaria's Pleven. read more BULGARIA TO PRODUCE 1.5 TONS OF ROSE OIL IN 2012 - EXPERT Bulgaria expects to produce a ton and a half of rose oil in 2012, according to Nedko Nedkov, director of the Institute of Roses and Essential Oil-Bearing Plants in the southeastern Bulgarian town of Kazanlak. In an interview for the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), Nedkov specifies that Bulgaria's annual rose oil production is set to increase by 300 kg from 2011. read more BBCC, AMCHAM TO BRING EIU'S MANKTELOW TO SOFIA FOR BUSINESS MEETING The British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria have invited their members and friends to a meeting with Aidan Marktelow of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Aidan Manktelow is the Director of the Economist Magazine Corporate Network for Europe. read more EURO ZONE TO GROW STRONGER AFTER CRISIS, BULGARIA'S FINMIN TELLS DIE PRESSE The euro zone is going to emerge strong after overcoming the debt crisis, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has told Austrian paper Die Presse in an interview. "Some of the countries that are experiencing a crisis behave like spoiled children," Djankov stated in the interview published Monday by Die Press. read more NABUCCO PROJECT TO BE DROPPED BY JUNE - REPORT The EU-backed Nabucco natural gas pipeline project may be dropped for good by late June, according to a Russian media report. The report came from ITAR-TASS, which has cited London business circles. read more BULGARIAN KOZLODUY N-PLANT UNIT RECONNECTED TO GRID Unit 6 of Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, has been reconnected to the country's energy system after it was temporarily shut down on Saturday. Unit 6 was shut down on Saturday due to a technical glitch that did not pose any risk of nuclear contamination, local authorities revealed on Sunday. read more BULGARIANS TRAVEL ABROAD LESS, ТRIPS TO SERBIA ON THE RISE In April 2012, Bulgarians' travels abroad decreased by 3.8% compared to the same month of 2011 and increased by 7.8% compared to March 2012, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). Bulgarians made a total of 332 000 journeys abroad. read more RECALLED BULGARIAN AMBASSADORS NOT GETTING COMPENSATION - REPORT Bulgaria's former Ambassadors to Greece, Serbia and the Netherlands, Andrey Karaslavov, Georgi Dimitrov and Zlatin Trapkov, who won cases against Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry over their pre-term recall, will not be restored to their jobs and will most likely not be awarded any financial compensation. The conclusions are based on the final decisions of the five-judge panels of the Supreme Administrative Court (VAS), which declared the termination of the three Ambassadors' business trips unlawful. read more US ENVOY TO TAKE PART IN BULGARIAN GAY PARADE US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick is to take part in this year's Sofia Pride LGBT parade scheduled for June 30 in the country's capital. "I hope that many Bulgarians will join the gay parade. Bulgaria and Bulgarians are famous for their tolerance, and this is a question of tolerance," Warlick has told the bTV private channel, as cited by the Sega daily. read more UK BRACES FOR WAVE OF EURO CRISIS IMMIGRANTS UK Home Office has admitted it is considering steps to limit the wave of immigrants expected from Greece and other European Union in the wake of the euro crisis. Speaking in an interview for The Daily Telegraph, Home Secretary Theresa May said "work is ongoing" to deal with large movements of people in the event of the break-up of the single currency, but declined to reveal any details. read more BORISOV: BULGARIAN ETHNIC TURKISH LEADER LOSING GROUND, PANICKING Bulgarian ethnic Turkish leader Ahmed Dogan is panicking as he is rapidly losing political ground, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Borisov's comment came Monday, after on Sunday Dogan, the leader of the ethnic Turkish party DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) warned that after the 2013 parliamentary elections Bulgaria may end up in a political stalemate like Greece at the moment, with no party being able to form a government. read more EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES IN BULGARIA'S SOFIA ESTIMATED AT BGN 1.3 M The damages caused by the 5.8-6.0-magnitude earthquake in the Bulgarian capital Sofia are estimated at BGN 1,3 M, announced Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. Almost a week after the earthquake that jolted Western Bulgaria on May 22, 2012, Fandakova said the Sofia Municipality has completed its report on the damages on its territory. read more BULGARIA'S ENERGY SECTOR SEES FURTHER RESHUFFLING The head of Bulgaria's Sustainable Energy Development Agency Kolyo Kolev has been dismissed, the economy and energy minister announced on Monday. Minister Delyan Dobrev cited the agency's lack of efficiency and slow pace as the reasons for his decision. read more BULGARIAN CUSTOMS AGENCY HEAD TO ROOT OUT POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS Political appointments at the Customs Agency are over, according to Customs Agency chief Vanyo Tanov. In a Monday interview for the Bulgarian National Television he explained that Prime Minister Boyko Borisov had made a personal commitment to take care of the matter. read more QUAKE-HIT BULGARIANS PUT THEIR FAITH IN SAINT'S RELICS The strong quake that struck south-west of Bulgaria's capital Sofia early on Tuesday made no casualties thanks to heavenly protection, a local clergyman claims. Bishop Joan has suggested that the relics of Saint Ivan Rilski, part of which are housed by the temple at the quake-hardest hit town of Pernik, are working miracles. read more STABBED BULGARIAN MMA FIGHTER DISCHARGED FROM REANIMATION Blagoi Ivanov, the Bulgarian MMA fighter who was stabbed almost fatally in February, has been discharged from the reanimation department of Sofia's Priogov hospital. Blagoi Ivanov's treatment will continue in the same hospital. read more BULGARIA COMES UP WITH MEGAPHONE ALERT SYSTEM FOR STRONGER QUAKES Bulgaria's police authorities will employ megaphones in order to alert the population in case an earthquake with a magnitude stronger than 4 on the Richter scale happens to rattle the country. The measure was announced on Monday by Bulgarian Interior Ministry Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who visited the Southwestern region of Pernik that was jolted by a 5.8-6 magnitude earthquake last Tuesday. read more EU COMMISSIONER GEORGIEVA TO VISIT QUAKE-STRICKEN BULGARIAN VILLAGES Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, is to visit her native Bulgaria on Monday in order to inspect the condition of two villages recently jolted by an earthquake. An earthquake that had a magnitude of about 5.8-6.0 on the Richter scale struck at 2:58 am local time last Tuesday in Southwestern Bulgaria. Its epicenter was about 6 km from the city of Pernik and some 25 km from Sofia. read more CANNES 2012 VISIONARY AWARD GOES TO 'SOFIA'S LAST AMBULANCE' "Sofia's Last Ambulance", a documentary by Ilian Metev about Bulgaria's capital Sofia and staff at its ambulances struggling to keep up with their workload, has landed the Critics' Week Visionary award in Cannes. A Bulgarian-Croatian-German co-production, it was made with support from both German and French television channels (WDR and Arte). read more BULGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND LATE ANTIQUITY CHURCH ON BLACK SEA COAST Bulgarian archaeologists have found a church dating back to the late Antiquity period, which is located near the village of Sarafovo, on the Black Sea coast. The site, which is close to the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas, has been excavated by the team of Prof. Dr. Lyudmil Vagalinski, who is the Director of the National Archaeology Institute and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, since the start of May 2012. read more BULGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND WESTERN EUROPEAN KNIGHT'S DAGGER FROM SOZOPOL SIEGE Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered an ornamented dagger belonging to a Western European knight during excavations of the fortress wall at the entrance of the Black Sea town of Sozopol. "The archaeologists, who have been excavating the area before the fortress wall entrance of Sozopol for more than a year now, have come across a beautiful knight's dagger," announced Prof. Bozhidar Dimitrov, director of the Bulgarian National History Museum, as cited by Focus. read more BERBATOV DENIES TRANSFER RUMORS Manchester United's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov has denied knowing anything about a Paris Saint-Germain offer. "It is not true that I am looking for a house in France," Berbatov has told Bulgarian reporters. He said he had no idea which club he would play for next season. read more BULGARIA'S ZLATEVA 'QUIET ACHIEVER WHO WILL LIGHT UP LONDON' Bulgaria's top female wrestler Stanka Zlateva has found her way into a list of the ten top Olympians, whom everybody should watch even though they are flying under the radar. Composed by Dominic Bossi for the Sydney Morning Herald, the ranking features stars like Laura Flessel-Colovic, Anky van Grunsven, Olafur Stefansson, Lin Dan. read more INTERPOL ISSUES RED NOTICE FOR BULGARIAN MAFIA BOSS Interpol has issued a Red Notice for the arrest of alleged Bulgarian mafia boss Nikolay Marinov whose whereabouts have been unknown since 2010. Marinov is wanted for crimes involving the use of weapons/explosives , crimes against life and health, as well as organized /transnational crime. read more BULGARIAN TOP COP ANNOUNCES INT'L COCAINE OPERATION An international police operation codenamed "Kings of Cocaine" is currently being carried out in several European countries, including Bulgaria, the country's Interior Minister has announced. Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has revealed that suspects have already been arrested, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency has informed. read more VANDALS RANSACK BULGARIAN CHURCH IN GERMAN CAPITAL BERLIN The Bulgarian church in the German capital Berlin, "St. Knyaz Boris-Mihail Baptist", has been ransacked by vandals, the head of the Bulgarian Religions Directorate Emil Velinov announced. According to Velinov, three separate raids were carried out on the Bulgarian church in Berlin by unknown perpetrators within three days at the end of April 2012. read more SOFIA'S LAST AMBULANCE Click here to read the story: www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=139731 LAWYER A Bulgarian lawyer explains the situation to their client: "I will defend you to the best of my abilities, even if this costs you every last penny you have!" read more MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CANDIDATE TO FACE EX PM FOR EGYPT PRESIDENCY A representative of the old guard will face off against a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in the runoff election for the presidency of Egypt, an election official said Monday. Based on results from the first round, which was held Wednesday and Thursday, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi will face former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, the electoral commission official told reporters in Cairo, as cited by CNN Wire. read more UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS SYRIA MASSACRE The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the Syrian government for killing more than 100 civilians in Houla last week. "The security council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more ... in attacks that involved a series of government artillery and tank shellings on a residential neighbourhood," the security council has said in a non-binding statement. read more |
