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Bulgaria Restores Balkans' Top Monastery Complex
Bulgaria will finally be able to restore one of the largest monastery complexes on the Balkans the medieval St. Knyaz Boris near the Black Sea capital Varna.
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Bulgaria Eyes Azerbaijani Natural Gas Supply
Bulgaria, Georgia, and Azerbaijan will sign by September 24 an agreement for a preliminary research of possibilities for gas supply to Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria Braces for Scorching Heat
39.2 degrees C were measured Sunday in Bulgarias hottest point, the town of Sandanski in the south-west. The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences forecasts that heat s are set to continue in the first half of next week, with temperatures above or even well above 30 C across the country.
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Bulgaria Gets Long-Distance Relics Authenticity Boost from Vatican
An expert from the Vatican has confirmed that the relics recently found in Bulgaria's Sozopol do belong to St. John the Baptist in spite of not having seen them.
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Bulgaria Narrows Trade Deficit in 2010 H1, Strong Export in July
A substantial growth of Bulgaria's export coupled with a modest rise of the import has helped the country narrow its foreign trade gap in the first half of 2010, preliminary data shows.
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Bulgaria Forms 'Rapid Reaction Force' to Crack Down on Killer Bears
Following the several recent cases of killer bear raids , Bulgaria's Environment Ministry has announced the creation of a special task force to tackle problematic bears.
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Bulgaria Might Reexport Natural Gas from Azerbaijan
Bulgaria might reexport some its future supplies of natural gas from Azerbaijan to other European states.
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Bulgaria's Varna, Burgas Airport Boast Enhanced Video Surveillance
The introduction of open platform IP video management software at Bulgarias two Black Sea airports, Varna and Burgas, has led to improved security and operational excellence, said in a statement its developer, Milestone Systems.
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Bulgaria 3rd in EU by Economic Slowdown
Bulgaria ranks third in the European Union by the slowdown of its economy, according to data published Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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Bulgaria to Enjoy 74 Sculptures by Edgar Degas
Bulgarias National Art Gallery has announced that it will present the full collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas.
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Bulgaria's PM Vows for Regular Checks on Lyulin Highway
Bulgarias PM Boyko Borisov has announced that he was skeptical that the Lyulin Highway will be finished by the end of the year and promised to make checks every 20 days.
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Bulgaria Q2 GDP Drops
(RTTNews) - Bulgaria's gross domestic product, or GDP dropped 1.5% year-on-year in the second quarter, a preliminary report by the National Statistical Institute showed on Friday. Meanwhile, the gross value added slipped 1.1%.
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New Outage Leaves Bulgaria's Sunny Beach without Power
Bulgaria's largest resort Sunny Beach on the Black Sea coast might see scheduled restrictions of its electricity supply as a result of the overdevelopment of the region.
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Bulgaria Looks to John the Baptist to Resurrect Flagging Economy
SOZOPOL, BulgariaArchaeologists and clerics here say they have unearthed bones belonging to John the Baptist, an itinerant preacher revered by Christians as the last of the Old Testament prophets.
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EU Data Helps Bulgaria Identify Massive Tax Evasion
Bulgarias National Revenue Agency has started checks on companies, which have declared received services from the EU amounting to EUR 175 M, which do not appear in the declarations of their European counterparts.
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Bulgaria EU's Greatest R&D Laggard, Engineering Focus Urged
Bulgarias economy is ranking last in innovations and research and development, according to a research report of the Bulgarian Industrial Association.
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Vietnam pays debt to Bulgaria
SOFIA (Bulgaria) - VIETNAM has paid back its remaining communist-era debt to Bulgaria, following a deal with the Balkan country to write off half the money owed, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. Bulgaria and Vietnam reached the agreement in July, during a visit to Sofia of Vietnam's First Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
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Inflation in Bulgaria Up 0.4% in July 2010 M/M
Bulgaria registered once again an inflation of 0.4% on monthly basis in July, after a relatively short period of stability, data published Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (NSI) reveals.
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Bulgarias EU Commissioner Promises Help to Russian Kids, Firemen
Bulgaria's EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has promised that the EU Commission will help Russian children and firemen, affected by the devastating wildfires.
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Bulgaria's government, judiciary at each other's throats over alleged plot
Bulgaria's judiciary has been accused of corruption after suspects accused of plotting to kill the prime minister were released - due to lack of evidence. The EU has warned Sofia to tackle organized crime and corruption.
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