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Over 150 Experts Join Bulgaria Fifth National Spa Conference
More than 150 experts from across the country joined Bulgaria 's fifth National Spa conference "Rehabilitation, balneotherapy, cosmetics, which opened last week in the Black Sea Golden Sands resort, organizers announced.
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Over 150 Experts Join Bulgaria Fifth National Spa Conference
Dr. Emil Iliev, chief organizer of Bulgaria 's Fifth National Spa Conference. Photo by Anettevents
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Bulgaria Finance Minister Lauds Customs Agency Work
Bulgaria 's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, gave high marks to the work of the Customs Agency for collecting over 100% of the planned taxes.
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Fitch Cuts Greece's Rating to Bulgaria's Grade
Fitch Ratings, one of the three biggest credit rating firms, has slashed its assessment of Greeces creditworthiness by two notches to the lowest investment grade BBB-, a downgrade that brings the country on a par with Bulgaria , Peru, Morocco and Namibia.
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Bulgaria Finance Minister Lauds Customs Agency Work
Bulgaria 's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (l), and the head of the Customs Agency, Gen. Vanyo Tanov, presented Monday at a joint press conference the results from the reform in the Customs Agency.
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Bulgaria drops plans for early eurozone entry
Bulgaria 's centre-right government on 9 April abandoned plans?to join the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, ERM II, after the country recorded a larger-than-expected deficit in 2009 as a result of unaccounted procurement deals signed by the previous socialist-led cabinet. Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria , reports.
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Bulgaria Energy Holding Dissolved by End of June
Bulgaria 's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov (l), and the US Ambassador to Sofia, James Warlick, took part in a round table titled: Bulgaria Attractive Investment Destination.
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Bulgaria grounds presidential plane after Polish crash
SOFIA Bulgaria on Monday announced it was grounding its Russian-built presidential Tupolev-154 after the Polish president's jet of the same model crashed in Russia at the weekend, killing all on board.
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Bulgaria Socialists Vow to Integrate Ethnic Turks
The Bulgarian Socialist Party is launching a new effort to integrate ethnic Turks in its ranks, its leader Sergey Stanishev announced. Stanishev spoke Sunday after a meeting of the Executive Bureau of the party in the southern city of Kardzhali.
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Bulgaria Justice Minister Backs Disputed Penal Code Changes
The controversial changes in Bulgaria s Penal Code are positive and the fears connected with them are unjustified, according to Justice Minister Margarita Popova.
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Bulgaria Govt to Slash Bureaucrats Additional Incentives
Bulgaria s Borisov government intends to abolish the bonuses of civil servants ahead of schedule. The so called additional material incentives are allocated to the Bulgarian state administration employees every quarter.
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Bulgaria PM: Power Utilities May Severe Fines, Nationalization Impossible
There is no way to renounce the privatization contracts of Bulgaria s three foreign-owned power utilities, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Sunday night.
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Bulgaria Set to Privatize Tobacco Monopoly, Major Military Plant
Bulgaria s Privatization Agency hopes to complete the sale of state-owned cigarette monopoly Bulgartabac in 2010.
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Bulgaria Police Bust Drug Dealers, Pimps in 2 Operations
Two special operations in Sofia and Varna led to the arrest of two dozen gangsters in Bulgaria . Nine persons have been arrested in the Black Sea city of Varna for organizing and controlling a prostitution ring, the District Prosecutor Vladimir Chavdarov announced.
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Bulgaria Interior Minister Sees 'Hope' for Judicial Reform
Bulgaria s Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is finally going to meet with the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS). This was announced Sunday by Tsvetanov himself, who said he will be attending the VSS meeting on Thursday.
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Finance Minister: Bulgaria Euro Bid Put off for 2011, No Giving Up
Bulgaria might be able to submit an application for the ERM II by January 2, 2011, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has announced.
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Bulgaria Own Presidential TU-154 Aircraft Still for Sale
Bulgaria s government is trying to sell at a public auction the countrys own TU-154 aircraft, similar to the one that crashed in Russia Saturday with Polands President, Lech Kaczynski, on board.
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Bulgaria Own Presidential TU-154 Aircraft Still for Sale
The TU-154 aircraft, known in Bulgaria as the Presidents Plane is auctioned by Bulgaria s GERB cabinet. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
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Bulgaria President: Kaczynski Leaves Permanent Mark in Europe
Bulgaria s President, Georgi Parvanov, sent a condolence letter to Polands Parliament Speaker, Bronislaw Komorowski, in occasion of the tragic death of President Lech Kaczynski.
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Bulgaria President: Kaczynski Leaves Permanent Mark in Europe
Bulgaria s President, Georgi Parvanov, says deceased Poland President Lech Kaczynski will not be forgotten and leaves a mark in Europe's history. Photo by BGNES
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