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Brussels: Steep Fines Looming for Bulgaria over Land Swaps (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is adamant the land swaps done by the former cabinet amount to criminal acts. Photo by BGNES
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Bulgaria EC Bidder Calls for Private Sector Actions in Crises (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria's EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva has urged creating opportunities for private sector actions at times of disasters.
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Bulgaria EC Designate Georgieva: Aid Workers Want Neutrality (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria?s EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva, stated that there are 3 important elements that must be looked at when providing humanitarian aid, during her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament.
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Bulgaria EC Designate: EU Didn't Get Its Seat at Copenhagen (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria?s EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva declared during her EP hearing that she had seen both negative and positive development at the Copenhagen climate summit.
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Bulgaria EC Bidder Georgieva: Strong EU Coordination Key on Humanitarian Issues (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria?s EU Commissioner-Designate Kristalina Georgieva sent a message for strong coordination within the EU on humanitarian issues during her EP hearing.
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Increased Police at Presence at Bulgaria-Greece Border over Altercations (Novinite.com)
Tensions and incidents occurred late Tuesday night at the border crossing point Kulata ? Promahon between Greece and Bulgaria.
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Rightists Call on Bulgaria President to Veto GMO Law Changes (Novinite.com)
The rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) party has called on Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov to veto the proposed changes to the Law on Genetically Modified Crops if they are voted in.
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Bulgaria EU Humanitarian Aid Designate: I Will Be the Voice of the Voiceless (Novinite.com)
The European Union Commissioner for humanitarian aid will give voice to the voiceless and benefit the people it serves, said Bulgaria?s EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva during her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament.
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Bulgaria EC Designate Stresses International Partnerships (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria?s EC Designate Kristalina Georgieva has vowed to building international partnerships in order to achieve the goals of her Humanitarian Aid portfolio.
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Bulgaria Charity Concert Collects over BGN 0,8 M for Haiti Children (Novinite.com)
The Tuesday night charity concert ?Hope for the Children of Haiti? organized by the TV channel bTV and UNICEF Bulgaria has collected BGN 0,8 M. The amount was last reported by bTV Wednesday at noon.
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Bulgaria Environment Minister: GMO Act Changes Are Safe (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, has stated that the new changes in the Law on Genetically Modified Organisms will not threaten the environment or human health.
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Bulgaria Alleged Crime Boss Little Marguin to Be Tried in Absence (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria's alleged top criminal boss Nikolay Marinov aka the Little Marguin, who is still missing, will be tried in his absence.
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Bulgaria Firms Register Losses from Greek Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria Transport Minister, Alexander Tsvetkov, stated Wednesday that 25 Bulgarian companies had submitted documents so far detailing their losses from the border blockade by protesting Greek farmers.
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Bulgaria Woman Believes Her Relatives Died in Liege Blast (Novinite.com)
A woman from Bulgaria's village of Probuda, near the city of Targovishte, believes if Bulgarians have died in the building blast in Liege, Belgium, they are her relatives.
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Bulgaria Top PR Expert Maxim Behar Joins World PR Forum in Davos (Novinite.com)
Bulgaria's top PR expert Maxim Behar will be the only participant from Eastern Europe to join the first public communications forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Bulgaria Receives 25 SandCat Armored Vehicles from Israel (Novinite.com)
The Bulgaria Defense Ministry has received the delivery of 25 SandCat vehicles from the Israeli-based company Plasan. The armored 4x4 vehicles were delivered after Plasan, in cooperation with Oshkosh Defense, after it fulfilled the contract awarded to the firm in 2008.
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Bulgaria Steel Behemoth Faces Assets Sale-off (Novinite.com)
The businesses of Bulgaria's troubled steel-maker Kremikovtzi will be wound up and its assets ? offloaded after a court rejected the rescue plan, presented by its administrator.
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Sci-fi Epic Avatar Totals BGN 4,4 M at Bulgaria Box Office (Novinite.com)
In the seven weeks since its premiere in Bulgaria James Cameron?s Sci-fi epic Avatar has made BGN 4,4 M at the Bulgarian box office. The film has been viewed by a total of 388 566 film fans in 22 cinemas, 21 in 3D format, and one on IMAX.
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EC President Calls for Quick Solution to Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Barroso, speaking after a conversation with Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov on Tuesday, said that he hoped that the matter would be resolved without the need for lengthy legal procedures that are not in the interests of citizens.
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EC President Calls for Quick Solution to Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com)
Barroso, speaking after a conversation with Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov on Tuesday, said that he hoped that the matter would be resolved without the need for lengthy legal procedures.
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