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Bulgaria Former Health Fund's Head Faces Corruption Charges [May 10, 2012] Bulgaria's former health insurance fund director, who resigned earlier this year over a bonus scandal, is to be prosecuted on corruption allegations. "The parliamentary anti-corruption committee found breaches in the way Neli Nesheva received the bonuses and alerted the prosecutors," its chairman Kamen Kostadinov announced. The "Nesheva" scandal flared up after members of parliament from the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Attempts to Lower Medication Prices Legislatively [Mar 09, 2012] Bulgaria's Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov, will propose legal amendments aimed at lowering prices of medications paid for by the National Health Insurance Fund, NZOK. Speaking before Members of the Parliament from the Healthcare Committee, the Minister explained the measures have two goals ? to bring prices of medications to their 2010 levels, when the signing of the contracts was under ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 52 Words for a Bonus [Mar 09, 2012] Bulgaria has been in the grip of a bonus hysteria for some two weeks. The bonus payment pocketed by Neli Nehseva, the already ex Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) Director, triggered a Mexican wave of bonus revelations and accusations. To be on the safe side, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov ordered a special bank account opened at the Bulgarian National Bank and instructed all public ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Seal Sacking of Discredited Health Chief [Feb 21, 2012] Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has approved the resignation of discredited Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) Director, Neli Nesheva The "Nesheva" scandal flared after Members of the Parliament from the right-wing Blue Coalition released for the media documents showing that all while NZOK is in shambles, its employees have received in 2011 over BGN 2 M in bonuses, of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria May Keep Its Notorious Health Insurance Head [Feb 20, 2012] Bulgaria's discredited National Health Insurance Fund director, Neli Nesheva, may very well keep her position, according to local media. Nesheva admitted to receiving over BGN 12 000 of bonuses last year and - though claiming the money was well deserved - quit office on Friday under public and opposition pressure. Her resignation is to be discussed by MPs from the ruling centrist-right GERB on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Latest Bonus Scandal Backfires on Cancer Sufferers [Feb 20, 2012] The resignation of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund director, who quit last week after getting involved in a bonus scandal, has triggered delays in the supply of drugs, used in the basic treatment of cancer cases. "Cancer patients may be left without medication in the coming weeks because of health insurance fund still has not given to the hospitals in the country the codes necessary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Sports Arena Officially Named 'Armeetz Sofia Arena' [Jul 20, 2011] Bulgaria's first modern sports arena has been named Armeetz Sofia Arena. Bulgarian Sports Minister Svilen Neykov and Rumen Georgiev, Executive Director of insurance company Armeetz signed an official sponsorship contract Wednesday. The ceremony was attnded by Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Lev Ins Company Gets Back Seized Servers [Jul 16, 2011] The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has made the decision to return to the Lev Ins insurance company the confiscated computer servers. The information was reported Saturday by the Bulgarian daily Trud (Labor), citing the June 29 Prosecutor's decision. The insurance company is to get back 5 servers, 24 disks, and 1 computer. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Insurance Market Shrinks by 3.1% in 2010 Y/Y [Feb 28, 2011] The Bulgarian insurance market declined by 3.1% in 2010 compared with 2009, according to preliminary data of the Financial Supervision Commission. Thus, in 2010, the combined insurance premiums in Bulgaria amounted to BGN 1.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Introduces 2% Tax on Insurance Premiums [Jan 01, 2011] A new law, which provides for the introduction of a 2% tax on insurance premiums and was moved by the government last year in a bid to boost revenues to the budget, enters into force on January 1. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Adopts New Retirement Requirements [Dec 09, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament has adopted conclusively the much debated amendments to the Social Insurance Code, which will enter into force on January 1 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM: I 'Restored Justice' in Health Insurance [Oct 08, 2010] Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria's PM, has announced that he "restored the justice" and from January 1, 2011 the health insurance contributions that Bulgarians pay would be spent only for this purpose. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Parliament Mulls 2% Tax on Insurance Premiums [Sep 08, 2010] Bulgaria's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill, which provides for the introduction of a 2% tax on insurance premiums and was moved by the government earlier this year in a bid to boost revenues to the budget. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Health Insurance Fund: Hospitals Speculate with Money Cuts [Aug 11, 2010] Head of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) has stated that this year's state funding to the hospitals have been more than last year's. Photo by gerb-sliven.org [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria-Japan Economic Cooperation to Expand from Yogurt to Electric Cars [Jul 25, 2010] We are really hoping that Japan ese companies that are actively interested in the European market will consider Bulgaria as a manufacturing base, Traikov told the 33 Japan ese businessmen, who included the two Co-Chairmen of the Keidanren Committee on Europe - Yokoyama Shinichi , who is also Chairman of the Sumitomo Life Insurance company, and Kobayashi Yoshimitsu , who is also the Chairman of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Moves to Introduce 2% Tax on Insurance Premiums [Jul 14, 2010] Bulgarias parliamentary economic commission approved at first reading a bill, which provides for the introduction of 2% tax on insurance premiums. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Remove Interest Rates on Insurance Debts [Jul 12, 2010] Bulgaria's Social Minister Totyu Mladenov announced Monday the possibility of elimination of interest rates on debts to the National Insurance Institute. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Introduces 2% Tax on Insurance Premiums [Jun 23, 2010] Bulgarias government has adopted a bill, which provides for the introduction of 2% tax on insurance premiums. The new tax, which will come into effect on September 1, is expected to hike insurance policies prices by at least 2%. [via YahooNews] More >>

Research and Markets: Bulgaria Insurance Report Q3 2010 [May 24, 2010] DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bulgaria Insurance Report Q3 2010" report to their offering. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria National Healthcare With BGN 800 M to Spend [May 14, 2010] Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) has BGN 800 M in its bank account as of March 31, 2010, announced Friday the Bulgarian Health Minister, Anna-Maria Borisova. [via YahooNews] More >>