Sun, Nov 22 2009
Bourgas airport executive director Kalin Barzov told Darik Radio that eight low-cost companies planned flights to Bourgas.
Three low-cost companies - Wizz Air, Sky Europe and Norwegian Air Shuttle AS - already flew to Bourgas, Barzov said.
Nearly two million passengers were expected at Bourgas airport in 2007 thanks to low-cost airlines, Darik said.
Four other low-cost airlines planned flights to Bulgaria, Dnevnik daily reported last week.
Italy's Myair, Ireland's Ryanair, the UK's Easy Jet and Germany's GermanWings, intended to fly to Bulgaria's capital after the country's EU accession on January 1 2007.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.