Sun, Nov 08 2009
An energy crisis currently evident in Greece might spread to Bulgaria, Novinar daily reported.
Miners from Maritsa-Iztok mines plan to strike in case their wages remain unchanged. At the same time Sofia residents complain of power cuts.
Another problem stems from the decision of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC), which decided to cut expenditure for renovation works and salary increases in Sofia.
As a result, Sofia might experience problems with central heating and the supply of warm water, Novinar reported.
Sofia's central heating provider Toplofikatsia managing director Petko Milevski said that company losses could reach 30 million leva if SEWRC refused introducing a four per cent heating price hike.
SEWRC said that an average increase of 0.35 per cent was acceptable. Higher increase will make consumers unable to pay, commission representatives said.
Kindergartens to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and universities to decide for themselves whether to suspend classes.
Five illegal immigrants from Iran and Iraq caught by Bulgarian police in Sliven.
Leonid Lavchev sent an intermediary to collect 1000 leva from a dairy farm in Haskovo, investigators say
Former labour minister Emilia Maslarova follows the example of Socialist party leader and former prime minister, Sergei Stanishev, in requesting that her MP immunity is lifted
Health Minister: Influenza strain is not seasonal flu, it is swine flu. More than 100 000 Bulgarians are down with the H1N1 strain.