Sun, Nov 22 2009
Posters with the rules on how to transliterate Bulgarian Cyrillic names in Latin characters would be hung in all Bulgarian schools, Bulgarian News Agency BTA reported.
The initiative is in the framework of the State Administration Ministry information campaign. It was presented on December 11 by Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Daniel Vulchev and State Administration Minister Nikolai Vassilev to students and teachers from Sofia's Nikola Vaptsarov professional mechanical electrical engineering high school.
Posters with the transliteration rules would be hung in buildings of all regional and municipal administrations in the country. 30 000 information fold-outs would be distributed in administrations and universities. Another 10 000 fold-outs in English would be distributed among EU institutions and member states, BTA said.
As part of the campaign since last week special calendars have been distributed in 6 cities in Bulgaria - Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Stara Zagora and Veliko Turnovo, BTA said.
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.