Sun, Nov 22 2009
"Despite several individual successes, Bulgarian sport registered serious regress compared to the previous Olympic Games," State Agency for Youth and Sport (SAYS) chairperson Vessela Lecheva told private broadcaster bTV.
The reason for the small medal haul was a combination of problems, whose resolution had been postponed for a long time, she said. Bulgarian sport's main problem was the cumbersome organisational structure and inadequate sports facilities.
There was no problem in the communication between SAYS and the sports clubs, but everything in the country was being done "extremely slowly", she said.
"At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bulgaria showed the best it had in the moment," according to Lecheva.
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.