Bulgaria in his heart: A South African exile recalls
Thabang Makwetla, South Africa’s deputy defence minister who was hosted in exile in Bulgaria in the early 1980s, interviewed by The Sofia Echo Editor-in-Chief Clive Leviev-Sawyer.
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Serge Sarkisian’s ruling party wins Armenian parliamentary elections – exit polls
Gallup International Association poll gives president Sarkisian’s party 44 per cent, while three main challengers alleged ‘machinations’ by ruling party in what – in contrast to 2008 – reportedly was a largely peaceful election.
Serbia: Tadić leads as presidential elections head for second round
Coalition around ruling Democratic Party has largest share of vote in Serbia's parliamentary election, according to exit polls.
Greek voters punish major centre-right, socialist parties at polls
Centre-right New Democracy is said by exit polls to have largest share of votes, but diminished even from its 2009 defeat, while socialists Pasok – the 2009 victors – gets somewhere around 14 to 17 per cent.
Sovereign Order of Malta assists hospital in Bulgaria’s Iskrets
Simeon Saxe-Coburg and his spouse Margarita opened a new heating and insulation system at the Tsar Ferdinand Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases in Iskrets, a project implemented thanks to the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia and the Nando Peretti Foundation.
Global food prices ease, but stay high, FAO says
The global food import bill in 2012 could decline to $1.24 trillion, down slightly from last year’s record of $1.29 trillion.
Archaeology: Ancient necropolis found in path of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway
For the archaeologists, the site has presented more questions than answers, with those working on the site surprised not only by the size of the necropolis but also by the long period during which it was in use.
Two colours red: Stanishev vs Purvanov
With less than a month to the BSP congress vote on the party leadership, neither candidate seems yet to have landed a killer blow.
Piece of 'relic of John the Baptist' stolen in Bulgarian town of Sliven
Bring back the bone or Sliven will face Divine wrath, priest says.
Crime in Sofia is down, in spite of recent assassinations, city’s top cop says
No connection among three recent high-profile murders in the Bulgarian capital city, Sofia police directorate chief Valeri Yordanov said.
Roma people will make up close to a quarter of Bulgaria’s labour market in 2020
Currently, Roma are just less than five per cent of Bulgaria’s population, but in the age group to nine years old, 20.8 per cent of children are Roma.
Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies military co-operation agreement with Israel
Agreement, signed in January 2012, provides for joint military training programmes and exercises on the territory of Bulgaria and of Israel.
Bulgarian PM Borissov intervenes in stray dog problem
All the dogs that bit people last year were returned to the streets, report says, while Sofia mayor Fandukova says that the goal of reducing stray dogs by 95 per cent by 2016 is realistic.
Consensus among political rivals on key issues, Bulgarian President Plevneliev tells Parliament
After a month of talks with various political parties, Plevneliev issues calls for action against youth unemployment, energy inefficiency and urges an active investment recruitment policy.
Borissov: Why Traikov and Konstantinov had to go
Economy and Energy Minister had achieved nothing since July 2009 and the business forum farce in Qatar was the final straw, while the Health Minister quarreled with everyone, had no ideas and had mishandled the medicine prices issue, PM says.
The long, long road to Bulgaria’s 2013 parliamentary elections
The Kouneva factor, and the Stanishev – Purvanov tussle.
Echoes of a newspaper
A fond memoir of the life and times of a certain English-language publication.
Serbia’s leap year?
The path to EU candidate status – to say nothing of actual membership – is never without its complications.
Editorial: Give and take
Resentment on the part of ordinary Bulgarians on the basis of the perception that those on the public payroll are skimming off the cream by paying themselves lavish bonuses would be quite understandable.
Wide screen
Plan to expand categories of people to be checked for association with communist-era secret services.
Covering the costs
Cabinet votes millions to aid flood-hit area and EU is also pitching in – but funding process could take time.
Editorial: Out of pocket
A dialogue is needed about how civil society responds in terms of gathering money and goods to help those in need.
The dossiers dossier
Constitutional Court query on vital clause in law on disclosing former communist secret service collaborators
Bulgaria’s wine industry: Let the bottle begin
A presidential call for a promotional campaign, a legislative attempt at reform, and some signs of growth in hardy soil.
Editorial: Damning the Dutch
Sensible people in Central and Eastern Europe, of course, will not confuse Wilders and his ilk with the tradition of tolerance of which the Dutch justly can be proud.
Editorial: Stormy weather
The performance of the Government in actual delivery of assistance – money and equipment – and in aiding recovery in the coming months must be kept under the most careful scrutiny.
Interior redecorating
Tsvetanov announces reforms amid controversy about Bulgarian police brutality.
Editorial: Gauging pressure
Debate should be democratic, indeed, but it also should be rational and factual.
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