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There have been a number of deliberate, negative campaigns over the past few months, President Georgi Purvanov said. He was speaking at an informal briefing with journalists at the Evksinograd residence, near Varna on the Black Sea, on August 12. Purvanov then pointed out the cases that have been made against him. During the meeting he spoke about the conformation from the committee on the archives of the
The price to park a car for one day in the luxurious coastal resort of Zlatni Pyasatsi (Golden Sands) is the same as that of a room for one night in a top-class hotel, located right next to the beach, Standart daily reported on August 15. Tariffs at designated parking places vary between two and six leva an hour. For a full 24-hours it would cost 48 leva to park a car, if there are any spaces available in the cheapest car
Producers have blamed the Government of poor management of the grain crisis that was caused by the recent droughts. According to the main manufacturers of animal feed, the main regulator of prices in every economy is the state reserve, but those responsible for maintaining the grain reserves have been ignoring the problem of decreasing stocks. They claim this is why the State will not be able to deal with the current
After the three parties in Bulgaria's coalition Cabinet agreed on July 30 to introduce a 10 per cent flat tax on individual income from 2008, the media was awash with criticism of the decision. The main concerns are that people earning between 200 and 350 leva a month, together with people working on a freelance basis, would be hardest hit by the new tax rates. Labour and Social Policy Minister Emilia Maslarova told
In spite of Agriculture Ministry assurances that Bulgaria would not face a grain crisis even though the crop has been badly hit by drought, a trend of sharp increases in food prices is causing national concern. On August 6, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said that a new committee on the drought situation would hold its first meeting on August 7. The committee, made up of representatives of various ministries, would
The investments agency has seen an influx of applications for certificates for first-class property investment projects, the agency's executive director Stoyan Stalev recently told Dnevnik daily. The deadline for such applications is August 30. Stalev said that not all applications would be approved. Real estate projects have received the largest number of first-class certificates this year - about 12. Half of
Double world ice-skating champion Maxim Staviiski, who has Bulgarian citizenship, was involved in a fatal car crash at about 8pm on August 5. On the road from holiday resort Primorsko to Bourgas, Staviiski veered into the opposite lane and hit a Honda Civic head-on with his Hummer Jeep. The Honda was also hit at the back by an Audi. Staviiski was travelling alone and was not hurt. There were four passengers in the
Young people, in their 20s and under, mostly from the UK and Scandinavian countries are crowding into Bulgaria's Black Sea summer resorts to take advantage of low liquor prices, according to an August 3 report by Bulgarian National Television (BNT). A BNT reporter did night-time interviews on the streets of Sunny Beach with a series of young people who were clearly intoxicated. The tourists could not believe that
It is obvious to say that the Bulgaria to which the country's six Libya Trial medics returned is much changed from the one they knew. It is striking, however, just how much it has changed. On February 9 1999, 23 Bulgarian citizens were arrested in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting with HIV nearly 400 Libyan children in a Benghazi hospital. Later, 17 of them were released, while the remaining six, Kristiana
According to Anelia Krushkova, chairperson of the State Agency of Tourism (SAT), next year hotels in Bulgarian Black Sea resorts could face bankruptcy, the main reason being the over-saturation of hotels in resorts. The sharp rise in the number of hotels in recent years has caused unprecedented competition. This has had a negative impact on about 50 per cent of hotels located outside central resort areas,
The consequences for the economy from the floods in June and ensuring drought and all the thousands of fires that raged across Bulgaria in July, are yet to be established, a specialist from the Economy Ministry told The Sofia Echo. Since June, there have been more than 12 000 fires in Bulgaria. Most of them were in forests with millions of square metres of trees being destroyed. Deputy Minister of
This year's Bansko Jazz Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary, bringing together jazz fans from all over Bulgaria on August 8 to 13. Artists from 16 countries and three continents will participate in the grand celebrations. The first day of the festival will see the performance of one of the most popular English jazz blues, Papa George. To open the festival, organisers have invited Bulgarian
"The hardest moment for me was when I was accused of infecting children with AIDS, and I was told if it was not me, to say who it was. All these years I was trying to find the answer to this question, and why it was me who had to take responsibility." So said Nasya Nenova, one of five Bulgarian nurses who returned from Libya on July 24, speaking at a July 25 news conference. After eight years spent in
After eight and a half years spent in prisons in Libya, five Bulgarian nurses, Dr. Zdravko Georgiev, the husband of one of the nurses, and Palestinian Dr. Ashraf al-Hazouz, who has Bulgarian citizenship, were brought home to Bulgaria by European External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy. Their return followed some days of difficult negotiations involving Ferrero-
A makeover of Sofia's former amusement park Sofia Land to add new facilities will be done in accordance with the changes under the new master plan for Sofia, Dnevik daily reported on July 19. On that date, the municipal council decided that envisaged changes are to be finalised within up to six months, which probably means that the decision to change how the land is used will be taken by the city council that is
"The hardest moment for me was when I was accused of infecting children with AIDS, and I was told if it was not me, to say who it was. All these years I was trying to find the answer to this question, and why it was me who had to take responsibility." So said Nasya Nenova, one of five Bulgarian nurses who returned from Libya on July 24, speaking at a July 25 news conference. After eight years spent in Libyan prisons on accusations of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, Nasya, Valentina, Snezhana, Valya, Kristiana and husband Zdravko, as well as Palestinian doctor Ashraf, are now free and innocent in the eyes of all Bulgarians, the EU, the US and perhaps many more.
Focus news agency quoted freed Bulgarian medics Nasya Nenova as saying that they still could not get used to the idea of being free. She said that as a "human she had protective mechanisms, which helped her stand the hard test". Fellow medic Kristiana Vulcheva said: "I know that I am free. I know that I am on Bulgarian ground, but I still cannot believe that this is real". Vulcheva said that her memories from Libya
On July 2, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik reported that six months after the new terminal at Sofia Airport was opened, it would soon reach its full capacity of 2.6 million passengers. According to Dnevnik, the new terminal was designed to reach its full capacity of 2.6 million passengers a year by 2009. The whole airport handled 2.2 million passengers up to the end of 2006. In May this year, Sofia Airport statistics showed a 21
On June 29, the regional governors of Rousse, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Montana, Pleven and Silistra signed a declaration on the creation of a consultative council on Danube-related issues, reported Rousse news website Ruse.bg. The event was a part of the celebration of International Danube Day, which was organised by the regional Rousse administration. The consultative council will plan and co-ordinate
Michael Geier, the German ambassador to Bulgaria, held a news conference on June 28 to comment on the German presidency of the EU, which finished on June 30. Under Germany's EU presidency, the two major aims of the EU were energy and environment-related, and constitutional treaty-related. Energy and climate change were main subjects at the European Council meeting in March and the G8's meeting
The possibilities of Russian investment in the municipality of Bourgas were discussed by mayor Yoan Kostadinov and the Russian ambassador to Bulgaria Anatoliy Potapov. The meeting was held at Potapov's initiative, who had taken an interest in the opportunities in the area for investment by Russian businesses, as well as the preparation for the upcoming municipal elections. Russia's consul in Bourgas, Tonko Fotev,
The cheapest way to get to your beach holiday on the Bulgarian coast is by train or driving a car that runs on gas. This is according to a check by The Sofia Echo. Train tickets from Sofia to Varna cost 28 leva return, Sofia to Bourgas is 23.20 leva. If travelling from Plovdiv to Varna or Bourgas it would cost you 22.30 or 17.50 leva, respectively. The trip takes between seven and eight hours. Driving your own car could be an
Nine Central and South East European countries have made progress in advancing Roma inclusion since the launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in 2005, according to the DecadeWatch monitoring report prepared by teams of Roma civil society leaders. Nonetheless, the main conclusion was that the countries participating in the Decade must move from sporadic measures based on pilot projects to integrated polices
Serbia appears to have resumed progress towards European integration. This emerges from the fact that the European Union and Serbia restarted association talks on June 17. Talks were suspended in May last year because of Belgrade's failure to deliver fugitive war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The recommencement of talks between the two sides is
The unique Japanese band Yamato will be giving a spectacular concert at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) on June 23. It will start at 8pm and ticket prices vary from 25 to 50 leva. Yamato has given concerts around the world, but this will be their first time in Bulgaria. The uniqueness thing about the band - its drums. They include traditional Japanese drums, called Uadaiko. The band travels with a few dozens
It is well known that managing a commercial firm is not easy; it involves making decisions, with both potential benefits and risks. But managing an NGO means special challenges, because the manager's decisions have an essential impact on people dependent on its success. This is the case with Temenoushka Todorova, executive director of Bulgarska Traditzia Foundation. Unlike managing a profit-driven organisation,
George Soros, global financier, philanthropist, and chairman of the Open Society Institute, visited Bulgaria on June 10-12. He took part in the meeting of the International Committee on the framework of the Decade of the Roma Inclusion initiative. Between visits to NGOs and meetings with Roma minority representatives, on June 12, Soros took part in a debate at the Red House Centre for culture and debate.
The Bulgarian medics sentenced to death in Libya, future US investment possibilities in Bulgaria, easing of visa requirements for Bulgarians to enter the US, and controversial US plans for a missile shield over Europe were the main subjects discussed during US president George Bush's visit to Bulgaria on June 11. Bush's visit to Sofia rounded off his week-long European tour that included the G8 summit in Germany, as well as
On June 7, Parliament approved the second reading of the law on voting and standing as a candidate for EU citizens at municipal (local) elections. The law now corresponds to the EU Directive of 1994 that lays down detailed arrangements for exercising the right to vote and stand as a candidate at municipal elections for citizens of the EU residing in a member state of which they are not nationals. According to the
A cannon salute and the whirr of helicopters overhead greeted visiting United States president George Bush during his first official ceremony in Bulgaria, when he greeted dignitaries and laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The early morning ceremony took place at the monument, near the city's emblematic Alexander Nevski Cathedral. As a crowd of senior
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