Bulgarian Socialistic Youth meeting in Sofia

21 March 2009
Bulgarian Socialist Youth meeting in Sofia ... more

Estonian Parliamentary Speaker visited Bulgaria

20 March 2009
Estonian Parliamentary speaker Ene Ergma visited Bulgaria ... more

Bularian Health Minister welcomed the EU Health commissioner

19 March 2009
Bularian Health Minister Evgenii Zhelev welcomed the EU Health commissioner Andrula Vassiliu ... more

EBRD President: Bulgaria More Stable than Neighbors

17 March 2009
The EBRD President, Thomas Mirow, believes that Bulgaria is in a far better economic position than its neighbors. "Bulgaria is in a far more stable and favourable position than its neighbors, but is suffering nevertheless from the economic downturn." Mirow stated after a meeting in Sofia with Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov. Mirow added that Bulgaria was a key country to the Europea ... more

Bulgaria Opens Job Market to Foreign Experts

16 March 2009
Foreigners will be allowed to work as experts in Bulgaria's state administration or councilors under new legislative changes, the prime minister said. Sergey Stanishev was speaking at a meeting with the ambassadors of EU member states, who were invited to hear more about the government's idea to further cooperation between Bulgaria, EU member states and the European Commission with regard to ju ... more

Wrong Transliteration Turns Punishable in Bulgaria

15 March 2009
The Transliteration Act of official rules of writing Bulgarian names with the Latin alphabet became effective Sunday. Municipalities are mandated by the Act to change all signs that don't comply with the rules and would face fines between BGN 500 and 1,200 if they fail do so. Businesses and non-governmental organizations wishing to include in their names geographical locations or names of hi ... more

Scores of Policemen Protest in Bulgaria Capital

15 March 2009
A huge crowd joined the protest rally of Sofia's policemen Sunday. About 5,000 have already gathered in the "Zaimov" park in downtown Sofia, the Darik radio reporter informs. In the mean time, the Bulgarian National Radio says that anywhere between 8,000 and 10,000 have arrived at the location. The official start of the rally was at 11 am. The rally is held under the form of an outdoors conc ... more

Sofia City Hall Officially Kicks Out Two Cleaning Concessionaires

13 March 2009
Sofia's Mayor, Boyko Borisov, sent official letters to the CEO's of two of the concessionaire companies in charge of cleaning the city to notify them that their contracts have been terminated. The City Hall terminated the contracts of "DITZ" and "Chistota-Sofia," the municipal press center informed Friday. The contracts are annulled due to the systematic failure of the two companies to fulfi ... more

Masked Men Murder Pensioner and Burn Down House in Bulgaria Capital

11 March 2009
A group of masked men have allegedly murdered and burnt down the two-storey house of Boris Vasilev, 73, in Bulgaria's capital Sofia late Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred on Aleko Konstadinov Street in the Vladaya quarter of the capital. The first and second stories of the house were left smoldering early Wednesday. Vasilev's body was discovered upstairs and it is alleged that he was murder ... more

Bulgaria Christmas Charity Raises BGN 3,6 M

10 March 2009
The sixth edition of the charity campaign "The Bulgarian Christmas" has raised BGN 3,6 M, Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, informed Tuesday. The special ceremony to announce the campaign's results was held at the presidential building in the presence of the campaign's main organizers, sponsors and journalists. ... more