Bulgarian Muslims Stage New 'Chief Mufti' Rally

29 July 2010
Outraged imams submitted Thursday with the Parliament a declaration signed by 200 000 Bulgarian Muslims demanding annulment of the reinstatement of Nedim Gendzhev as Chief Mufti. This is the latest in a series of protests all around the country against the May 12 ruling of the Supreme Court of Cassations which brought back Gendzhev as Chief Mufti. ... more

Studies on the extraction of natural gas in Bulgaria

28 July 2010
Press conference-Studies on the extraction of natural gas in Bulgaria. The press conference was attended by Executive Director of Melrose David Archer and Hon. Steve Williams - British Ambassador in Bulgaria and Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov. ... more

Studies on the extraction of natural gas in Bulgaria

28 July 2010
Press conference-Studies on the extraction of natural gas in Bulgaria. The press conference was attended by Executive Director of Melrose David Archer and Hon. Steve Williams - British Ambassador in Bulgaria and Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov. ... more

AES Plans to Construct USD 400 M Solar Power Plant in Bulgaria

28 July 2010
AES Corp., the U.S. power producer with operations in more than two dozen countries, is keen on constructing in Bulgaria a USD 400 M solar power plant with a capacity of 80 megawatts, the American ambassador in Sofia announced. "AES has been waiting for six months to go ahead with its investment, which costs nothing to the Bulgarian government," US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James Warlick, said a ... more

Bulgaria's parliament will hear Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov

28 July 2010
Bulgaria's parliament will hear on Wednesday Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov in connection with an incident in the southern town of Kurdzhali, in which plainclothes police officers beat up by mistake a family during an operation. The hearing will be held at the request of the opposition left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria and the predominantly ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms. ... more

Greek PM Vows Strong Support for Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipe

27 July 2010
Greek PM George Papandreou, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, reiterated Greece's strong commitment to the completion of projected Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. Papandreou said that Greece cares about the environmental impact of the project and is expecting the assessment, but that does not detract from interest and support from the project. He was referring to comments made multip ... more

5 Bulgarian 'Killers' Kept under Arrest, Most Sick

26 July 2010
Sofia District Court decided late Monday evening that the five men who were charged with organizing and executing the murder of controversial Bulgarian figure Yuri Galev must be kept under arrest. Petar "the Chieftain" Stoyanov, Yanko Popov aka Tutsi, Georgi Petkov aka Damchi, Vasil Kostov and Metodi Ivanov were detained Friday during a special police operation codenamed "the Killers", which ta ... more

Mothers protest in the capital before the Council of Ministers

16 July 2010
Mothers protest in the capital before the Council of Ministers, because you have to give the state compensation for rearing a child. ... more

Bulgaria's PM to Report about Russian Talks in Parliament

16 July 2010
Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov will announce Friday at the Parliament the results from the discussions with the Russian First Deputy PM Viktor Zubkov. This comes as a result of a demand by the former Bulgarian PM and current leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Sergey Stanishev, and the former Energy Minister from Stanishev's cabinet, Petar Dimitrov. At the Parliament's meeting today, Bulgaria' ... more

Bulgaria's Electronic Media Council Appoints New National TV Head

15 July 2010
The Council of Electronic Media (CEM) has appointed long-time journalist and news anchor Vyara Ankova the Director of the Bulgarian National Television. A total of seven bidders originally applied for the position. One of them was not allowed to participate because of incomplete documentation, and another one - because he was found to have been a collaborator of the State Security service of th ... more