23/05/2013

Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, is launching consultations on forming the new government with parliamentary represented parties on Thursday, May 23. Plevneliev addressed the Members of the Parliament and the nation Tuesday, as the 42nd General Assembly convened for the first time, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

22/05/2013

Bulgaria’s 42nd National Assembly is to hold Wednesday, May 22 its second sitting since its establishment. Bulgarian parliament is to hear interim Prime Minister Marin Raykov; Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Asen Vasilev; Chairperson of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) Evgeniya Haritonova; and Executive Director of the National Electricity Company (NEK) Krum Anastasov over the current situation in Bulgaria’s energy sector and the electricity price, Focus agency wrote.

21/05/2013

Bulgaria's 42nd General Assembly is convening for the first time on Tuesday, May 21. The Parliament is summoned by President Rosen Plevneliev with a decree issued on May 17 under article 75 of the Constitution. The sitting started at 10 am and will continue until 1 pm. bTV is airing the sitting, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

20/05/2013

Warming is still on track, however, to breach a goal set by governments around the world of limiting the increase in temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, unless tough action is taken to limit rising greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters reports.

16/05/2013

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, whose party gained a slim lead at the snap polls, is expected to make on Thursday his first public appearance after an unprecedented refusal to talk to the media on the election night. “Representatives of the party GERB will comment at a press conference on Thursday their new victory,” a statement of its press center reads, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

15/05/2013

The formerly opposition Socialist and ethnic Turk parties combined have managed to prevail over the formerly ruling centrist GERB and their potential allies nationalist Ataka, official final results show. The data was released Wednesday morning after the Central Electoral Commission, CEC, processed 100% of the ballot protocols from the country and 100% of those from abroad, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

14/05/2013

“Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) wins 97 seats in the next parliament, which is almost equal to the results the party achieved in the 2009 elections,” said mathematician Professor Mihail Konstantinov, member of the board of directors of the Information Service company, in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.

13/05/2013

The Central Election Commission (CEC) released partial election results under 70% of the electoral protocols being processed, Focus wrote. The results so far are, as follows: - Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) – 31% - Coalition for Bulgaria – 27% - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – 9% - Ataka – 7.6%

10/05/2013

An exhibition entitled “The Cross in European Culture”, organised by the embassy of Ireland at the National Ethnographic Museum in Sofia, is being held from May 13 to 27. All the countries of the European Union have significant Christian traditions, and these traditions are reflected in the rich variety of Crosses to be found within the EU, a media statement by the Irish embassy said, Sofia Globe wrote.

08/05/2013

Bulgarian up-and-comer Grigor Dimitrov defeated World Tennis Number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic in the second round of the 2013 Mutua Madrid Open. The Bulgarian, just 21, from the southern town of Haskvovo, saved set point at 5-4 down in the first and another in the tie-break before winning the set, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

07/05/2013

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH has announced the launch of the Open Season process for capacity booking in the Nabucco pipeline. This first phase of the Open Season process offers potential shippers the possibility to register their interest in booking capacity in the pipeline and to request access to the Open Season documents, following which they can provide non-binding capacity bookings, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

30/04/2013

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is on an official trip to the US to take part in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Anti-Defamation League Tuesday. The celebration will take place at a gala dinner in Washington, DC in the presence of representatives of the White House, the US Congress, NGOs and religious communities, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

29/04/2013

Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria and around the world mark on April 29 Holy Monday – the first day of the most important week in the church calendar, the Holy Week leading to Easter. For Christians, Holy Week is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday. Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of The Great Fifty Days, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

26/04/2013

The European Commission has approved a scheme for promoting Bulgarian eggs on Greek and Romanian markets. The EC approved Thursday 22 programs aimed at promoting agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries, according to the EC press office, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

25/04/2013

Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov has described the dispute between the Customs Agency head and fuel retailer Lukoil Bulgaria as a "micro-drama", stressing that the disagreement was not supposed to affect common people, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

24/04/2013

Bulgaria's capital Sofia has been named the most affordable tourist destination in Europe in a ranking of Hufftington Post, based on their own research and results of the European 3-Star Traveler Index. To find cities offering exceptional value right now, the editors have looked at five value indexes that measure everything from flight prices to average hotel costs to the amount one can expect to pay for a pint of beer in a particular city, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

22/04/2013

Bulgaria's government considers initiating a new price freeze of staple foods for the Easter holidays, according to Asen Vasilev and Ivan Stankov, caretaker Ministers of Economy and Agriculture, respectively. The proposal was put forth Saturday at the opening of the Agroproducts Expo 2013 in the southern city of Plovdiv, according to reports of dnevnik.bg, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

19/04/2013

Six EU Member States, including Bulgaria, can lose part of the EU funds slated for them if they fail to accelerate their absorption, according to an EC report. The European Commission's report on cohesion policies, presented Thursday, is an overview of how EU Structural Funds are working in Member States, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.

11/04/2013

Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria increased by close to 43 per cent between 2008 and 2012 – but that is not that astonishing a statistic, considering that in real terms that was a rise from 2.6 euro an hour to 3.7 euro an hour, still the lowest among the 27 member states of the European Union. This emerges from figures released on April 10 2013 by EU statistics office Eurostat, cited by Sofia Globe.

10/04/2013

The construction sector is still experiencing problems with delayed payments of municipalities for infrastructure projects, according to Svetoslav Glossov, Chair of the Bulgarian Construction Chamber. Glossov, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and econ.bg, said that the liabilities of municipalities had reached BGN 180-200 M in the past year. He made clear that there were no complaints about delayed payments by the EU, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) wrote.