(BTA special correspondent Nikolai Petrov) - President Plevneliev met Tuesday Microsoft founder Bill Gates during the Seattle leg of his US visit. A programme for global libraries, run by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is very successful in Bulgaria, underscored Plevneliev. Figures by the Foundation indicate that between 2009 and 2013 15 million dollars will be allocated for the scheme in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian head of state urged that the programme should go on beyond 2013 due to its success. Bill Gates said that a library is not just a place where books are kept, but thanks to new technologies it could turn into an educational and information centre. During the meeting President Plevneliev called for exploration of possibilities to tap the potential of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in a number of priority areas for the Foundation, among which healthcare.
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Silistra, on the Danube - May 16 (BTA) - Bulgarian Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliyana Pavlova Wednesday reconfirmed her Government's and her Ministry's will and support for projects for building two new bridges over the Bulgarian-Romanian sector of the Danube.
Haskovo - May 16 (BTA) - Three tones of beans from Brazil were donated to the victims of the February floodings in the southern municipalities of Harmanli, Lyubimets and Svilengrad. The aid was handed over Wednesday to representatives of the local authorities in Haskovo by the Brazilian Ambassador here, Washington Luis Pereira-de-Sousa, and Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) President Hristo Grigorov.
Sofia - May 16 (BTA) - "Bulgaria welcomes the good arrangements and peaceful conduct of the parliamentary elections in Algeria," Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vessela Tcherneva said in a statement on Wednesday. "We hope that the country will continue the policy of implementation of democratic reforms which was launched last year, taking into account the desires and expectations of the Algerian people," the statement says.
Silistra, Northeastern Bulgaria - May 16 (BTA) - Stringent energy efficiency standards will be set in place for housing buildings as of 2020 and one result of this will be that retrofitting individual apartments in apartment buildings will be prohibitted, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Liliana Pavlova said here Wednesday.
Sofia - May 16 (BTA) - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Sport Minister Svilen Neykov met Wednesday with Radostin Stoichev, the ex-coach of the men's national volleyball team, and asked him to take the job back but he made it clear that he is unlikely to take the offer.
Sofia - May 16 (BTA) - "The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will not defect from the parliamentary group of the Blue Coalition," UDF leader Martin Dimitrov said on Wednesday here. According to Dimitrov, the UDF National Council meeting in Plovdiv, which decided against supporting an agreement with Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) was manipulated by GERB. He noted the fact that all structures having coalesced with GERB voted against the Blue Coalition.
Sofia - May 16 (BTA) - In April 2012, Sofia Airport handled a total of 291,272 passengers, 3 per cent up from April 2011, the airport said on Wednesday. At 270,000, international flights reported the largest number of passengers. National carrier Bulgaria Air reported a 13 per cent increase year-on-year.
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