07-09-2010/16:48 Sofia - The 2010 wheat harvest totals 3,760,550 tonnes, the Agriculture and Food Ministry said referring to data of the National Grain and Animal Feed Service (NGAFS). At September 3, the export of wheat of the new harvest amounted to 214,396 tonnes; exports between August 27 and September 3 came up to 23,467 tonnes.
07-09-2010/16:46 Sofia - There have been some positive signs from the real economy but it is too early for optimism, Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria says in its monthly economic review about August 2010. The conclusions from the analysis were presented to reporters Tuesday.
07-09-2010/16:24 Sofia - Road and intercity infrastructure of the worth of 290 million leva is to be built up in 75 municipalities by the middle of 2012. The funds have been ensured under the Rural Regions Development Programme (RRDP), the Agriculture State Fund said on Tuesday.
07-09-2010/16:08 Sofia - "Our main priorities are joining the Eurozone, economic growth, preservation of social benefits of existing jobs and creating new jobs," National Assembly Chair Tsetska Tsacheva said at a GERB-organized forum "The Role of Right-Wing Government in Coping with the Effects of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis". Tsacheva remarked on the opportunity of forum participants to hear former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose governance is regarded as one of the most successful in the European People's Party history so far.
07-09-2010/16:08 Sofia - A total of 23,743 people were covered by an online trail census of population and housing in Bulgaria ahead of the official census in March 2011, the National Statistical Institute said on Tuesday.
07-09-2010/16:06 Sofia - The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is discussing three possible reasons for a vote of no confidence against the incumbent cabinet of the GERB party: the collapse in healthcare, the failure of the anti-crisis measures, and people's frozen incomes and quality of life, BSP leader and former prime minister Sergei Stanishev told a news conference Tuesday.
07-09-2010/15:11 Sofia - Ankara relies on Sofia to support its membership in the EU, outgoing Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Gucuk said in a public lecture Tuesday, organized by the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria. He recalled that Turkey was the only state to support Bulgaria for its NATO membership with a adoption of a special law and expressed fears that there are state which will reject Turkey's full-fledged membership.
07-09-2010/15:10 Sofia - The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) proposes to introduce a fiscal board in this country through amendments to the National Budget Procedures Act and to the Constitution, UDF leader Martin Dimitrov said emerging from a meeting of the Union's National Executive Council.
07-09-2010/15:10 Sofia - Draft amendments to the Carriage by Road Act envisage implementation of ceiling prices for taxi services, Transport, IT and Communications Minister Aleksandar Tsvetkov told a news conference on Tuesday. The tariffs will be set by the municipalities and municipal councils.
07-09-2010/12:06 Sofia - From a strategic point of view the current policy is successful, visiting People's Party of Spain Honorary Chairman Jose Maria Aznar said Tuesday and expressed conviction that under the guidance of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov the objectives will be achieved. Aznar, who is is visiting Bulgaria at Borissov's invitation to take part in a forum on "The Role of Right-Wing Government in Coping with the Effects of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis", had just emerged from a meeting with the Prime Minister.
07-09-2010/02:55 Sofia - Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will confer with People's Party of Spain Honorary Chairman Jose Maria Aznar, who is visiting Bulgaria at Borissov's invitation to take part in a forum on "The Role of Right-Wing Government in Coping with the Effects of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis."
07-09-2010/02:54 Sofia - The 2011 budget framework will be presented and discussed at a meeting of the Council on Economic Growth, which will be opened by Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov.
07-09-2010/02:54 Shabla - A tactical exercise with firing practice of air-defence and aviation units of the Bulgarian Armed Forces will be held at the Shabla Antiaircraft Artillery Range of the Air Force between September 7 and 10.
07-09-2010/02:53 Sofia - The 8th International Scientific Conference SECURITY IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE, which will open on September 9 and will focus on the Europe 2020 Strategy and security in South-Eastern Europe, will be presented to the media at the Defence Ministry Information Centre.
07-09-2010/02:53 Sofia - Turkey's outgoing Ambassador in Sofia Mehmet Gucuk will deliver a public lecture, organized by The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria.
06-09-2010/19:52 Plovdiv - A solemn prayer service at the Assumption of Mary Cathedral in Plovdiv marked the beginning of the celebrations of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia back in 1885. Officiating at the service were Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv. After the prayer a flower tribute was paid to the monuments commemorating Zahari Stoyanov and Captain Raicho Nikolov, key leaders of the movement for unification. The celebration went on in Djumayata Square reenacting the events of September 6, 1885.
06-09-2010/18:03 Sofia - Two young Bulgarians living in Illinois, US, have e-mailed the racket demands to representatives of the Abu Dhabi investment company Emirates Associated Business Group (EABG), the Interior Ministry said. On Sunday EABG representative Anwar Badwan contacted the General Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDCOC) telling them he had received two letters the authors of which wanted to be paid a huge amount of money. Police identified the senders as A. Ts., 32, and V. S., 30. They both are fans of the motoring sports and probably did it for fun and hoping to raise media interest in the project. The competent US authorities have been informed about the case.
06-09-2010/16:13 Sofia - World televisions have started to advertise Bulgaria, the Economy, Energy and Tourism Ministry said. Eurosport, Euronews, the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel will be showing spots that advertise Bulgaria's winter and summer resorts, the opportunities for environmental and rural tourism, its cultural heritage and historical and architectural landmarks, spa complexes and beautiful nature.
06-09-2010/09:59 Sliven - The Bulgarian rally championship has news leaders. The Donchev Sport crew - Kroum Donchev as pilot and Peter Yordanov as navigator (Peugeot 207 S2000) won the fifth contest. The 2009 title-holders topped the general standings of the 25th edition of Rally Sliven, finishing 6:02 minutes ahead the Marco Tempestini/Dorin Pulpea Italian-Romanian crew (Peugeot 207 S2000) and 8:07 minutes ahead Etar Racing Team Ivan Genchev/Martin Koev (Fiat Punto).
06-09-2010/09:58 Brussels - The European Commission (EC) expresses concern over the delay in the implementation of projects under the programme for territorial cooperation between Bulgaria and Greece, the press service of the delegation of the Bulgarian Socialists to the European Parliament said. The Commission is greatly concerned over the delay in evaluating and selecting the projects, a process which usually takes about three months. Now, ten months after the deadline, no project has been selected, says a letter which Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy, sent in reply to a written enquiry submitted by Ivailo Kalfin, Bulgarian MEP of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.
05-09-2010/19:48 Ohrid - The anniversary of last year's tragic incident, in which 15 Bulgarian tourists drowned in Lake Ohrid, was marked with a commemorative service held at the St Nicholas Gerakomia and a visit to the place of the accident. The families of the victims arrived in Ohrid together with Pirdop Mayor Antoaneta Ilieva. They visited the place where the "Ilinden" boat sank a year ago and paid a flower tribute to the commemorative plaque installed at the beginning of the pier.The "Ilinden" boat sank on september 5, 2009 in Lake Ohrid at about 250 m off the shore. Fifteen tourists, all of them Bulgarian citizens, drowned.
05-09-2010/19:22 Sopot - PM Boyko Borissov inaugurated a waste water treatment plant at Sopot on Sunday. The facility will service over 12,000 people who will use water of very high quality, Borissov said at the inauguration ceremony. The properties of the water coming from the treatment plant are better than those of the potable water in most population centres thanks to the state-of-the-art technology the plant uses, Borissov said. The building of the plant was financed under Operational Programme Environment and cost 18 million leva.
04-09-2010/19:31 Varna, on the Black Sea - At least 100 of Bulgaria's 264 municipalities have indicated that they can make kindergarten attendance compulsory for 5-year-olds, Education, Youth and Science Minister Sergei Ignatov said on Saturday. He said that his Ministry has 7.5 million leva to spend on the kids' education and 1.5 million leva to subsidize the transportation of those who need to travel long distances to their kindergartens. "This measure will become compulsory in 2012," Ignatov said.
04-09-2010/18:35 Varna, on the Black Sea - "A 3.5 per cent rate of economic growth in 2011 is not impossible to achieve," Bulgarian Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov said here on Saturday. "To this end, it is necessary to pursue active policies. Therefore, my Ministry has asked for more money to promote investment," he said.
04-09-2010/18:34 Belene, on the Danube - "We are much closer to the implementation of the Belene nuclear power plant project than we were during the last year," Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov told journalists here on Friday evening, taking a question from BTA. He was a guest at the town holiday in Belene and attended a public rally in the central square. "After a debate loaded with a lot of political passion and many emotions, I am satisfied that at the end of the day, the advocates of the development of the nuclear power industry prevailed with their arguments about the construction of Belene," the President said.
04-09-2010/18:33 Rousse, on the Danube - Value added tax (VAT) proceeds from retail outlets in Rousse grew in August at a 7-8 per cent higher rate than the average rate in Bulgaria, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said on Saturday. This is due to an increase in shopping by Romanians, who are coming to Rousse in larger numbers after VAT in their country was increased to 24 per cent, he said.
03-09-2010/17:37 Sofia - Education, Youth and Science Minister Sergei Ignatov has requested the resignation of deputy Minister Milka Kodjabashieva, he himself said in Parliament Friday.
03-09-2010/16:53 Vratsa, Northwestern Bulgaria - A cheapening of retail mobile phone service charges can be expected by the end of this year, following the July 1 entry into effect of lower wholesale prices for mobile operators, Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) Chariman Vesselin Bozhkov said here on Friday.
03-09-2010/16:53 Sofia - According to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Friday, the number of newly built residential buildings in the second quarter of 2010 was 576 and decreased by 20 per cent compared to the same period of 2009.
03-09-2010/16:52 Sofia - An extension of the licences for Units 5 and 6 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is among the main priorities of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Ministry, Minister Traicho Traikov said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday.
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