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Sofia: GERB wins mayor elections in Sofia

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

For the first time in its history, Sofia will be governed by a woman after GERB contestant Yordanka Fandakova scored an overwhelming victory at Sunday`s mayor by-election, scooping up 68.3% of the votes, according to pollster Alpha Research. Voter tur...

Yana: Thender for Sofia waste processing plant in Yana village was extended

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:26:00 GMT

Sofia city administration extended with a month the deadline for submission of bids in the tender for design and construction of a waste processing plant. The future facility in the zone Sadinata in Yana village is one of the three elements of the inte...

Vidin: Project Danube bridge II near Vidin is in critical condition

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The project for the construction of a second bridge over Danube (in Vidin ) between Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube is in a critical condition. This has been stated by Bulgaria’s Transport Minister, Alexander Tsvetkov, who also said a huge delay of 1...

BGN 1 billion for gas projects in Chiren and Galata

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Nearly BGN 1 billion will be spent to implement two major projects of Bulgaria’s gas storage facilities. Expanding the gas depot in Chiren and erecting one in Galata will be a key part of the 2010-2011 strategy of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy, Energy a...

Kozloduy: Additional 300 million euro compensation for Kozloduy NPP

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:00 GMT

The European Commission made a proposal that Bulgaria be compensated by additional 300 million euro for the pre-term decommissioning of units III and IV of Kozloduy NPP. Till the end of 2008 the EC allotted 550 million euro compensation for putting out o...

Goal of the Finance Ministry is to reduce VAT to 16%

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The goal of the Finance Ministry is to reduce by the end of the cabinet`s term the Value Added Tax (VAT) to 16% from the current 20% , said Finance Minister, Simeon Dyankov. He said that the country is suffering a budget imbalance, spending significantly ...

Stolichna: Sofia municipality suggests shareholders in Municipal Bank to return dividends for 2008

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Sofia`s municipality will suggest that shareholders in Municipal Bank should return their dividends for 2008 at a general meeting on October 23. The amount, BGN 10.1 million, will be added to the capital . The move is aimed at Sofia `s taking control o...

Stolichna: Sofia municipality hopes state co-financing for 6 overpasses at the big Sofia intersections

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Sofia municipality hopes that the government will co-finance the construction of six overpasses at the big intersections in the city. The total investment amounts to EUR 88 million, Sofia has to provide EUR 43 million of the sum. The remaining EUR 45 m...

Smolyan: Financial minister discussed anti-crisis measures with Smolyan businessmen

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Bulgarian government is planning to cut down interests on bank loans through a financial injection for the commercial banks . " We are in negotiations with the European Investment Bank over a loan agreement worth 1.4 billion euro ," Finance Minister Dyan...

Sofia: PM Boyko Borissov to meet controversial Czech artist David Cerny in Sofia

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, stated he was going to meet with controversial Czech artist David Cerny Sunday in Sofia . Borisov, who spoke Thursday during the official opening of the waste processing plant in the village of Shishmantsi , near...

Sofia: Georgi Kadiev is candidate of the Socialists for Sofia mayor

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Holding a conference the Sofia chapter of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) named Georgi Kadiev, now municipal councillor, as their candidate for mayor of the capital . The vote was 159 in favour, one against and three abstentions. Kadiev called on ...

Plovdiv: Mayor of Plovdiv banned the artist David Cerny from exposing in municipality premises

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:45:00 GMT

Plovdiv `s Mayor Slavcho Atanasov banned from exposing in municipality premises a work of David Cerny - the Czech sculptor that had illustrated Bulgaria as a collection of squat toilets earlier this year. His Entropa, created to mark the Czech presidenc...

Shishmantsi: Construction of waste treatment facility near Shishmantsi

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT

The local government of Bulgarian second largest city of Plovdiv will cut the ribbon on Thursday for a waste treatment facility near Shishmantsi , said mayor Slavcho Atanasov. The project saw a significant delay which has inflated its costs. Construct...

Slavyanovo: Opinions after demolition of the Turkish monument in village of Slavyanovo

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:15:00 GMT

The actions of the institutions on the case with the illegally raised Monument of the Unknown Turkish Soldier in Slavyanovo village are right. Everything that has been done was in accordance with the law-the monument was demolished after Prosecuto...

Gorna Oryahovitsa: State Tourism Agency will be closed down by the end of week

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:40:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s State Tourism Agency will be closed down by the end of the week, Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Ivo Marinov announced at a discussion in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa . Marinov remarked that a new regulation is about to be worke...

Irina Bokova wins UNESCO Executive Board vote for Director-General

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:02:00 GMT

The 58 members of UNESCOТs Executive Board on 22 September designated Bulgaria`s Irina Bokova as candidate for the position of Director-General, UNESCO reported on its website. On 15 October, the nomination will be submitted to the approval of the General ...

Bulgaria reconfirms 2011 as its target year to join the Schengen Area

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Bulgaria reconfirms 2011 as its target year to join the Schengen Area, said Monday Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov in Brussels. He was taking part in the Justice and Home Affairs Council, which was devoted almost exclusively to immigration and asylum m...

Belene: Russia wants shares in NPP Belene because is sure about the profit

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:33:00 GMT

The Bulgarian-Russian cooperation on the NPP Belene project is going on as scheduled, after an agreement was reached by Bulgaria`s PM Boyko Borisov, Energy Minister Traycho Traykov and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shmatko following excruciating eight-h...

Stolichna: Plan for new factory for tram and metro cars in Sofia

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:31:00 GMT

Sofia municipality is planning to build a new factory for tram and metro cars, the city`s Chief Architect, Petar Dikov, said Thursday. He explained that Sofia really needs such a facility since the expansion of the rail public transportation is a prior...

Kozloduy: Bulgaria's PM ask Europe for compensation of Kozloduy units 3 and 4 closing

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:20:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s PM Boyko Borissov will ask Brussels for a 150-million euro compensation for the decommissioned units 3 and 4 of the Kozloduy NPP. This is one of the main issues on Borissov`s agenda in the negotiations with the European leaders today. Bulgar...

Stolichna: Sofia waste will be dumped in Harmanli

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:00:00 GMT

The Sofia municipal authorities decided to carry the capital`s leftover 250,000 tonnes of baled waste within a 500-kilometre distance, according to a public procurement announced in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU). Around 50,000 tonnes ...

Kozloduy: EC will pay 300 million compensation for Kozloduy NPP

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:11:00 GMT

The European Commission (EC) will pay Bulgaria another 300 million euros as a compensation for the closure of units 3 and 4 of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant - Bulgaria`s only nuclear facility. The news came from Bulgaria`s economic minister Traycho Trayko...

Belene: 3 months for calculation the cost and profit of Belene NPP

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT

It will take three months for the experts of the Minister of Energy to calculate the actual cost and the potential profit of Belene NPP. In November Bulgaria PM Boyko Borissov will respond to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if Bulgaria`s cabinet i...

Belene: Arabian Investors for NPP Belene

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:09:00 GMT

Bulgaria plans to start negotiations with Arab countries from the Persian Gulf to invest in the construction of Belene NPP, said the Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Traycho Traykov in an interview with the Kuwaiti KUNA agency. To his words, this will be a...

Bourgas: Burgas - Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project may be stopped

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Burgas - Alexandroupolis oil pipeline construction has to be completely stopped in Bulgaria, head of the parliamentary economy, energy and tourism commission Martin Dimitrov told Dnevnik newspaper. The value of the project is over 10 billion euro. In...