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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader Sergey Stanishev has alerted to irregularities in the Sofia Municipality contract for the Metro construction between ‘Obelya’ and ‘Nadezhda’. Stanishev confirmed that BSP would not be sending a signal to the Prosecutor’s Office because the competent authorities would have to take action at their own initiative. "There is a quite obvious...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sofia Chief Prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, has reported that surveillance cameras will be placed throughout the Sofia City Court due to a fake judge who has been taking money from citizens in order to ‘decide’ cases in their favor. Kokinov stated that a man disguised as a judge frequents the corridors of the Court and takes money from citizens against a promise to decide cases. The middle-aged...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) published this article on the occasion of the 20th year since the overthrow of communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, which opened the way for democratic reforms. ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Bulgaria Socialist Party leader and former PM, Sergey Stanishev, has slammed the new center-right GERB government’s 2010 budget. Stanishev, speaking at a press conference in Sofia Monday, stated that the 2010 budget will lead to rising unemployment, bankrupt municipalities and a high level of poverty. He added that “On the contrary to the proclaimed policy of decentralization, the funds...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The former management of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund spent BGN 2,2 M on PR and information campaigns in the last two months of its term. This was announced Monday by the acting Director of the Fund, Kalina Ilieva, who said that sum was supposed to allocated for activities later in the year. “Have you heard of a press conference in Brussels for which BGN 30 000 were paid but it never...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The case against Australian Paul “Jock” Palfreeman has been postponed to November 18, in a decision made Monday by The Municipal Court of Sofia (SSC). The reason for the latest postponement was the non-appearance in court Monday of one of the behavioural experts. Palfreeman is accused of murdering 20-year-old Andrei Monov in 2007 after an alleged street brawl in the capital Sofia. ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sofia - Kidnappings for ransom are on the rise in Bulgaria, with more than double the number of cases this year, the daily 24 Chasa reported Monday, quoting police. Bulgarian police have investigated 23 kidnappings so far this year, which is already ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has raised charges against Hristo Monov, former Director of the Bulgarian state-owned railway company BDZ Jsc for deliberately making a deal detrimental to the state. On November 19, 2009, Monov approved a deal for the purchase of 30 sleeping railway cars, in which the Swiss company ARWEX AG was the executer. According to the investigation, the Bulgarian state has...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
CSKA Sofia have refused to accept the resignation of coach Luboslav Penev, who surprisingly submitted it on Friday, citing disagreement with the club's owners. "The supervisory board decided not to accept Luboslav Penev's resignation," board chairman Dimitar Borisov told reporters after CSKA's 2-0 win over city rivals Slavia Sofia on Sunday. "I did resign but that doesn't means that...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Bulgaria National Television celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, with a special schedule of programs aired nationwide throughout the day and evening. BNT, the Bulgarian public service broadcaster, offered its viewers a unique day of nostalgic celebration, with a showcase of programs old and new, including archive clips of news and drama, and interviews with pioneering stars such as long-standing...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
CSKA Sofia coach Lyuboslav Penev has returned to steer his club in the clash against Slavia on Sunday after surprisingly submitting his resignation two days earlier, citing disagreement with the management. The news comes after CSKA suffered a number of defeats, one against rival Litex Lovech 2-0, another at home against Minyor Pernik 3-0 and yet another 3:0 against FC Basel in a Europa League game....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Sofia- The unthinkable happened when the Wall fell in Berlin on November 9, 1989. Something equally unthinkable occurred a day later in Bulgaria, when Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov stepped down after a reign of more th...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Acting on Ukraine's call for international aid in fighting the swine flu epidemic, the Bulgarian government has allocated aid worth BGN 250 000. The aid to Ukraine consists of medications and medical equipment. It will be provided from the reserves of the Military Medical Academy in Sofia, and will be paid for from the state budget. ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
CSKA Sofia coach Lyuboslav Penev has surprisingly submitted his resignation on Friday, citing disagreement with a series of decisions of the club from earlier this week. The news comes after CSKA suffered a number of defeats, one against rival Litex Lovech 2-0, another at home against Minyor Pernik 3-0 and yet another 3:0 against FC Basel in a Europa League game. Penev suspended on Monday nine players...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Bolivian national football team have refused to play in an international ‘friendly’ match at Bulgaria’s Vasil Levski National Stadium. The reasons for this refusal were purely financial. The Bolivians had, at the last moment, demanded a large sum of money to travel to Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union announced on Friday. ...