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Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Experiences Latest Blackout
The southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast continues to experience problems with the electric power supply, turning everyday life and vacation into an ordeal for thousands of residents and visitors.
Areas north on the Black Sea City of Burgas and the historic beach town of Sozopol woke up without light, air conditioning and hot water again Monday morning.
Since the end of July, on several occasions, many resorts were left without electricity due to a series of failures of electric posts owned by t...
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Date: 2010-08-16 05:14:35 | Source: Novinite.com
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Turkmenistan Offers Oil Drilling to US, Musters Chinese Money
Gas-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan extended offers for drilling to major American gas and oil companies, according to an announcement by the Turkmen National Television.
The Central Asian state is also waiting to receive a USD 4.1 B loan from China to finance development of the South Yolotan (Yoloten) gas field, which is said to be one of the richest in the world, with an estimated capacity of 16 trillion cubic meters.
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Date: 2010-08-15 16:23:35 | Source: Novinite.com
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CEZ Invests in Bulgarian Mountain Resort Ribaritsa
Czech electric power utility CEZ announced a BGN 0.5 M investment in infrastructure in the resort village Ribaritsa in the Stara Planina mountains in central Bulgaria.
Ribaritsa, close to the town of Teteven, is a favored place for holidays for well-to-do Bulgarians and offers peace and freshness with its old-timey streets and houses and the green Stara Planina hills around it....
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Date: 2010-08-15 15:02:28 | Source: Novinite.com
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PM Vows to Boost Development of Northern Bulgaria
Infrastructure in northern Bulgaria is underdeveloped and that should change, said Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov in Varna.
He vowed that the GERB cabinet led by him will work hard to improve that situation.
Bulgaria's North, especially the northwest and the extreme northeast has been suffering from underdevelopment, economic slowdown and demographic depletion more than the southern regions of the country.
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Date: 2010-08-15 11:08:41 | Source: Novinite.com
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Patrons of Culture Grab Bulgarian Citizenship
New amendments to the Bulgarian Law on Citizenship allows for people who have donated big to cultural institutions to become Bulgarian citizens.
In an interview for Bulgarian daily Standart the minister for Bulgarians abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov stated that US and Canadian citizens have already gotten hold of a Bulgarian passport under this procedure.
The donation must be over EUR 100,000 and made out to a Bulgarian cultural institution....
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Date: 2010-08-15 10:57:07 | Source: Novinite.com
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Foreign Patrons of Culture to Grab Bulgarian Citizenship
New amendments to the Bulgarian Law on Citizenship allows for people who have donated big to cultural institutions to become Bulgarian citizens.
In an interview for Bulgarian daily Standart the minister for Bulgarians abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov stated that US and Canadian citizens have already gotten hold of a Bulgarian passport under this procedure.
The donation must be over EUR 100,000 and made out to a Bulgarian cultural institution....
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Date: 2010-08-15 10:57:07 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Hotels Doing 'Fine' with Little Electricity
Hotel owners in Bulgarian resort Sunny Beach are doing their best to limit electricity consumption without that interfering with their guests.
According to the chair of the union of hotel owners in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea resort Elena Ivanova, one should not overestimate the significance of the recent power cuts and disturbances in the electricity supply in the region.
Ivanova said that the great number of beds and the hot weather are among the reasons for the failures of the electric...
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Date: 2010-08-15 09:29:20 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Revenue Service Discovers Non-Profit Disco
The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency discovered a disco on the Southern Black Sea coast that had not registered any revenue.
The tax authorities were doing largescale checks on Bulgaria's major summer holiday region in a bid to up state revenue and to decrease tax evasion.
Apparently the unnamed disco had not declared a single lev in revenue.
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Date: 2010-08-15 08:08:53 | Source: Novinite.com
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EVN Restores Power Supply in Southern Bulgarian Resorts
As of 10 pm Saturday night, the Bulgarian power utility EVN has announced the restoration of the electricity supply for the region north of the Black Sea city of Burgas.
Earlier Saturday night the EVN cut the power as the Central Dispatcher Unit of the Electricity System Operator (ESO), a state company monitoring power supply, ordered the power cut effective as of 7 pm.
The privately-owned power utility has obeyed the order of the state company, and has focused its efforts on keeping the elect...
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Date: 2010-08-14 21:21:19 | Source: Novinite.com
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New Power Cut Hits Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea Coast
Bulgarian power utility EVN has announced restrictions of the electricity supply for the region north of the Black Sea city of Burgas.
EVN says that the Central Dispatcher Unit of the Electricity System Operator (ESO), a state company monitoring power supply, ordered the power cut effective as of 7 pm on Saturday.
The privately-owned power utility has obeyed the order of the state company, and has focused its efforts on keeping the electricity cut for the region of the largest Bulgarian Black ...
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Date: 2010-08-14 17:18:58 | Source: Novinite.com
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Voluntary Restrictions Supposed to Save Bulgarian Resorts from Power Outages
Bulgaria's National Electric Company NEK is relying on "voluntary restrictions" of electricity consumption in order to save some of the country's top Black Sea resorts from power outages and officially scheduled electricity supply cuts.
NEK declared Saturday afternoon that despite media reports no formal scheduled restrictions of electricity supply have been introduced along the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, including the Sunny Beach resort.
The region north of the city of Burgas has bee...
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Date: 2010-08-14 16:45:47 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Assuages Grain Shortage Fears
Bulgaria has got plenty of good-quality wheat and is not threatened by a grain shortage, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov said Saturday.
In his words, 97% of the wheat crops have been harvested. He emphasized that there are no reasons for concern despite media reports, and that Bulgaria will have bread thoughout the year.
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Date: 2010-08-14 15:53:45 | Source: Novinite.com
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Top Bulgarian Sea Resorts May End Up without Power for Days
Failure to implement certain electricity supply restrictions might lead to a grid collapse that could leave Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast without power for days, including the Sunny Beach resort.
This has been reported by the bTV channel citing dispatchers from the state Electricity System Operator (ESO), a government company in charge of the monitoring and control of power supply.
The ESO has stated that there are no formally introduced scheduled electricity supply restrictions as was i...
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Date: 2010-08-14 13:37:01 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgaria Narrows Trade Deficit in 2010 H1, Strong Export in July
A substantial growth of Bulgaria's export coupled with a modest rise of the import has helped the country narrow its foreign trade gap in the first half of 2010, preliminary data shows.
Bulgaria's total export in January-June 2010 amounted to BGN 13.315 B, while its import was BGN 16....
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Date: 2010-08-14 12:41:20 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgaria Narrows Trade Deficit in 2010 H1, Strong Exports in July
A substantial growth of Bulgaria's export coupled with a modest rise of the import has helped the country narrow its foreign trade gap in the first half of 2010, preliminary data shows.
Bulgaria's total export in January-June 2010 amounted to BGN 13.315 B, while its import was BGN 16....
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Date: 2010-08-14 12:41:20 | Source: Novinite.com
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Storks Said to Spoil Electricity Supply of Bulgarian Resorts
Different parts of Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea coast, including both resort complexes and residential quarters, had restricted electricity supply overnight.
This occurred after Friday night electricity supply restrictions in the Burgas region were introduced as a result of the constant power outages caused by the excessive consumption in the crowded resorts, especially Sunny Beach.
The electricity supply restrictions have not been formally announced but the EVN power utility has made it clea...
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Date: 2010-08-14 09:12:17 | Source: Novinite.com
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