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Bulgarian Passport Offices to Be Closed on Saturdays in August
Applications for the issuing of Bulgarian biometric passports and new ID cards in Sofia will not be accepted on Saturdays during the month of August, the Interior Ministry announced.
Some of the passport offices across the country might, however, open on Saturdays in August at the discretion of their directors, who are mandated to notify citizens in a timely manner.
The central office on "Maria Louisa" boulevard, the Office of the Traffic Police in the "Darvenitsa" district and counters at all...
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Date: 2010-07-27 11:44:57 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Energy Watchdog Joins Coastal Blackout Probe
The Bulgarian State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) is joining the probe of the causes of the power outage that left thousands along the country's Black Sea coast without electricity.
The news was announced Tuesday by the DKEVR Head, Angel Semerdzhiev, who said the probe will involve examining both the documentation and the locations of the two electric posts, whose breakdowns left, since Thursday evening until mid-day Saturday, several resorts along the coastline without pow...
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Date: 2010-07-27 11:26:50 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Cabinet Approves 2011 Draft Budget Framework
The 2011 draft budget framework, prepared by the Finance Ministry, was discussed and approved Tuesday by the Council of Ministers.
The document now must be coordinated with the Ministries and the Agencies and then submitted with the Parliament. Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, made the commitment to achieve it by mid-September.
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Date: 2010-07-27 11:05:22 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Economists Call for 'Fiscal Board' on State Spending
Bulgarian economists have called for the introduction of standing formal regulatory restrictions on state spending in Bulgaria, reported news agency BGNES.
Some economists have called for the creation of a "fiscal board" that would limit spending from the country's budget.
"Unfortunately we can see that the currency board - which functions as a fiscal board of sorts - is not restrictive enough when the cabinet wants to loosen pockets," said Petar Chobanov, former head of the state Financial Su...
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Date: 2010-07-27 10:48:22 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Businesses to Pay 'Innovation Fee'
All Bulgarian companies with over 10 employees might be asked soon to pay an innovation fee, according to the idea of the Economy Ministry to be included in the new National Innovation Fund (NIF) Bill.
The above companies on Bulgarian territory are estimated at 25 000, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (NSI). The Economy Ministry experts say they are still to decide if the fee, which is to finance NIF, would be based on revenue or profits, adding there will be tax deducti...
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Date: 2010-07-27 10:30:58 | Source: Novinite.com
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Greek PM Vows Strong Support for Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipe
Greek PM George Papandreou, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, reiterated Greece's strong commitment to the completion of projected Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline.
Papandreou said that Greece cares about the environmental impact of the project and is expecting the assessment, but that does not detract from interest and support from the project.
He was referring to comments made multiple times by Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov that Bulgaria is ready to give up the joint Russian-Bulgarian...
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Date: 2010-07-27 10:24:41 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian MPs Pass Food Safety Agency Strategy
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament passed Tuesday the strategy for the establishment of a Food Safety Agency.
The proposal was submitted with the Parliament by the Council of Ministers. The Agency will be under the Agriculture Ministry and is to execute coordinated control, according to EU and local laws, on the entire food chain - food products, fodder, health care for farm animals, animal treatment, plant health and more.
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Date: 2010-07-27 09:55:23 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarians' Travels Abroad Slump by 35% in June
The trips of Bulgarians abroad in June have been 316 900, which is 34.8% less than the data from one year ago, National Statistics Institute announced Tuesday.
Denmark is the only destination, which records a 4....
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Date: 2010-07-27 09:48:13 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Court Fines Austrian Utility EVN
Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court has confirmed the decision of the Competition Protection Commission to fine the Austrian utility EVN for an alleged abuse of its dominant position on the electricity market.
In 2009, the Commission has established that one citizen's electric meter with a mechanism for an automatic protection has repeatedly interrupted the power for 1 hour after the appliance registers load over the threshold.
EVN has refused to correct, even from a distance, the duration...
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Date: 2010-07-27 09:07:20 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgarian Telecom Watchdog Forces Vivacom to Lower Prices
Bulgaria's Communications Regulation Commission, the state watchdog in the telecom field, issued a decision Tuesday demanding from Vivacom, Bulgaria's largest stationary phone operator, to lower its prices for calls to mobile networks.
Vivacom, which unites the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company and Vivatel, will have to offer prices not higher than BGN 0.250 for strong traffic and BGN 0....
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Date: 2010-07-27 08:21:07 | Source: Novinite.com
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David Cameron Gives Boost to Turkey's EU Accession
Britain's Prime Minsiter David Cameron has expressed "anger" and "frustration" about the slow pace of talks between Turkey and the European Union for the accession to the EU of Bulgaria's great neighbor, reports the BBC.
Cameron vowed to strongly support Turkey's membership before other EU leaders, some of which have voiced reluctance or even hostility to the accession of the 72-million Muslim country.
Speaking during his visit to Ankara, the UK Prime Minister has expressed hopes that Turkey w...
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Date: 2010-07-27 07:54:03 | Source: Novinite.com
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China Development Bank to Help Serbia Invest in Belene NPP - Report
The China Development Bank has expressed interest in financing Serbia's investment participation in Bulgaria's Belene NPP project, reported Serbian news agency Blic Monday.
"We talked about the Belene NPP project in Bulgaria, we are interested, and definite steps forward were achieved," vice-governor of the China Development Bank Gai Jian is reported as saying.
He also stated that the Chinese bank is interested in investing in further "strategic" energy projects in Serbia, including the countr...
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Date: 2010-07-26 15:56:38 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgaria to Privatize State Construction Companies
Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, announced the State construction companies must be privatized in order to avoid conflict of interests.
Plevneliev gave Monday an account of his work during the first year of the term of the cabinet of his center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party.
The companies in question are "Construction and Renovation," "Technoexportstroy," and "Highways....
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Date: 2010-07-26 14:23:40 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgaria's FBI to Probe Black Sea Coast Power Outage
Bulgaria's police and State Agency for National Security (DANS) are to probe the power outage that left thousands along the country's Black Sea coast without electricity.
The information was reported Monday by Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, who explained the reason for the major failure of one of the electric posts is the breakage of a conductor while the second, smaller damage, has been caused by a theft attempt.
The Minister said the outage has been a "force majeure" incident,...
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Date: 2010-07-26 12:54:25 | Source: Novinite.com
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S&P Confirms Bulgaria's BBB Credit Rating
The Standard and Poors (S&P) credit agency has confirmed Bulgaria's credit rating as BBB, Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, informs Monday.
A BBB rating means adequate capacity to meet financial commitments, but more subject to adverse economic conditions.
According to S&P, the cabinet maintains a stable budget macro frame, low budget deficit and low external debt, and there is political consensus to keep these parameters the same, Djankov pointed out.
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Date: 2010-07-26 12:34:51 | Source: Novinite.com
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Bulgaria Starts Construction of Lot 3 of Trakiya Highway Aug 2
Bulgaria's Minister for Regional Development has announced that the construction of Lot 3 of the Trakiya Highway will begin August 2, followed a month later by the construction of Lot 4.
"In the following year, the ministry will continue the construction of the Trakiya and Maritza Highways. We expect Lyulin Highway to be fully finished in the middle of 2011," Minister Rosen Plevneliev said Monday.
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Date: 2010-07-26 12:24:22 | Source: Novinite.com
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