30-07-2010/10:13 Rousse, on the Danube - Opportunities for development of all types of tourism along the entire Bulgarian section of the Danube, from Vidin in the west to Silistra in the East, will be explored under a project whose implementation has started, said Rousse Business Support Centre for Small and Medium Size Enterprises (BSC SME) Executive Director Katya Goranova.
30-07-2010/00:20 Sofia - Defence Minister Anyu Angelov attends the Diploma Ceremony at the G.S. Rakovski National Defence Academy and gives a news conference on the Ministry's performance during its first year in office.
30-07-2010/00:20 Sofia - Transport, IT and Communications Minister Aleksandar Tsvetkov meets with Macedonian Transport and Communications Minister Mile Janakieski. The two delegations are expected to discuss railway, air and water transport, focusing on infrastructure projects part of Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII.
30-07-2010/00:20 Sofia - Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and US Ambassador James Warlick give a news conference at the end of the first stage of training of Interior Ministry staff.
30-07-2010/00:19 Sofia - President Georgi Purvanov confers the Order of the Balkan Range, First Class, on the ambassadors of China, Ireland and Armenia for their contribution to Bulgaria's relations with the three countries.
29-07-2010/21:24 Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the visiting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov discussed in Damascus Thursday Syrian-Bulgarian friendly relations, the two countries' desire to boost cooperation and the importance of opening up new prospects for bilateral cooperation, the SANA news agency reported.
29-07-2010/18:54 Sofia - Payment of premiums to tobacco growers for the 2009 harvest has begun as of Thursday, the Agriculture Ministry said. The money will be extended within several tranches during the following days.
29-07-2010/18:53 Sofia - A check by the Commission on State Agency for National Security (SANS) Oversight has not confirmed an alert by the Order, Lawfulness, Justice party (OLJ) about law breaches and abuse of power at SANS, Commission Chairman Volen Siderov said. Siderov specified that the OLJ allegations about appointment of staff under the incumbent SANS leadership are not true.
29-07-2010/18:52 Sofia - The prosecuting magistracy has instituted once again pretrial proceedings over disclosure of classified information which is state secret, sources in the prosecution told BTA. The proceedings are against an unknown perpetrator but the question is about a report submitted to the prosecuting magistracy by Coalition for Bulgaria claiming that Finance Minister Simeon Djankov had disclosed a document signed between the National Bank of Bulgaria and the previous government.
29-07-2010/18:51 Sofia - "The 2011 national budget framework is unrealistic in this form," The Blue Coalition Co-chairman Martin Dimitrov said after meeting with trade union leaders in Parliament on Thursday. The sides agreed on the need to form a working group of representatives of parliamentary parties, trade unions, the business community and the executive branch.
29-07-2010/18:50 Sofia - For lack of quorum, the parliamentary conflict of interest committee failed to consider a major conflict of interest case involving MP and Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan. An extraordinary meeting was scheduled for Friday on the request of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, to deal with the matter, said committee chairman Dimo Gyaourov. He added that the Prime Minister had dismissed suspicions of a deal between the ruling GERB and MRF over the case. Dogan is suspected of being involved in a conflict of interest when he received 1.99 million leva, or 1 million euro, in fees as a consultant for four hydro-energy projects in 2008.
29-07-2010/18:49 Sofia - Bulgaria and Romania have taken joint action to bring back members of their Roma communities in France following an order by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to expel illegal Roma immigrants "for reasons of public order," Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told a news conference at the Council of Ministers.
29-07-2010/17:42 Sofia - Bulgaria is among the countries to benefit from a new financial mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA) targetting the new EU member states plus Portugal, Greece and Spain. An agreement about the new financial contributions between EEA countries Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, on the one side, and the EU on the other, was signed on Wednesday, 28 July, reported the Norwegian Embassy in Sofia.
29-07-2010/17:31 Sofia - The length of contributory service required for retirement will be increased by one year as from January 1, 2011, by another one a year later and by one more in 2013, Bulgarian Labour and Social Policy Minister Totyu Mladenov told journalists in Parliament on Thursday. He specified that the retirement age will remain unchanged for the time being.
29-07-2010/17:16 Sofia - The spreading of Bulgarian language and culture across the world should be given priority in the new school education bill, Boyan Koulov, Chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad (ABSA), said at a conference on the problems of Bulgarian schools abroad on Thursday. The forum is held for a fifth time and is organized by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, the State Agency of Expatriate Bulgarians and ABSA.
29-07-2010/17:15 Sofia - The President of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bertram Rollman, has submitted to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov here Thursday a package of proposed legal amendment - 101 specific revisions for 24 Bulgarian laws, based on the German experience, the Chamber's press office said.
29-07-2010/17:14 Sofia - Bulgarian Regional Development and Public Works Minister Rosen Plevneliev and European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen Thursday signed a three-year, 33 million euro Financing Agreement on the establishment of a Holding Fund under the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA) Initiative.
29-07-2010/16:17 Sofia - Presenting the Inter-administrations Data and Document Electronic Exchange Management System at the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications on Thursday, Deputy Minister Purvan Roussinov described it as "a milestone along the road to one-stop-shop services for members of the public."
29-07-2010/15:27 Sofia - Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov announced Thursday contemplated changes in the procedure of recruiting and appointing trade representatives to the Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad.
29-07-2010/15:26 Sofia - Several hundred representatives of Muslim boards of trustees from all over Bulgaria protested Thursday in front of the National Assembly against the decision of the Supreme Court of Cassation to reinstate Nedim Gendjev as Chairman of the Supreme Muslim Council. After years of referring the matter to courts of all instances Gendjev was finally reinstated on May 18.
29-07-2010/15:25 Sofia - Korean dancers won the gold medals at the 24th edition of the International Ballet Competition in Varna (on the Black Sea). The laureates also include two participants from China and one each from Armenia and Finland. The winners were chosen among 113 dancers from 32 countries. The Grand Prix was not awarded.
29-07-2010/12:35 Sofia - It is most important to have real prevention of human trafficking with the objective of labour exploitation, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov told journalists at the Council of Ministers. This is one of the challenges before EU countries, he added. Thursday saw the launch of a campaign for the prevention of human trafficking with the objective of labour exploitation. It is organized by the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which is chaired by Tsvetanov.
29-07-2010/12:33 Sofia - Some 200 teachers teach in 136 Bulgarian schools abroad, the Deputy Chairman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad Yordan Yanev told BTA. However, it is difficult to say how many the schools are exactly, as their number has been increasing constantly in recent years and their status is different. Three of them - in Budapest, Prague and Bratislava - are state schools. Part of the schools are attached to Bulgaria's embassies, others are actually weekend classes and there are also such that operate with the church communities.
29-07-2010/00:08 Sofia - A conference on Bulgarian schools abroad takes place at the Sofia University.
29-07-2010/00:08 Sofia - A two-day public debate on a new electronic media bill opens at the Council of Ministers.
29-07-2010/00:07 Sofia - The leaderships of the Confederation of Independent Unions in Bulgaria and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour meet the parliamentary opposition to discuss draft amendments to the Social Insurance Code.
29-07-2010/00:07 Sofia - Regional development and Public Works Minister Rosen Plevneliev and European Investment Bank Vice President Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen sign a financial agreement on the establishment of a holding fund under the JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) initiative.
29-07-2010/00:06 Sofia - Second-reading debates of the Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnics Bill, and amendments to the Health Insurance Act, the Waste Management Act and the Civil Aviation Act.
28-07-2010/19:15 Vienna - EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli expressed support for Bulgaria's hospital sector restructuring strategy when he conferred with Bulgarian Deputy Health Minister Dessislava Dimitrova at the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Dimitrova's Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.
28-07-2010/19:14 Sofia - Meeting Wednesday on their initiative, the six nationally representative employer organizations and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov reached agreement that social insurance contributions will not be increased until the end of 2012 and that only the concealment of contributions will be criminalized and not their non-payment. Labour and Social Policy Minister Totyu Mladenov also took part in the meeting.
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