Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria, Georgia to boost bi-lateral relations

Article | May 22, 2012 - 4:42pm

The Georgian news agency Грузия Onlinereported on 22 May that the Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, and his Georgian counterpart, Miheil Saakashvili, agreed to exchange official visits in near future.

Comment | Western Asia

Western Asia

Bulgaria to finance Afghan security forces with $500 000 per year after 2014

Article | May 22, 2012 - 3:21pm

The Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, stated at the NATO summit in Chicago that the country will participate in financing the Afghan security forces with $500 000 per year after 2014.

Comment | War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan

PES leader Stanishev remains head of the Bulgarian Left

Article | May 21, 2012 - 7:52pm

The interim President of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Sergey Stanishev, will continue to lead the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after being re-elected as chairman for the third time gaining over 77% of the votes.

Comment | Varna

Varna

Bulgarian personal income and corporate taxes the lowest in EU

Article | May 21, 2012 - 3:18pm

According to the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), the average top personal income tax rate and the corporate tax rate in the EU27 has increased in 2012.

Comment | United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Turkey, Qatar to construct a €750 million road to EU through Bulgaria

Article | May 18, 2012 - 5:44pm

Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar will create a joint project company to build a speed road with starting point town of Rousse (borderingRomania) to Svilengrad (bordering Turkey and Greece), the details to be settled in the next few days.

Comment | Turkey

Turkey

France continues its support for ‘Bulgaria in Schengen’

Article | May 18, 2012 - 1:52pm

‘France will continue supporting Bulgaria towards accession to Schengen’ stated Simon Suture, chairman of the committee on European affairs of the French Senate.

Comment | Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds

Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds

Mladenov satisfied with the appointment of Sterk EU ambassador to Uzbekistan

Article | May 18, 2012 - 1:07pm

The Bulgarian foreign affairs minister, Nikolay Mladenov, officially stated on 17 May that he was satisfied with the decision of Catherine Ashton to appoint Yuri Sterk as EU ambassador to Uzbekistan.

Comment | Yuri Sterk

Yuri Sterk

Bulgaria adopts changes in shale gas moratorium, EC assessment expected in 2013

Article | May 18, 2012 - 11:47am

The Temporary Parliamentary Commission by the Bulgarian Parliament dealing with revision of the moratorium texts on exploration and production of shale gas decided on 17 May to modify the suspension by removing the first provision of the text.

Comment | Bulgarian parliament

Bulgarian parliament

BREAKING: Bulgaria, Turkey, Qatar to conclude a gas deal

Article | May 17, 2012 - 6:47pm

During the meeting on Friday between the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar, it is expected a trilateral gas deal to be concluded.

Comment | Turkey

Turkey

Northern states, Switzerland champions in gender-balanced cabinets

Article | May 17, 2012 - 3:14pm

The fulfilled promise of Hollande for a gender-balanced cabinet with 17 women out of 34 ministers inspired AFP to analyse the ratio between men and women also in the governments of other European states.

Comment | Switzerland

Switzerland

Corruption in Dutch business equals in size the one in public sector

Article | May 16, 2012 - 5:13pm

The international non-governmental organization Transparency International (TI) presented on 14 May its assessment of the Dutch national integrity system. TI found out that the corruption in the private sector was almost equal to the corruption by civil servants.

Comment | Transparency International

Transparency International

Gates: Science and engineering main factors to create growth

Article | May 16, 2012 - 10:36am

The Bulgarian president, Rosen Plevneliev, commenced his first official visit to the United States which will continue until May 21. On the first day of his visit, the president met in Seattle the chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates.

Comment | Bulgaria

Bulgaria