Geminid meteor shower peaks on December 14
The Geminid meteor shower, one of the most reliable and intensive of the major annual showers observable in the northern hemisphere, peaked on the night of December 13 to December 14. According to the International Meteor Organization, an amateur astronomers group that tracks meteor showers, near-peak rates usually persist for almost a day, finally petering out on December 17. This …
Four Bulgarian football players charged in illegal betting row
Bulgarian police arrested 12 football players from two Bourgas clubs for alleged involvement in an illegal betting ring on December …
Sofia among places with record-low temperatures as chill grips Bulgaria
Bulgarian capital city Sofia recorded a record-low temperature for the day on the morning of December 14 2012 of 13.6 …
Bulgarian prisons boss fired for ‘lacking initiative’
Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva has fired prisons chief Dimitar Dimitrov for lacking initiative, she told a news conference. Kovacheva …
Bulgaria and Serbia to sign memorandum on gas interconnector pipeline project
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić are to sign a memorandum of understanding on December …
Susan Rice withdraws from consideration for US secretary of state
President Barack Obama has accepted the decision of his United Nations ambassador, Susan Rice, to withdraw from consideration to replace …
Romania’s election – hard figures and a hard future
Romania boasts the largest administrative building in the world, the Parliament Palace that is home to its bicameral parliament – …
Everything you always wanted to know about sex and Bulgarians, but…oh, never mind
If you have a Bulgarian wife or girlfriend (preferably not both, for the sake of morality and the work ethic) …
Treasury minister calls for dismissal of CEO of Poland’s troubled flagship airline LOT
Poland’s Treasury Ministry expects ailing state airline PLL LOT’s supervisory board to make the CEO accountable for the current situation, …
S&P confirms Bulgaria’s credit rating at BBB
Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 13 that it affirmed Bulgaria’s and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit …
Britain’s credit outlook deemed ‘negative’
A major financial services company has trimmed its outlook on Britain’s top-rated credit standing, cutting it from stable to negative. …
