10 traffic cops in Bulgaria’s Rousse fired for taking bribes
Ten traffic police in the Bulgarian city of Rousse have been dismissed for taking bribes, the senior Interior Ministry official
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Month: September 2012
Harsh winter, hot summer push up prices of Bulgarian grapes – and wines and rakiya
Bulgaria’s prolonged below-freezing winter temperatures at the start of 2012, followed by scorching hot weather in summer, mean lower grape
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Moody’s lowers ratings outlook for EU
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lowered its ratings outlook for the European Union from stable to negative, as the bloc
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HRW report calls for Turkey to end impunity for state killings
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch is calling for Turkey’s government to hold to account those responsible for serious human-rights violations during the
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After new cocaine bust, Bulgaria vows to get Bulgarians out of international drugs trade
Bulgaria is determined to get Bulgarians out of the international illegal drugs trade, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said a few
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EU moves a step closer to tighter limits on chemicals that can be used for home-made bombs
A draft law to restrict the general public’s access to chemicals that can be used to make home-made explosives was
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Politics of Europe: Romania seems to stumble in three-legged race with Bulgaria
The pollsters have it that Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta’s leftist Social Democratic Party will win the largest share of
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Lufthansa cabin crew to go on strike again on September 4
The Independent Flight Attendants Organisation (UFO) which represents most cabin crew employed by German airline Lufthansa said that there would
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EC unveils plan to allow wireless technologies, including broadband, to share radio spectrum
The European Commission unveiled on September 3 2012 plans to deal with the exponential growth in mobile and wireless data
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