Bulgarian President hosts first ‘council of presidents’ meeting
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev hosted the first meeting of the “council of presidents”, an informal meeting with his predecessors, on
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Month: January 2013
Bulgarian Orthodox Church decides on new check into Sofia electoral college members for Patriarch election
In the latest twist in the process of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church choosing a new head to succeed the late
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Bulgaria’s opposition socialists, boosted by referendum campaign, narrow gap with ruling GERB – poll
Ahead of Bulgaria’s January 27 2013 referendum on nuclear energy, the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party – which is leading the
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Sofia court remands attacker of Bulgaria’s Dogan in custody
Sofia Regional Court ordered on January 22 2013 that Oktai Enimehmedov, the man witnessed by television viewers and hundreds of
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EU funds for Bulgaria nuclear decommissioning being used inefficiently – MEPs
European Parliament’s budgetary controls committee has voted a resolution chastising three European Union member states that have been granted EU
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Eastern Europe among regions to see worsening youth unemployment, ILO says
Emerging economies in Eastern Europe, East and South-East Asia and the Middle East would continue to see rising youth unemployment
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EBRD sees ‘modest’ economic recovery in Bulgaria in 2013
Recovery is expected to continue to be modest in Bulgaria, due mainly to sluggish export demand. Fiscal performance remains very
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Hungary: E.ON buy-back ‘too costly’ for government
If the reports leaked so far are true, the government will pay 500 millioneuro more for the two Hungarian gas
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European Parliament’s liberal group wants debate on Ahmed Dogan incident
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the third largest group in the European Parliament, wants a plenary
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