Aegean Sea earthquake felt in Bulgarian capital Sofia
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea was felt in Bulgarian capital Sofia on January
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Year: 2013
Bulgarian explorer, flag reach South Pole
Hristo Pimpirev became the first Bulgarian to set foot on the South Pole on January 8, flying the country’s flag
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First television debate scheduled for Bulgaria’s referendum on nuclear energy
Public broadcaster Bulgaria National Television will host the first television debate on January 9 2013 on the country’s forthcoming referendum
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Bulgarians spent 4B leva during Festive Season
Bulgarians spent four billion leva during the 2012 Festive Season and the period immediately before, the country’s National Revenue Agency
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EU retail trade up 0.2% in November 2012
The volume of retail trade in the European Union rose by 0.2 per cent in November 2012, according to estimates
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Europol targets payment card fraud with new cybercrime unit
The new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), which officially launches this week at Europol in The Hague, will be the focal
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Euro zone unemployment reached new record in November 2012 – Eurostat
More than two million people in the European Union lost their jobs between November 2011 and November 2012, bringing unemployment
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World Bank sanctions Serbian company for misconduct in Uganda project
The World Bank Group has announced the debarment of Energoprojekt Niskogradnja, a Serbian civil engineering and contracting company – for
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UN war crimes trial of Hadzic resumes
The trial of former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, the last fugitive sought by the United Nations Yugoslav war crimes
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