Brisbane

The Seventh Annual Ball of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) raised a record BGN 36,000 to support the prevention of breast cancer and child abandonment.

Half of the raised funds will benefit a breast cancer screening project, implemented by Sofia Municipality in cooperation with four Sofia hospitals that will cover women working in education in Bulgaria's capital

Finance ministers and central bankers face a tough task coordinating action to spur global growth at G-20 meetings this week, with major economies running at different speeds and monetary policies diverging.

Australian journalist Peter Greste will keep fighting to free his colleagues still jailed in Egypt, his family said Monday, after he was released following more than 400 days in prison on charges of backing the Muslim Brotherhood.
      

BRISBANE - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic did not manage to win the WTA tournament in Brisbane as she lost the finals to Russia's Maria Sharapova on Saturday, 2:1, 6:7 (4:7), 6:3, 6:3.

BRISBANE - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic advanced to the final of the WTA tournament in Brisbane after defeating Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in the semifinals Friday morning CET.

Ivanovic's opponent in the final of the tournament played for a prize fund of USD 1 million will be either Russia's Maria Sharapova or Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.

Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has scored a third consecutive victory in Brisbane.

Grigor Dimitrov and Thanasi Kokkinakis made it into the Brisbane doubles semifinals after defeating Robert Lindstedt and Marcin Matkowski 6:3, 6:7, 10:7, according to reports of the BGNES news agency.

The Bulgarian-Australian team will next play Kei Nishikori/Alexandr Dolgopolov.

BRISBANE - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic qualified for the Brisbane WTA quarterfinal as she defeated Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova in the Wednesday match, 6-4, 6-1.

As the tournament's second seed, Ivanovic did not compete in the first round.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by a large delegation including 10 ministers, visited Turkey on Dec. 1 to attend the fifth session of the High-Level Cooperation Council (HLCC), an inter-governmental mechanism designed to oversee the cooperation between the two countries and eliminating bureaucratic barriers to enhance it.

I was not surprised at all when reading the news leaked from the recent Brisbane meeting of the G20 Summit that the world’s top political leaders were seeking to lay the foundations for a new global energy body.

As of Monday, Dec. 1, Turkey took over the presidency of the G20 from Australia. About 15 days ago, Turkey announced in Brisbane that its priorities would be investment, energy, trade, participatory development, climate change, SMEs and integrating developing countries into the world economy.
 
However, there is one more issue that was dropped “into its lap”: Corruption.