Latest News from Bulgaria
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Presents New Nanotechnology Equipment
The Institute of Solid State Physics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSP-BAS) held a workshop on "Nanotechnology and nanomaterials: new equipment in the ISSP-BAS" with representatives of leading companies in the nanotechnology field in Bulgaria at the Inter Expo hotel in Sofia on December 10.
Bulgaria's PM Proposes President's Chief of Staff as Next Justice Minister
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has put forward the candidacy of Ekaterina Zaharieva, the President's Chief of Staff, as a successor to the outgoing Justice Minister.
This comes following an announcement by a member of the Reformist Bloc, the junior partner in Borisov's GERB-led government, that Zaharieva is the common nomination on which GERB and the RB have agreed.
Three Separate Protests Held in Sofia
A rally over Parliament's decision to reject part of a proposed judicial reform and two other protests were held in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Tuesday evening.
Supporters of nationalist Ataka party also marched against the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was in Sofia on Tuesday to meet his Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borisov.
Asylum for the insane
Did you see that photograph? It was not from Vietnam and the people in the photograph were not Vietnamese trying to escape American soldiers. Nor were they Turkish Cypriots running away from the Nikos Sampson-led Greek Cypriot hordes paid by Athens to annex the island to Greece. They were Turkish citizens trying to escape from a curfew to be imposed on their town within hours?
Airberlin To Re-introduce Sofia-Berlin Flight in March 2016
Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, said on Tuesday that it will re-introduce a daily flight between Berlin-Tegel and Sofia as part of plans to strengthen its competitiveness in Europe.
The re-introduced flight will supplement airberlin's codeshare service with Bulgaria Air, offering passengers two flights per day from Bulgaria's capital city to Berlin in future.