Latest News from Bulgaria
Strong Pound, Drop in Prices Make Bulgaria Good Holiday Value for UK Tourists
UK tourists can book a bargain holiday in several countries in Europe including Bulgaria this summer thanks to the strong British pound, according to dailymail.co.uk.
Bulgaria Is Difficult to Sidestep in Major Gas Pipeline Projects - Bulgartransgaz CEO
Georgi Gegov, CEO of state-owned gas transmission operator Bulgartransgaz, has suggested that it will not be easy for major gas pipeline projects to circumvent Bulgaria.
Speaking Thursday during a conference titled "Industry, Energy, and Environment", he noted that gas shipments to Greece and Turkey from Ukraine were delivered entirely through Bulgarian capacity.
Building New Unit at Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP Will Cost USD 5.3 B
The construction of a new generating unit at Bulgaria's sole Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) will cost USD 5.3 B.
The price had been specified diring a meeting between Energy MinisterTemenuzhka Petkova and the visiting Special Envoy to US Secretary of State John Kerry, Amos Hochstein, according to BGNES.
116 222 Foreigners Got Bulgarian Passports from 2001 to Mid 2015
A total of 116 222 foreigners have received Bulgarian citizenship in the period between 2001 and May 2015. The information has been confirmed by the Ministry of Justice.
Out of them, 113 647 people have been granted citizenship on account of their origins. The total number of candidates for the same period was 185 447.
US Company Interested in Becoming Concessionaire of Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport
A US company has shown interest in becoming a concessionaire of the airport in Bulgaria's Gorna Oryahovitsa, according to Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.
BIRN Hosts Media Freedom Conference
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network's regional media conference, entitled 'Media Freedom Challenges', will be held on Friday June 12, in Sarajevo, where BIRN's directors and media experts will debate the main obstacles to media freedom in the Balkans.
New Holiday Village worth BGN 40 M Opens near Bulgaria's Kavarna
A new holiday village, The White Lagoon, located on the territory of Bulgaria's northeastern Kavarna municipality, will be officially opened on June 11 at noon.
Bulgaria's New Public Procurement Law to Reach Parliament in mid-July - Deputy PM
A new Public Procurement Act is expected to reach Parliament in mid-July, according to Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev.
Reuters: US Says Contractors Hit in Bulgaria Blast Worked on Syria Task
The US embassy in Sofia has said the three US contractors hit by last week's explosion at a firing range in Bulgaria are employees of a firm hired to work on programme to support moderate opposition forces in Syria, Reuters reported.
World Bank upwardly adjusts to 3pct its estimates of Romania's economic growth in 2015
The World Bank has upwardly adjusted to 3 per cent its estimates of Romania's economic growth in 2015, from a previous 2.9 per cent this January, according to the June edition of the bank's 'Global Economic Prospects. The Global Economy in Transition,' released on Wednesday.
Gas connection between Serbia, Bulgaria "EU priority"
The project to build a gas connection between Serbia and Bulgaria is one of the EU's top priorities, European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic has said.
Six Cars Get Stolen in Sofia Every Day - Police Statistics
Six cars on average get stolen in Sofia every day, according to statistics of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry.
Nearly 1000 cars were stolen in Sofia since the beginning of 2015.
Archaelogists Discover Roman Kilns, Water Well in Bulgaria's Pavlikeni
Four kilns and a water well from the Roman period have been discovered in the town of Pavlikeni, in northern Bulgaria.
The four ovens for baking pottery are just like the more than 50 furnaces in the ancient Roman ceramic factory located in a Roman military veteran's villa outside the modern-day town in the 1970s, according to Bulgarian media reports.
Bulgargaz Proposes 7% Cut in Gas Price in Q3
Bulgargaz has proposed to cut natural gas price by 7.11% in the third quarter of the year.
The state-owned gas supplier proposed to Bulgaria's energy regulator KEVR to set the price at BGN 486.48 (EUR 248.73) per 1,000 cubic meters, which is a decrease of BGN 37.24 compared with the second quarter, Bulgargaz said in a statement on Wednesday.
Sefcovic Lists Serbia-Bulgaria Gas Link Among EU's Top Priorities
The project to build a gas interconnection between Serbia and Bulgaria is one of the European Union's top priorities, the EU energy chief Maros Sefcovic has said.