Latest News from Bulgaria
Serbia Chooses Bojana Stamenov for Eurovision
The jury and the audience of 'Countdown To Vienna', Serbia's televised national final to choose the country's representative at Eurovision, voted on Sunday evening for Stamenov to go to Austria to compete in May.
Stamenov, a popular local soul, funk and jazz singer, also reached the final of the Serbian televised competition 'I Got Talent' in 2012.
Bulgaria's Regional Development Ministry Seeks Concessionaires for 22 Beaches
Bulgaria's Regional Development Ministry is looking for concessionaires to manage 22 beaches for 5-year periods.
Although most of the beaches have not been taken care of for several years, there are a number of attractive offers in the resorts of Sveti Vlas, Elenite, etc, according to reports of Capital Daily.
Bulgaria Prosecution Demands 10-Year Sentence for CSKA President
Prosecutors have demanded a ten-year sentence for Aleksandar Tomov, who owns the CSKA football club, in an embezzlement trial that started in 2008.
Bulgaria's Plovdiv Awarded at Vacation and Spa Expo 2015
Plovdiv won in the category Re-establishing the Image of Bulgaria as a Tourist Destination at the forum Vacation and Spa Expo 2015, held in Sofia on February 12 to 14.
Grigor Dimitrov Keeps 11th Place in Ranking, Pironkova Drops
Bulgaria's top male tennis player kept his 11th place in the ATP ranking, while the country's best female representative Tsvetana Pironkova dropped seven positions in the WTA ranking.
Dimitrov, who was defeated in the second round of the Rotterdam Open last week, retains his 11th place with 3465 points.
Macedonian Inmate Caught While Trying to Cross into Bulgaria
Bulgarian and Macedonian police have detained a 41-year-old inmate who was seeking to enter Bulgaria.
In a joint operation, the two police forces prevented him from passing through the border where he had been accompanied by a Bulgarian national, according to the Interior Ministry in Skopje.
The Bulgarian, however, managed to flee.
Turkish Businesses to Invest in Balkan Countries
Alaattin Bayraktar, General Vice President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Confederation of Business Women, has vowed substantial investments in Balkan states in 2015.
Fresh Snowfalls Expected in Bulgaria
Over the course of the next day Bulgaria will slowly be taken over by strong northern and north-eastern winds.
Today, the maximum temperatures are expected to be between 2° C and 7° C, with lowest values along the Black Sea coastline - around 2°C, as reported by the Bulgarian National Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology.
INSCOP: Romanians take deep liking to Western states
Romanians take a deep liking to Western states, with Germany topping the rankings of the countries towards which feelings are rather positive, with 87.3% of the options (84.3% in July 2014), according to an INSCOP survey released on Monday to AGERPRES.
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EU Imposes Sanctions on Russian Officials, Singer Iosif Kobzon
The European Union has futher expanded the list of sanctions on Russian officials and citizens over the Ukraine crisis.
The list includes Russian singer and lawmaker Iosif Kobzon, who stages occasional concerts in Bulgaria and abroad. He was even part of an election campaign last year held by nationalist (and staunchly Russophine) Ataka party.
New Borrowing Is Inevitable without Govt Surplus - Chair of Parliamentary Budget Committee
Menda Stoyanova, Chair of the parliamentary budget committee, has suggested that there is no cause for concern over the medium-term bond program by 2017 worth BGN 16 B, stressing that it is a financing program using external debt.
Bulgaria's New Tourism Logo To Be Revealed
The new Bulgarian tourism logo will be officially presented in 10 days, as announced by Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.
In her words, 93% of Bulgarians associate their home country with a rose, 83% with the seaside, and 73% with mineral springs, BGNES information agency reported.
Ukraine FM: No Mass Mobilization Being Carried Out among Ethnic Bulgarians
Only 20 out of 200 000 ethnic Bulgarians living in Ukraine have been called up as the partial mobilization is ongoing, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.
Bulgarian Historic Figure Comes to Life in New Movie
A new film interpretation of the life and activities of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski is to be released in Bulgaria on Monday.
The premiere of the two-part movie entitled Dyakon Levski will be at the National Palace of Culture at 7 pm.
Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Starts with Victory in Dubai
Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova won in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Sunday.
Pironkova defeated the Czech Klara Koukalova with 6:3, 4:6, 6:3 in a game that lasted just over two hours, daily Dnevnik reports.
The Bulgarian recorded a fifth victory in seven encounters with her Czech opponent