Latest News from Bulgaria

Bulgarian Appointed as Coach of Maldives National Football Team

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 11:02

The Bulgarian Velizar Popov was appointed as the head coach of the Maldives men's national football team on Wednesday.

Popov was presented at a special ceremony prior to the beginning of the President Cup's final, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Bulgarian is well-known in the Maldives, where he coached the New Radiant Sports Club between 2012 and 2013.

'Bulgaria May Go Polish Route to MiG Modernization'

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 10:47

Bulgaria might opt to send its old MiG-29s to Poland for refurbishment, a defense news website has suggested.

In a text on Bulgaria, Defense Industry Daily points to the fact that carrying out hardware updates of MiGs in Russia is "awkward" nowadays for Eastern Europe with NATO's moves in the region.

Captured Bulgarians in Sudan Expected to be Released Soon

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 08:41

It is expected that the six Bulgarian citizens that had been captured by insurgents in Sudan should be released on Thursday or Friday at the latest.

This was announced by Georgi Spasov, the chairman of the board of directors of Heli Air, the airline company of which the captured Bulgarians are employees, in an interview for private NOVA TV station on Thursday.

Bulgaria's Deputy Chief of Defense Dies Aged 53

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 07:30

Deputy Chief of Defense Neyko Nenov passed away on Wednessday, the Defense Ministry has said.

Maj Gen Nenov was suffering from a brain tumor which was the cause of this death despite undergoing surgery last year.

Sofia Dwelling Prices Rose by 3% in 2014

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 06:58

Real estate prices in Bulgaria's capital Sofia saw a nominal annual increase of 2.9% in 2014, a real estate consultant has said.

This is well below an average nominal increase of 0.5% registered across the country.

Bulgarian Police Detain Svilengrad Customs Chief

Published by Novinite on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 06:32

Todor Karaivanov, interim head of the Svilengrad Customs Office, has been detained in a special operation carried out by the national security agency.

Customs officials say they were not previously informed that an operation will take place.

Bulgaria Climbs Up in Economic Freedom Index

Published by Novinite on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 20:47

Bulgaria has climbed up 6 places in the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom compared to the previous year, currently ranking between Hungary and Oman.

Bulgarian FM Mitov to Meet German Counterpart Steinmeier on Berlin Visit

Published by Novinite on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 20:08

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov is set to depart for Germany on Thursday for a two-day visit, his ministry's press office says.

Mitov is to discuss bilateral relations, alongside current European and international affairs, with Germany's top diplomat Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Personalities in the News 2014 Poll Closes in Two Weeks

Published by Novinite on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 18:05

Voting is nearing its end in the "Personalities in the News" 2014 poll, organized Bulgaria's largest English-language news website Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) our Bulgarian-language service Novinite.bg.

Readers can select their favourite Personalities until mid-February.

Bulgaria: EU Commission's 2015 CVM Report in Brief

Published by Novinite on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 16:39

The European Commission published on Wednesday, January 28, reports on Bulgaria and Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) to summarize the two countries' progress in 2014 in areas such as judicial reform, fighting corruption and (in the case of Bulgaria) fighting organized crime.

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