Dnevnik

The owners of Bulgaria's supermarket chain Piccadilly and the Carrefour franchise agreed to merge the two retail chains in Bulgaria.

According to Dnevnik.bg, the two owners, the Bulgarian company AP Mart and Greek franchise of Carrefour, KMB Bulgaria, will establish a new joint venture.

The majority shareholder of Bulgarian Internet portal Dir.bg has accepted a proposal for the sale of the majority stake for BGN 6.2 M to Logo Company EOOD.

The new owner of the company is Logo Company EOOD, which already controls a 99.72% stake, according to a media statement of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.

A patient showing symptoms of Ebola was taken to a hospital in Kosovo's capital Pristina, a local TV channel says.

The Dardanija medical center confirmed there were suspicions the man might be suffering from the deadly virus, Macedonian daily Dnevnik wrote on its website.

The number of asylum seekers in Bulgaria has increased five times in 2013 compared with 2012, according to a report on the implementation of the revised National Program for Demographic Development until 2013.

In 2013, the number of asylum seekers in Bulgaria exceeded 7,000, which is over five times more than in 2012 and ten times more than in the previous years.

The contractor selection procedure for the reconstruction of the Winter Palace of Sports in Sofia for BGN 41M VAT excluded has been terminated by the contracting authority Academica 2011.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said Sunday that a new provincial government must be formed by the end of September in order to prevent further devastation of Vojvodina.

European Commission became aware that room was made at Bulgaria's Varna harbor for pipes to be used for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, EurActiv notes.

BELGRADE - The Vatican has sent no invitation to Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church to visit Pope Francis, says Ladislav Nemet, the Roman Catholic bishop of Zrenjanin, adding that outtakes from his interview to the Novi Sad-based Dnevnik daily have been misinterpreted.

The most popular destinations among Bulgarian online users this summer are London, Barcelona and Istanbul, a survey of trivago.bg shows.

Although it is the most expensive destination in the top ten list with average prices of EUR 209 per night, London has been the most popular search on the platform, Dnevnik notes.

Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) starts receiving documents for the registration of political parties and coalitions for the early elections on October 5.

As of Tuesday, candidates will be able to submit documents at the CEC HQ from 9 am to 5 pm every day.