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Everyone offers their candidates and others deny them. That is - there is no solution. This was told by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to the journalists in Brussels regarding the election of a new President of the European Commission.

Asked how many countries blocked Timmermans, he replied that he wouldn't say or answer for foreign positions but defended the Bulgarian.

Romanian women are leading in the EU in terms of being actively involved in the traditionally male-dominated fields of science, math, and computing, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva stated in a speech delivered at the National University for Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), the World Bank informed in a Thursday release.

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed World Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kristalina Georgieva at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace on Wednesday, with the WB official emphasising the crucial importance of the rule of law institutions and investment in human capital in terms of the economic development of a country.

People in Cyprus are in shock after the series of murders of women and girls by a 35-year-old man who has admitted committing the crimes.

"The murderer has Bulgarian roots - his mother is from Stara Zagora, and investigators suggest there are more victims." One of the last women he had met before being arrested was the Bulgarian model Teya Georgieva, "NOVA correspondent in Athens.

A 17-year-old Bulgarian woman has gone missing in Germany. Relatives called her for help in social networks, reported "24 hours".

Athens-listed construction company AVAX and a consortium between two Bulgarian companies and Italy's Bonatti have submitted bids in a 145 million euro tender to design and build a gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece, the company overseeing delivery of the project, ICGB, said Tuesday.

"The world economy today is $ 160 trillion poorer, because women in the world are still not completely equal with men, which I call one of the most expensive problems mankind faces." With these words, World Bank Chief Executive and World Bank President Kristalina Georgieva launched the forum, where the report "Women, Business and Legislation 2019: A Decade of Reforms" was presented, reports Cap

The decline in holiday reservations in Bulgaria by Russian tourists is due to difficulties in issuing visas, says Russia's Ambassador Anatoly Makarov.

Anatoly Makarov, Russia's Ambassador to Bulgaria: A big obstacle for Russians is not so much extra payments, but the lack of multiple tourist visas.

Two bodies were found in an apartment in the center of Shumen. Criminalists from the police in Shumen clarify the circumstances in which the death of two people - an elderly family - occurred, reports Darik. 

Bulgaria's former EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, assumes the role of Interim President of the World Bank effective as of 1st of February, reports BNT.

The appointment comes after World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on 7th of January announced that he will be stepping down from his position.