I think some changes could be made to the current Constitution of Bulgaria, Dimitar Gochev, a former constitutional judge and former judge with the European Court of Human Rights, said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency on the occasion of April 16, Day of Constitution and holiday of Bulgarian jurists. I think it is not unfounded to discuss the issue of amending the Constitution,  [ Read More ]

It is Saint Lazar’s Day, the day when Jesus Christ made one of His miracles – resurrection of Lazar. It falls on Saturday before Palm Sunday and is a week before Easter. All churches across the country will hold services on that occasion. The day is known for a custom called Lazaruvane. Traditionally, green willow twigs are picked and on the next day, Palm Sunday, they are pinned on doors.

Since mid-September this year Sofia Airport will accept flights from Qatar Airways, said airport. Qatar airline was launched in 2010 for third-best in the world, according to a survey of Skytrax, which included surveys of 18 million passengers. The national carrier of Qatar will operate regular service from Doha to Sofia with flights 4 times a week – Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The airline will operate 144-seat Airbus 320, with  [ Read More ]

Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borissov has sent a letter to the European Commission requesting excise duty on fuels to be lowered. “I have ordered Finance Minister Dyankov to request a written answer,” Bulgaria’s PM announced yesterday. PM Borissov explained that the cabinet had already received an oral answer saying that the decision for lowering the excise on fuels could be taken if only all 26 EU member-states agree on the issue.  [ Read More ]

Boyko Borissov, PM I would like the conflict in Africa to be solved and the oil supplies to be back to regularity. At the moment the Central European Bank has set $118 per barrel. I understand the wish of opposition and of the ill-wishers and of their populism – this is the exact word – but let them think a while how could be lowered the excise on fuels without  [ Read More ]

Greece turns out profitable tourist destination due to political crisis in Middle East and Northern Africa Greece is a country which may profit from tourism due to the political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (Egypt and Tunis). This has been forecast by the British Thomas Cook Group – the largest tour operator in Europe. The company’s forecast makes it clear that countries from Southern Europe are the  [ Read More ]

ulgaria’s Agriculture Ministry said on March 14 2011 it had started payment of subsidies to farmers shortly before the planned protests of agricultural producers because of delays in the disbursement of European Unions funds. The money will be transferred to 91 000 farmers that applied for direct subsidies in the past year. On March 13 2011, agricultural organisations said they would reconsider plans for launching countrywide protests if farmers received  [ Read More ]

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Traicho Traikov will demand additional details and guarantees on the safety of the future reactor at the Belene nuclear power plant, the ministry said in a statement on March 14 2011. Traikov will request more information from both the reactor’s manufacturer, Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in connection with the incident at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. The power  [ Read More ]

The America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) will earmark $43 million for projects in Bulgaria within the next few years, Deutsche Welle reported on March 14 2011. The organisation, founded in 2008, is a successor to the Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund (BAEF), an investment fund created by the US through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The funds will be provided to promote the activities of local non-profit entities and the  [ Read More ]

Sofia Airport reported a total of 243 107 passengers in February 2011, or about 10 000 more than the same time last year, Investor.bg reported on March 14. The increase is due to the constant growth of passengers travelling to and from Bulgaria on regular international scheduled flights, in addition to the 25 per cent growth accounted for on domestic routes, the report said. There was a two per cent  [ Read More ]