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ARCHIVE - 2 NOVEMBER 2009
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Business

Bulgaria's Bulgartabac Publicly Accused over Canceled Car Deal
Bulgarian Aquachim Formally Acquired by German Giant Merck
Expert: Doomsday Scenario for Bulgaria in 2010 over Crisis

Finance

EBRD: Bulgaria Has Good Medium-Term Prospects for Growth
Bulgaria to Stay in Recession in 2010 - Think-Tank
Bulgaria Deputy Finance Minister Forecasts Severe Q1 of 2010

Energy

Joschka Fischer: Next Year Crucial for Nabucco
CEZ Power Utility Forced to Introduce Monthly Bills in Bulgaria
Bulgaria Energy Strategy Director Calls for New Energy Plan
RWE: No Need of Iranian Natural Gas for Nabucco Pipeline
Bulgaria Confirms EC Permission for Nuclear Plant Construction

Diplomacy

Bulgaria Seeks to Clear Out German Property Scandals
Nikola Kaludov Appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to Vatican

Bulgaria in EU

European 'Water Cycle' Satellite Launches into Orbit

Domestic

Bulgaria Rightist Leader Praises Borisov's 100 Days in Power
Bulgaria National Health Insurance Fund Director Resigns
PM Borisov Uses Muscles, Laws to Put Bulgaria FBI in Order
Bulgaria Socialists Give Fail Grade to Borisov Govt's 100 Days
Minister: 15 000 Driver's Licenses Bought in Bulgaria Annually
Left-wing Leader Calls for Ousting Bulgaria Oligarchy from Power
Bulgaria Govt to Sue Ex Tsar Saxe-Coburg to Regain All Forest Plots
Bulgarian PM Borisov Stopped Playing Sports after Taking Office

Elections 2009

Sofia Bans Alcohol Sale on Election Day
Vote for the New Sofia Mayor at Novinite.com

Society

Pregnant Woman Dies of Swine Flu in Bulgaria's Sliven
Bulgaria Finds Itself Engulfed by Swine Flu Epidemic
Seven Children Infected with Swine Flu in Bulgaria's Nikopol
Southeast Bulgarian Districts Declare Swine Flu Epidemic

Sports

Bulgaria Sentences 3 after Derby Mass Brawl
Villa Star Petrov to Quit Playing for Bulgaria in 2012
Bulgaria's Berbatov Faces Make-or-Break Season - Blackburn Boss

Crime

Armed Robbery in Downtown Sofia
Bulgarian Mayor Caught Red-Handed at Poaching Party
Bulgaria Police Bust Bus Company for Turkey Gold Smuggling

Show Buzz

Bulgaria First Music Idol Sued by Producers
Bulgaria Foreign Minister Jeleva to Dance at VIP Reality Show

Quotes

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World

Pakistan Army Takes Control of Taliban Stronghold
Polish President Auctions off Faulty Lisbon Treaty Pen
Bosnian Serb Leader Karadzic Set to Attend War Crimes Trial
Afghanistan Election Runoff Canceled, Karzai Declared President
CIT Files for 5th Largest US Bankruptcy
China's Attempt to Fight Drought Provokes Surprise Snow in Beijing
New Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan, UN Pulls out Staff

Business

Bulgaria's Bulgartabac Publicly Accused over Canceled Car Deal

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgartabac Holding has contracted for the delivery of almost 50 vehicles, almost a month ahead of the company’s annual general meeting....

Bulgarian Aquachim Formally Acquired by German Giant Merck

November 2, 2009, Monday
Merck KGaA, the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant, announced Monday that it has acquired Merck the products related operations of Aquachim EOOD....

Expert: Doomsday Scenario for Bulgaria in 2010 over Crisis

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Bulgarian economic is going to hit rock bottom in March 2010 as a result of the global crisis instead of the fall of 2009 as previously believed....

Finance

EBRD: Bulgaria Has Good Medium-Term Prospects for Growth

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria's medium-term prospects for growth remain favorable despite a number of vulnerabilities, linked to external financing needs and the risk of assets deterioration, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said in its latest report on tr...

Bulgaria to Stay in Recession in 2010 - Think-Tank

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria’s economy will continue to contract in the second half of this year and will fail to return to growth next year, a report by a local think-tank shows....

Bulgaria Deputy Finance Minister Forecasts Severe Q1 of 2010

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Bulgarian economy will really be struggling in the first three months of 2010, according to Deputy Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov....

Energy

Joschka Fischer: Next Year Crucial for Nabucco

November 2, 2009, Monday
European Union's Nabucco gas pipeline project will play an important role for Bulgaria's future and the coming year will be crucial for it, former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer said in Sofia....

CEZ Power Utility Forced to Introduce Monthly Bills in Bulgaria

November 2, 2009, Monday
Czech power utility CEZ, which supplies power to over 2 million households and companies in western Bulgaria, including the capital Sofia, will be forced to introduce monthly bills following the final ruling of a court. ...

Bulgaria Energy Strategy Director Calls for New Energy Plan

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Director of the ‘Energy Strategy’ department at the Bulgaria Ministry of Energy, Economy and Tourism, Ivanka Dilovska, has stated that recent changes to EC energy strategy mean Bulgaria must revise its energy targets....

RWE: No Need of Iranian Natural Gas for Nabucco Pipeline

November 2, 2009, Monday
German energy company RWE, which is participating in the EC Nabucco pipeline project, “continues to state that Iranian gas is not necessary” for feeding the gas pipeline....

Bulgaria Confirms EC Permission for Nuclear Plant Construction

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, stated Monday that Bulgaria has permission to construct Belene Nuclear Power Plant from the European Commission....

Diplomacy

Bulgaria Seeks to Clear Out German Property Scandals

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria's former ambassador to Germany and the foreign minister conferred on Monday in a bid to ease the tension after a ruling of a German court obliged the country pay EUR 10,5 M to the heirs of a property in Berlin....

Nikola Kaludov Appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to Vatican

November 2, 2009, Monday
The newly appointed Bulgarian Ambassador Niloka Kaludov has presented his credentials to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI....

Bulgaria in EU

European 'Water Cycle' Satellite Launches into Orbit

November 2, 2009, Monday
A European satellite has been successfully launched, which is set to provide major new insights into how water is cycled around the Earth....

Domestic

Bulgaria Rightist Leader Praises Borisov's 100 Days in Power

November 2, 2009, Monday
During his first 100 days in office Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has distinguished itself with his swift and oftentimes very proper reactions....

Bulgaria National Health Insurance Fund Director Resigns

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Director of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Rumyana Todorova, has announced her resignation Monday....

PM Borisov Uses Muscles, Laws to Put Bulgaria FBI in Order

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Bulgarian government has crafted a new draft law on the State National Security Agency DANS, and has distributed it to its employees, who are supposed to give their feedback by the end of the week....

Bulgaria Socialists Give Fail Grade to Borisov Govt's 100 Days

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Spokesperson of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Korneliya Ninova, gave a fail grade to the government of the GERB party and PM Boyko Borisov for the first 100 days of their rule....

Left-wing Leader Calls for Ousting Bulgaria Oligarchy from Power

November 2, 2009, Monday
The "oligarchy" must be removed from the decision-making process in Bulgaria, according to Yanaki Stoilov, leader of the so called Left Wing of the Bulgarian Socialist Party....

Bulgaria Govt to Sue Ex Tsar Saxe-Coburg to Regain All Forest Plots

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Bulgarian government is going to sue former Tsar and former Prime Minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, in order to dispute his ownership of all 16 000 decares of forest plots that were restored to his ownership after 2001....

Bulgarian PM Borisov Stopped Playing Sports after Taking Office

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Borisov Borisov, has revealed he had stopped playing any sports and meeting with close friends since he assumed office in July 2009....

Elections 2009

Sofia Bans Alcohol Sale on Election Day

November 2, 2009, Monday
The sale of alcohol in the Bulgarian capital Sofia will be banned on November 15 from 6 am to 8 pm due to the elections for mayor that will take place on that Sunday....

Vote for the New Sofia Mayor at Novinite.com

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Editorial Team of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) would like to invite its readers to participate in our poll by voting for the top five candidates for Sofia Mayor....

Society

Pregnant Woman Dies of Swine Flu in Bulgaria's Sliven

November 2, 2009, Monday
A woman who was 5 months pregnant died of the A(H1N1) virus in a Stara Zagora hospital at the end of last week....

Bulgaria Finds Itself Engulfed by Swine Flu Epidemic

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria is in the middle of a flu epidemic, and this is caused by the A (H1N1) virus, Dr. Angel Kunchev, head of the Department of Control of Communicable Diseases in the Ministry of Health confirmed....

Seven Children Infected with Swine Flu in Bulgaria's Nikopol

November 2, 2009, Monday
Seven children from the same school in Nikopol in Northern Bulgaria have been confirmed as having swine flu Monday....

Southeast Bulgarian Districts Declare Swine Flu Epidemic

November 2, 2009, Monday
The District of Burgas in Southeast Bulgaria declared Monday a swine flu epidemic over the rising number of people infected with the A(H1N1) virus....

Sports

Bulgaria Sentences 3 after Derby Mass Brawl

November 2, 2009, Monday
A court has delivered sentences to three of the football fans, who were arrested on Saturday after a mass brawl erupted at the end of the Botev Plovdiv's 1-0 home win over city rivals Lokomotiv in the Bulgarian league....

Villa Star Petrov to Quit Playing for Bulgaria in 2012

November 2, 2009, Monday
Stiliyan Petrov has stated that he plans to quit playing for Bulgaria in 2012 after admitting that he may never be able to play for his country in a World Cup....

Bulgaria's Berbatov Faces Make-or-Break Season - Blackburn Boss

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov was Blackburn's tormentor on Saturday, but Rovers boss Sam Allardyce believes the striker faces a make-or-break season at Manchester United....

Crime

Armed Robbery in Downtown Sofia

November 2, 2009, Monday
An unidentified man has robbed a shop for mobile phones in downtown Sofia, running away with BGN 7, 000. ...

Bulgarian Mayor Caught Red-Handed at Poaching Party

November 2, 2009, Monday
The Mayor of Sozopol, a Regional Police officer and three of their companions from Sozopol and Primorsko have been caught poaching in the protected area of Kozarka....

Bulgaria Police Bust Bus Company for Turkey Gold Smuggling

November 2, 2009, Monday
Bulgaria police have discovered a gold smuggling channel that involved a bus company transporting gold and gold products to and fro across the Bulgaria – Turkey border....

Show Buzz

Bulgaria First Music Idol Sued by Producers

November 2, 2009, Monday
Virginia Records, representative of Universal Music Group for Bulgaria, announced they will take to court Bulgaria's first winner in the reality show Music Idol Nevena Tsoneva, who wants to dissolve their contract in advance....

Quotes

Today's Quote

November 2, 2009, Monday
“I have forbidden fighting. Whoever wants to fight must come meet me at the Council of Ministers building.”...

World

Pakistan Army Takes Control of Taliban Stronghold

November 2, 2009, Monday
Pakistani forces say they have seized control of the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, one of the Taliban's key regional strongholds....

Polish President Auctions off Faulty Lisbon Treaty Pen

November 2, 2009, Monday
Polish president Lech Kaczynski was to auction off on Monday the faulty pen he used during a signing ceremony of the Lisbon Treaty....

Bosnian Serb Leader Karadzic Set to Attend War Crimes Trial

November 2, 2009, Monday
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will appear at his trial on genocide and war crimes charges, a legal adviser says....

Afghanistan Election Runoff Canceled, Karzai Declared President

November 2, 2009, Monday
Afghanistan’s chief electoral officer has confirmed on Monday a decision to cancel the election run-off planned for November 7....

CIT Files for 5th Largest US Bankruptcy

November 2, 2009, Monday
CIT Group Inc., one of the US leading funders of small and medium-sized businesses, filed for the fifth largest bankruptcy by assets in the history of the country, CNN reported....

China's Attempt to Fight Drought Provokes Surprise Snow in Beijing

November 2, 2009, Monday
An unusually early fall of snow blanketed the Chinese capital, Beijing, from Sunday morning and kept falling for half the day...

New Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan, UN Pulls out Staff

November 2, 2009, Monday
Аt least 35 people have been killed in an explosion in the northeast part of Pakistan, close to the capital Islamabad....
Former Bulgarian MP Olimpi Katev Convicted of Insulting Fellow Deputy

Berbatov Becomes Top Scorer of Bulgarian National Football Team

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has become the top scorer of Bulgaria's National Football Team. After Wednesday's friendly with Malta he has 47 goals in 76 matches.
Former Bulgarian MP Olimpi Katev Convicted of Insulting Fellow Deputy

Former Bulgarian MP Olimpi Katev Convicted of Insulting Fellow Deputy

Olimpi Katev, from the NMSP party, became the first Bulgarian MP to be convicted by the Sofia Court for insulting during his term with the previous Parliament the MEP from Bulgaria's far-right, nationalist “Ataka” party, Dimitar Stoyanov.

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What is the most important conclusion from the Sofia Mayor elections on November 15, 2009?
That the ruling party GERB of PM Borisov continues to be hugely popular, whereas the Socialists are pretty much out.

That the decline of the Socialist Party has stopped whereas the ruling party GERB has failed to attract the expected very high number of voters.

That the Sofia residents are either completely disillusioned with politics, or care little about who is Mayor.

That the record-high jackpot of the Bulgarian State Lottery "Toto" generated much greater interest than the Mayor elections.

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