Omani fund to present Bulgarian bank rescue plan
Bulgaria's central bank has asked the two biggest shareholders of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) - Bulgarian company Bromak and Oman's sovereign wealth fund - to present plans for the bank's rescue by the end of this month. The central bank ...
Bulgaria seeks assistance from the European Commission over bluetongue disease (ROUNDUP)
Karlovo. Third wave of bluetongue disease is expected in Bulgaria, deputy executive director of the Bulgarian Agency on Food Safety Dr. Radoslav Karabadzhakov told journalists in Plovdiv, a reporter of Radio FOCUS – Plovdiv announced. So far 3,074 ...
Bulgaria central bank to print 60 million new banknotes
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has put in an order for 60 million new banknotes with the Bulgarian subsidiary of French secure printing firm Oberthur Fiduciaire, according to paperwork filed by the central bank with Bulgaria’s public procurement agency.
UPDATE 1-Bulgaria c.bank asks for Corpbank rescue plans by end-August
The central bank said it had sent letters to the two shareholders on Friday, adding their proposals should be in line with national and EU legislation. Bulgarian company Bromak, owned by businessman Tsvetan Vassilev, owns just over half of Corpbank.
Russia annoyed by repeated colorful vandalism of Soviet monuments in Bulgaria
Russia annoyed by repeated colorful vandalism of Soviet monuments in Bulgaria Russia is asking Bulgaria to get its citizens to stop defacing Soviet monuments in Sofia. Jen Markham explains. Video provided by Buzz60 Check out this story on USATODAY.com ...
Bulgaria's Interim DefMin: No Jolts to Be Allowed in Intelligence
Caretaker Defense Minister Velizar Shalamanov asserted Friday his institution would not allow any shocks in the intelligence services. Stressing Ivanov was currently on a leave, the Defense Minister stopped short of explicitly pointing out whether or not ...
Soviet War Monument in Bulgaria Gets a Splash of Color
Soviet communism remains very uncool in countries that formerly lived under it, which might explain why some very creative and patient graffiti artists have been repeatedly defacing a Soviet Army monument in Bulgaria. Ignat Ignev / Wikicommons The Russian ...
Bulgaria Archives - Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources
In 2011, we reported on an epic act of vandalism: A graffiti artist in Sofia, Bulgaria, transformed a monument dedicated to the the Soviet Union’s 1944 “liberation” of the country into a superhero tableau. The eclectic group includes Superman ...
Bulgaria may extend Turkish border fence to bar Syrian, Iraqi refugees
The Balkan country is considering adding 130 km (80 miles) of barbed-wire fencing to an existing 33-km fence along the 240-km southeastern border which, the interior ministry's Chief Secretary Svetoslav Lazarov, said would save 2 million levs ($1.36 ...
Bulgaria grapples with Mideast refugee surge
Sofia, Bulgaria - Muslima Mohamad was six months into her pregnancy when her family was evicted from their rented apartment in a Sofia suburb. Since they couldn’t go anywhere else, the family of four wound up back in a Bulgarian refugee camp for the ...
