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European Commission Sues Bulgaria over Poor Waste Disposal

The European Commission will pursue court action against Bulgaria for failing to properly implement EU waste law, the Commission said Friday two years after it launched an infringement procedure on the issue. The case concerns...

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Bulgaria Rightists Want 100 Suspicious Top Civil Servants Fired

Bulgaria's Union of Democratic Forces, which is part of the rightist Blue Coalition, is going to give Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, a list with 100 names of top civil servants related who in its view must be fired. This was...

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Bulgaria Ruling GERB Ministers Clash over Alcohol Tax Hike

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, insists on a broader discussion regarding the 2010 increase of the alcohol tax. Naydenov said Friday that there is a need of both a public debate and a plenary hall one. The...

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Bulgaria GERB Party with Most Frugal Mayor Election Campaign

Bulgaria's ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party spent 4 times less on their Sofia Mayor election campaign compared to the main opponent - Coalition for Bulgaria. The data of the "Media Democracy"...

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Police arrest pimp who controlled prostitutes on Brest-Moscow highway

The pimp was detained in the Borisov district at a truck stop on the Brest-Moscow highway. Agents trailed the pander for one week to collect evidence of how he sold the roadside prostitutes. Sexual services to truck drivers...

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Bulgaria May Be 1st State Visited by New EU President Van Rompuy

Bulgaria might become the first EU state outside of Belgium to be formally visited by the newly-elected first EU President, Herman Van Rompuy. This was announced by Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko BOrisov, shortly after the 27...

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Bulgaria PM Appoints Todorka Kostadinova Deputy Health Minister

Associate Professor, Todorka Kostadinova, was appointed Thursday as Bulgaria's new Deputy Health Minister. The appointment of Kostadinova, who has a PhD in Economics, was made by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, to replace...

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Bulgaria PM Borisov Agrees New Probe of DPS, Dogan Properties

Bulgarian PM Boris Borisov has undertaken to renew the investigation into property managed by the ethnic Turkish party (DPS), or rather its leader Ahmed Dogan. This has been announced on Thursday in the Bulgarian parliament by...

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Bulgaria PM Borisov Praises Ukraine Flu Mercy Medics

Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov officially received on Thursday the team from the Military Medical Academy (VMA) that had earlier returned from Ukraine. He expressed his great admiration for the work they had done in their mission to...

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Sergey Ignatov Sworn In as New Bulgaria Education Minister

Sergey Ignatov has been approved by the Bulgaria Parliament to become Bulgaria's new Education, Youth and Science Minister. Finance Minister Simeon Djankov presented Ignatov's credentials to Parliament and he was sworn in soon...

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