http://www.bgnewsnet.com/ The latest bulgarian news online in English. The shortest cut to the heart of the Balkans. Section: Politics. en Copyright 2002-2004, Bulgarian News Network (BNN) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:59:09 +0300 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24523 The Union of Judges in Bulgaria on Tuesday issued a statement demanding the Supreme Judicial Council to expell three of its members, which have been implicated in corruption. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:40 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24517 Support for Bulgaria's new centre-right prime minister Boiko Borisov has risen by 3.7% on the month to 50% September, Gallup reported Monday. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:36:36 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24509 Former agriculture minister Valeri Tsvetanov was handed Tuesday charges of abuse of office because of signing 15 swaps of state-owned forests for private land, which allegedly inflicted losses to the state budget. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:42:26 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24508 President Georgi Parvanov on Tuesday sharply criticised plans by new Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to revise three multi-billion euro projects that Russia wants to build in Bulgaria. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:29:55 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24504 Bulgaria will charge three former ministers with mismanagement and mishandling public procurement, interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said Thursday. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:35:20 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24501 Bulgaria will fine the leader of its ethnic Turkish party Ahmed Dogan with the equivalent of EUR 22,000 because of excessive absence from his workplace for the past four years - of a lawmaker in the country's parliament, the daily 24 Chasa reported Wednes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:09:30 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24500 Struggling to bridge a looming EUR 1 billion budget gap, Bulgaria's Cabinet announced Tuesday it was planning to close eight government agencies and transform them into directorates within the respective ministries. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:23:18 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24499 Former ministers of defense Nikolai Svinarov and Veselin Bliznakov will be charged of causing a leva (BGN) 37 million loss to the budget by swapping a former military airbase near Sofia for appartments in the capital, mediapool.bg reported Tuesday. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:53:06 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24497 Bulgarian prosecutors will look into a leva (BGN) 44 million repair of the headquarters of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, state TV said. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:44:13 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24495 Vanyo Tanov, the former chief of Bulgaria's anti-organized crime unit (GDBOP), is the new director of the country's customs agency, the government announced on Wednesday. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:46:57 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24494 Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov on Thursday ordered the declassification of a controversial covert security service operation, which allegedly involved illegal wiretapping of journalists and lawmakers, state TV reported on Thursday. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:37:23 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24492 During the last couple of years the earning of the National Electric Company(NEK) in Bulgaria have doubled, the State Committee for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR) chairman Konstantin Shushulov said Tuesday. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:18:00 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24487 Bulgaria is among the 27 countries that had provided weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) through the last decade, the Colombian Government reported Monday. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:26:11 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24486 Bulgaria's new Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho Traykov presented his three deputies, each heading one of the three sectors in the ministry's name Monday. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:03:32 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24483 Bulgaria's new PM Boiko Borisov will announce Monday his decision on the resignation of Petko Sertov, chairman of the State Agency for National Security (DANS). Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:30:57 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24481 The most important job of the Ministry of Finance, the National Revenue Agency and the Customs Agency is to limit smuggling through Bulgaria as fast as possible, the country's new finance minister Simeon Djankov said Friday. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:58:37 +0300