http://www.bgnewsnet.com/ The latest bulgarian news online in English. The shortest cut to the heart of the Balkans. Section: Society. en Copyright 2002-2004, Bulgarian News Network (BNN) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:22:59 +0300 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24498 A bomb blast killed a 29 year old woman and her 5 year-old son in the southwestern Bulgarian town of Razlog on Tuesday, state TV reported. Medics are struggling to save the life of the woman's other two year-old son, the report said. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:22:58 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24496 Police seized a cache of EUR 60,000, while searching the home of Bulgaria's parliament chief secretary Ognyan Avramov, the daily Trud reported Thursday. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:20:02 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24493 Bulgaria's currency board arrangement remains stable, but the country would hardly make it into the Eurozone before 2014, a report by Greece's EFG Eurobank, owner of local Postbank, states Tuesday. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:45:39 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24491 The signals for unpaid monthly wages in Bulgaria have been getting more frequent lately, the chief executive of the country's Labor Agency, Galab Donev said Monday, quoted by BNR. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:06:02 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24489 A bomb threat, received around 8 AM on Tuesday morning, forced the evacuation of all employees of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) building. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:31:22 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24488 The names of 102 Bulgarian journalists from the country's public and private radios and TV stations appeared in the latest list of lighted as collaborators of the communist regime's State Security office Monday. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:43:10 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24485 The summer tourism season in Bulgaria may still turn profitable if the reported decline of foreign tourists stays within five to seven per cent, Blagoy Ragin, Chair of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association told Focus-News agency Sunday. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:27:22 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24484 The Veliko Tarnovo Appellate Court's hearing on the scandalous Borilski murder case scheduled for Monday will be postponed due to the absence of one of the attorneys, Novinite Dnes daily reports. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:26:44 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24468 Bulgaria's new Minister of Social Policy, Totyu Mladenov will renew the functioning of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation, as he meets with employers and union representatives on Thursday. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:53:52 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24464 The Bulgarian Ministry of Education can cut as much as 5% of its employees, the new minister Yordanka Fandakova announced before the first session of the new Cabinet on Wednesday. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:49:07 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24460 Three new cases of swine flu were reported in the Bulgarian seaside city of Varna on Wednesday. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:47:55 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24457 The Bulgarian State Health Insurance Fund reported Tuesday it had a deficit of EUR20.3 million in June after only EUR66.4 million of revenues were received by the institution during that month. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:40:35 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24454 It is expected than less than half of the 2009 wheat harvest in Bulgaria will have good bread producing qualities which will inevitably lead to a growth in its price, the chairman of the Association of Grain Traders, Radoslav Kozarov told Novinite Dnes da Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:11 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24450 Sofia Economic University professor Petkan Iliev, who is suspected of masterminding and running an exam-buying scheme, was released from arrest on a EUR5,000 bail on Monday. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:40:35 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24448 Two minor earthquakes shook Southern Bulgaria on Monday morning and early in the afternoon. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:28:17 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24444 Bulgaria's Red Cross organization in Sofia distributed Saturday mineral water free of charge as temperatures rose above 35 degrees Celsius. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:08:40 +0300