http://www.bgnewsnet.com/ The latest bulgarian news online in English. Business, finance, politics and sports. A quick, accurate and dispassionate report of everything that matters. The shortest cut to the heart of the Balkans. en Copyright 2002-2004, Bulgarian News Network (BNN) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:54:59 +0300 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24338 UK Justice Secretary, Jack Straw refused Thursday to pardon Liverpool fan Michael Shields, who was sentenced to 15 years in 2005 for the attempted murder of barman in Bulgaria. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:54:58 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24337 Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov's GERB party and the rightist Blue Coalition both voiced their willingness to form a post-election coalition government in Bulgaria on Thursday. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:55 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24336 Vote buying is at its height three days before the July 5th parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, as one vote currently costs between 15 and 25 Euros, Teodor Delchev of the Union for Market Initiative said Thursday. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:03 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24335 The Regional Court in Plovdiv had decided Thursday to take away all the possessions of Ivan Galchev, after declaring they were acquired through criminal activity. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:31:56 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24334 The market for panel buildings in Bulgaria has not shrunk, proving wrong forecasts that only new and high-quality construction will sell after the estate bubble in the country busts, Mirela real estate agency reports Wednesday. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:01:38 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24333 Bulgaria's fiscal reserved amounted to BGN 8.3 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) at the end of May 2009, the Ministry of Finance reported Thursday. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:14:46 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24332 Energy supplier for South West Bulgaria CEZ will have to immediately start calculating its bills on a one-month period, the chairman of the State Committee for Energy and Water Regulation (DKEVR), Konstantin Shushulov stated Wednesday. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:40:04 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24331 People from the South Bulgarian village of Trigrad have alarmed local authorities that they have been attacked by a female meat-eating bear, DeltaNews reports Wednesday. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:13 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24330 A young man has died after falling off a cliff at the Kamen Bryag region on the Bulgarian seaside while participating in the unofficial July Morning festival, Kross agency reports Wednesday. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:44:25 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24329 The base interest rate in Bulgaria for July is 2.24%, the Bulgarian National Bank announced on Tuesday. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:13 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24328 Bulgarian banks gave 16% more credit in May 2009 year-on-year, Novinite.com reports, quoting data statistics offered by the Bulgarian National Bank. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:24 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24327 A train derailed in Southern Bulgaria after a 3 meter part of the railway turned out to be missing, most likely stolen, News.bg reports Tuesday. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:37:51 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24326 A further cut of the Bulgarian government's public spending is necessary, economic experts from the Open Society Institute said Tuesday. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:14:37 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24325 The Iran Revolutionary Court postponed the case against drug-trafficking accused Bulgarian Zhivko Rusev on Monday, sending it back to the Prosecution for further investigation. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:27:00 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24324 One hundred and 43 former agents of the Communist Regime's former repressive apparatus, the State Security, are running for the Bulgarian Parliament, authorities reported Monday. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:55 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24323 A recovery plan for the now defunct Kremikovtzi steel plant has been submitted in the Sofia City Court by the assignee in bankruptcy Tsvetan Bankov, he himself told Darik Radio on Monday. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:21:46 +0300