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, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:46 +0200 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24565 Rosen Plevneliev took oath as president of Bulgaria Thursday and pledged to work for the poorest EU member state to rise to the bloc's medium living standards. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:46 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24564 Bulgaria's pro-American Prime Minister Boiko Borisov is souring relations with a major U.S. investor. His government on Tuesday bowed to street protests and imposed a moratorium on Chevron shale gas prospecting in northeastern Bulgaria. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:46:50 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24563 Anti-government protesters demanded the resignation of Romania's President Trian Basescu on Monday during the fifth day of demonstrations across the country sparked by a controversial healthcare bill. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:03:00 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24562 The European Commission handed Hungary an ultimatum on Tuesday to back down on controversial political reforms or face legal proceedings, an EU source said. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:30:58 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24561 An unidentified person warned the Serbian Ministry of Interior that President Boris Tadic would be assassinated. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:42:13 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24560 At least thirty people were hurt on Sunday in Romania in clashes between police and anti-government protesters during the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations sparked by an unpopular healthcare reform bill. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:44:11 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24559 Bulgaria's energy system was under strain as some 3,000 workers in the country's main coal mine went on strike for indefinite time on Sunday over a pay dispute with the management. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:03:05 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24558 President-elect Rosen Plevneliev said Sunday he would work to raise Bulgaria to a medium-developed EU state in 2020 from the bloc's poorhouse now. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:27:29 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24557 Croatian President Ivo Josipovic congratulated his compatriots for the 20th anniversary of Croatia's independence and called them to support the country's EU membership at a referendum on January 22nd. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:52:13 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24556 More than 50 people were wounded and some 145 have been arrested in Kosovo after clashes between police and hard-line Albanian nationalists on Saturday at two border crossings with Serbia. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:13:09 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24555 Bulgaria's main opposition leader Sergei Stanishev on Saturday ruled out coalition with the centre-right party of current Prime Minister Boiko Borisov after next general elections due in mid-2013. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:28:04 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24554 More than 1,000 Croatians rallied Saturday in the capital Zagreb to protest their country's EU accession and insisted that the government put off a referendum about it scheduled for January 22. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:57:11 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24553 Hundreds of Romanians on Saturday rallied in the capital of Bucharest to demand President Trajan Basescu resign because of fiscal austerity his government is imposing. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:36:26 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24552 Thousands of Bulgarians rallied across the country on Saturday to demand the government ban prospecting for shale gas. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:21:42 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24550 President Georgi Parvanov angrily reacted Friday to comments by Prime Minister Boiko Borisov that an order conferred to Vice-President Angel Marin was not deserved. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:32:09 +0200 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24551 A Dutch official said Friday his country's minority government would stop blocking Bulgaria's accession to the EU Schengen free travel area before the 2014 end of its term despite the opposition of a xenophopic party with whose consent it stays Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:31:08 +0200