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) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:18:19 +0300 comment@bgnewsnet.com webmaster@bgnewsnet.com http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24524 France's utility operators Gaz de France and Dalkia are interested in the forthcoming privatisation of Sofia's steam heating company "Toplofikatsiya", minister of industry Traicho Traikov said Tuesday. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:04:58 +0300 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=24522 Bulgaria's new prime minister Boiko Borisov on Monday asked France to help his country build and finance a second nuclear power plant and scrapped a deal to purchase French warships worth EUR750 million that his predecessor had agreed in principle. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:12:02 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24519 Bulgaria's former foreigm minister Ivailo Kalfin on Moday berated Libya for its threat to leava the UN organisation on cultural heritage UNESCO if its newly elected chief, Bulgarian Irina Bokova takes office. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:55:06 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24521 A Libyan immigrant threw a bomb at Italian army barracks in Milan on Monday and had his hand torn off in the blast. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:42:03 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24520 U.S. economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel prize for economics Monday by their analyses of management of common property and role of economy in conflict resolution. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:13:45 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24518 Bulgaria's economy will contract by 2% next year compared to a 6.3% contraction this year, finance minister Simeon Djankov said as quoted by the media on Monday. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:14:57 +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=24516 A blast caused by a suspected suicide bomber killed up to 41 people in Pakistan's tense Swat valley, the army said. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:22:20 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24515 Armenia's president Serzh Sarkisyan said Monday he would pay a landmark visit to Turkey on Wednesday. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:16:12 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24514 Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Romania are considering construction of two hydroelectric plants on the Danube River, which makes their common border, a Romanian official was quoted as saying Sunday. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:41:58 +0300 http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=24513 Bulgaria's prime minister Boiko Borisov will discuss economic and military co-operation with French presidend Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:58:55 +0300