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author: Gergana Mancheva

Moratorium on export of wood with impact on business and ecology too

As many as18,000 ha of forests have been destroyed over the past month only in the regions of Montana, Vratsa and Vidin due to hurricane winds, ice-breaking and blizzards, the forestry services in charge report. Intense logging activities will try..

28.03.15 10:25 |

Bulgaria participates in European Year for Development Initiative

At a conference in Sofia Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has launched a series of European initiatives, which will be held in Bulgaria by the end of 2015, declared by the EU Council and the European Parliament as year of..

28.03.15 09:05 |

Tourism contributes to economy of Sofia region

The first landmarks in Sofia that the hosts get him acquainted with are the St. George Church and the St. Sofia Basilica – the most visited sites by both foreign and Bulgarian tourists. Christian sanctuaries thrill anyone, interested in history..

25.03.15 14:42 |

La moratoria sobre las exportaciones de madera repercutirá sobre los negocios y la ecología

Los vientos huracanados, el deshielo de los ríos y las nevascas han destruido 18 mil hectáreas de bosques en las regiones de Montana, Vratsa y Vidin, informan los Servicios de Bosque locales. Para limpiar los árboles caídos, en los próximos dos años se..

25.03.15 10:26 |

Bulgaria participa en la iniciativa internacional “Año Europeo del Desarrollo”

En una conferencia en Sofía dedicada al Año Europeo del Desarrollo, el   ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Daniel Mitov, inauguró una serie de iniciativas europeas que tendrán lugar en Bulgaria a lo largo del año 2015, proclamado por el Consejo Europeo y..

24.03.15 15:12 |

Balkan Developments

Turkey expands training of fighters against "Islamic state" in Iraq Turkey, which in November started a program for military training of 1500 Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq as part of the efforts to combat jihadist group "Islamic State,"..

13.03.15 13:57 |

Half of Bulgarians live on the poverty line

The social and economic development of Bulgaria after the start of the democratic reforms of 1989 accelerated the process of stratification and polarization in Bulgarian society. The standard of living of the majority of the population dropped..

05.11.14 16:04 |

Bulgarian energy projects part of Connecting Europe Facility

EU Member States have agreed to allocate some 647 million euro under a program called Connecting Europe Facility. Financing is provided for approved important projects that provide development in the energy sector and energy independence...

31.10.14 14:59 |
Professor Nikolay Ovcharov sowing some of the finds

Finds in ancient Misionis astound archaeologists

The excavations and study of the ancient and medieval town of Misionis near present day Targovishte, northeastern Bulgaria were started almost 50 years ago by a famous archaeologist, the late Prof. Dimitar Ovcharov and were continued by his son,..

25.10.14 11:55 |

Is corruption in state administration coming to an end?

“It is quite difficult to describe the attitude of the local administration towards people with small business in Bulgaria”, says Mrs Dilyana Dimitrova from Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. The young woman has been working in her private shop for..

21.10.14 14:51 |