Kremikovtzi Steel Mill Saga – the End of HopesAfter a year of ongoing protests, staged by the workers of Kremikovtzi steel mill, key ministers announced at the end of 2009 that the bankrupt steel-making giant would most likely be liquidated. The decision came after 80% of Kremikovtzi’s creditors disapproved the action plan to save the steel-maker, presented by the administrator.Meanwhi...
Danish police have prevented an attempt to murder Kurt Westergaard, an author of one of the 12 cartoons of Prophet Mohammed which caused uproar in the Muslim world in 2006.This has been announced by Jacob Scharf, head of Denmark’s intelligence agency, in a statement Saturday.In his words, a 28-year-old Somali man armed with a knife and an ax tried to break into the home of 74-year-old Wester...
Bulgarians greeted each other with over 12 million SMS Text Messages for New Year’s.According to data provided by the three Bulgarian mobile phone operators – M-Tel, Globul, and Vivacom – some 12,1 million SMS Text Messages were sent in Bulgaria between 10 pm on December 31, 2009, and 12 am on January 1, 2010.The subscribers of the largest Bulgarian mobile phone operator M-Tel se...
Bulgaria to Apply for ERM 2 in March 2010, Firm on Euro Adoption in 2013Bulgaria"s Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced at the end of the year that the country will apply in March 2010 to join the exchange-rate mechanism, the two-year currency stability test prior to euro adoption, and seek to switch to the common currency by 2013.Bulgaria initially planned to apply to join the exchange-rate...
Bulgaria, Russia Start Talks for New Gas Supply ContractBulgaria and Russia are starting negotiations for a new long-term gas supplies agreement at the beginning of 2010.This became clear December 24 during the conversations between the Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shmatko, Bulgarian National Radio reported.Traikov left for Moscow unexp...
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