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No rain, no water for hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians
SOFIA AFP — Summer drought, lagging dam construction and persistent leaks and failures in old pipes have again made water rationing a part of life for hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians this summer. On Monday, a state of emergency was declared in the central municipality of Panagyurishte, after already...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-08-30
Berbatov could stay, says Spurs sporting director
LONDON AFP — Dimitar Berbatov could still stay at Tottenham despite the Bulgaria striker's determination to join Manchester United, according to the club's sporting director Damien Comolli. Berbatov was left out of the Spurs squad for last weekend's defeat against Sunderland after handing in a transfer request, but he...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Construction, defeat, director, London
Research articles 2008-08-29
In Bulgaria, pot grows at the heart of power
SOFIAAFP — Bulgaria's campaign against cannabis has gone literally to the doorstep of power, after marijuana plants were found growing amongst the flowers outside government headquarters in Sofia. Photos of the plants appeared in the Troud newspaper, prompting the authorities Thursday to acknowledge their presence -- and to confirm...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Government
Research articles 2008-08-28
Ramos wants quick end to Berbatov saga
LONDON AFP — Tottenham manager Juande Ramos wants to get the unsettling Dimitar Berbatov transfer situation resolved this week, suggesting the Bulgaria striker will get his wish to move to Manchester United. The Bulgaria striker was left out of Spurs' 2-1 defeat to Sunderland on Saturday after it was...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Construction, INTERNET
Research articles 2008-08-25
Even in Europe, 20 million people without toilets: forum
STOCKHOLM AFP — A surprising 20 million people in the European Union do not have access to decent toilets and suffer from a lack of hygiene, posing serious health risks, experts meeting at World Water Week in Stockholm said. "People think that in countries so bright, so rich, they...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, Bulgaria, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, toilet
Research articles 2008-08-21
Bulgarian driver has 20 litres of beer 'for the road'
SOFIA AFP — A motorist stopped by Bulgarian police after a minor traffic accident admitted he had drunk 20 litres of beer -- and promptly passed out, bTV television reported Monday. The man had a blood alcohol reading more than double the level usually considered lethal. The 25-year...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, motorist, TVs
Research articles 2008-08-04
Freed Bulgarian nurses thank France at anniversary reception
SOFIA AFP — Six Bulgarian medics freed a year ago after almost a decade jailed in Libya on AIDS and misconduct charges formally thanked France and its then first lady Monday, for showing they are "not forgotten." "France is the symbol of our freedom," nurse Kristiana Valcheva said during...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, ambassador, Benefits, Bulgaria, FINANCE, France, Government, Libya
Research articles 2008-07-28
Sleeping Beauty Bulgaria awaits EU's kiss to waken from its slumber
ZLATOGRAD, Bulgaria AFP — Fast asleep in the forests of the Rhodope mountains, this former miners' town, like a lot of other near-forgotten places in Bulgaria, is hoping for an EU financial kiss to waken from its slumber and start pulling in the tourists. "We've got ancient Thracian sanctuaries,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, FINANCE
Research articles 2008-06-30
Eighty-eight arrested over gay march attacks in Bulgaria
SOFIA AFP — Eighty-eight people have been arrested for trying to attack participants in Bulgaria's first-ever gay pride march, the interior ministry said Sunday. They include Nationalist Union leader Boyan Rasate, who faces legal proceedings for hooliganism, the ministry said, after he launched a campaign against Saturday's march and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Bulgaria, ministry, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-06-29
60 people arrested for disrupting Bulgaria's gay pride march
SOFIA AFP — Bulgarian police arrested 60 people Saturday opposed to Bulgaria's first gay pride march after they tried to storm the small group of about 100 marchers in the capital Sofia, the interior ministry said. Security concerns had already forced organisers and municipal authorities to change the route...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Leadership
Research articles 2008-06-28
Gay pride marches in Europe marred by homophobia
PRAGUE AFP — Tens of thousands joined gay pride marches across Europe on Saturday but homophobics spoiled the party in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria where scores were arrested for disrupting events. Czech security forces were forced to intervene after right-wing extremists moved in on a parade in the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-06-28
Bulgaria's fire dancers fight to keep sacred ritual
BULGARI, Bulgaria AFP — As night falls over the remote village of Bulgari, a handful of men and women prepare for "Nestinarstvo", an ancient fire dance that practitioners fear is being trivialised by tourism. "It doesn't matter how hot the embers are. You just switch off and feel or...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, ritual
Research articles 2008-06-11
IP-based voice solution over WiMAX network in Bulgaria launched by Max Telecom
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 June 2008-IP-based voice solution over WiMAX network in Bulgaria launched by Max TelecomC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Max Telecom, a telecomms operator based in Bulgaria, has announced that it has launched voice and data services for residential and corporate subscribers over its WiMAX infrastructure using the Comverse MyCall...
Tags: billing, Bulgaria, Comverse Technology Inc., IP, network, telecommunications, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-06-04
Rare woman in sumo wrestling made Bulgaria's Kotooshu into superstar
SOFIA AFP — In the male world of professional sumo wrestling where women are not even allowed to touch the ring, it is a lady with a gripping smile who made Bulgarian-born Kaloyan Mahlyanov, known in Japan as Kotooshu, into the sumo superstar he is today. Kotooshu, 25, became...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Japan, MARKETING, Strategy, superstar, Tokyo
Research articles 2008-05-17
Bulgaria fears dirty money streaming in as foreign investment
SOFIA AFP — As EU newcomer Bulgaria aims to attract ever larger flows of foreign investment, authorities and analysts have raised fears that part of the money streaming into the country may have been laundered. "A growing number of investigations come to a dead end as we find that...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-05-10
Greece's 'strawberry slaves' expose migrants' plight
NEA MANOLADA, Greece AFP — Nea Manolada was a quiet village in southern Greece unknown to many until a strike by "strawberry slaves" exposed the dark underbelly of one of the country's key economic sectors. His face burnt by the sun, 34-year-old Ivan looked around nervously as he recounted...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Greece, strike, worker
Research articles 2008-05-07
Bulgaria's interior minister resigns
SOFIA AFP — Bulgaria's powerful Interior Minister Rumen Petkov resigned Sunday amid a snowballing corruption scandal that exposed links between top crime-busters and suspected criminals. "I resign as interior minister," Petkov told a press conference. The BTA news agency cited Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev as telling journalists that...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria
Research articles 2008-04-13
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Tags: Bulgaria, Games, Honda Motor Co., Johnson, Mary, Robert, Suzuki, Tony, Turkey, Williams, Yamaha Corp., Zimbabwe
Research articles 2008-04-13
Bulgaria's childrens homes creak under weight of social ills
SOFIA AFP — Faced with the urgent problem of some 8,000 abandoned children, Bulgaria is desperately trying to modernise its network of dilapidated orphanages amid revelations of paedophilia and cruelty. Deliberately built in isolated settings by the previous communist regime, its 144 state "homes for children deprived of parental...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, NETWORKING
Research articles 2008-03-24
Bulgaria's WWII tanks to go under hammer
SOFIA AFP — Bulgaria is to auction off World War II Panzer tanks thought to be worth millions of dollars, the country's defence ministry said Thursday. "People from all over the world, from America to Jordan, have declared an interest in these rare German tanks," the deputy director of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, ministry, museum, tanK
Research articles 2008-03-13