Новости за 07.03.2017

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey's Ambassador Suleyman Gokce over reported campaigning of a Turkish official in favour of a certain party running in Bulgaria's early elections.

Bulgaria's national output has surpassed 3% growth for a second year in a row, national statistics show.

Last year's legislation which allowed for donated foods nearing expiry date to be exempted from any value-added tax (VAT) does not work as the government has not done its job, Bulgaria's National Ombudsman Maya Manolova has said.

Bulgaria will lead the debate in the European Union in this crucial time for the future of united Europe, said caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Denitsa Zlateva in Bratislava, quoted by the government press office.

The national output of Bulgaria increased by 3.4% over the last quarter of 2016, compared to the same period of 2015, national statistics show.

At current prices, GDP stood at BGN 25.8 B between October and December. In Euro terms it reached EUR 13.191 B in total and EUR 1 849 per person (BGN 3 616).

According to the seasonally adjusted figures, the GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2016 is 0.9% compared to the third quarter of 2016 and 3.4% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Читать дальше...

Caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has dismissed both deputy regional governors of Kardzhali, officials say.

Selvie Ahmed and Rumen Mladenov are no longer Deputy Regional Governors of Kardzhali in Southern Bulgaria as of March 02.

It is not clear whether there will be replacements soon, the Bulgarian News Agency quotes Nacho Kovachev, the Regional Governor, as saying.

The interim government has so far replaced more than half of all regional governors, drawing fire... Читать дальше...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said late on Monday that the European Union will have problems if do not allow individual members to participate in various degrees of integration with each other.

Merkel made the comment in Paris after a meeting with the leaders of the four largest economies in the Eurozone – Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

The EU "is founded on common values, solidarity and the rule of law," they added, in a reference to the most divisive issues between a core... Читать дальше...

A municipal councilor in Belene, northern Bulgaria, has launched a campaign against a Catholic priest as the latter decided to accept a Syrian family granted refugee status, Bulgarian media report.

The Syrians consider leaving for fear of their lives.

The family arrived in Belene after a long period of coordination between the State Agency for Refugees in Bulgaira and the Catholic community of Belene. The Syrians came to Bulgaria on a plane from Greece, with the assistance of Bulgarian authorities... Читать дальше...

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will not operate flights to Kutaisi (Georgia). The flights to Kutaisi started only a few months ago – at the end of September last year.

‘’Many tourist agencies participate in organized trips to Georgia, after the line was opened, which made this destination cheaper because of the low-cost flight’’, said from the company.

Obviously the low interest led to the suspension of the flights to Georgia.

We are committed to our Bulgarian clients... Читать дальше...

Former Bulgarian Ambassador Elena Poptodorova on Monday sent a statement to Bulgarian media outlets saying she had not been prepared for the "disinformation scandal" her name got involved into last week.

Reports emerged at the end of February that Poptodorova, the ex-Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States, had been detained at the airport in Warsaw three days after she walked out of a duty-free shop and got on a plane with unpaid goods.

Poptodorova, who after the incident also left the office she had assumed in Warsaw... Читать дальше...

Interim Environment Minister Irina Kostova on Tuesday revoked her decision to pass a plan for Pirin National Park without an environmental impact assessment.

Krasimir Angarski will replace Kiril Ananiev as a member of the Bulgarian Development Bank's Supervisory Board, the Finance Ministry says.

A border police shootout in Western Bulgaria has left a migrant injured, the Interior Ministry says.