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By Justyna Pawlak SOFIA, July 5 (Reuters) - Bulgarians vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election they hope will restart reforms to combat endemic corruption and heal an economy severely damaged by the global crisis. Opinion polls show the Socialist party that leads Sofia's current coalition government will bear the brunt of voter anger over a recession and a climate of impunity for crime bosses that has cost Bulgaria millions of euros in aid. Last year Bulgaria, which joined the EU in 2007 and is now the bloc's poorest member, lost access to some of its EU funds as punishment for failing to deal with graft. If polls prove correct, the centrist opposition party of Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov, GERB, will get a shot at forming government, most likely another coalition. Borisov has promised to attack crime quickly but observers... [read full story]
The Iranian government approved the development of Yadavaran and Jofeir oilfields as buy-back schemes worth $4.071 billion by China's Sinopec and Belarusian Belarusneft in order to produce 110,000 barrels of oil per day.
Beijing - The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China has risen to 104, with four workers still trapped underground, state media said on Monday. The explosion occurred early Saturday in the Xinxing...
Advice: Married couples will get counselling on the NHS if their rows cause depression Couples who hit a ‘rocky patch’ in their marriage will be able to receive counselling on the NHS if the problems cause depression. The...
More than 150 ex-combatants took part today in the first of a three-day demobilization and reintegration programme sponsored by the Government of Sudan and supported by UNAMID. The wheels for the initiative were set in motion...
