Haskovo Region

European Commission Sues Bulgaria over Poor Waste Disposal

The European Commission will pursue court action against Bulgaria for failing to properly implement EU waste law, the Commission said Friday two years after it launched an infringement procedure on the issue. The case concerns...

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Bulgaria Notorious Energy Tycoon Trial Begins with False Start

In a surprising move the Sofia City Court postponed Thursday the case against energy tycoon Hristo Kovachki. The Judge, Alexandra Iordanova, based her decision on the fact that the two legal advisors of the National Revenue...

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Port of Bar acquisition in partnership with Italians?

Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjić said that Italian companies were interested in a partnership with Serbian firms for buying the Montenegrin Bar port. He said that Serbian businesspeople, led by MK Komerc owner Miodrag...

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Thirteenth Swine Flu Death in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Health Ministry has reported the thirteenth swine flu death in the country. The ministry says a 36-year-old female swine flue patient died in the Black Sea town of Burgas after being admitted in hospital twenty days...

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Bulgaria Govt Announces Plans for 28 Regional Landfill Sites

Bulgaria Minister of Environment and Waters, Nona Karadzhova, has announced that the new center-right GERB government will set up 28 regional landfill sites before the end of their mandate. Karadzhova, speaking in Pleven,...

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Corrupt Bulgaria Veterinarian Head Receives BGN 15 000 Bail

The Deputy Director of Bulgaria’s National Veterinary-Medical Service, Leonid Lavchev, has received a BGN 15 000 bail Monday from the Haskovo District Court. Lavchev, who was arrested last Thursday for racketeering after...

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Bulgaria Border Police Arrest 7 Iraqi Illegal Immigrants

In the early hours of Monday, border police from the Svilengrad area, using a thermal imaging camera, discovered seven people moving close to Bulgaria’s border with Turkey. The group was detained by the operational group 1,8...

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Top-ranking Bulgarian Veterinarian Arrested for Racketeering

The Deputy Director of Bulgaria’s National Veterinary-Medical Service, Leonid Lavchev, has been arrested on “racketeering” charges. This has been announced by Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who said Lavchev...

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5 Kilos of Heroin Seized on Bulgaria-Turkey Border, 4 Arrested

An organized criminal gang, engaged in trafficking heroin from Turkey into Bulgaria, has been caught and its operations ended. In a joint operation by officers of the National Customs Agency, the Unit for Fighting Organized...

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Bulgaria's Second-Biggest City Rescues Capital from Garbage Woes

Sofia municipal councilors approved the decision for transporting a total of 100,000 tons of garbage collected from the capital at a waste depot in the city of Plovdiv, located in Southern Bulgaria. The municipality of Plovdiv...

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