Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission criticised Sofia and Bucharest for insufficient efforts to root out corruption but rejected views that it had admitted the two countries too soon
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria's failure to tackle a "serious situation" of fraud and high-level government corruption linked to organised crime could block aid worth over £8 billion, the European Commission has warned.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission criticised Bulgaria and Rom-ania yesterday for insufficient efforts to root out corruption but defended their inclusion in the European Union...
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Union has suspended hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Bulgaria for its failure to purge the country of crime and sleaze.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE EUROPEAN Commission has defended its recommendation to admit Bulgaria into the EU despite new evidence showing problems with corruption and the Mafia, highlighted back in 2006, are still serious problems, writes , in Brussels.
Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission has suspended €500 million in funds destined for Bulgaria because of concerns over persistent corruption and organised crime. Both issues were highlighted in the the lead up to Bulgaria’s joining the EU in January last year, during which Sofia promised to tackle the twin problems, but as the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergei Stanishev, admits, [...]
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | yesterday
So the EU, that corrupt organ that even makes the theft on the part of our MP's look like small change; has decided to suspend aid worth hundreds of millions of euros because of concerns abou t corruption and organised crime. My first thought was to laugh, quite how can an organisation like the the EU dare to lecture anyone with regards either of those points? Spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said the...
International - Home (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The econocmic benefits have not been proved, the opposition says
Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Total 200,823 tons of grapes were processed in Bulgaria in 2007 and 138 million litres of wine were produced. This was roughly by 18 litres per capita in Bulgaria. Less table wine of vintage 2007 was produced than in 2006 but quantities of the quality wi...
Guide Bulgaria (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Scattered Showers : The weather will remain cold for the season with changeable cloudiness thinning to insignificant in the mourning. In the afternoon mostly over western and central Bulgaria scattered showers are expected, thunderstorms in the mountains....
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Bulgaria is set to lose EU aid worth hundreds of millions of pounds over its failure to tackle corruption and organised crime.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Allegations of European Union funding fraud by corrupt Bulgarian government officials with links to organised crime have threatened the future of aid to Europe's poorest country and could lead to future sanctions against its citizens.
talkToshiba (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Thanks to focus-fen.net for providing us with the big news coming out of The Dnevnik Daily Sofia today, in that the local PC market is significantly on the rise in Bulgaria – seeing an annual growth of 53.7% in the 2nd quarter of 2008. With laptops outselling desktops both in terms of value and sales [...]
Bulgaria News Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
The two agencies on the Phare program that were deprived of accreditation can carry out procedures and conclude agreements under the care of Bulgaria, Information Agency Focus reported.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
A report of the Open Society Institute presented Wednesday in Sofia concludes that the Bulgarians pay about BGN 75 M of bribes to medical staff each year. The bribes are considered unregulated payments on part of the patients, for which they had not received any receipts or other documents. The ...
