Press Review
Bank launches commemorative silver coin
c. Monitor – p. 14
Summary of the article
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) released a commemorative silver coin bearing the color „Pottery“. Coin will be put into circulation from Monday’s price 38leva VAT explained by the central bank. The nominal value of the coin is 5 levs and her circulation is 6000. The face is depicted on the emblem of the Bank of the year „1879“ written on the tape. Are inscribed around the Bulgarian National Bank, the nominal value of BGN 5 and year of issue „2009“. The reverse side depicts a composition of pottery, together with a frieze of decorative ornaments, typical for the Bulgarian pottery, bearing the colors. Authors of the artistic design are Elena Todorova and Todor Todorov.
We spend № 1 in the world in a drop in housing
Trud – p. 9
Summary of the article
For the second quarter of this year, homes in Bulgaria are the first in the world of price decline. Data company Knight Frank show that the properties are in the country fell 9.7 percent for April-June. Over the same period, prices in Dubai have fallen by 7.5 percent and in Thailand – by 5.6%.
Bulgaria is the reason for the unenviable first place, is the absence of Latvia’s ranking. According to the company’s Global Property Guide, also measuring prices in the world, housing in Riga have slipped more than Bulgarian in the second quarter. By Knight Frank explained that they still have fresh data on housing in the Baltics.
On an annual basis the company places Bulgaria ranks third in the world in a drop in prices. Once we are only Singapore and Dubai.
Global Property Guide „is also given to our third place in its annual rating – before Dubai and Latvia.
According to Knight Frank in the world markets show signs of recovery, and housing have increased in value nearly half of the surveyed countries. For the second quarter of Norway is a leader with a growth of 5.3 percent.
The Health Ministry wants 8 million euro to combat tuberculosis
c. Novinar – p. 4
Summary of the article
Bulgaria will apply for 8 million from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The funds will be used to finance activities under the program to combat tuberculosis, the press office of the Ministry of Health. By the end of the year the program will be allocated almost 200 000 for search of cases of tuberculosis in remote regions of the country and massive free medical examinations.
1 billion for construction
c. Express – p. 2
Summary of the article
Government borrowing will amount to 1 billion euros for the implementation of various infrastructure projects. Will seek the most favorable conditions, the construction minister, said yesterday Plevneliev Rosen. We have received a credit of trust, concludes the Minister did on the occasion Bulgarian visit in Brussels. There he met with three commissioners and heads of DGs and institutions like the European Investment Bank, and representatives of the ERA and other experts. According to him, the conclusion is that the Bulgarians are making a great demand for change.
Commission has given its consent in principle to extend the ISPA program. In December the Committee will be established to monitor the ISPA program, which will produce an analysis for each project and will clarify the necessary deferral of the utilization of money.
Bulgaria will lose 32 million euros in Phare for 10 road projects. The reason is that six of the contracts have already expired and the other four were multiple violations, meanwhile, said Deputy Minister of Regional Development Liliana Pavlova.
Projects are road sections, including Montana – Lom Simitli – Razlog – Sadovo, Pleven – Nikopol etc. Among the projects is to stop funding for the tunnel and that over time in Dupnitsa E79, which is paid with government money and is already functioning.
Last summer the European Commission froze the PHARE regional ministry to 133 million euros because of irregularities.
On them has signed 513 contracts, of which Bulgaria is divided into two periods – signed under the control of the commission until July 2007 and then contracted.
Record of twins
Telegraph newspaper – p. 6
Summary of the article
Record many twins and triplets were born in Bulgaria in 2008.
This report shows for the National Strategy for Demographic Development in Bulgaria. 2002 pairs and triplets have appeared on a white world country. This is their largest number since 1975. Of these, 32 mothers were acquired with three offspring at once, ie triplets last year were 96, the report said. In the 2008 set included 77 712 Bulgarians. They are 2363 more than 2007th. Most of their mothers were between 30 – and 39-year, 51 percent of babies are couples without marriage. Unmarried parents are usually young and even children – from 15 to 24 years, statistics indicate. Creeps up and the number of families with more than one child. Indeed, the increased birthrate is precisely the result of decisions by families to have a second or third child. Now the average number of children per mother is 1.48, and in 2001 was 1.24 for example. 51% of twins and triplets are boys. 75% of multiple births in the cities.
Europe gives AEC, but not scored fold
Trud – p. 15
Summary of the article
In tense moments happen genuine curiosities. A couple of weeks for the project „Belene“ classic dilemma is to be or not to be. At this point, the economic minister suggested Traicho Traykov energenikata commissioner Andris Piebalgs in Brussels to examine the project at Belene. „We have already checked it,“ replied Commissioner surprising, remembering in 2007
A day later and Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko wondered: do you project for the Russian telecommunications market has already been approved by the EU?
There’s nothing scary that the government – before continuing investment worth billions, check things and the East and West. Disturbing is that somebody at expert level podshushva things, to put it mildly, daunting partners of Bulgaria. Otherwise, the position of the EU telecommunications market is perfect: Brussels gives, but not scored fold.
Over 4000 women have applied for free in vitro
c. Novinar – p. 4
Summary of the article
More than 4000 women have applied for in vitro procedures in assisted reproduction Fund since its establishment until now, announced yesterday the fund’s director Nicholas Lalev. Successful applicants are present even 1350, added Lalev. This year provided funds for in vitro procedures financed by the state, amounting to 20 million according to Vice-President of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Vanyo Sharkov, however, should be found a mechanism for regular funding from the state budget.
4 DAYS REST on 22 September
c. Express – p. 2
Summary of the article
September 21 is a holiday, a weekend with some Independence Day – September 22, became four, reiterated the government press service information. The decision to rest on September 21 was taken from the previous Council of Ministers. With that decision taken on 21 November last year, September 26 – Saturday was declared a working day, recalled from Dondukov „1 yesterday.
Penalty for capital garbage would get away
c. Word – p. 4
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Bulgaria is very likely to escape the penalties for Euro-trash of Sofia. This was announced yesterday ekoministarat Karadjova Nona, who also was in the government delegation visited Brussels. She said her country had received assurances that the issue of lack of plant waste in the capital will be postponed by the College of Commissioners. Extension would lead us to finally deal with the problem.
Karadjova added that two weeks is expected to launch the procedure for selecting the builder of the plant for garbage. But do not hide that there is still an immediate danger to our Brussels sanction under this paragraph. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas had a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and appreciate the achievements of the new government on waste problems, „said Minister Karadjova. The problem with the garbage of Sofia pull the eyes of Brussels ago. Landfill in Suhodol and now spend tons of bales Sofia travel to other cities and the capital paid thousands of euro to store their waste in foreign landfills. Meanwhile, construction of plant litter is still slow. Only days ago the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Evdokia Maneva warned that threaten us to 50 000 euro daily fine if the end of this year are not legally available for all storage depot around Sofia bales with garbage.