Topix: Your town. Your news. Your take. Bulgarian Newspapers : Newspapers from Bulgaria : Bulgarian News. Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency. UK New Envoy to Bulgaria Takes Office Armed with Rich Local Experience. Google + Jonathan Allen (R), pictured here on his way to Bulgaria’s presidential headquarters, succeeds Steve Williams as UK Ambassador in Sofia.
Photo by BGNES Jonathan Allen, the new UK Ambassador to Bulgaria, handed in his letters of accreditation on Thursday after living for a month with an average local family. Ambassador Allen officially assumed office following a ceremony at which newly elected Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev welcomed him. The British diplomat spent the first month of the year in the second-biggest city of Plovdiv, getting to know the country and its people firsthand, as well as making an impressive progress into his studies of the Bulgarian language, a real challenge for any foreigner.
During his stay in Plovdiv, Jonathan Allen was accommodated by the family of a consultancy owner and an English language teacher. The ambassador's only requirement, as far as their flat was concerned, was to have a room of his own – which the hosts gladly offered. Bulgaria Says It Won't Ratify ACTA Unconditionally. Google + Bulgaria will express its reservations upon ratifying ACTA and it will be explicitly written down that the country will not amend its legislation as far as Internet is concerned, GERB MPValentin Nikolov said.
File photo by BGNES Bulgaria will ratify the ACTA trade agreement, but the country will keep its current legislation in the field of Internet services, it emerged on Thursday. On Thursday, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met with representatives of the local IT sector, Internet Service Providers and MPs with his ruling centrist-right GERB to discuss the controversial agreement. Bulgaria will express its reservations upon ratifying ACTA and it will be explicitly written down that the country will not amend its legislation as far as Internet is concerned, key GERB lawmaker Valentin Nikolov said after the meeting.. Can anyone tell me what Bulgarian legislation is on this matter?? Bulgarian Software Companies Slam ACTA Too. The Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM) has come up with a statement expressing support for an adequate protection of copyright and related rights, the fight against counterfeiting and the adoption of international standards on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
BASSCOM, however, opposes the adoption of АСТА (The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) amid a total lack of transparency and no public dialogue on the document's impact on the economy and society. BASSCOM reminds that it has, alongside a number of other business entities, repeatedly stated its disapproval of the provisions of ACTA. "Our opinion is that ACTA's provisions fail to solve many of the problems surrounding the protection of copyright and intellectual property rights and also create a number of other serious disadvantages.
"Over the past years, free sharing of information has become a standard in Internet services and must not be interpreted as a copyright infringement," BASSCOM notes. H&M, New Look to Enter Bulgaria's Market 2012. 0 Google +0 New H&M has over 2,300 stores in 41 countries. File photo World renown Swedish fashion brand Hennes&Mauritz (H&M) will enter Bulgaria's market in 2012 with stores in two of the country's major cities – the capital Sofia and the "Black Sea capital" Varna. As it was announced already in September, H&M's Sofia store is going to be located in one of the top business hubs in the country - the shopping center The Mall in Sofia. It will offer the entire H&M line and will have two floor levels with a total area of 2 400 square meters.
H&M's Varna store will be located in the city's Grand Mall and its area will slightly exceed 2 200 square meters, the Bulgarian Pari daily announced on Tuesday, citing Colliers International. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (operating as H&M) is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children.
Bulgaria's Honey Industry Makes BGN 65 M Annually. Google + Nedyalka Mihova from Dobrich has won the "Beekeeper of the Year" award of the Dobrich agricultural fair. Photo by BGNES Bulgarian beekeepers make between BGN 60 M and BGN 65 M per year, according to data of the Bulgarian Beekeepers' Union. Bulgarian Beekeepers' Union head Gancho Ganev announced Thursday that past year Bulgaria's honey exports amounted to 8 540 metric tons, worth BGN 45 M. Bulgaria's domestic market consumed 2 994 metric tons of honey, making the beekeepers a total of BGN 16 M. Ganev, who spoke at the opening of the 9th annual Pchelomania ("Beekeeping Mania") exhibition in the northeastern Bulgarian city of Dobrich, said that traders usually buy a kilogram of honey at BGN 4.20, and consumers pay a retail price of BGN 5.75-6, while exporters pay about EUR 2.80 per kg, as cited by BGNES. "More and more young people are taking up beekeeping.
In his words, most of the Bulgarian beekeepers have between 80 and 150 units each, but are starting to form larger cooperatives. Bulgaria to Switch to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday. Google + The implementation of the daylight saving time has been fraught with controversy ever since Benjamin Franklin first conceived of the idea. Photo by BGNES The summer daylight saving time will be introduced in Bulgaria on March 25, the National Metrology Center announced. At 3 am Bulgarian time on March 25, all clocks will be turned one hour forward until 4 am Bulgarian time on October 28, 2012. So, all who are in Bulgaria on March 25, should not forget to put the hands of their clocks one hour forward. Under chronology rules adopted by the Bulgarian government, the country switches to daylight saving time for the period between March 25 to the end of October every year.
The winter and summer daylight savings time were introduced in Bulgaria in 1979 while they were introduced for the first time ever in 1908 in Great Britain to optimize the daylight hours. Since 1981 European Community (EC) Directives have prescribed the start and end dates of summer time in member states. Bulgaria in Search for Its New Miracles: Bulgaria in Search for Its New Miracles. Google + In 2011, The ancient Black Sea town of Sozopol and the adjacent islands – St. Ivan and St. Kirik were ranked first among Bulgaria's top 10 "miracles. " Photo by sozopol.freebg.eu The campaign "The Miracles of Bulgaria 2" was officially launched Thursday by the Bulgarian "Standard" daily.
The event was held at the National Palace of Culture in downtown Sofia and gathered ministers, archeologists, businessmen, historians, and representatives of the media to form a Public Council. They were invited by "Standard's" Editor-in-Chief, Slavka Bozukova, to discuss and select new Bulgarian treasures to be added to the list of protected cultural heritage of the UN Cultural Organization UNESCO. The forum opened with a dance, choreographed by Bulgaria's legendary rhythmic gymnastics coach, Neshka Robeva, and performed by her troupe. Ragin said the Association will provide to foreign journalists accommodations free of charge while prominent Bulgarian archeologist, Prof. Great Tit Picked as Bird Symbol of Sofia. Google + The Great Tit has won the vote for Bird Symbol of Sofia. Photo by Sofianites have picked the Great Tit (Parus major) as a symbol of the capital.
The poll was conducted in the period January 28 – March 15 and attracted a total of 8600 votes for 12 options. The Great Tit emerged as the winner with 24% of the votes, followed by the Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) with 20% of the votes and the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) supported by 16% of the voters. The poll was launched as part of the "See for the first time: The flying wealth of Bulgaria" project of the Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds financed and supported by the America for Bulgaria foundation. The winning species will be awarded with a special installation in Sofia's Southern Park. The installation will be the starting point for bird-watching routes that are yet to be marked with directional signs and notice boards. Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency.