http://international.ibox.bg/section/id_10 10 769974038 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_769974038 Guardianship laws in Bulgaria and across the region provide no effective oversight of guardians who assume control of their wards' property or bank accounts, writes Matthew Brunwasser in The International Herlad Tribune Across the former Soviet bloc, many mentally ill are without rights as a result of unrevised rules in place before free markets and democracy started taking hold, according to human rights groups. The name of this isolated spot in the lush Danube plains means justice or, carried over from Russian, it means truth. Little of either definition has penetrated the local care home for men with mental disorders, a bleak establishment most easily reached by a bone-jarring six-hour ride from Sofia, the capital. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:40:59 +0200 10 320734267 http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_320734267 Zoe Dare Hall suggests British buyers might be missing out on some of the best investment opportunities European and Russian investors have been flocking to buy luxury newbuilds on the Black Sea and in Borovets. Zoe Dare Hall suggests British buyers might be missing out on some of the best investment opportunities. Loved or hated for it, cheapness is the reason you go to Bulgaria. Cheap beach holidays, cheap skiing, cheap flights and cheap food and drink. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:19:11 +0200 10 1502970940 http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1502970940 Corruption affects the entire population, from clerks in the countryside to senior government officials. Unfortunately, people are becoming apathetic. They accept it as a part of life When the white-haired coroner of Bulgaria's capital died hanging from the jungle gym of a placid city playground, he left behind a series of what his longtime staff considered cryptic clues. These forensic examiners balked at the horror of preparing an autopsy of their former teacher, Stoycho Radanov. At the time of his death at 76 in mid-October, he was still vigorous, presiding over politically radioactive cases that uncovered botched investigative work and a deadly beating by top police officials. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:43:46 +0200 10 1445051069 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1445051069 The "Spirit of Burgas" Festival, organized by MTV and the Municipality of Burgas, was the first event of such a magnitude in Bulgaria The "Spirit of Burgas" Festival, organized by MTV and the Municipality of Burgas was the first event of such a magnitude in Bulgaria. We present to you the experience of one of its guests, Emanuela Belovarsky, a digital artist and film-directing student, currently working for Saatchi&Saatchi, Bulgaria.Day One They called it "The Spirit of Burgas", and they knew exactly why. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:03:00 +0300 10 1901154825 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1901154825 SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Union workers at the giant, troubled steel plant here recently held managers as virtual prisoners to force them to sign a contract. An ex-wrestler who allegedly amassed wealth by squeezing the plant for cash was shot dead by a sniper. Suppliers are suing the factory to force it into bankruptcy as two steel magnates compete to gain control of it. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:19:43 +0300 10 1859203343 http://international.ibox.bg/pressreview/id_1859203343 Here you can find the latest articles, interviews and reports from the Bulgarian Press:  The Sega daily:‘The President should return the money to Liudmil Staikov' the mayor of Sofia Boyko Borisov advices. According to him Georgy Parvanov have done what he should do. He was granted the money, he declared them. Now he has to return it and that's how he'll get out of the case, Borisov says. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:03:07 +0300 10 1457054793 http://international.ibox.bg/pressreview/id_1457054793 Here you can find the latest articles, interviews and reports from the Bulgarian Press:    The Trud daily:‘The ravishers have drugged the kidnapped President of FC Litex Angel Bonchev' the MIA psychologist prof. Boyko Ganchevski considers. ‘The ravishers have showed extreme brutality towards Bonchev - that have tortured him, left in dark for the whole 50 days, brain washed hi with narcotic and psychotropic substances  in order to brake his will. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:42:07 +0300 10 1887410190 http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1887410190 The nuclear reactors are to be built in a seismic zone?! Belene – the perpetual construction on the Danube. At this sport after some time, there will be the two blocks of the Bulgarian nuclear power plant. This contradicts every logic because Belene is a risky place, says the environmentalist Albena Simeonova, showing a seismic map in an interview for the German radio Deutschlandfunk. The media focuses on the problem with the place where the nuclear plant is going to be. Mon, 19 May 2008 11:05:12 +0300 10 55316105 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_55316105 Environmentalists warn that the pipeline was meant to pass through some of the local natural parks. If  realized, the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project may cause more harm than good to Bulgaria. Yesterday, The Standart explained how the pipeline would put an oil stopper to our tourism industry.All tour operators rose against the project with the argument that Bourgas-Alexandroupolis will put at stake annual revenues of billions of euro, because of some 30 or 35 million US dollars a year from transit fees. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:21:16 +0200 10 784345445 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_784345445 Bulgaria is proud to be an European state, but sometimes we wish we had something of Africa, as well. For example, we would have felt much happier if it didn't snow in this country. A symbiosis between Europe and Africa is an absurdity but what if such a miracle comes true on Bulgaria's territory of 111,000 kilometers: Swiss standards and African sun! Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:57:23 +0200 10 1528913771 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1528913771 There are now 60,000 Macedonian applications for Bulgarian citizenship BRITAIN is facing a new invasion of East European immigrants, this time from impoverished Macedonia. Residents in the Balkan state are using a passport loophole to help them sneak into the UK by the back door.European Union officials yesterday admitted as many as 60,000 Macedonians could be heading our way.But campaigners fighting to protect UK borders fear the true number is far higher. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:47:24 +0200 10 503900498 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_503900498 Capital Sofia, blocked of expensive cars is not indicative for the rest of the country ‘One hungry country tries climb up' comments about Bulgaria the German newspaper ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'.  After the hyperinflation in 1997 economy got stabilized and a number of foreign investors entered the country.The prognoses of GDP's increasing for next year are 6%, the budget surplus is 3% and if there wasn't the inflation of 7% this year, Bulgaria could even fulfill the EU' s criteria of entering the Euro zone. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:59:58 +0200 10 141457972 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_141457972 For some British Eastern Europeans are bigger threat than global warming or disease. They come over here, take our jobs, eat our carp and lose all our £50 notes. They even steal our unwanted clothes. But can all that is written about eastern Europeans really be true? Tim Dowling looks at the outrageous claims made about Britain's newest arrivals Since the first immigrants from the new European Union member states of the old Eastern bloc arrived in 2000 (actually, from before that, when they were known collectively to the tabloids as "bogus asylum seekers"), eastern Europeans - Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Slovakians, et al - have been blamed for virtually every crisis that has beset this nation, and a good few that haven't. Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:03:30 +0200 10 2091609023 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_2091609023 10 reasons why you should visit Sofia Hot on the heels of Michael Palin, the no-frills revolution has spread further into eastern Europe this month with the launch of a new EasyJet service from Gatwick to Sofia. And while the Bulgarian capital cannot claim to be another Krakow or Tallinn in waiting, it has a subtle appeal all its own. Here are 10 reasons to visit. In praise of Alexander Nevsky The towering, gold- and green-domed, neo-Byzantine Alexander Nevsky church is the main religious symbol for Bulgaria's Orthodox believers and a Sofia landmark. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:29:19 +0200 10 679890093 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_679890093 “That building was owned by my grandparents,” guide Ghergana Toleva said as we walked down the main pedestrian street in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second largest city.Authorities seized the property during the communist years and her family has been tied up in court trying to recover it, said Toleva, who had accompanied us on a tour from the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:01:22 +0200 10 1178198158 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1178198158 What's wrong is that they joined the EU after half a million Polish migrants rocked up to these shores. Tough luck.On Tuesday, the government confirmed that Bulgarians and Romanians will be barred from working in the UK for at least another year. Why? Because, the argument goes, the effects of the two countries' recent EU membership are yet to be fully evaluated. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:30:12 +0200 10 1154805593 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1154805593 To be a member of the European Parliament is a great responsibility and a challenge in the same time. As a representative of Bulgaria in the European Parliament (EP) I feel responsible for defending the Bulgarian interests in the large European family, despite of my status as a member of the parliament of all European citizens. And this is not a simple task if you have decided to do your job dutifully. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:07:00 +0300 10 1993602016 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_1993602016 The countries of south-east Europe must take action over their rapid credit growth, high external deficits and dependence on foreign currency loans to reduce the risks of a financial crisis, an International Monetary Fund report warns.The region has reached the point at which other countries facing similar strains have run into trouble, with external imbalances now larger than those seen in east Asia before the 1998 crisis, say the authors. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:24 +0300 10 66388374 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_66388374 Here in Bulgaria's former royal capital, even a budget traveler can live like a king. Let's start with the dinner at the Gurko Tavern, a cozy restaurant and hotel built into a cliff overlooking a canyon carved out by the snaking Yantra River. Starving after eight hours on the train from Bucharest, Romania, my husband, Tom, and I started with King's beers (worth buying just for the opener built into the bottom of each bottle) and a platter of roasted red and green bell peppers. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:08:05 +0300 10 973925194 http://international.ibox.bg/comment/id_973925194 On September 10 Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivailo Kalfin outlined the country’s goals to join transport corridors for Caspian oil and gas. Kalfin spoke in the wake of an official visit to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the first such visit by a senior Bulgarian official in more than a decade. Bulgaria is eager to join either Russian-led or Western transport projects, depending on opportunities at hand, amid weak policy guidance from the European Union. Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:56:37 +0300