14 septembre 2007
The initiative – Safely Cross the Street of Piraeus Bank starts
| 14 September 2007 | 04:15 | FOCUS News Agency |
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Sofia. For the second consecutive year Piraeus Bank, together with the Bulgarian Traffic Police, start the initiative for safe crossing of the streets for the kids in Sofia’s schools. Voluntary citizens’ patrols will ensure the safe traffic around 15 schools, Klasa newspaper reported. |
09 septembre 2007
Minister: Bulgaria To Build 2 New Prisons Next Year
Bulgaria plans to start building two new prisons next year, Justice Minister Miglena Tacheva told Bulgarian state radio BNR on Sunday.
One prison will be built near the Black Sea port of Varna, on a land plot spanning 19 hectares, while the other one is planned to be in the neighbourhood of capital Sofia.
The ministry plans to build the two prisons using public-private partnerships, Tacheva added.
All Bulgarian prisons date back to the Communist era, with no new facilities built over the past 17 years and little money allocated to repair and upgrade the existing ones.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=85082
26 août 2007
Bulgarie: l'Etat met le paquet pour la prévention routière
Une carcasse de voiture accidentée est exposée aux yeux des automobilistes à l'entrée de Blagoevgrad, en Bulgarie, sur la route des vacances vers la Grèce. Elle vise à avertir des risques d'une conduite irréfléchie.
Depuis janvier, 600 accidents mortels ont eu lieu en Bulgarie. "C'est la guerre sur les routes", n'a pas hésité à affirmer à la télévision bTV un porte-parole de la police, après avoir annoncé 26 accidents graves ayant fait 6 morts et 32 blessés pour la seule journée du 15 août.
Dorénavant, lorsqu'un automobiliste vient payer une contravention auprès de la police routière à Sofia, il doit assister à la projection de films vidéos sur les accidents les plus spectaculaires.
A la radio nationale, avant chaque bulletin d'information, des personnalités bulgares appellent les usagers de la route à "conduire raisonnablement pour arriver sain et sauf".
Ce genre d'initiatives et de prises de position musclées entrent dans le cadre d'une nouvelle campagne de sensibilisation lancée par la police et les médias bulgares pour marquer les consciences face à la mortalité grimpante sur les routes de ce pays de 7,7 millions d'habitants.
La Bulgarie se classe parmi les lanternes rouges des pays comptant le plus de victimes d'accidents par million de véhicules particuliers dans l'Union européenne, selon Eurostat.
http://www.edicom.ch/fr/news/international/1188_4170512.html
15 août 2007
Sofia Mayor: Knife in Hand Means Arrest
The mayor of Sofia has ordered that "anyone walking in the streets of the capital with a knife, an axe or a fork in hand is immediately arrested".
After a second night of Roma violence and open hostility towards the Bulgarians in the district of Krasna Polyana, mayor Boyko Borissov held a meeting with the deputy head of Sofia police and agreed that anyone, who threatens the public order and security, should be arrested.
"Otherwise I will blame the police not only of failing to do its job, but also of boycotting my orders," Borissov said.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84216
05 août 2007
Bulgaria Introduces Hotline 112 for All Distress Calls by 2009
Bulgaria's government decided to introduce a network of top-notch emergency centres for monitoring all distress calls by the end of its term in 2009.
Citizens won't have to remember several emergency numbers anymore, as all calls going to the ambulances, police and fire brigades will be directed to telephone number 112. The mountain rescue teams and the Red Cross will also be covered at a later stage.
Emergency response units are expected to be relieved, because the centres will be able to sift out pranks that currently account for 80% of the calls.
A pilot project was launched in Southwestern Bulgaria in the summer of this year. Citizens may dial 0800 20-112 free of charge and alert about natural disasters they have witnessed or become a victim of. All incoming calls are automatically registered and recorded.
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=83769
01 août 2007
FIVE WORKERS FALL AT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN BULGARIA’S CAPITAL CITY
Five construction workers fell from rickety scaffolding in Sofia’s residential district of Mladost.
The two most severely injured workers were taken to the Military Medical Academy, two were sent to Pirogov emergency centre and the fifth was given first aid on the scene, Focus news agency reported.
A Pirogov representative said that the two victims treated at the centre were out of danger. They had no health insurace.
The workers, who were installing insulation, fell from a height of four to five metres.
There were no signs at the site naming the investor or what the building was intended to be. The construction was legal, Focus said.
31 juillet 2007
88.8% of citizens do not use insurance products
| 31 July 2007 | 17:19 | FOCUS News Agency |
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Sofia. 88.8% of Bulgarian citizens do not use insurance products as private clients, shows a survey of GfK – institute for marketing research. 0.4% have marriage and children’s insurance, 2% - health insurance, 2% - Life risk insurance, 0.6% - mixed Life insurance, 0.7% have Life insurance with pension insurance. |
16 juin 2007
BULGARIA'S ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS PRESENTED DURING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Deputy Interior Minister Roumen Andreev presented Bulgaria's efforts in the fight against terrorism during an international conference on the problems of democracy and global security held in Istanbul.
Bulgarian government introduces complex measures to fight organised crime and terrorism in view of the country's EU and NATO membership, Andreev said as quoted by Bulgarian National Radio.
Bulgarian services for combating terrorism regularly meet representatives of similar foreign structures to exchange information and co-operate in the sphere.
Regional co-operation is an important factor in reaching success, Andreev said.
An example for good co-operation was the meeting of Southeast European ministers held on May 18, 2006 in Varna, when participants agreed on a joint partnership declaration.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarias-anti-terrorism-efforts-presented-during-international-conference/id_23163/catid_68
19 mai 2007
EU to allot nearly EUR 240 million for Bulgaria's border security: Interior Minister
| 18 May 2007 | 21:01 | FOCUS News Agency |
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Pleven. Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumen Petkov said Bulgaria would get almost EUR 240 million by the EU for the improvement of the security of its external borders and the fulfilment of its commitments to the Schengen agreement, BNR reported. The funds will be allotted to three ministries – the Ministry of Finance, the Foreign Ministry and the Interior Ministry. The Interior Ministry will get EUR 120 million. Within two years it will buy modern police equipment and new specialized vehicles, ships and helicopters that will be used by the Border Police. |
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02 mars 2007
Simeon Sax Coburg Gotha is a target of Al-Qaida?
Ex Prime-Minister Simeon Sax Coburg Gotha is a potential target of Al-Qaida according to a list published in Internet. That was announced by Head of National Security Services Roumen Milanov.
"There is a danger for all politicians in the list ‘guilty' for the American soldiers entering Iraq or supporting them. Simeon Sax Coburg Gotha was a Prime-Minister at that time and he agreed to take the side of USA in this war. In the list are also Tony Blare, Dick Chaney and Donald Rumsfeld. Any kind of a threat is dangerous, even though published in Internet" said Head of National Security Services Roumen Milanov.
"Ex Prime-Minister Simeon Sax Coburg Gotha is now guarded by the National Security Service" announced Prime-Minister Sergey Stanishev.
Stanishev also said that in the moment National Security Service is protecting 10 officials, 6-by right, and 4 because of stage of menacing. Some of the guarded officials are the Lieder of "Union of Democratic Power" Petar Stoianov, Ahmed Dogan-the Lieder of the "Movement for Rights and Freedom", Mayor Boyko Borisov and Simeon Sax Coburg Gotha.
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1314671292