Bulgaria and Romania on Tuesday signed a deal to set up three wetland areas along their joint 470-kilometre (290-mile) Danube border, protecting pelicans, herons, pygmy cormorants and other birds, the environment ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Recycling of household waste has tripled in Europe over the past decade but some countries are dragging their feet for meeting a target set for 2020, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said in a report ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Bulgaria's government tabled on Wednesday a bill in parliament reinstating a ban on hunting brown bears that had been eased in 2010 after a man was mauled to death.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 14, 2012 not rated yet 0

Bent on saving hundreds of lives lost on Europe's roads each year due to faulty vehicles and motorbikes, the EU will call for tougher technical tests in proposals to be unveiled Friday.

Technology - Engineering

Jul 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Bulgaria's government formally decided Wednesday to end all consultation and ratification procedures on the controversial ACTA pact against online piracy and counterfeiting, its press office said.

Technology - Internet

Jul 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant was temporarily shut down early Saturday due to a turbogenerator problem, but no rise in radioactivity was recorded, a statement said.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

Bulgaria's parliament adopted on Thursday a new law to regulate online gambling for the first time, its press office said.

Technology - Internet

Mar 15, 2012 not rated yet 0

Police say they have arrested four suspected hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement in connection with attacks on Spanish political party websites.

Technology - Internet

Feb 28, 2012 not rated yet 0

Apple said Tuesday that the iPhone 4S, the latest version of its hot-selling smartphone, would go on sale in more countries in Asia, Europe and Central America this month.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 01, 2011 not rated yet 0

Cracks were detected in the protective casings of a number of control rods at Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant, but there has been no release of radioactivity, the plant's operator said Thursday.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 05, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

AES Geo Energy, a Bulgarian unit of US energy giant AES Corporation, launched on Tuesday the largest 156-megawatt wind farm in Bulgaria, the company said.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 06, 2009 3 / 5 (2) 0