Bulgarian Business Club

ICANN CEO and President Rod Beckstrom: It’s Great Bulgaria Cares So Much about Cyrillic Domains

Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg with Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN, author and high-tech entrepreneur. Beckstrom previously served as Director of the US National Cyber Security Center. Prior to that Beckstrom was Chairman and Chief Catalyst of TWIKI.NET, a company which supports TWiki, an open source wiki. He is co-author [...]

Sir Alex Assuages Berbatov Injury Fears

The injury that Manchester United‘s Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov picked up during his team’s unfortunate game against Crystal Palace on Wednesday is not as grave as initially believed, Sir Alex Ferguson has announced. “Berbatov’s injury isn’t serious,” Ferguson has said, as cited by the Red Devils’ official website. “He got injured the week before. We’ve [...]

Bulgarian Christian Orthodox Honor Saint Sava

Bulgarian Christian Orthodox mark Monday the Day of Saint Sava or Sabbas. St. Sabbas was born in 439. He is a Cappadocian-Greek monk, priest and saint, who lived mainly in Palestine. He was the founder of several monasteries, most notably the one known as Mar Saba. In Bulgarian folklore Sava is the brother Saint Varvara, [...]

Bulgarian Food Safety Watchdog Orders 22kg of Spoiled Yellow Cheese Incinerated

22 tons of yellow cheese (kashkaval) past its sell-by date have been delivered to an incineration plant by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BABH). Laboratory tests have confirmed that the dairy product is unfit for consumption due to the advanced stages of milk fat oxidation, according to BABH’s statement. The yellow cheese is owned by the [...]

Bulgarian Parliament to Vote State Budget 2012 on 2nd Reading

The Bulgarian Parliament will vote on second reading Wednesday and Thursday legislation relating to Bulgaria’s state budget for 2012. Prior to that, the Bulgarian government had agreed with trade unions not to up the retirement age before 2021, and had signed an agreement with representatives of farmers regarding much larger subsidies than those stipulated in [...]

Bulgarian Cabinet Firm on Not Surrendering to Farmers

They insisted on a meeting with Borisov and his Deputy, Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, but did not get a positive response. Meanwhile, the demonstrators, represented by the National Grain Producers Association, were invited to meet with Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, but declined the invitation on the grounds he is not authorized to sign any decisions. [...]

Poland Favors EU Treaty Change to Rescue Eurozone

The Polish EU Presidency has stated Tuesday it backs the initiative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to forge new rules to secure the financial stability of the EU. Poland, who is EU‘s rotational presiding member state until the end of 2012, will back all efforts to rescue the eurozone, said [...]

Bulgarian PM Proposes Bonuses for EU’s Fiscally Disciplined

The EU member states showing a better fiscal discipline should be motivated with bonuses, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov proposed during a meeting with his Danish counterpart. The block’s best performers in terms of fiscal stability could receive more EU funds during the next program period and could spend less on co-financing EU projects, the [...]

Denmark Throws Weight behind Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry

Denmark firmly supports Bulgaria and Romania‘s Schengen bids and hopes that the two countries would join the agreement during its EU presidency, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said. “Bulgaria and Romania have met the requirements for joining the Schengen Agreement; we should stimulate them by accepting them in Schengen. If someone has abided by the [...]

Crisis Stems Outflow of Bulgarian Migrant Workers toward EU

The fact that some EU countries still impose restrictions on access to their labor market for Bulgarian citizens means only one thing: that these people will spend more time there working illegally. The conclusion is part of the “Bulgarian Labor Migration: Do Restrictions Make Sense” report of the Open Society Institute – Sofia published by [...]

Hackers could shut down train lines: expert [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:12:28 PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hackers who have shut down websites by overwhelming them with Web traffic could use the same approach to shut down the computers that control train switching systems, a security expert

Testicle-biting fish found in remote Papua New Guinea [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:32:42 PST

(known as "ball cutter") A British angler told today how he snared a predator fish that kills men by biting off their TESTICLES. Fearless Jeremy Wade, 53, spent weeks hunting for the fish in remote Papua New Guinea after locals reported a mysterious beast that was castrating young fishermen.

App Store Removes Fake iPhone 4S Jailbreak After 2 Weeks [Digg]

Digg — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:46:03 PST

Apple, Inc. removed the fake jailbreak in the App Store.

Are the iPod Generation Ruining Their Hearing For Good? [Digg]

Digg — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:45:37 PST

Pardon? What you say? Apparently the ear-bud touting masses are ruining their hearing, one Justin Bieber song at a time. Because one in five Americans over the age of 12 have hearing loss in at least one ear. A new study shows that more than 48 million people in the United States can't hear...

Megan Fox, Clive Owen Attend Launch of Telephone Vertu Constellation in Russia [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:29:24 PST

Megan Fox and Clive Owen were just some of the A-listers on hand for the launch of the Vertu Constellation cell phone Tuesday night in Moscow, Russia. The actors took time to pose for a few photos together, effectively turning the hotness level up to...

Funny Animals [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:54:28 PST

How crazy can be any animal.Find out now Very Funny Animals Collection

WTF! A stupid cute dog Humps Grandma’s Leg! crazy!! [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:49:23 PST

Don`t give your Grandma’s to walk your dog it is danger

Rumor: New Apple TV on the Way [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:19:11 PST

Rumor: New Apple TV on the Way

Katherine Jenkins stalker: Is a jealous rival singer making life hell for opera star [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:03:25 PST

The attacker has bombarded Miss Jenkins with cruel taunts about the death of her father and barbed comments about her figure and appearance.

Justin Bieber’s Alleged Baby Mama Dismisses Paternity Lawsuit [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:02:38 PST

Justice Justin Bieber 's baby mama has dismissed her paternity lawsuit against the singer . The suit was quietly dismissed late last week.? What's more , Mariah Yeater 's lawyers, Lance Rogers and Matt Pare , have quit her ... withdrawn from the case...

Britney Spears Gyrates Around to Marilyn Manson’s ‘Sweet Dreams [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:01:41 PST

A video from Britney Spears‘ Circus Tour just leaked online, and the mother of two gets pretty steamy! Britney?lip syncs?to Marilyn Manson’s Sweet Dreams and rolls around with some half-naked back up dance.....

Stacy Keibler Bikinis With ‘Her Guy’ at the Pool [Digg]

Digg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:28:47 PST

With George Clooney away, Stacy Keibler flaunted her sexy bikini bod as she soaked up the sun by a pool on Tuesday afternoon. The bikini-clad blonde cuddled up with fluffy pooch pal and posted a sexy pic of herself on Twitter, writing:

Britney Spears: Rio de Janeiro Bikini Babe [Digg]

Digg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:04:50 PST

Taking a much-needed break from her current tour, Britney Spears was spotted soaking up the South American rays poolside in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Monday (November 14). The “Femme Fatale” songstress donned a lime green bikini as she joined boyfriend Jason Trawick

Waiting for sunset [Digg]

Digg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:45:07 PST

Waiting for sunset Melawai Beach Balikpapan

Hilary Duff’s Sparkly & Short Maternity Style [Digg]

Digg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:02:29 PST

Hilary Duff isn’t letting a little baby bump get in the way of her fashion sense. The former Disney star stepped out at the Beauty Book launch in Hollywood Monday night with her hubby Mike Comrie on her arm, and despite being pregnant, was still working the red carpet in a yellow/green sequin minidress that...