Sat, Nov 21 2009
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Eastern Europe's declining competitiveness accounts for a geographic relocation in outsourcing of office space. Nevertheless, Bulgaria is holding its own.
Bulgarian subsidiaries of Siemens and Hewlett-Packard (HP) were among the candidates to build the electronic government (e-government) infrastructure in three major Bulgarian cities, the Ministry of State Administration and Administrative Reform said on October 23, as quoted by investor.bg. Siemens IT Solutions and Services EOOD, HP Bulgaria EOOD, as well as three Bulgarian consortia - Centre for e-Government, Storma and InfoProgress were the five applicants to take part in a tender, organised by the ministry, to build and maintain the IT infrastructure of the territorial e-government centres in the capital Sofia, the Black Sea city of Varna and in Sliven, Southern Bulgaria.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.
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