The Indian police announced they did not have any proof that the father of the girl, who became one of the stars of the Slumdog Millionaire Oscar winning movie, had intentions to sell her. The mother of the 9-year-old, Rubina Ali, requested an investigation of the case after the UK \"News of the World\" published information that the father had tried to sell Rubina for GBP 200,000. The father, Rafiq Qureshi, and several residents of the Mumbai slums have been interrogated, but authorities said they had not found any proof of Qureshi ever intending to sell the girl and would not make an arrest. Rubina, who played the youngest version of the leading female character, Latika, in the Oscar winner, lives with he...

A Bulgarian court has delayed the trial against the former chief executive of state tobacco company Bulgartabak, who is charged with misappropriation of funds and tax evasion on a large scale. The next hearing has been scheduled for June 8. Prosecutors say Hristo Lachev has not paid taxes totalling BGN 10,000 for the period 2004-2006. He has not legally declared properties in Sofia, Separeva Banya, Bansko and along the Black Sea coast. Lachev has denied any wrongdoing. A year ago the economy minister asked for Lachev\'s suspension and has since appointed a second CEO to run the cigarette maker. An anti-crime commission froze property and all the bank accounts of Lachev....

The Anglo American School of Sofia (AAS) announced it will provide full academic scholarships for a limited number of Bulgarian students in grades nine and ten for the 2007-08 school year. The scholarships will be in effect until the students complete their high school education or leave the school. Over the course of the high school scholarship program, AAS will invest up to BGL 1,200,000 in the education of talented Bulgarian children. This initiative is part of the school \'s commitment to support Bulgarian students. Previously, AAS supported 3 Bulgarian children with financial aid from Grade Preschool-Kindergarten to Grade 8, almost a 10 year-scholarship for each child. Details concerning these high school...

After months of research, Quest Bulgaria has gone into cyber-space and gone on-line, winning huge recognition. It\'s the ultimate one-stop shop window for anyone wanting to buy a property in Bulgaria, learn about the culture or even speak the language. With over 60% of their 9,000 readers a massive 98% demanded the change and only 2% wanted the magazine to carry on with the printed version. So, from August 19, Quest Bulgaria will go on-line - the July edition was the last printed version - with all the usual stories in English plus translations into French and Russian carried out by proper translators. \"Now is the time to buy in Bulgaria,\" said Quest Bulgaria managing director Chris Goodall, \"so the t...

Bulgaria will open a diplomatic mission, headed by an ambassador, in Doha, Qatar, due the intense political bilateral relations between the two countries over the last few years, the government decided. Both countries are interested in developing their cooperation in the field of energy, economy and investments, says a press release by the government. It adds that Qatar is a country, whose economic development and modernization is among the fastest in the world....

TheMoveChannel.com Bulgaria\'s 398-kilometre Black Sea Coast is the most popular tourist area in the country and land there has been hugely sought after by developers and investors looking to cash in on the locale - but now, industry experts are calling for a property free zone. Bulgaria\'s 398-kilometre Black Sea Coast is the most popular tourist area in the country and land there has been hugely sought after by developers and investors looking to cash in on the locale - but now, industry experts are calling for a property free zone to be brought in to prevent the coastline from becoming one huge development... In ancient times, Greek colonizers established settlements along the entire coast of the Black S...

A month ahead of the European elections in Bulgaria, a special panel, investigating the country\'s communist-era police files, released the names of agents and collaborators of the former secret police, who are members of the central electoral commission. According to the information published on the website of the so called Files Commission, two members of the election body have been collaborators and agents from the secret police of the former communist regime. These are Alexander Urumov from \"Forward\" political movement and Rumen Elenski from the quota of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The Files Commission has probed the past of twenty-three members of the Central Electoral Commission set up for the elect...

The Bulgarian Parliament voted Wednesday to reject the veto of Bulgaria\'s President, Georgi Parvanov, opposing the clause raising the coalitions\' threshold from 4% to 8%. With the Parliament\'s vote, the text raising the threshold was once again affirmed and approved as an amendment of the new Election Act. The ruling National Movement for Stability and Progress Party (NMSP) of former Prime Minister and Tsar, Simeon Saxe-Coburg and most of the opposition - United Democratic Forces (UDF), Democrats for, Strong Bulgaria (DSB), \"Bulgarian New Democracy\" (BND) and the Movement \"Forward\" did not participate in the vote because they are against the clause. The 8% threshold was favored by the Members of the ...

The Hungarian Culinary Week, which took place at the Hilton Sofia hotel, featured meals prepared by the world famous Hungarian Chef, Tamas Toth. From March 16 until March 21, Toth cooked traditional Hungarian specialties from the dinner a la carte menu at the Seasons Restaurant, which also featured top Hungarian wines from Tokaji and Vesztergombi Top Hungarian Chef Tamas Toth has been working at Crystal Cruises Inc., Los Angeles, California, since 1996 reaching in 2008 the position of Executive Chef at Crystal Serenity. The Hungarian Culinary Week in Sofia was sponsored by the Hungarian Embassy in Sofia, Malev - Hungarian Airlines, and the two leading Hungarian wine producers Tokaji and Vesztergombi, among ...

Are you ready to go to the next level? Get your personal PON Internet of new generation by Spectrum Net now. Bulgaria finally has Internet of a new generation - PON (Passive Optical Network), which is created upon the \"Fiber-to-the-Home\" principle. The time has come when we can finally use the full capacity of the network with speed for household users of up to 100 Mbps without being affected by thunderstorms, power outages, and overloaded traffic. This is the end of the slow Internet connection caused by the overloaded traffic. The Passive Optical Network is the optimum solution for delivering of already existing high technologies, and it even has the capacity to accommodate their future development. It ...