Ukraine raises domestic household gas prices 50% from Aug. 1
Kiev. Ukraine's government has raised domestic household gas prices by a staggering 50% from August 1 as part of its measures to balance the budget and get much-needed funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), RIA Novosti reports.

2 pleasant surprises in opening reliquary on St. Ivan Island, says historian
Sozopol. There were two peasant surprises after the opening of the reliquary on St. Ivan Island, says prominent historian Bozhidar Dimitrov, Minister without portfolio in charge of the Bulgarian Diaspora abroad, in a commentary for FOCUS News Agency.

MRF leader Ahmed Dogan is not untouchable, says MP
Sofia. It is possible that the contracts for consulting services signed by leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Ahmed Dogan to have been used so as to justify and make legal some incomes, said MP Dimo Gyaurov, chairperson of the Anti-Corruption, Conflict of Interests and Parliamentary Ethics Committee, in interview to BNR.