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An eye injury from a firework, a heavy car accident near Ruski Pametnik in Sofia and a few alcoholrelated incidents were among the registered cases at the Pirogov emergency hospital in the capital during Bulgarias New Years celebrations, Bulgarian news agency BTA said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily on January 1 2009.

With the passing of the last day of 2008, the death toll from road accidents in Bulgaria reached 1059, which was 53 more people compared with a year ago, according to a bulletin issued by the Interior Ministry, cited by Dnevnik daily. The number of all injured people was 9923, out of which 8031 were involved in car accidents.

Starting January 1 2009, Turkey launched a new currency by dropping the new from Turkish lira and began to circulate new notes and coins, DPA, the German news agency wrote, cited by Bulgarian news agency BTA.The new notes are smaller and six zeros at the end of a given monetary units face value have been done away with. The former currency, the new Turkish lira, is to drop out of circulation by the end of 2009.

Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine because of irreconcilable contract issues, Reuters reported, cited by Bulgarianlanguage newspaper Dnevnik daily on January 1 2009.A spokesperson for the supplier, Gazprom, said, as quoted by Reuters, that the company would proceed to service its European customers as usual.

The holidays are about over, and a fine dining experience in a Bulgarian restaurant beckons. Nominees in the eighth Restaurant of the Year BacchusChivas Regal competition were announced in late December 2008, and only go to prove that the countrys gourmet scene is on the upswing.According to a statement on the website of wine and gourmet magazine Bacchus, the originator of the contest, the aim is to stimulate even more restaurateurs, chefs and sommeliers

A European Commission warning letter to the Bulgarian National Road Infrastructure Agency NRIA has halted procedures for selecting companies that are to build lot 2 and lot 3 of Trakiya Highway, the NRIA said on December 30 2008. The EC has expressed concerns about possible violations in tender procedures for selecting construction companies

Bulgaria welcomed in 2009 with a celebration that filled Knyaz Alexander Battenberg Square in Sofia, thus repeating a manyyears tradition of live music, a word from the President and fireworks. A number of local television stations broadcast the New Years Eve programme live over the internet.

Greece has decided to open its labour market to Bulgarians and Romanians from January 1 2009, a statement on the Bulgarian Foreign Ministrys website said on December 31 2008. On December 31 2008 the Greek government officially said that it opens its labour market for Bulgarians and Romanians as of January 1 2009, the statement read.

A European Commission warning letter to the Bulgarian National Road Infrastructure Agency NRIA has halted procedures for selecting companies who are to build lot 2 and lot 3 of Trakiya Highway, the NRIA said on December 30 2008. The EC has expressed concerns about possible violations in tender procedures for selecting construction companies

A group of armed and masked men attacked staff at a Billa supermarket store in Sofias Hipodruma neighbourhood in the late hours of December 30 2008, stealing the days proceeds, the Interior Ministry confirmed to Bulgarian news agency Focus on December 31 2008.