Bulgaria

BG: Investigation into government deal over Microsoft licences — published on Jul 03, 2008

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The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office this week started an investigation into a government licence contract regarding the use of Microsoft software, Bulgarian TV news reported Thursday.

BG: 'Government's increasing use of Open Source inevitable' — published on May 30, 2008

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The Bulgarian government will turn more and more to Open Source software, predicts Krasimir Panayotov, coordinator of the GNU/Linux User Group in the city of Rousse, the country's fifth-largest city.

BG: Developer publishes e-Government services platform as Open Source — published on May 13, 2008

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The Bulgarian software developer Daniel Denev has recently published his framework for electronic administrative services using the GNU General Public Open Source licence (GPL). Denev hopes that opening up his software will increase interest from small to medium sized public administrations.

BG: Bulgaria to review its IT strategy, considers Open Source — published on Apr 01, 2008

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The Bulgarian government is to review its national IT strategy and will consider the use of Open Source software.

BG: 'More than half the state's servers run Open Source' — published on Mar 13, 2008

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More than half of the 5000 servers in use by the Bulgarian central government run on Open Source operating systems, says Youri Alkalay, director of the administrations "E-Government" Department.

BG: Government to study public use of Open Source — published on Jan 17, 2008

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The Bulgarian Ministry of State Administration will study the benefits of Open Source software for public administrations, minister Nikolay Vassilev promised in December.

BG: Administration to begin Open Source pilots — published on Nov 08, 2007

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The Bulgarian government will begin pilots with Open Source software, Youri Alkalay, head of the E-government department at the ministry for State Administration told Computerworld Bulgaria, an IT publication.

BG: President praises Open Source conference — published on Oct 23, 2007

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Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov is voicing his support for the Open Source conference OpenFest, taking place in Sofia this weekend. "Open Source technologies helps to solve important problems such as transparency and free civil access to public information," Parvanov wrote in a letter to the organisation in September.

BG: 'Common use of unlicensed software hinders uptake of Open Source' — published on Aug 09, 2007

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The widespread use of illegally copied software in Bulgaria is a strong barrier to Open Source alternatives, says Krastyo Lambev, a Bulgarian IT expert.

BG: Lack of support hampers governmental use of Open Source — published on Apr 17, 2007

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Bulgaria lacks companies that can assist public administration with the use of Open Source software. This inhibits the introduction of this type of software in the country, says Youri Alkalay, director of "E-Government" Department, the IT department of the Bulgarian government.