Bulgaria News

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

News - Bulgaria



European Greens MEP on 4 day visit to Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Spanish member of the European Parliament David Hammerstein, MEP for the
Los Verdes, which is part of the European Greens, will visit
Bulgaria between May ...


Bulgaria has a new chief secretary of Interior Ministry

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The changes come in the light of an April 25 US department of justice
(USDOJ) report which cited Bulgaria as an example of how
international organised ...


Bulgaria exits IIPA's piracy watch list

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria has been removed from the intellectual property piracy
watchlist of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) mainly
due to attempts ...




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Bulgaria will continue to be a factor for stability. As a member of
the EU, our country is ready to share its experience with the countries in
the region. ...

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IKEA may re-direct investments from Poland to Bulgaria or Romania =
...


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA threatened to freeze the bulk of its
investments in Poland and redirect them to Bulgaria or Romania,
Polish business daily ...

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Lagardere plans direct entry into Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

French travel and high street retailer Lagardere Service is planning direct
entry into Bulgaria, representatives of the team preparing the
company's entry ...

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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Bulgaria's Devin eyes Balkan expansion

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Reuters - USA

By Maya Filadska SOFIA, April 29 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's water
bottler Devin DEVIN.BB, owned by Austria's Soravia Group, hopes to
acquire up to three ...

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Bulgaria - 75th in Freedom of Print Media


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Bulgaria holds the 75th place in freedom of print media from 195
countries that have been researched, informs in its annual report the
“Freedom house” ...

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The Sofia Echo unveils Bulgaria’s latest property trends
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

New reports are out detailing property price trends in Bulgaria and
the region, and The Sofia Echo has details on the front page of its issue
published on ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 30


Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 30 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not ...

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Bulgaria Justice Minister: We Will Continue to Be Stability Factor>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
She is hosting the forum together with Bulgaria's newly
appointed Interior Minister Mihail Mikov, who declared in turn that the
Bulgarian Interior Ministry ...

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THREATENING EX SENT TO BULGARIA


Herts and Essex Observer - Hertford,He=
rts,UK


By Web Reporter A JILTED young man from Bishop's Stortford has been
sent to live in Bulgaria with his father after subjecting his former
girlfriend to a ...

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FOE Criticizes French Bank for Participating in Bulgaria's Belene=
...


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
FOE Criticizes French Bank for Participating in Bulgaria=92s Belene
Nuclear Plant: The French branch of the global environmental organization
Friends of the ...

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There would be serious disclosures about crisis and corruption in ...=


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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... the triple coalition is not surmounted with reshuffles of some
ministers, member of the National leadership of Democrats for Strong
Bulgaria (DSB) Prof. ...

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Greece, Bulgaria sign cross-border agreements for security


Xinhua - China

ATHENS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Greece and Bulgaria signed two
agreements on Tuesday which focus on the creation of a joint "Contact
Center" and the exchange ...

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Bulgaria's Stoichkov Apologizes over "Accident" with Fa=
mous Photo ...


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's football star Hristo Stoichkov has
officially apologized over the assault against the photo reporter Lubomir
Assenov that took place ...

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Bulgaria joins EDA procurement program


United Press International - USA>

Bulgaria announced it has joined the EDA's defense procurement
program bringing the total number of member states participating in the
voluntary program to ...

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Elstree tennis star wins in Bulgaria


Borehanwood Times - UK

... trophy cabinet when he and fellow 15-year-old Libor Salaba, of
the Czech Republic, won the Junior World Ranking Doubles title in
Bulgaria on Saturday. ...

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Bulgaria Celebrates Easter Day


VisitBulgaria.net (press release) - Bu=
lgaria


On 27, 28 and 29 Arpil Bulgaria celebrates one of the most beautiful
holidays in the country =96 Easter Day. Easter is a Christian holiday
commemorating the ...

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

News - Bulgaria




Generali to set up re-insurer in Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Italian insurer Generali unveiled plans to set up a re-reinsurance arm in
Bulgaria and the wider Balkan region, Daniela Konova, board chair of
Generali ...

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Bulgaria the cheapest country in Balkans, EU - Eurostat


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In its latest research, the EU statistical authority Eurostat named
Bulgaria as the cheapest country in the West Balkans and in the EU.
...

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House price increase in Bulgaria highest for Europe, second world-wid=
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

According to data published by Globalpropertyguide.com, house price
increases in Europe over the past year ending in Q4 of 2007, were highest
in Bulgaria. ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 29


Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 29 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not ...

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Bulgaria PM to Announce Names of Dismissed Govt Officials Wednesdaya>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said
he is to announce Wednesday the names of the deputy ministers, who will be
dismissed in the ...

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Bulgaria Cheapest in the Balkans & EU


BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Se=
rbia


29 April 2008 Sofia _ Bulgaria has been named the cheapest country
in the West Balkans and the European Union. The research was conducted by
the bloc=92s ...

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Bulgaria Economic Growth to Remain among Highest in EU


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
With a growth of 5,8% in 2008, and 5,6% in 2009, the Bulgaria
economy is project to remain one of the fasting-growing together with those
of Estonia, ...

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Minister: No Mafia In Bulgaria


BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Se=
rbia


29 April 2008 Sofia _ Bulgaria=92s new Interior Minister claims
there is no mafia in the country. Mihail Mikov said the idea of a single
mafia was an ...

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Bulgaria & Greece Sign Border Police Cooperation Agreement
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... two intergovernmental agreements will be signed. Their main
objective is qualitative uplifting of the border police cooperation between
Bulgaria and Greece.

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Bulgaria consumer loans down BGN 98 million in March

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Sofia. Consumer loans fell by BGN 98.2 million in March in comparison with
February 2008, shows data of the Bulgarian central bank, as the online
English ...




Monday, April 28, 2008

Bulgaria News Update



BULGARIA: Two Iraqis Did Make It

IPS - Italy

By Claudia Ciobanu SOFIA, Apr 28 (IPS) - Bulgaria, sometimes
considered a safe haven for Iraqi asylum seekers, has denied refugee status
to all but two ...


Italian Firm Charged with Smuggling Chinese Garlic through Bulgaria

FreshPlaza - Netherlands

An Italian firm is put on trial in the northern city of Piacenza over
allegations of smuggling Chinese garlic through Bulgaria in the town
of Monticelli, ...




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Bulgaria Illegally Produces AK 47 - Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria is among the countries illegally producing
Kalashnikov rifles, representative of Izhmash JSC declared, as quoted by
Interfax. ...


"Bulgaria manufactures Kalashnikovs illegally"

B92 - Serbia

SOFIA -- Bulgaria is among the countries illegally producing
Kalashnikov, AK-47, automatic rifles, Izhmash JSC said. Many countries
continue to produce the ...




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Bulgaria Road Carnage Claims 4 Lives Overnight


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria Road Carnage Claims 4 Lives Overnight: Four lives were
claimed in 23 heavy car crashes reported overnight across Bulgaria,
according to the data of ...

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Sanoma Magazines International To Acquire Net Info In Bulgaria
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NSW,Australia


BG AD, Bulgaria's leading internet company. Sellers are group of
venture capital companies and private individuals. Sanoma Magazines
International will ...

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Construction plans for Bulgaria=92s tallest building


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Construction will soon be launched on what will be Bulgaria=92s
tallest building, a 40-storey tower, to be erected in capital Sofia.
...

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US Worried by Bulgaria Corruption


BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Se=
rbia


28 April 2008 Sofia _ The United States is increasingly concerned by
corruption in Bulgaria's law enforcement agencies, according to
a report by the US ...

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Banks in Bulgaria offer profitable credits: expert


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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The banks in Bulgaria were offering some of the most profitable
house loans in Europe, associate in Home for you real estate consultant
company Ivan Goranov ...

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Bulgaria is Among the Illegal Producers of AK-47


international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria=


Bulgaria is among the countries that is illegally producing
=91Kalashnikov' rifles. This was informed by high-standing
representative of the Concern Izhmash, ...

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Planting tobacco in South East Bulgaria


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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Areas for growing tobacco by one of the major producers in the region of
Straldzha, South East Bulgaria, was increased by 30% thus reaching
2000 decares, ...

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Bulgaria opens employment talks

Vedior - Amsterdam,Netherlands

Bulgaria's minister of labour and social policy is set to open a
conference today on the country's employment strategy for the next
seven years. ...


Bulgaria: Promo tour arrives in London

esctoday.com - Leiden,Netherlands

It will differ a lot from our show in the national final in
Bulgaria. It will have better choreography, brand new styling, new
costumes made by a Bulgarian ...


The Western upbeat not tangible in Bulgaria

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Sofia. After a rather negative session on Thursday, Bulgarian indexes
closed on positive territory in the end of this week. SOFIX added 0.76% to
1147.84 ...


Bulgaria's Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK

Sofia - Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on Sunday celebrated Easter
with church services and folk festivals. Maxim, the 93-year-old patriarch
of the ...




Sunday, April 27, 2008

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1 Dead, 5 Injured in Heavy Car, Minibus Crash in Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A 47-year-old woman died on spot and five other passengers
were injured in a horror crash that occurred Sunday afternoon near
Bulgaria's village ...


Bulgaria drug trade funds Hezbollah

journalismus - nachrichten von heute - Bern,Germany

onlineredaktion - Profits from drugs trafficking through Bulgaria
have been used to fund organizations like Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, the
parliamentary ...




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US toll in Iraq

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA

As of Saturday, at least 4052 members of the US military had died in Iraq
since the beginning of the war in March 2003, according to an Associated
Press ...


The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Wishing for betterment

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Since he started coming to Bulgaria in December 1999, Patrick van
Santen has explored a number of different opportunities and seen a number
of changes. ...


The Netherlands in Bulgaria: The best bread in Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

John Hulsbosch first came to Bulgaria in 2003, for a volunteer
project. During that period he came in contact with the previous owner of
his current bakery, ...




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US military deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan at least 425

The Associated Press -

As of Saturday, April 26, 2008, at least 425 members of the US military had
died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion
of ...


Minister denies mafia exists in Bulgaria

United Press International - USA

SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 26 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's new
interior minister says there is no mafia in the country, although there is
a serious problem with ...


Bulgaria Grants Scholarships to Gorani Students from Kosovo

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Grants Scholarships to Gorani Students from Kosovo:
Bulgaria is going to finance 10 students from the Gorani community
in Southwest Kosovo to study ...




Saturday, April 26, 2008

Bulgaria News




SATURDAY BLOG: Bulgaria: all inclusive


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Summer is coming and it would not be wrong to say that Bulgaria=92s
Black Sea coast is preparing for another profitable holiday season.
...

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Bulgaria PM: Cabinet Changes Didn't Result from Brussels' Dem=
ands


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
The Prime Minister emphasized that today's Bulgaria was much
richer than it had been five years ago, and that the unemployment rate had
decreased whereas ...

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New Interior Minister: There's Definitely No Mafia in Bulgaria>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
New Interior Minister: There=92s Definitely No Mafia in Bulgaria:
Bulgaria's newly appointed Interior Minister Mihail Mikov said
Saturday there was definitely ...

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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Artoteka is coming!


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The Bulgarian-Dutch project ABC (Art, Bulgaria, Commerce) was formed
a few years ago with the goal of giving know-how to succeed in a market
economy. ...

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Bulgaria Labor Minister: We Won't Increase Retirement Age

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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Thus, the Labor Minister pointed out that the actual retirement age in
Bulgaria at the moment was 64-65 years, whereas by 2015 it might
reach 68 years. ...

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Bulgaria Authorities Agree UK to Pardon Michael Shields


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Tacheva states that there would be no more legal procedures against Shields
in Bulgaria, and that the UK could therefore release him from the
British prison ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 25

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 25 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria's parliament approves cabinet reshuffle

Tehran Times - Iran

SOFIA (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's parliament accepted Thursday the
cabinet reshuffle proposed by the three-way ruling coalition Tuesday, local
press reported. ...


Iran Arrange Bulgaria Test

Goal.com - Switzerland

Iran has arranged a friendly match with Bulgaria for May 23, the
Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has announced. Iran are preparing for four
crucial World Cup ...




Friday, April 25, 2008

Bulgaria News




Construction on Bulgaria=92s tallest building to begin soon


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

ECE Projectmanagement Bulgaria, the Bulgarian arm of German
developer ECE, will shortly launch construction on its 40-storey Europe
Tower, company manager ...

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Yavor Kuyumdzhiev: It is not a problem for Bulgaria to provide ...=


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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Which country will Voest Alpine AG choose to build its steelmaking plant
and what issues does Bulgaria face as it proposes the investment to
be implemented ...

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Spain Won't Expel Illegal Workers from Bulgaria and Romania
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
According to the ruling, the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to
the European Union on January 1, 2007, has turned their citizens into
citizens of the ...

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Italian Firm Charged with Smuggling Chinese Garlic through Bulgariaa>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
The firm Delfanti Import-Export is charged with the importation of large
quantities of garlic from China, which was first imported into
Bulgaria in order to ...

/view_news.php%3Fid%3D92624">




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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: The Dutch are=85 coming even closer
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The Netherlands has never departed from its role as a close partner of
Bulgaria, at least not since the latter entered onto its
pro-European path in the ...

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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Bartels hunting for first Bulgarian deal=


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Five years ago, when it launched operations in Gabrovo, central
Bulgaria, it used its 10-strong office solely to outsource work on
projects it had been ...

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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Shipping consignments is their business<=
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In brief: Ivan Vassilev (45) has been TNT Bulgaria=92s general
manager since the company registered here on January 1 1996. TNT
Bulgaria has been an active ...

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s/id_28959/catid_29">



The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Cutting through red tape


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

=93He asked me if it was possible to produce a part of the machines in
Bulgaria and so we started co-operation in June 1999. Slowly I
transferred more and ...

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d_29">



The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Don=92t just sit there


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Legal vexations aside, he finds the underlying values of Bulgaria to
be similar to those of his home country: =93All people want to have a nice
life and the ...

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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Exotic tulips


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Today, in Bulgaria, most tulips on the market are imported, mostly
from the Netherlands, though also from Italy and Hungary. Import is
focussed on two ...

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Bulgaria the third-most attractive FDI destination in SEE =96 E&Y=


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria is the third most-attractive destination for foreign
investments in Southeastern Europe after Turkey and Romania, according to
the Southeast Europe ...

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Bulgaria is an example of organised crime corruption - US report
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

A new US department of justice (USDOJ) report cites Bulgaria as an
example of how international organised criminals corrupt and seek to
corrupt public ...

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The Netherlands in Bulgaria: Social tulips


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In Bulgaria they have been active since 1997. However, as Maria
Petkova, director of the Tulip Foundation, describes it in an interview
with The Sofia Echo, ...

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UK trade and investment minister thanks Bulgaria for participation >...


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

During a visit to Sofia, UK trade and investment minister Lord Digby Jones
discussed with Deputy Defence Minister Simeon Nikolov the topics of
Bulgaria=92s ...

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Bulgaria's parliament approves cabinet reshuffle

People's Daily Online - Beijing,China

Bulgaria's parliament accepted Thursday the cabinet reshuffle
proposed by the three-way ruling coalition Tuesday, local press reported.
...




Thursday, April 24, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria continues to issue passports to anyone who asks

Macedonia - Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Even though Bulgaria and Romania are EU members, the citizens of
both countries can work in Britain with working permit only, but a number
of Bulgarians and ...




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Bulgaria PM to tackle corruption


The Press Association -

Bulgaria's parliament has approved a Cabinet reshuffle prompted
largely by corruption scandals that have shaken the Socialist-led
government. ...

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Bartenstein discusses Nabucco with Bulgaria counterpart


Wiener Zeitung - =D6sterreichr>
He also stated that the governments of the six participating countries,
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria, and Germany, needed to
sign a special ...

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Corruption row following election of chief mufti in Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

On April 19, Moustafa Alish Hadji was elected as the chief mufti in
Bulgaria. According to Asan however, the elections were manipulated
and the election of ...

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927/catid_66">



Lukoil buys Bulgaria Petrol's assets in debt deal


Reuters UK - UK

MM: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy assets worth 237 million
euros from Bulgaria's fuel distributor Petrol as part of a legal
settlement, ...

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Canada Removes Arms Sales Restrictions to Bulgaria


international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria=


Canada is about to lift restriction on the export and sale of weapons to 11
NATO countries, including Bulgaria, the government announced,
...

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Bulgaria Socialist Party Appoints New Parliamentary Group Head
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Prime Minister and leader of the
Socialist party Sergey Stanishev announced Thursday the appointing of
Anguel Naydenov the new chair of ...

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Bulgaria's New Defence Minister Quits Positions in Companies
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's new defence minister Nikolay Tsonev
declared he is to withdraw from the management of four companies. Tsonev
said that he quits the ...

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President Parvanov Opens Bulgaria-Serbia Economic Forum


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
President Parvanov Opens Bulgaria-Serbia Economic Forum:
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov opened Thursday a
Bulgarian-Serbian Economic Forum in the ...

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Bulgaria News Update



EU Urges Bulgaria over Corruption

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

24 April 2008 Sofia _ The European Commission has told Bulgaria it
wants results in Sofia's fight against corruption and organised crime.
...


Bulgaria Naval Base Blockaded over Detention of Frigate

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Naval Base Blockaded over Detention of Frigate: The
Bulgarian naval base at the Black Sea port of Varna has been blockaded
since Wednesday night ...


Bulgaria Warns Macedonia over Hate Media

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

"Bulgaria should support selflessly the Republic of Macedonia
but must be clear that anti-Bulgarian campaigns aim to hinder progress in
bilateral relations, ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria leasing market seen up 50% in 2008

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Sofia. The Bulgarian leasing market is headed for a growth of 40-50% in
2008 and should achieve further gains of 30% to 40% annually over the next
2-3 years ...




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Bulgaria Parliament sets up national development bank

Xinhua - China

The act transforms the state-owned Encouragement Bank, which was created in
1999 to finance small and medium-sized enterprises and to promote
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Bulgaria end-Feb foreign debt rises 1.1 pct m/m

Guardian - UK

SOFIA, April 23 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's gross foreign debt rose
1.1 percent to 27.8 billion euros ($44.40 billion) at the end of February
as private ...


Bulgaria Economy Minister Discusses Nabucco with Austria Counterpart

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

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Bulgaria President: I Do Not Know Some of New Ministers

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov admitted
Wednesday he does not know some of the newly appointed ministers in the
country's cabinet. ...




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Nato, Kozloduy highlights of Ukraine ministerial visit to Bulgaria>

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin has assured his Ukrainian
counterpart Volodymyr Ohryzko that Bulgaria actively supports all
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The Sofia Echo sketches Bulgaria=92s new ministers


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Facing serious problems with organised crime and corruption, and inadequacy
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Storm hit north-eastern Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 23

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 23 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not ...


Soccer-Bulgaria suspends six referees for poor performances

Reuters.uk - UK

SOFIA, April 23 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's soccer federation has
suspended six referees for making significant mistakes in recent premier
league and Bulgarian ...


Bulgaria Road Carnage Claims Another Life Overnight

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Road Carnage: One passenger died as 16 heavy car crashes
were reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of
the country's Interior ...


Bulgaria's New Health Minister Wants 5% of the GDP for Healthcare

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

... for his first actions as minister but at least a week or two
should pass so that he could get acquainted with the healthcare situation
in Bulgaria. ...




Tuesday, April 22, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria announces cabinet reshuffle

Xinhua - China

The ruling coalition nominated Bulgaria's Ambassador to Germany
Meglena Plougchieva as deputy prime minister without portfolio in charge of
the coordination ...




Bulgaria News




Bulgaria reshuffles government amid corruption scandal


H=FCrriyet - Turkey

Bulgaria=92s ruling coalition on Tuesday agreed to a reshuffle of
key ministerial posts, the government said, following a corruption scandal
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EU watching as Bulgaria shakes up cabinet


Euronews.net - Lyon,France

EU newcomer Bulgaria is under strong pressure from the bloc to show
concrete results in fighting corruption and crime. Socialist Prime Minister
Sergei ...

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Bulgaria approves cabinet reshuffle


PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran

Bulgaria's ruling coalition has approved a major reshuffle of
key government posts, following a string of high-profile corruption
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees fears that Bulgaria,
which until a few months ago was regarded as a safe haven for Iraqi
refugees, ...

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BNP Paribas to raise funding for Bulgaria nuke plant


Reuters UK - UK

PA: Quote, Profile, Research) will help raise funding for the construction
of Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant, Economy and Energy
Minister Petar ...

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Iran to entertain Bulgaria in May


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria's national football team will play a friendly against
Iran on May 23 2008, the Bulgarian Football Union said on April 21 2008.
...

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Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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National Assembly is to vote the cabinet changes, Bulgaria=92s PM
Sergey Stanishev said ...

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AIDS registrations in Bulgaria increased

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

During the first three months of 2008, 31 new cases of HIV infection were
recorded in Bulgaria, Tonka Vurleva, director of the Global Fund
Programme ...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 22

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 22 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not ...


Bulgaria Rulers Reveal Names of New Interior, Defense, Agriculture ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Representatives of Bulgaria's ruling coalition
announced Tuesday the current chair of the Socialist parliamentary group
Mihail Mikov will be ...


Ukrainian Foreign Minister on Official Visit to Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine Volodimir Ogrizko is arriving on
an official visit to Bulgaria under the invitation of the deputy
prime minister ...


Social Min Officially Confirms Bulgaria Cabinet Changes

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Social Policy Minister has
officially confirmed the reports over the cabinet changes, approved at a
session of the ruling coalition's ...




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Bulgaria, 'Britain's back door' for east Europe


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Boyko Rashkov, Bulgaria's deputy justice minister, said more
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Ministry of Justice ...

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria, Romania to demand EU sprat draught quota removed

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria and Romania are to demand the
removal of the quota of sprat draught in the Black Sea, imposed by the
European Union, ...




News - Bulgaria




Bulgaria, Romania strike deal on agriculture policy


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Agriculture and Food Supply Minister Nihat Kabil met
with Romanian minister of agriculture and rural development Dacian Ciolos
in Sofia. ...

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Bulgaria gets tougher on Iraqi asylum applications


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refugee agency fears that ...

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Turkey and Bulgaria: Cheapest Tourist Destinations in Europe


Balkan Travellers - Sofia,Bulgariant>

21 April 2008 | Bulgaria is the cheapest holiday destination in
Europe, closely followed by Turkey, according to the 2007 barometer of
British company Post ...

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Panel Presentation on Investing in Bulgaria via Cyprus


Greek News - New York,Greece>
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Japanese ambassador visits Bulgaria=92s Varna


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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in the market economy development. The Japanese ambassador expressed hope
that the ...

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Ambassador to Germany to Control European Funding for Bulgaria ...=


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The current Bulgarian ambassador to Germany Meglena
Plugchieva is likely to become the deputy PM without portfolio, who will
take responsibility ...

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Bulgaria, Romania Demand EU Sprat Draught Quota Removed


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria and Romania are to demand the removal of
the quota of sprat draught in the Black Sea, imposed by the EU. The
decision was made at a ...

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No New Ministries Envisaged after Cabinet Changes in Bulgaria

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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: There will be no new ministries created in Bulgaria
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socialists reported ...

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Slide Increase of German Tourists, Drop of Scandinavians in Bulgaria<=
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Tourism Investors, chairperson of TUI Bulgaria and representative of
the ...

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Ginio Group to Develop Retail Park in Bulgaria


Property Xpress (subscription) - Bulga=
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21-04-08, 15:04, (Property Xpress) - Israeli Company Ginio Group will
develop in Plovdiv, Bulgaria=92s second largest city, their first
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Bulgaria lobbies against safeguard clause enforcement -report

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Cabinet was preparing for a worst-case scenario in
which the European Commission (EC) would halt all structural funding to the
country and ...


Bulgaria Centrists Discuss Road Safety

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: One of the players in Bulgaria's ruling
three-way coalition, centrist NMSP party, have been engaged in discussions
over road safety in the country ...


Bulgaria GDBOP Deputy Chief Put under Home Arrest

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Sofia Military Court decided Monday to put under home
arrest the Deputy Director of the special Bulgarian GDBOP division for
combating organized ...


Official visits to Bulgaria from Romania and Ukraine

Select Property - Manchester,UK

The Bulgarian minister of culture will meet today the Romanian minister of
agriculture and rural development who arrives in Bulgaria for an
official one day ...


Industrial Gothic Band 'Gothika' to Play in Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The band visits Bulgaria for the second time after the last year
concert left breathless the audience thanks to the energetic Gothika music.
...




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Macedonian media about Bulgaria: Problems with crime, interest ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The problems Bulgaria has with its organized crime, the increased
interest towards obtaining Bulgarian nationality and the latest accusations
to Bulgaria ...


Bulgaria wants a piece of Arabian gas pipeline

New Europe - Brussels,Belgium

During the visit of the Bulgarian Head of State to Egypt - the first in
more than 30 years, Bulgaria entered discussions on their
participation in the ...


Ukrainian Foreign Minister to visit Bulgaria

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Volorimir Ogrizko is to pay a formal visit
to Bulgaria on April 22nd on invitation by the Bulgarian Foreign
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Dnevnik: Bulgaria and Romania staying behind


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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enough progress in the combat with corruption, which causes concern in
Brussels, ...

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Seven die in horror car crash in Bulgaria

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Seven people died in a dreadful car crash near
Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv on Sunday morning,
local press reported ...


'I am starting to love this dirty town'

Guardian - UK

Bulgaria has been named the world's best-value tourist
destination. Not only that, but the food is delicious, you can smoke
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria wants doubled compensation for closing nuclear plant units

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria has started negotiations with
the European Commission for increasing the compensations for shutting down
units 3 and 4 ...


American Friends of Bulgaria: Interview with Roy and Anne Freed

Balkanalysis.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA

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Christopher Deliso gets a contemporary view on Bulgaria from a
unique ...




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Seven killed in Bulgaria road collision

Earthtimes - London,UK

Sofia - All seven passengers in two cars were killed Sunday when their two
cars collided head-on in central Bulgaria Sunday morning, police
said. ...


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Two months for parcels to reach Iraq

The Australian - Sydney,Australia

FAMILIES' care packages of magazines, coffee and biscuits to Diggers in
Baghdad have been delayed and will take at least two months to reach them,
...


7 Die in Horror Car Crash in Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Seven people died in a dreadful car crash near
Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv on Sunday morning. Police reported
that an Opel Vectra crashed headlong ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria Named Cheapest Holiday Destination in Europe

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria is the cheapest holiday destination in
Europe, a new study shows, as cited by the Independent. UK company Post
Office carried out the ...


Bulgaria Wants Doubled Compensation for Closing N-Plant Units

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria has started negotiations with the European
Commission for increasing the compensations for shutting down units 3 and 4
of Kozloduy ...


Bulgaria asks EU to double compensation for reactors' closure

EUbusiness (press release) - Richmond,England,UK

(SOFIA) - Bulgaria has asked the European Commission to double
compensation funds for its closure of four reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear
power plant, ...


Bulgaria seeks doubling of EU compensation for closure of reactors

Earthtimes - London,UK

The two power plants were built on a Soviet model, and under the agreement
with the bloc, had to be shut down before Bulgaria joined the EU in
2007 for ...


Road accident in Bulgaria kills seven

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Seven people were killed in a car accident Sunday near Plovdiv in southern
Bulgaria, after a makeshift fuel tank on one of the vehicles
exploded, ...




Bulgaria News




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Bulgaria Celebrates Palm Sunday


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
The feast commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, before
the Holy Week, when believers commemorate the suffering and crucifixion of
Jesus. ...

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Sunday blog: Pondering inflation


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The impact of the shaky American economy and rising fuel prices worldwide
has been kept down in Bulgaria =96 for now, but one has to wonder
for how much ...

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Bulgaria will apply for larger financing under Kozloduy fund


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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Bulgaria is at a crossroads between the traditional and alternative
energy sources, Bulgaria=92s Minister of Economy and Energy Petar
Dimitrov said in the ...

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Public procurement market in Bulgaria widens by about 20% annually >...


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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Bulgaria Weightlifter Resigns as Municipal Councilor over Son's ...

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Bulgaria Cuts Number of Deputy Ministers, Closes State Agencies

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Bulgaria: Transforming and closing of some state agencies as well as
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Muslims in Bulgaria Re-elect Chief Mufti

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Bulgaria: Mustafa Alish Hadji was re-elected Bulgarian Chief Mufti
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Turkey tells Bulgaria shooting of fisherman 'unacceptable'

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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: If accepted to the big European family, Turkey would play
an important role in the currently unstable Balkans, EU Affairs Minister
Gergana ...

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Bulgaria Celebrates Spring, Maidens on St Lazar's Day


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Festivities on St Lazar's Day, devoted to young girls,
pastures, fields and woods, may have long lost their ritual significance,
but remain one of ...

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Portugal:Promotion tour first stop in Bulgaria

esctoday.com - Leiden,Netherlandst>

Bulgaria is the first stop on the promotion tour of the Portuguese
entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Vania will sing her song Senhora
do Mar in ...

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Friday, April 18, 2008

Bulgaria News




V=E2nia Fernandes performs with Mariana Popova in Bulgaria


oikotimes.com - Athens,Greecer>
V=E2nia Fernandes, the Portuguese representative in this year=92s Eurovision=

Song Contest, will arrive next week (April 24) in Bulgaria for her
first ...

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Bulgaria News



Bulgaria to allot BGN 300000 for presenting Bulgarian books at ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria is to allot BGN 300000 for the first time for presentation
of Bulgaria and Bulgarian books at international book exhibition,
Igor Chipev, ...




Bulgaria News Update



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Rain on the highway near Sofia, Bulgaria - Part II


Rain on the highway near at Sofia, Bulgaria - Jun 04 2007. Iron Maiden
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Bulgaria News



Deputy PM to Control European Funding for Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A Deputy PM without portfolio is to take responsibility
for monitoring and coordination of the European funding for
Bulgaria, deputy-chair of the ...


Bulgaria named the cheapest country in Europe

Overseas Property and Investment News - London,UK

Leisure travellers from the UK could find that their pound goes a long way
in Bulgaria, according to experts. The Post Office carried out a
study to compare ...




Bulgaria News




Aspis Bank plans to enter Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Aspis Bank is planning to set foothold in Bulgaria in what is the
latest expansion of a Greek bank into Bulgaria, the bank's chief
executive Constantinos ...

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MY BULGARIA: A trend


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Just five months earlier, I personally recall hearing a similar message
issued by Bulgaria=92s now-former interior minister Roumen Petkov.
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Marriott strikes first hotel management contract in Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

International hotel chain operator Marriott will launch operations in
Bulgaria through a hotel complex in Obzor on the Black Sea, Russian
developer AKG 2000 ...

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Azerbaijan Welcomes Bulgaria=92s Cooperation in Non-oil Sector
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Mittal keen to acquire kin's Bulgarian plant


Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra=
,India


Both the parties agreed that urgent measures need to be taken to revitalise
Bulgaria's largest steelworks. The Bulgarian government had sold
71 per cent ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 18


Reuters UK - UK

SOFIA, April 18 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...

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Bulgaria War on Wheels Claim 3 more Victims Overnight


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: A total of four lives were claimed in 12 heavy car crashes
reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior ...

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister meets with Bulgaria=92s President and >...

Azeri Press Agency - Azerbaijan=


Within the framework of his official visit to Bulgaria, Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with President of
Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov. ...

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Bulgaria Weightlifting Champ's Son Shot at with Gas Pistol in =
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The 15-year-old son of Bulgaria's weightlifter
Galabin Boevski was taken Friday to Sofia's Pirogov Emergency Institute
after he was shot at with a ...

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Bulgaria vs Europe


How things are done in Europe and how they are done in the Bulgarian way




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Bulgaria - Beyond The Crowd


Everyone knows Bulgaria for it's lively sea-side and ski resorts. For
those, who want to taste the other part of the meal I dedicate this
off-season video. I'd like to thank all photographers presented here for
the great job, for their passion and love towards their profession and our
country. Thank you all for sharing these pictures with the youtube users.
Special thanks goes to photo-forum dot net users for their kind attitude
towards me.




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Eurovision 2008 Bulgaria - DJ, take me away (winner song)


Deep Zone & DJ Balthazar - "DJ, TAKE ME AWAY"
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Elitsa & Stoyan - Water (Bulgaria - 5th on Eurovision 2007)


Water (Voda) ranked 5th on Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki,
Finland. The song is about youth, love, life, nature and water. Elitsa
sings about a girl named Mitra. The girl is singing while swimming in a
mountain river. Heavy rain is falling! While the girl is singing, a young
cowboy is riding his horse near by. He hears her lovely song and goes by
her. And then they fall in love! Lightnings! Crashes of thunders! And at
the end they're havin' you know.... Tara-du-day duu-dara tara-du-daa!!!




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Bulgarias_Abandoned_Children.avi


Director Kate Blewett visits a children's care home in Bulgaria and
investigates the conditions in which the children live. Following the
completion of the film, the production team offered the Bulgarian Embassy
in London the opportunity to comment on the findings made in the course of
filming the documentary: The Social Care Home - where 75 unwanted children
are growing up - is the main employer in the small village of Mogilino. Few
of the children can talk, not necessarily because they are unable but
rather because no one has ever taught them how. Kate meets the children in
this tragic, silent world, such as Milan, the gentle giant who spends his
days doing chores and watching over the others, and mildly autistic
18-year-old Didi, who is able to talk, and has plenty to say, but no one to
speak to. The children that surround them suffer a variety of problems,
many are blind or deaf and some are unable to leave their beds, many are
literally wasting away. Abandoned into the hands of the staff at Mogilino
these children inhabit a bleak uncaring world, so devoid of normal everyday
stimulus that many have taken to rocking slowly and constantly in their
chairs just for something to do. Bulgaria has more institutionalised
mentally and physically disabled children than anywhere else in Europe.
This film is a heart-rending and eye-opening look into the life of one such
institution. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/bulgaria




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Bulgaria -I episode ,Travel


Bulgaria,Travel




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WELCOME IN PLOCDIV, BULGARIA


KOLI, JENI,.....




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Bikini Babes Party - Bulgaria Beach


Bikini Babes Party at the beach in Bulgaria, varna 2007 august, fest your
eyes, just a taste of what is going on over there enjoy




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Stunt Riding In Bulgaria













Bulgaria



Bulgaria changes visa rules

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

There will be a simplified procedure for one-year visas for applicants who
are postgraduates, students in one-year courses or people coming to
Bulgaria on ...


Bulgaria calls for projects under regional development programme

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria's State Fund Agriculture called for projects under two
measures of the European Union-funded regional development operational
programme on April 17 ...


Key indicators for Bulgaria, March 08

Portalino - Italy

In January 2008 the foreign direct investment in Bulgaria was EUR
242 million (0.7% of predicted GDP for 2008) compared to EUR 122.4 million
(0.4% of GDP) ...




Thursday, April 17, 2008

News - Bulgaria




Berbatov's Agent Says Bulgaria Striker Wants To Leave Tottenhama>

The Canadian Press - LONDON
=

LONDON =97 Dimitar Berbatov looks set to leave Tottenham at the end of the
season after his agent said the Bulgaria striker wants to play in
the Champions ...

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Bulgaria Education Min, Top Athlete Compete in School Olympics Racea>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Education Minister Daniel Valchev
caught by the T-shirt the top athlete and Olympic Committee President
Stefka Kostadinova after her ...

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F1 Car Tours around Bulgaria to Delight High-speed Maniacs


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: A real Formula 1 car arrived Thursday in Bulgaria
to delight high-speed maniacs first in Sofia and later in several other
cities across the ...

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Romania and Turkey More Attractive for Investors than Bulgaria
>
Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Romania and Turkey More Attractive for Investors than Bulgaria:
Romania ranks first, Turkey second, and Bulgaria third as the most
attractive country for ...

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Trial over Deadly Police Violence in Bulgaria Continues


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Sofia Military Court held Thursday yet another hearing
over the case with Anguel Dimitrov dubbed Chorata, who died after being
beaten by five ...

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Bulgaria News Update



Berbatov's agent says Bulgaria striker wants to leave Tottenham ...

International Herald Tribune - France

AP LONDON: Dimitar Berbatov looks set to leave Tottenham at the end of the
season after his agent said the Bulgaria striker wants to play in
the Champions ...


First M&A conference in Bulgaria to take place on April 23

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Kapital weekly and Forem Consulting will host the first ever conference on
mergers&acquisitions (M&A) in Bulgaria, Dnevnik daily
reported on April 17. ...


Bulgaria Struggles to Topple Gangsters

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

By Kerin Hope and Theodor Troev in Sofia Rumen Petkov,
Bulgaria's chain-smoking interior minister, was riding high last
Friday after the Socialist-led ...


EU with No Means to Pressure Bulgaria and Romania to Reform - Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The European Union few ways of pressuring its newest
member states, Bulgaria and Romania, to reform despite
Brussels's frustration with their ...


Short Activity of Local Tour Operators Ruin Culture Tourism in ...

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The weak interest of Bulgarian and foreign guests towards programs for
culture tourism in Bulgaria lead to the insufficient activity of
local tour operator ...


More Corporate Tax Declarations Filed in Bulgaria - Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The National Revenue Agency reported that until the end of
March there are 34% more corporate tax declarations filed in
Bulgaria compared to last ...




Bulgaria News Update



Azerbaijan Foreign Minister on Official Visit to Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

As part of the visit the Bulgaria and Azerbaijani foreign ministry
are going sign a cooperation memorandum. After meeting with Kalfin,
Mamedyarov is also ...


FT: Bulgaria and Romania Are a Trap For the EU

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Dissatisfaction with corruption, organised crime and political
foot-dragging in Bulgaria and Romania is running deep in older
European Union member states ...


Bulgaria Capital Requires Green Roofs, Extends Green Areas

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Capital Requires Green Roofs, Extends Green Areas: The
extending of the green areas in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, and the
introduction of green ...


Bulgaria Unemployment Rate Down to 6,79% in March

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Maslarova emphasized the fact that the trend for the declining unemployment
in Bulgaria continued. She said the qualifications of the labor
force now became ...


Application for EU Rural Areas Grants Starts in Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The total amount of EU money that Bulgaria will receive for the
rural areas for 2007-2013 is EUR 3,24 B. Persons between the age of 18 and
40, ...


Bulgaria Company Starts Joint Production with IKEA

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Company Starts Joint Production with IKEA: The Bulgarian
woodworking firm "Darvoobrabotvane VT" starts joint manufacturing
with the Swedish ...




News - Bulgaria



Green Cities Conference Takes Place in Bulgaria Capital

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Green Cities Conference Takes Place in Bulgaria Capital: A two-day
international conference on the topic "Green Areas - Key to
Sustainable Cities" will ...


Rural Development Program Starts in Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Today is the official start of the Program for development of the rural
areas in Bulgaria. In all 28 Regional payment agencies starts the
reception of ...


BULGARIA BAGS BRONZE

Frontier Times - Veliko Tarnovo,Bulgaria

Bulgaria has won a bronze medal in the European weightlifting
championships, surprising many commentators and keeping alive the hope of a
revival of the ...


Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Arrives in Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The minister of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov arrives
today on a 2-day official visit in Bulgaria under the invitation of
his colleague ...




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Bulgaria News

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Bulgaria News



ArcelorMittal meets Bulgaria minister for buying Pramod's firm

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India

The mill, Bulgaria's biggest, is currently 71 per cent owned by
Lakshmi Mittal's younger brother Pramod Mittal. Bulgaria's
Ministry for Economy and Energy ...


Bulgaria Opens Cyrillic Alphabet Exhibit at European Parliament

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Opens Cyrillic Alphabet Exhibit at European Parliament: An
exhibition dedicated to the Cyrillic Alphabet was open by Bulgarian
Socialist Members of ...


Bulgaria Eco Minister Orders Environmental Restoration at Black ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Eco Minister Orders Environmental Restoration at Black Sea
Coast: Bulgaria's Environmental Minister Dzhevdet Chakurov
ordered Wednesday the removal ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Still in Top 10 for the German Tourists

VisitBulgaria.net (press release) - Bulgaria

Bulgaria is the only Eastern European country entered in the
classification for preferred destinations by the Germans tourism . Their
favorites are Spain ...


Bulgaria finalises a strategy for tourism

Select Property - Manchester,UK

Bulgaria’s State Agency for Tourism have finalised the national
strategy for sustainable development of tourism in Bulgaria between
2008 and 2013. ...


Capella Companies Group to Open in Bulgaria

Property Xpress (subscription) - Bulgaria

... will open on May 22 in Varna, Bulgaria, their first
nearly 1000 sq. m children center, Capella Play, to be situated in the
Varna Mall, Lina Valcheva, ...




Bulgaria News



Five companies eye Bulgaria's coal-fired plant

Reuters - USA

The Balkan country decided to sell the outdated generator in western
Bulgaria through an open auction, after two previous attempts to
sell the plant to PPC ...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 16

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 16 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not ...


Bulgaria's Record Inflation Caused by Foreign Factors

Bulgarian News Network - Sofia,Bulgaria

The record inflation of 14,2% since last March that the Bulgaria
National Statistic Institute reported recently is caused mostly by foreign
for the country ...


Bulgaria Steel-maker Workers out on Strike Again over Unpaid Labor

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Steel-maker Workers out on Strike Again over Unpaid Labor:
The workers of the largest Bulgarian steel-maker Kremikovtzi protested
again Wednesday ...


Bulgaria Featured Among German Tourists' Top 10 Destinations

Bulgarian News Network - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria is the only former Eastern Block country that is featured
among the German tourists' top 10 preferred destinations, a
GITA-Ranking survey, ...




Bulgaria News Update



Site selected for large PV solar facility in Bulgaria

IJ Online - London,UK

A site near Pazardjik city in southern Bulgaria has been selected
for a 50MW PV solar installation. The project is currently being considered
by the local ...




Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Bulgaria News



Romania, Bulgaria start monitoring of 262M euro cross-border co ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The monitoring committee of the European Union's cross-border
co-operation programme for Romania and Bulgaria held its first
meeting in Rousse on April 15 ...


Bulgaria, Romania mediocre performers in Networked Readiness Index

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The report, published on April 15, has Bulgaria and Romania feature
half-down the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) ranking, which includes 127
countries from ...




Bulgaria



Workers at Bulgaria's largest steel maker protest delayed salary ...

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: More than a thousand workers at
Bulgaria's largest steel maker, Kremikovtzi, rallied Tuesday
outside the plant to protest delayed salary ...


PM Stanishev: Only One to Control European Funding for Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev
proposed that a concrete minister takes responsibility for monitoring and
coordination of the European ...


'Madara Rider' - Most Probable Symbol of Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Madasrki Konnik (the Madara Horseman) is the most believable favourite for
symbol of Bulgaria in the national campaign ‘the Bulgarian
symbol'. ...


Bulgaria's Rescued Bears Still Dance Alone

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

It will take Misho, the latest arrival at Dancing Bears Park,
Bulgaria's brown bear sanctuary, months to throw off a
lifetime's cruel conditioning. ...


Bulgaria to attract more Irish tourists

Overseas Property and Investment News - London,UK

Official figures cited by Novinite show that 90000 Irish holidaymakers
visited Bulgaria last year. The predictions comes just officials in
the UK forecast ...


Construction of Rail Line between Macedonia and Bulgaria Stalled

Balkan Travellers - Sofia,Bulgaria

The planned line’s length to Bulgaria is 89 kilometres. A lack of
funds to build a 23-kilometre stretch of it caused construction to be
halted in 2005, ...




News - Bulgaria



BULGARIA: Criminal Networks Extend Into Government

IPS - Italy

When Bulgaria joined the EU Jan. 1, 2007, the European Commission
(EC) reserved the right to invoke a safeguard clause on justice meaning
that, ...


Bulgaria - A Regulatory Overview

GamblingCompliance.com - London,England,UK

Bulgaria, one of the newest EU Member States, has recently changed
its gaming laws to achieve further harmony with the principles of the EU
open market. ...


Bulgaria Deputy Finance Min Takes up PHARE Program Management

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Finance Ministry assigned Tuesday
the task of managing funds, allocated to the country under PHARE program to
the Deputy Minister Kiril ...


Serbian Press: Kujovic Played Key Role in Bulgaria Interior ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The alleged Serbian drug trafficker Budimir Kujovic played
an important role in heating the scandal in Bulgaria's Interior
Ministry, ...


Bulgaria Steel-maker "Agonizing", Workers Protest Again over ...

Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey

About 800 workers of Bulgaria's largest steel mill Kremikovtzi
staged a rally Tuesday morning protesting against the delay of their
monthly payments and the ...


Sterility in Bulgaria Affects More Men Than Women

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Research in the last years shows that in Bulgaria sterility affects
men more often than women. This claims ass. prof. Emiliya Konova, manager
of Medical ...


Bulgaria and Romania Cross-Border Cooperation Program Discussed in ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

nia Cross-Border Cooperation Program Discussed in Bucharest: The joint
Committee for the Monitoring of the Cross-Border Cooperation Program
between Bulgaria ...


Bulgaria Pays Back to Japan $45.35 M

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Today, 15 April, an operation for pre-term acquittal of the rest of the
debt under credit agreement between Bulgaria and the Japanese bank
for international ...




Bulgaria News



Earthquake felt in northern Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was felt in the region of
Veliko Turnovo in northern Bulgaria in the morning of April 15 2008.
...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 15

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 15 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not ...


Azerbaijan to Discuss Nabucco Project in Bulgaria

Trend News Agency - Baku,Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 April /TrendCapital/ Elmar Mammadyarov, the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, will discuss in Bulgaria the prospects
of implementing the ...


Earthquake Shakes Central Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: An earthquake with magnitude of 4,2 on the Richter scale
shook central Bulgaria at 6:43 am Tuesday morning. The epicenter of
the earthquake was ...




Bulgaria News



Hebburn teachers go back to Bulgaria

Shields Gazette - South Shields,England,UK

Now, during the school holidays, five teachers – four who have been
before and one who hasn't – have decided to return to help with
reforming Bulgaria's ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria keen to promote bilateral ties with Pakistan

Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan

He was speaking to the visiting Pakistani delegation led by Additional
Secretary Akbar Zeb who visited Bulgaria last week, according to a
fax message ...




Monday, April 14, 2008

Bulgaria News



EU Denies Role in Sacking Bulgaria Minister

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

14 April 2008 Sofia _ The European Commission pressure
Bulgaria's Cabinet to sack Interior Minister Rumen Petkov, a
Commission spokesman claims. ...


Bulgaria's Tsarevo Hit at Tourism Expo in Belarus

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Tsarevo became a hit at
the international tourism exhibition in the capital of Belarus Minsk.
...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria President Discusses Perspectives for Joining Arab Gas ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria President Discusses Joining Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt:
Bulgaria's potential connecting with the so called "Arab
Gas Pipeline" has been one of the ...


Inflation spikes in Bulgaria, Romania

Earthtimes - London,UK

Sofia - Bulgaria's year-on-year inflation rate rose to an
eight-year high in March, paced by higher prices for food and tobacco
products, the National ...


Bulgaria Steel Mill Kremikovtzi in Center of Mittal Family Fight ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The Times points out that Lakshmi Mittal might take advantage of his
brother's difficulties by buying Bulgaria's largest
steel-maker Kremikovtzi for less ...


M3 Communications among Bulgaria's Strongest Business Brands

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

M3 Communications among Bulgaria’s Strongest Business Brands:
Bulgaria's leading PR company M3 Communications Group, Inc. is
one of the strongest brands in ...


Bulgaria Pimp's Granny Buys Him Mercedes with Savings from Quilts ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The 88-year-old grandmother of Bulgaria's
rapper and pimp Ivan Glavchev gave him BGN 45000, saved for years, to help
him buy a Mercedes after he ...




Bulgaria News Update



EC says did not pressure Bulgaria to sack Petkov

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The European Commission did not put any pressure on Bulgaria's
Cabinet to sack Interior Minister Roumen Petkov, Commission spokesperson
Mark Gray said on ...


Bulgaria to Cooperate with Cuba in Health Policy

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria to Cooperate with Cuba in Health Policy:
Bulgaria's Health Minister Radoslav Gaydarski left Monday for
Cuba, where he is going to negotiate ...


Bulgaria Registers Record Inflation

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Registers Record Inflation: The annual inflation in
Bulgaria has reached the record 14.2% according to data from the
National Statistical Institute ...


More Irish Tourists in Bulgaria This Year

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

90, 000 tourists from Ireland had arrived last year in Bulgaria and
their amount I expected to double during this tourist season. That was
announced by the ...


Austrian home improvement chain opens in Bulgaria

Earthtimes - London,UK

Vienna - BauMax AG, an Austrian home improvement retailer, is opening its
first two stores in Bulgaria this week, the company said Monday.
...


Bulgaria PM: Regional Cooperation Key for NATO and EU Entry

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Primer Minister Sergey Stanishev stated
Monday that regional cooperation was a critical prerequisite for the
integration with NATO ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria's inflation 14.2 percent on year in March

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: Bulgarian inflation reached 14.2 percent on the
year in March, the government said Monday, up from February's rate of
13.2 percent. ...


Bulgaria and Egypt to Develop Bilateral Econmic Relations

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Main purpose of President Parvanov's visit is the activating of the
relation and cooperation between Bulgaria and Egypt on all levels
and development of ...


Year-on-year inflation in Bulgaria grows to 14.2% in March

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Year-on-year inflation in Bulgaria rose to 14.2 per cent in March,
according to preliminary data released by the National Statistical
Institute (NSI) on ...


Bulgaria to Support Regional Integration in NATO and EU

Bulgarian News Network - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria once again confirmed its support for the Euro-Atlantic
integration of the South East European region, as PM Sergei Stanishev spoke
before the ...


Inflation in Bulgaria soars highest since 2000

Earthtimes - London,UK

Sofia - The year-on-year inflation rate in Bulgaria rose to 14.2 per
cent in March, the highest in the past eight years, the National
Statistical Institute ...


Switzerland Grants EUR 2 M to Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A total of EUR 2 M will be granted to Bulgaria by
the Swiss government, Ambassador to Sofia Thomas Feller said on Monday.
...


EU Warns Bulgaria and Romania Over Emergency Number Access

Cellular-News - UK

Bulgaria is being sent a reasoned opinion because 112 is still not
available nationwide. While 112 is available in Romania, a reasoned opinion
is being sent ...




Bulgaria News Update




Bulgaria PM Meets GRECO President over Corruption Prevention


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev is to meet Monday with the
president of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Drago Kos,
...

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Bulgaria and Cuba Collaborate in Health Care Sphere


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Bulgaria Health Care Minister Radoslav Gaidarski left for an
official visit to Cuba that will continue until April 18. By the time of
the visit Minister ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 14


Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 14 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...

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Bulgaria



13 Injured in Crashes on Bulgaria Roads Overnight

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Thirteen people were injured in 12 heavy car crashes
reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior Ministry. ...




News - Bulgaria



Minister’s head ‘rolls’ over crime in Bulgaria

Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s interior minister stepped down yesterday,
prompted by a failure to tackle rampant organised crime that could threaten
the government’s ...




Sunday, April 13, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria's Interior Minister resigns over crime links

Euronews.net - Lyon,France

A scandal involving organised crime has forced Bulgaria's
interior minister to resign. Roumen Petkov was accused of corruption and of
having links with ...


Bulgaria Deputy Interior Minister: I Bring Resignation Papers in ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Deputy Interior Minister Kamen
Penkov said Sunday he is ready to give in his resignation, following the
example of his boss Rumen ...




Bulgaria




EC Avoids Comment on Bulgaria Interior Min's Resignation


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: Following the practice not to comment on interior problems
of the member countries, the European Commission avoided to make any
statements, ...

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Bulgaria Centrists: Our Vote Made Interior Min Go


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The decision of NMSP party of Simeon Saxe-Coburg to
abstain from the vote on the non-confidence move against the government
made Interior Minister ...

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Bulgaria the new location for outsourcing film scores


Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New Sou=
th Wales,Australia


A Balkan country known for its skilled musicians and low labour costs,
Bulgaria has become an attractive spot for outsourcing film scores.
...

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Bulgaria's interior minister resigns after 2 police officials =
...


PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wie=
n,Austria


AP =A9 AP SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgaria's interior
minister resigned on Sunday, saying he was taking responsibility for hiring
police officials who have ...

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News - Bulgaria



Rightist MP: No-confidence Vote against Bulgaria Cabinet Took Effect

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The no-confidence vote against Bulgaria's
government, filed by the opposition, took its effect as the prime minister
was forced to make some ...


Mafia Still Has the Word in Bulgaria - Jurgen Rot

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

He is currently threatened by Bulgaria's Internal Minister Rumen
Petkov that will bring him to court due to calumny. Rot shares that he
knows Bulgaria from ...


Bulgaria War on Wheels Takes 3 Lives Overnight

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A total of three passengers died as 26 heavy car crashes
were reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of
the country's Interior ...


Bulgaria's interior minister resigns

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: Bulgaria's interior minister says he
is resigning and taking responsibility for his decisions, some of which he
says have "misled the ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria President Pays Visit to Egypt

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov starts
Sunday an official visit to Egypt at the invitation of his counterpart
Hosni Mubarak. ...


Bulgaria’s most sought-after property location

Malta Independent Online - Malta

According to Knight Frank’s Global Index, Bulgaria is the hottest
property investment market, outshining the Baltic States, which have fallen
drastically in ...




Saturday, April 12, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Yemen, Bulgaria discuss energy, commercial cooperation

Yemen News Agency - Yemen

SANA'A, April 12 (Saba) - Yemen and Bulgaria held talks here on
Saturday on a number of issues related to developing current cooperation
between the two ...




Bulgaria News Update



First Congress of Bulgaria's LIDER Political Party Takes Place in ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The businessman Hristo Kovachki is believed to be the informal leader of
the new party, and he is also thought to be one of the richest persons in
Bulgaria. ...


Bulgaria Elevator Company Invests BGN 5 M in New Factory

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian company Technos Ltd is starting the
construction of a new factory for BGN 5 M in the village of Novo Selo,
close to the city of ...


US Financial Crisis to Affect Foreign Investments Flow to Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The former Director of the Foreign Investments Agency
Iliyan Vasilev has stated that the financial crisis in the USA would affect
negatively the ...


Bulgaria Veliko Turnovo University to Cooperate with Japan High ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria Veliko Turnovo University to Cooperate with Japan High-Tech
School: The Veliko Turnovo University "St. Cyril and St.
Methodius" signed a ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria FM: GERB Will Be Included in Discussion of Interior Reforms

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin announced Saturday that the GERB party,
led by the Sofia Mayor ...


Bulgaria EU Affairs Minister: Main Thing to Do Is Reform

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian European Affairs Minister Gergana
Grancharova said Saturday that the main thing Bulgaria must do was
to reform the Interior Ministry ...


Bulgaria PM: Government Changes Will Be Discussed Next Week

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's PM Sergey Stanishev confirmed
Saturday there would be changes in the cabinet but announced that they
would be discussed after the ...


Bulgaria Bear Ambulance Stolen

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The only ambulance in Bulgaria used for aiding
bears in emergency situations was stolen from a parking lot in the Mladost
2 Quarter in Sofia ...


Second Danube Bridge between Bulgaria and Romania to Be Ready in 2010

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The new working program about the construction of the
second bridge connecting Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube River
envisages its completion ...


Passenger Ship Line to Connect Bulgaria's Varna and Romania's ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A permanent passenger-ship line between the sea capitals
of Bulgaria and Romania, the cities of Varna and Constanta, will be
opened on June 13, ...


Bulgaria Capital Sofia Holds Spring Cleaning Campaign

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A cleaning campaign organized by Sofia Municipality is
taking place in the Bulgarian capital on Saturday. Over 10 000 people have
already taken ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria advances in Davis Cup after beating Turkey

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria managed to qualify for the 2009
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II after beating Turkey 3-0 on Friday.
...




Friday, April 11, 2008

Bulgaria News



Socialist Party in Bulgaria fends off charges of corruption

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA: Bulgaria's Socialist-led government survived a
confidence vote Friday, fending off opposition charges that the party had
close ties to organized ...


Sofia Mayor: Bulgaria Is Run by Minority Government

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov, who is also the informal leader
of the GERB party, stated that Friday's no confidence vote had shown
that the country ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgarian Web Chat with US Ambassador

Select Property - Manchester,UK

The US ambassador to Bulgaria has participated in a web TV chat with
the Bulgarian public in a question-and-answer session for the second
time since he has ...


Bulgaria Cabinet Survives Fifth No-Confidence Vote

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Socialist-led government expectedly
survived Friday a no-confidence vote over the instability that has recently
seized the country's ...


Bulgaria PM Launches Cabinet Changes Talks after Failed No ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian PM Sergey Stanishev stated Friday he
was going to initiate talks in the governing three-way coalition for
changes in the cabinet. ...


MY BULGARIA: Party business

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Watching this in Bulgaria is even more interesting because one can
never say if the current parties in opposition might become partners of the
current ...


Bulgaria Electricity Provider Workers Strike Deal with Management

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The workers of the Czech-owned electricity provider CEZ
Elektro discontinued the strike that started on Thursday after they reached
an agreement ...


Bulgaria Centrists Abstain from Voting in No-Confidence Move

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: One of the partners in Bulgaria's ruling
coalition, NMSP party, is to abstain from voting at the Friday's
no-confidence move against the cabinet, ...


Bulgaria's Mtel Launches Wireless Number Portability

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's first mobile operator Mobiltel
launches Friday wireless number portability service after successfully
conducted technical tests in ...


News from Bulgaria:

Frontier Times - Veliko Tarnovo,Bulgaria

If you are looking for a property or investment in Bulgaria contact
us and our experts will find exactly what you are looking for. ...




Bulgaria News Update



Why Bulgaria needs large fiscal surpluses

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

By Juan J. Fernandez-Ansola IMF regional representative for Bulgaria
and Romania and Albert Jaeger IMF mission chief for Bulgaria
Bulgaria
’s gross domestic ...


Bulgaria PM Binds Turkey's Joining EU to Thracian Bulgarians ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria PM Binds Turkey’s Joining EU to Thracian Bulgarians
Compensations: Bulgaria's PM Sergey Stanishev announced Thursday
that the question about the ...


Bulgaria achieve win in Davis Cup campaign

Select Property - Manchester,UK

Bulgaria has achieved success on the second day of its 2008 Davis
Cup campaign with a 3-0 win over Cote d'Ivoire. The match was held in
Bulgaria’s second ...


Google Bulgaria now handles transliteration

Multilingual Search - York,England,UK

It is not uncommon to see Bulgarian words written with Latin letters
when examining referral logs or when using keyword tools. This type of
searching seems ...


Alleged Drug Dealer Shot Dead in Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A 33-year-old criminal, investigated over drug dealing,
has been found dead in Bulgaria's town of Sandanski in the dark
hours of Friday. ...


Bulgaria Ranks 68th in IT Technologies Usage

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria ranks 68th in network development, according to a new
report announced by the World economic forum in Geneva, informed
technews.bg. ...




Bulgaria




RPT-ITT Corp eyes Bulgaria army communications deal


Reuters - USA

N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it aims to bid for a contract
to supply Bulgaria's army with high-tech military defence
communication systems ...

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Expect Economic Crisis in Bulgaria


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He forecast serious difficulties for the bank system in Bulgaria.
According to the famous economist Bulgaria is at the age of the
second big financial ...

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Bulgaria Road Carnage Claims Another Life Overnight


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: One passenger died as 16 heavy car crashes were reported
overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior Ministry. ...

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Bulgaria News



Choral celebration of Bulgaria’s Jews this fall

Cleveland Jewish News - Cleveland,OH,USA

Songs of Life, an international choral festival commemorating the rescue of
Bulgaria’s Jews, will be held Nov. 20-Dec. 1 in Bulgaria
and Israel. ...


Bulgaria seeks partner for integration into IT market of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Business Center - Azerbaijan

Today deputy communications minister Elmir Velizadeh received
Bulgarian ambassador Ivan Palchev to Azerbaijan and president of
Bulgaria’s dWare Damian ...


Report: Bulgarian drug trafficking finances key terrorist groups

Southeast European Times - MD,USA

A Bulgarian parliamentary committee adopted a report Wednesday
suggesting that part of the funding for operations by terrorist
organisations such as ...




Bulgaria



Crime author shot to death in Bulgaria

New Criminologist - UK

SOFIA, Bulgaria: A prominent crime writer died of his wounds Monday
after being shot in the head by unknown gunmen in a busy part of
Bulgaria's capital, ...


Bulgaria gets second win against Cote d'Ivoire in Davis Cup

EastDay.com - Shanghai,China

Bulgaria has ended the second day of its 2008 Davis Cup campaign
with a 3-0 win over Cote d'Ivoire, local press reported yesterday.
...




Thursday, April 10, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria property market outstrips the forecasts

Principal International - Woking,England,UK

With nearly 70% of foreign buyers investing in Bulgaria coming from
the UK, Principal International says that the property market in
Bulgaria is showing no ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Interior Min To Sue German Publicist over Alleged Slander

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov declared Thursday he is
going to sue the renowned German publicist Jurgen Roth over alleged
slanders against him in ...


American embassy talks to Bulgaria via the web

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

For the second time in the two-and-a-half years that he has been serving in
Bulgaria, US ambassador John Beyrle, along with US embassy consul
Daniel Perrone ...


Bulgaria's NMSP Wants Interior Minister to Be Held Accountable for ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The National Movement for Stability and Progress, which is
a junior partner in the governing three-way coalition, insisted that the
Interior ...


One more chance — then turn off the

Times Online - UK

In Bulgaria almost any prominent job can get you killed. Writing
books on the Bulgarian mafia (Georgi Stoev – shot dead on Monday
in a busy part of Sofia, ...


Bulgaria, Macedonia: Blog Wars Over History

Global Voices Online - Cambridge,MA,USA

by Yavor Mihaylov The relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia are
no less complex and incomprehensible than those between Greece and
Macedonia, ...


CSA Bulgaria provides speakers for the Marketing Forum in Bulgaria

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria

2008-04-10 14:21:14 - Sahar Hashemi and Jay Conrad Levinson will be among
the key-note speakers at the Second Marketing Forum in Bulgaria,
...


International Monetary Fund Mission to Bulgaria

Select Property - Manchester,UK

One of the positive conclusions for Bulgaria was that economic
growth has continued to perform well and so unemployment has dropped
sharply. ...


Bicycle Path to Link Black Sea Coastal Cities in Bulgaria and Romania

Balkan Travellers - Sofia,Bulgaria

10 April 2008 | A bicycle path consistent with European standards will be
built between the town of Shabla, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast,
and the resort ...


Bulgaria Parliament No Confidence Vote to Take Place Friday Afternoon

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The actual voting on the government's no confidence
motion will take place at 3:30 pm on Friday. This became clear after the
parliamentary debates ...




News - Bulgaria




Bulgaria, Vietnam discuss labor cooperation


Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vi=
etnam


Vietnam-Bulgaria future labor cooperation will help strengthen the
two countries comprehensive cooperation, said Permanent Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Sinh ...

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US giant ITT to invest $400M in Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

US diversified holdings company ITT announced plans to invest $400 million
in Bulgaria, mostly in the construction of new production
facilities, ...

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US Ambassador in Web Chat: Bulgaria Needs Anti-Corruption Measures>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The US Ambassador to Sofia John Beyrle said in a web chat
that Bulgaria have to take stronger measures against corruption and
organized crime. ...

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Bulgaria: MPs debate alleged govt links to organised crime


=C2=DF=ED - Italy

Sofia, 10 April (AKI) - In the fifth no-confidence vote against the current
Bulgarian government, lawmakers were due on Thursday to debate
recent ...

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Striking Romanian autoworkers rally, walkout in Bulgaria


Earthtimes - London,UK

In neighbouring Bulgaria, employees of a Czech-owned utility that
supplies electricity to the capital, Sofia, walked off their jobs Thursday
demanding a ...

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ria.html">



The Times: Brussels to Stop EU Money for Bulgaria over Organized Crim=
e


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The UK newspaper the Times published Thursday an article
about Bulgaria's organized problems suggesting it might be a
good idea for the EU to ...

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Bulgaria News Update



Statement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Bulgaria

The FINANCIAL - Tbilisi,Georgia

"At the same time, Bulgaria's large current account deficit
has continued to widen, mirroring the fact that spending by
Bulgaria's private sector by far ...


Bulgaria MPs Debate Fifth No-Confidence Move against Government

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgarian MPs are to debate Thursday the fifth
no-confidence move against the government, filed by the opposition over the
"state's concrescence ...


Bulgaria CEZ power workers strike over pay, jobs

Reuters - USA

CEZ said the strike would not lead to any disruption in power supply, in
line with Bulgarian law. "We will continue the strike until we
reach an agreement," ...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 9

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not ...


Genoa Eyes Bulgaria's Domovchiyski

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Italian club Genoa are reportedly following
Bulgarian striker Valeri Domovchiyski, who is currently playing in
Hertha Berlin. ...


Bulgaria Takes Part in Belorussian Tourism Expo

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Polls taken in Belarus in the last years show that tourists there place
Bulgaria at one of the first positions as preferable destination for
summer rest.


Modern Hospital to Be Built in Bulgaria's Mountain Resort Bansko

VisitBulgaria.net (press release) - Bulgaria

A brand new hospital is to be constructed in the Bansko Mountain resort in
southwest Bulgaria, the Blagoevgrad newspaper "Vyara"
reported. ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria, Vietnam discuss labour cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam-Bulgaria future labour cooperation
will help strengthen the two countries comprehensive cooperation, said
Permanent Deputy Prime ...




Bulgaria News



SHANE:Why Nigeria missed Bulgaria tie!

Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria

... of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) in the failure of the
Davis Cup team to honour its Euro-Africa Zone Group II I qualifier in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria. ...


Bulgaria hosts SEECP ministerial meeting on disaster prevention

Xinhua - China

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Disaster Management Policy
Minister Emel Etem said at the meeting that natural disasters and
cataclysms are emerging as ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria: Stoyan and Elitsa to Marry

esctoday.com - Leiden,Netherlands

The entrants for Bulgaria in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest,
Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov, are to get married in a secret
ceremony, ...




Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria approves plan to reform graft-prone police

Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK

By Anna Mudeva SOFIA, April 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's ruling
coalition agreed on a plan on Wednesday to rid police of corrupt officials
linked to crime ...


Drug-smuggling through Bulgaria finances terrorists, report says

Earthtimes - London,UK

The Bulgarian interior ministry said in a report to the
parliament's Interior Committee that local and Arab organized crime
groups were working together in ...


EU berates Bulgaria over rampant organised crime

Times Online - UK

The Bulgarian Government was accused of high-level involvement with
organised crime gangs yesterday, in a hard-hitting report that highlighted
the failure ...




Bulgaria News



BULGARIA: Crime writer shot and killed in Sofia

CPJ Press Freedom Online - New York,NY,USA

Stoev, 35, was on a busy street when two unidentified men stopped him near
the Pliska hotel in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, the independent
news Web site ...


Bulgaria's Ruling Coalition Plans No Changes in Cabinet

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's ruling three-way coalition plans no
changes in the cabinet and does not intend to dismiss Interior Minister
Rumen Petkov, ...


Bulgaria Interior Parliamentary Committee Accepts Special Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Interior Parliamentary Committee
accepted Wednesday the report by its Chair Mincho Spasov about the problems
in the Interior Ministry ...




News - Bulgaria



European People's Party Also Warns Bulgaria over Showcase Murders

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Chair of the European People's Party and European
Democrats (EPP-ED) group in the EU Parliament Joseph Daul warned Wednesday
the Bulgarian ...


Bulgaria says will do more to fight gang crime

Reuters - USA

By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS, April 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria is
committed to combating organised crime, Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin said
on Wednesday, ...


Bulgaria Interior Minister Refuses to Resign

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumen Petkov made
it clear Wednesday he had no intention of resigning from his position, the
Bulgarian private ...


Barack Obama warns on crime and corruption in Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Obama said that after a difficult transition from communism and setbacks in
the 1990s, Bulgaria had made impressive economic strides in recent
years. ...


Bulgaria visits Malta

esctoday.com - Leiden,Netherlands

Bulgarian representatives of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 are
heading to Malta for the next lef of their promotion tour. After that, they
will be heading to ...


Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union Prepares for No Confidence Vote ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Inter-Parliamentary Union held a
meeting in Bulgaria's Parliament on Wednesday in order to
prepare for the no confidence vote ...


Obama Comments on Bulgaria Organized Crime before Future US ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Illinois Senator and candidate for the Democratic
Party nomination for the 2008 US Presidential Elections Barrack Obama
commented on Bulgaria ...




Bulgaria



EU Warns Bulgaria over Organized Crime after Murders in Sofia

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The European Union warned Bulgaria that it must
take immediate measures in order end the gangster violence in Sofia after
the recent murders of ...


UK Ambassador Williams Expects Less Britons in Bulgaria this Summer

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

‘Round 400, 000 - 500, 000 British tourists yearly spend their holidays
in Bulgaria as the biggest part of them visit the Black Sea
coast' - the UK ...


Bulgaria Cigarette Maker Head's Illegally Acquired Property to Be ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Parliamentary Committee on property
acquired through criminal activity is to file claim for the confiscation of
assets belonging to ...


Bulgaria PM Hopes Macedonia Name Dispute Will Be Resolved Quickly

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev
expressed his hope that Macedonia's name dispute would be resolved as
soon as possible in a way ...


Bulgaria, Viet Nam to join hands in labour, social policy

Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam

HA NOI — Viet Nam and Bulgaria have agreed to boost co-operation
in labour and social policy. Viet Nam’s Minister of Labour, Invalids and
Social Affairs, ...


Bulgaria Launches Unified Air Traffic Control System

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: New unified Air Traffic Management centre has started to
control Bulgaria's air traffic, director of
Bulgaria's Air Traffic Services Authority ...


Software AG: "IT Investor of the Year 2007" in Bulgaria

PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(abonnement) - Rastatt,Germany

award from the Invest Bulgaria Agency at a ceremony in Sofia. The
Invest Bulgaria Agency awards recognize the contribution of direct
foreign investment ...




News - Bulgaria



EU Warns Bulgaria Over Crime & Graft

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

09 April 2008 Sofia _ The EU has urged Bulgaria to take "urgent
action" to fight organised crime after two prominent figures were shot
dead in 24 hours. ...


US ambassador-designate McEldowney spells out priorities for Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In a confirmation hearing before the US senate committee on foreign
relations, chaired by Barack Obama, US ambassador-designate to
Bulgaria Nancy McEldowney ...


Photo Exhibition of Beautiful Bulgaria to be Opened in Germany

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgarian photo exhibition ‘Let's show Bulgaria in its
full glamour' is guest of the Bavarian Landtag in Munich today. The
exhibition will be opened by the ...


Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to Visit Bulgaria

TREND Information - Baku,Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 9 April / corr Trend News S.Agayeva / Political and
economic consultations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria will be held
in Sofia in mid of ...


Bulgaria to Increase Wine Export to Russia

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

He announced the intentions at the presentation of Bulgaria's
best brands of wine and cognac in Sank Petersburg. According to data of
Bulgarian statistical ...


Bulgaria cancels biometric passport tender

Portfolio.hu - Budapest,Hungary

Less than two weeks after the Bulgarian government announced a
shortlist in its tender for the production of biometric passports, the
state has cancelled ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgarian gang killings worry EU

United Press International - USA

SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 9 (UPI) -- The killings of a crime writer and
the head of an energy company have led the European Commission to demand
action from ...


Bulgaria Ruling Coalition Discusses Interior Ministry Structure ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Political Council of Bulgaria's three-way
ruling coalition is to discuss Wednesday the report, prepared by the
Interior Minister Rumen Petkov ...




Bulgaria



Vietnam, Bulgaria look to stronger labour ties

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Bulgaria have signed an agreement
aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation in the fields of labour and social
affairs. ...


Nigerian tennis hits rock bottom

Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria

The matches are being played on an outdoor clay surface at the Lokomotiv
Tennis Club in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The games end on April 13.
...


Travel Agent Drove Six Hours From Bulgaria to See the 'Chinese ...

Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA

We decided to drive the six hours it took from Bulgaria to see the
show. And, it was worth the trip." When asked about his favorite show
he said that it was ...




News - Bulgaria



Murders prompt EU warning for Bulgaria over organised crime

Independent - London,England,UK

By Rachel Shields The European Union has warned Bulgaria that it
must take urgent action to halt the gangland violence plaguing the
country's capital, ...




Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Bulgaria



EU warns Bulgaria after killings

BBC News - UK

The EU has called on Bulgaria to take "urgent action" to
fight organised crime after two prominent figures were shot dead in 24
hours. ...


Bulgaria cancels ePassport tender process

Security Document World (press release) - Cardiff,UK

Just two weeks after Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumen Petkov
announced the six companies that had been short-listed for the second and
final round of the ...


Bulgaria Economy Minister Takes Part in Investment Forum in Bahrain

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Minister of Energy and Economy Petar
Dimitrov participated Tuesday in an international conference in Manama, the
capital of Bahrain, ...




Bulgaria News



Brussels calls for 'urgent action' against organised crime in Bulgaria

EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium

On Sunday evening (6 April) Borislav Georgiev, chief executive of the
company in charge of maintaining the reactors for Bulgarian nuclear
power plant ...


Bulgaria and Poland Want Bilateral Trade Worth EUR 1 B in 2009

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and his
Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski promised each other that the bilateral
trade would expand to ...


Bulgaria Marks International Roma Day

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A number of events dedicated to the International Roma Day
(April 8) will take place in Bulgaria on Tuesday. The
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey ...


Bulgaria halts tender for biometric passports

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The procurement was called off because "all six companies made
administrative and legal errors in their application",
Bulgarian daily Dnevnik quoted Deputy ...


Vietnam considers Bulgaria as gateway to EU

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite geographic distance, Vietnam and
Bulgaria have laid a firm foundation for boosting co-operative
relations, said Bulgarian ...


Bulgaria Nationalist Leader Sentenced for Harassment of Ethnic Turks

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Sofia City Court has sentenced Volen Siderov, the
leader of the nationalist and extreme right Ataka party, for his
discriminatory remarks ...


IMF Foresees Slowdown in Bulgaria's Economic Growth

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The International Monetary Fund forecast a slowdown in
Bulgaria's economic growth to 5.5 percent this year, down from
6.2 percent last year, ...


IMF cuts Bulgaria's economic growth forecast

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecast for
Bulgaria for 2008 and 2009 to 5.5 per cent and 4.75 per cent,
respectively, ...


Residential Complex for BGN 200 M to Be Built in Bulgaria's Capital

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: About BGN 200 M will be invested in the construction of a
new residential complex in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, called
Winslow Gardens. ...




News - Bulgaria




Business Tourism in Bulgaria to Flourish


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Number of Russian tourists and business trips to Bulgaria in the
following couple of years are about to increase, prognostikates Andre Gribi
from ...

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Bulgaria News



Author's killing attracts unwanted spotlight on Bulgaria

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

UK newspaper The Guardian reported: “Stoev, an author of several works of
fiction and nonfiction on organised crime in Bulgaria, died after
brain surgery, ...


Much remains to be done for Roma in Bulgaria, says US ambassador

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, Roma people are the second largest minority and third
largest ethnic group. According to the 2001 census, there were 370 908 Roma
in Bulgaria, ...


Bulgaria's Agriculture Min Visits Ankara

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil
starts Tuesday an official visit to the Turkish capital city of Ankara at
the invitation of his ...


Bulgaria President to Meet Polish Counterpart

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's president Georgi Parvanov starts
Tuesday an official visit to Poland at the invitation of his counterpart
Lech Kaczynski. ...




Monday, April 7, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Headshot Underworld Stories Bulgaria Writer Dies

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Georgi Stoev, the author of crime stories, who was shot at
the head in downtown Sofia Monday afternoon, died in hospital after
undergoing a ...


Bulgaria's Burgas and Greece's Alexandroupolis to Unite against ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A committee of civic organizations, environmentalists, and
journalists from the Greek city of Alexandroupolis has invited counterparts
from the ...


Bulgaria to Hire 20 000 Construction Workers from Vietnam over ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria will be short of 20 000 construction
workers in 2008, and many Bulgarian construction firms are ready to
hire laborers from Vietnam to ...


Bulgaria Rightist Demand that President Take Action on Interior ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The right-wing Bulgarian parties that are member of
the European People's Party (EPP) held a meeting in Sofia Monday, after
which they demand that ...


Petrol AD ratings intact on petrol stations' sale plan to Lukoil ...

Forbes - NY,USA

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
said its 'CCC+' ratings with a negative outlook on
Bulgaria-based Petrol AD are unchanged ...


Bulgaria Town’s Vote On Oil Pipeline Fails

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

07 April 2008 Sofia _ A local referendum on whether to build a
controversial oil pipeline in a Bulgarian seaside town, has failed
because of low turnout. ...


Crime author shot to death in Bulgaria

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A prominent crime writer died of his
wounds Monday after being shot in the head by unknown gunmen in a busy part
of Bulgaria's ...


Postbank launches Bulgaria's first APS device

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Postbank, majority owned by Greek lender EFG Eurobank Ergasias, launched
Bulgaria's first Automated Payment System (APS) device, which
will eventually help ...




News - Bulgaria



Crime author crime shot, seriously wounded in latest Bulgaria shooting

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A prominent crime writer was shot in the
head and seriously wounded by unknown gunmen in a busy part of
Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, ...


Shopping Mall for BGN 22 M to Be Built in Bulgaria's Haskovo

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The first shopping mall to be constructed in the
southeastern Bulgarian city of Haskovo will cost BGN 22 M. The
commercial and entertainment ...


The '80s Pop Folk Diva Lepa Brena to Sing in Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The legend of Serbian music Lepa Brena will stage with the star of
Bulgarian pop-folk (chalga music) Gloria by the tome of her concert
in Bulgaria. ...


Bulgaria UDF Leader: Attack against Crime Stories Author Proves He ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The assault against the crime stories writer Georgi Stoev
proves he has told the truth in his works, said the leader of the
right-wing Union of ...


First Mall to Be Built in Haskovo, Bulgaria

Property Xpress (subscription) - Bulgaria

07-04-08, 12:39, (Property Xpress) - Around EUR 22 mln will be allocated
for construction of the first mall in Haskovo, Bulgaria. ...




Bulgaria News



Local Referendum on Oil Pipeline in Bulgaria's Sozopol Void over ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The local referendum that took place on Sunday in the
Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sozopol on the planned construction of
the ...


Bulgaria Tobacco Monopoly Elects New Head

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgaria cigarette-making monopoly Bulgartabac
Holding is expected to choose a new director on Monday after the present
head was temporarily ...


Bulgaria's FM Awards Berbatov

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin
awarded Monday top football player Dimitar Berbatov with the honorary
plaque of the ministry for his ...


Bulgaria Opens First Fitness Centre for Disabled People Training

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The first fitness center for training of disabled people
is to be opened in Bulgaria's coastal city of Varna. The idea of
establishing the ...


First Fitness Hall in Bulgaria for People With Disabilities Opens ...

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The first fitness hall in Bulgaria for people with disabilities will
be opened in Varna, informed radio Varna. The idea, which is being
elaborated for more ...


Al Pacino To Shoot in Bulgaria in 2009

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Al Pacino may come to Bulgaria next year, stated Dimiter Dereliev,
member of the board of directors of ‘Nu Boyana Film'. From the
company start the ...


Brazilian Football Players Arrested in Bulgaria, Claim Police Violence

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: CSKA Sofia player Marquinhos and Levski's Lucio Vagner
complained about police brutality after they were arrested late Sunday for
disturbing the ...




News - Bulgaria



Medicines in Bulgaria - the Cheapest in EU, the Most Expensive for ...

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

... 54% in Romania, 85% in Greece and 62% in Hungary. From The
Dnevnik media also explain that Bulgaria levies the highest VAT rate
on medicines - 20%.


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 7

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...


'Forest Week' Starts in Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

The traditional ‘Forest Week' starts on Monday, April 7 and will
continue until April 13. The 83 rd edition of the week is under the motto
‘Plant a tree, ...


Bulgaria's Staviski Hears Appellate Court Sentence within Month

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Court of Appeal in the coastal city of Burgas is to
announce its sentence over the case with ice skating champion Maxim
Staviski, charged with ...




Bulgaria



CEE Developer Ready to Enter Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia

Property Xpress (subscription) - Bulgaria

These markets include Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, Ales Vobruba,
company Senior Vice President, confirms on the sidelines of a presentation
on 2007 ...


Bulgaria Road Carnage Claims 6 Lives Overnight

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A total of six lives were claimed in 20 heavy car crashes
reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria to seek its place under US missile defense shield

Tehran Times - Iran

SOFIA (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria will press ahead with its demand to be
covered by the US missile defense system in Europe, the Sofia News Agency
reported ...


Iraq: US soldier killed in Diyala province, military says

International Herald Tribune - France

AP BAGHDAD: The US military says an American soldier has been killed in a
roadside bombing north of Baghdad. A brief statement says the soldier died
Sunday ...




Sunday, April 6, 2008

Bulgaria News




EU Commissioner Wants Meeting with Bulgaria Finance Minister over =
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta H=A8=B9bner =
has
requested a meeting with the Bulgarian Minister of Finance Plamen
Oresharski regarding ...

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Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The Czech-owned Bulgarian electricity provider CEZ
Electro Bulgaria has invested BGN 16 M in the development of the
electricity distribution ...

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Bulgaria Labor Minister Visits Vietnam


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: =A7=B4he Bulgarian Minister of Labor and Social Poli=
cy
Emiliya Maslarova left for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Sunday,
where she will pay an ...

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Bulgaria Cigarette Maker Likely with New Executive Director on Monday=


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: The Bulgaria cigarette-making monopoly Bulgartabak
Holding is expected to have a new director on Monday. The most likely
nominee for the position ...

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Bulgaria News



US President Finds Bulgaria PM Good Match for His Daughter - Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The US President George W. Bush has told the
Bulgarian PM Sergey Stanishev he seemed like a good match for his
daughter. ...


Turkey's KOC Holding Leaves Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The leading Turkish conglomerate KOC Holding is going to
discontinue its economic activities in Bulgaria selling its energy
company Opet/Aygaz ...


Party of Former Bulgaria Tsar and PM Turns Seven

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: April 6, 2008, marks the seventh year since the speech of
Simeon Saxe-Coburg in 2001. On that date he declared his intention to found
and lead a ...


Melee Breaks out in Disco in Bulgaria's Provdiv

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A mass fight erupted between guards and customers in the
Paparazzi Disco in Bulgaria's second largest city Plovdiv. The
melee broke out around 4 ...


Vulture Population in Eastern Bulgaria to Be Restored

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Sinite Kamani ("Blue Stones") Natural Park
located close to the city of Sliven in Eastern Bulgaria is taking up
action in order to restore the ...


Three Kilos of Heroin Captured at Bulgaria's Kalotina

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The customs officers captured almost 3 kg of heroin at the
Kalotina checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Serbian border. The four
packages with powdered ...




Bulgaria




Bulgaria's Sozopol Holds Referendum on Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil=
...


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: A local referendum on the planned construction of the
Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline is taking place Sunday in the
Bulgarian Black Sea resort ...

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"Bulgaria wants US anti-missile shield"


B92 - Serbia

SOFIA -- Bulgarian media say this country "insists" that
the future US anti-missile shield in Europe covers its territory. The
reports quote statements made ...

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Bulgaria PM Fails to Inspect Motorway Construction Because of Bad =
...


Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria>
Bulgaria: =F4he planned inspection of the construction works of the
Lyulin Motorway by Bulgaria's PM Sergey Stanishev on Sunday was
postponed because of the ...

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Wants to be Covered by US Antirocket Shield

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria insists in front of NATO of the future US antirocket shield
in Europe to cover its territory too. That was announced by
Bulgarian vice-premier ...




News - Bulgaria



Metallica to PLay in Bulgaria for a Record Fee

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Though, they agreed to please their fans and play in Bulgaria on May
16 for little more than half million dollars - $650000 fee. ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria to hold Iranian film week

PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran

Iran's cultural office in Bulgaria is screening works by the
country's renowned filmmakers in the first Iranian film week in Varna.
...


Serbia Assuages Fears over Security of Bulgarian Investments

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Serbian state would never undermine the security of
the Bulgarian investments because it wants the Balkans to be stable,
Serbian deputy prime ...




Bulgaria News



US Steel Pulls out of Bidding for Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: US Steel company, which was interested in the acquisition
of a majority stake in Bulgaria's biggest steelmaker
Kremikovtzi, has withdrawn from the ...


Bulgaria to seek its place under US missile defense shield

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria will press ahead with its demand
to be covered by the US missile defense system in Europe, the Sofia News
Agency ...




Bulgaria



The Balkan Jewel situated in Bulgaria’s most sought-after property ...

Malta Independent Online - Malta

The Bulgarian property market has registered the strongest capital
growth of 22.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2007. According to Knight
Frank’s Global ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria Admits To Shooting Germans At Border During Cold War

Allheadlines - USA

Sofia, Bulgaria (AHN) - Bulgaria confirmed Friday that at
least two East Germans were killed at the border while trying to escape to
the West during the ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria Reveals Killing of East Germans

The Associated Press -

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian official revealed Friday
that the country's communist-era border troops killed East Germans and
others who tried to get ...




Friday, April 4, 2008

Bulgaria



Bulgaria PM Recaps: NATO Will Help Overcome Historical Aspirations ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian PM Sergey Stanishev said the
integration of all countries from the Western Balkans with NATO and the EU
would serve to enable them ...




Bulgaria News Update



Seven Global Steel-makers Interested in Bidding for Bulgaria's ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Seven steel-makers from a total of 20 companies from
around the world have expressed their interest in bidding for the majority
share of ...


TO THE EDITOR: Bargain Bulgaria: The return of darker times

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Cut through the media and political hype and the truth is blatant:
Bulgaria’s economy is in danger of another crash. Credit rating
companies don’t tell lies ...


Large Patches of Bulgaria Seaside to Be Deforested for Resort ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Some 820 decares of oak forests in the Kamchiya Region
located 25 km south of the city of Varna close to the Black Sea coast are
to be deforested ...


Bulgaria reveals documents on killing of East Germans on its borders

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: A Bulgarian official revealed on Friday
that the country's communist-era border troops killed East Germans who
had fled across Europe ...


Investors reassured about Bulgaria's prospects

Overseas Property and Investment News - London,UK

Overseas property buyers have been reassured about the investment potential
of Bulgaria amid the ongoing crisis in the global economy.
...


Bulgaria Mountain to Become Natural Park

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Belasitsa Mountain located in the
southwest corner of the country will be declared a natural park, the
regional news website ...




Bulgaria News



Italy's Cicolella plans to grow roses in Bulgaria

Reuters - USA

MI: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to invest 150 million euros ($235.7
million) to grow roses in Bulgaria, a company official said on
Friday. ...


Bulgaria Nationalist Party's MPs Fail to Join Non-confidence Vote ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The representatives of Bulgaria's nationalist
party Ataka failed Friday to sign in the papers, needed for filing the
non-confidence vote against ...


German MEP Checks Files of East German Fugitives Shot in Bulgaria

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The German Member of the European Parliament Gisela
Kallenbach was shown dozens of files from the archives of
Bulgaria's Border Police about the ...


Bulgaria Awards Berba

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Vice Premier and Foreign Minister of Bulgaria Ivailo Kalfin will
accept on Monday, April 7 at 10.00h Bulgarian football star Dimiter
Berbatov. ...


Bulgaria confirms Cold War border shootings of Germans

The Local - Berlin,Germany

Bulgaria confirmed for the first time on Friday that East Germans
and others trying to flee the Soviet bloc for the West were killed on its
soil during the ...


Bulgaria Afforests 40 000 Decares in 2008

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A total of 40 000 decares in Bulgaria will be
afforested in 2008. The news was announced Friday by the Deputy Executive
Director of the State ...


Bulgaria supports NATO entry for Macedonia, Croatia and Albania

TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India

Sofia- Bulgaria supports entry for Macedonia, Croatia and Albania
into the NATO military bloc, a government minister said in the capital
Sofia Sunday. ...




Bulgaria News Update



EC warns Bulgaria, Romania over single European emergency number

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The European Commission (EC) issued a final warning to Bulgaria and
Romania over their delay in deploying a fully functional single European
emergency ...


Bulgaria Opposition Officially Files Cabinet's Non-confidence Vote

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's opposition filed Friday a
non-confidence vote against the Cabinet over the "state's
concrescence with crime" and the failure of ...


Bulgaria ‘Sorry’ Over Macedonia’s NATO Bid

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

04 April 2008 Sofia _ Bulgarian leaders have expressed regret that
Macedonia did not receive an invitation to join NATO at the Bucharest
Summit. ...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 4

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 4 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...


Bulgaria calls tender for two Government aircraft

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Transport Ministry launched a public procurement
tender for the purchase of two second-hand aircraft for the Cabinet's
air fleet, Dnevnik daily ...


Bulgaria Deputy PM: Former High-ranking Interior Min Officials ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and chairwoman
of the Turkish ethnic party Emel Etem defined as disgraceful the
statements, made by former ...




Bulgaria News



3 Killed in Crashes on Bulgaria Roads Overnight

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Three lives were claimed in 13 heavy car crashes reported
overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior Ministry. ...




Bulgaria



Internship Gives BYU Students a Chance to Help Bulgarian Orphans

BYU Newsnet - Provo,UT,USA

By Valerie Fry - 2 Apr 2008 BYU students can now intern in Bulgaria
to help take care of orphans at more than 20 orphanages. Interns can work
for One Heart ...




Thursday, April 3, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Socialists challenged over organized crime claim

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Opposition lawmakers on Thursday called a
vote of no confidence in the government, the fifth leveled against the
Socialist-led ...


Bulgaria, Romania with Final Warning by EC over Delayed Emergency ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria and Romania received Thursday last
warnings over the delayed launch of the 112 emergency phone. Unless the
newest EU member states take ...


Bulgaria PM: We Are Sorry Macedonia Didn't Make It to NATO

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian PM Sergey Stanishev stated at a press
conference during the NATO Summit in Bucharest that Bulgaria
expressed its regret over the ...


Bulgaria Tourism Boss Calls for Boost of Cultural Tourism

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Head of the Bulgaria's State Agency for
Tourism Aneliya Krushkova stated at a press conference Thursday the
Bulgarian tourism companies needed ...


Bulgaria FM: NATO's Decisions Favor Integration of Balkans

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivaylo
Kalfin stated that the decisions made at the NATO Summit in Bucharest were
a step forward in the ...


Study Forecasts of Bulgaria's Housing Prices for the Period 2008 ...

Earthtimes - London,UK

A quarterly analysis of the Bulgarian residential housing. This is a
regular quarterly report on the Bulgarian residential housing market
developments. ...


Bulgaria Parents Found Committee to Defend Bulgarian Language

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgarian parents set up an initiative committee
Thursday, which is going to act in defense of a paragraph of the Public
Education Act that was ...


EU Commissioner Worried by Hate Language against Bulgaria in ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oli Rehn said Thursday
he was worried by the use of hate language in the Macedonian media with
respect to ...


Tankers support NATO summit from Hungary, Bulgaria

Edwards Air Force Base - Edwards AFB,CA,USA

"At Burgas (airport in Bulgaria), they are working with both
military and civilian authorities to make things happen. We are getting
great cooperation in ...




Bulgaria News



Macedonia Press Blames Bulgaria for Anti-Macedonian Campaign

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The leading Macedonian newspaper "Utrinski
Vesnik" published Thursday an editorial claims that Bulgaria
was preparing an all-out campaign to bring ...


Bulgaria's Parliament Says Yes to Kujovic Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's parliament accepted Thursday the
report of the parliamentary committee that was set up in order to throw
light on the case with alleged ...


Companies in Bulgaria Receive Business Superbrands Awards

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The strongest brands on the Bulgarian market
received Wednesday evening the awards at the first edition of Business
Superbrands Bulgaria. ...


Business Superbrands Bulgaria launches first edition

Select Property - Manchester,UK

Business Superbrands Bulgaria has launched its first edition,
tracing the history, success and latest achievements of fifty-two of the
strongest business ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria's Opposition Files Non-Confidence Vote

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's opposition files Thursday a
non-confidence vote against the Cabinet over the "state's
concrescence with crime" and the failure of ...


Romanian tourists expected to spend 1.2M euro in Bulgaria during ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

About 10 000 Romanian tourists are expected to flood to Bulgaria’s
northern Black Sea coast during the Orthodox Easter holidays. ...


Utrinski Vesnik: Bulgaria Is Not a True Friend of Macedonia

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

One truth should be said aloud and it is that Bulgaria is not part
of the group of sincere and true friends of Macedonia, claims the Skopje
journalist ...


EU threatens to take Romania and Bulgaria to court over 112 ...

Forbes - NY,USA

BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission says it has sent
Bulgaria and Romania a final warning, threatening to take both
countries to court if ...


Eurovision Betting Odds: Deep Zone and Balthazar, Bulgaria

hecklerspray - Los Angeles,USA

Bulgaria - (pop. 7537929; a republic in the southeast of Europe):
Deep Zone and Balthazar, DJ, Take Me Away After last year's Eurovision
betting odds - when ...


Bulgaria's Medics Prepare New Protests

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Healthcare trade unions and organisations in
Bulgaria discuss Thursday an eventual new round of protests over
insufficient financing of health ...


PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 1

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 1 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...


Sofia Celebrates 129 Years as Capital of Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Sofia was declared for capital of the new Bulgarian state on April
3, 1879 by proposal of Marin Drinov and Constitution assembly. ...




Bulgaria



PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - April 3

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 3 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgaria's newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria mill brings Mittals closer

Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India

Pramod and Vinod Kumar Mittal are in talks with elder brother Lakshmi Niwas
Mittal — the world’s richest Indian — to sell their troubled
Bulgarian steel ...




Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria's payments agency needs to address four main deficiencies ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The European Commission (EC) said Bulgaria's payments agency,
which handles the distribution EU farm subsidies, had four main
deficiencies, ...


Romanians to Flood Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast over Easter

Balkan Travellers - Sofia,Bulgaria

2 April 2008 | Around 10000 Romanian tourists are expected to come to
Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast over the Orthodox Easter
holidays, Bulgarian daily ...


Bulgaria PM Arrives to Bucharest for NATO Summit

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian PM Sergey Stanishev arrived in
Bucharest Wednesday afternoon for the NATO Summit, which is taking place
between April 2 and April 4, ...




Bulgaria



Enel completes unit upgrade at Bulgaria power plant

Reuters - USA

MI: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it had restarted a 227
megawatt unit at its thermal power plant in southeastern Bulgaria,
after completing ...


Bulgaria seeks bidders to build Sofia's subway

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, April 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria is launching a new tender for an
international bidder to build a stretch of its capital's underground
railway, ...


Bulgaria Supports NATO Membership for Georgia and Ukraine

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria backs the accession of Georgia and the
Ukraine to NATO and the other cooperation structures in the European/North
Atlantic region. ...


Bulgaria's Agriculture Min: No Frozen EU Payments for Rural ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil
rejected claims that the European Commission have threatened to freeze
payments for the country under ...


Bulgaria in Search for Bidders to Construct Sofia's Underground

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria is about to launch a new tender for an international bidder
to construct a stretch of Sofia's underground railway, Bulgarian
Transport Ministry ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Opposition Files Cabinet Non-confidence Vote over ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Bulgaria's opposition is expected to file
Thursday a non-confidence vote against the ruling coalition due to the
"state's concrescence with crime" ...


Bulgaria, Romania among 8 Countries to Join Grand Highway Project

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: A 7000-kilometer-long highway, which will connect eight of
the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization member-states, is to be
constructed in ...


Bulgaria’s Albena resort to attract more affluent consumers

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian resorts ranked at the bottom of the price lists of British
tour operators, Krassimir Stanev, executive director of Albena Jsc, said at
a news ...


EC Returns to Bulgaria 103 Million EUR

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

To Bulgaria will be brought back 103,72 million EUR from the direct
payments, stated Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil. He was informed with a
letter by the ...


Hotels Steadily Narrow Beach in Bulgaria's Golden Sands

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The beach in Bulgaria's summer resort of Golden
Sands has been narrowed by 12 decares because of the numerous buildings
that continue sprouting ...


Turkey: Sisecam to invest EUR 263m in new Plant in Bulgaria (update)

Glass on Web - San Floriano del Collio,Italy

Trakia Glass Bulgaria, the local arm of Turkish glass and chemicals
group Turkey Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam), will double the output of
its ...




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Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Minister Accepts Blame For Scandals

BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,Serbia

01 April 2008 Sofia _ Bulgaria’s Prime Minister says his Interior
Minister Rumen Petkov is ready to accept responsibility for a series of
scandals that have ...


27 March 2008, Turkish giant Sisecam will double its investment in ...

Invest Bulgaria Agency - Sofia,Bulgaria

Sisecam group is going to invest USD 415 million in another four plants
within the existing Trakya Glass Bulgaria complex by 2010, Turkish
Prime Minister ...


Bulgaria Eco-Activists: PM Must Stop Resort Construction in Rila ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Representatives of Bulgarian environmental
organizations called on PM Sergey Stanishev to take action in order to stop
the illegal resort ...




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Bulgaria's ex-king and PM - a good candidate for president of ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Former Bulgarian prime minister and ex-king Simeon Saxe-Cobourg
could bring a unique and rich experience to the European Union as president
of European ...


Bulgaria PM: Petkov Ready to Assume Responsibility for Interior ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The Bulgarian PM and leader of the ruling Socialist
Party (BSP) Sergey Stanishev announced Tuesday the Interior Minister Petkov
was ready to ...


"Bulgaria Liberation Army" Bomb Threats in Serbia Fake

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The four bomb threats made Monday in the southeast Serbian town of Pirot on
behalf of the "Bulgarian Liberation Army for the Pirot
Region" turned out to be ...


Bulgaria Food and Drink Report Q2 2008 Out Now

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA

BMI's Bulgaria Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts
and competitive intelligence on Bulgaria's food and drink
industry. ...




Depardieu to Shoot in Bulgaria

The French cinema star and movie director Gerard Depardieu will arrive in Bulgaria in six months to shoot a movie, media reports said, citing producer Gianfranco Pierantoni from Nimar Studios Ltd.

Depardieu and Pierantoni are working on a new co-production, a joint production of Bulgaria, Italy and France, with Depardieu starring.

Bulgarian film stars are also expected take part in the new production.

Yacht Port to Be Built in Bulgaria Black Sea Resort Ravda

An ultra-modern yacht port will be constructed in the Black Sea Resort of Ravda within two and a half years.

The port is worth EUR 30 M, and will extend 480 m into the sea. Its total area is going to be over 24 000 square meters, and it will contain 450 yacht spots.

The project envisages a highly modern infrastructure, wireless Internet connection, storage and repair base, and stores. The construction is expected to start in the fall of 2008 at the earliest.

Businessmen from Dubai and Cyprus have already expressed their interest in buying yacht spots.

The Ravda yacht port is part of the luxury vacation complex "Emerald Resort", which also includes three tennis courts, basketball and volleyball fields, a bowling-disco club, a restaurant, and a few bars.

The locals expect over 3000 people during the summer season. Ravda is right next to the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts of Nessebar and Sunny Beach, and is 26 km away from the city of Burgas.

Sony Opens Eastern Europe Call Centre in Bulgaria

Technology products maker Sony announced it will inaugurate in the Bulgarian capital Sofia a regional call centre to serve clients from ten countries.

The official opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday in Business Park Sofia.

Callers from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Macedonia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary and Croatia should dial 0700 1 (0700 1 7669) to connect with the centre.

The centre will manage phone calls and requests as well as provide clients of the company with real time information about new products, prices or promotional programs, as well as money back claims and problems in delivery.

"The aim is to provide up-to-date real-time information to our potential clients" Anguel Kuguiyski, Regional Manager for Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania commented.

Sony picked Bulgaria for location of its call centre because of its well qualified and proficient in many languages workforce on offer, representatives of the company in Bulgaria explained.

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Bulgaria Socialists Debate Future of Embattled Interior Minister

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The leadership of Bulgaria's ruling Socialist
party will meet on Tuesday to debate whether to press for the dismissal of
the interior minister ...


Eko Bulgaria seeks select Tempo assets in Bulgaria

Energy Business Review - USA

Eko Bulgaria has informed the Bulgarian industry regulator,
Commission for Protection of Competition, about its intention to acquire
the retail assets, ...


Smiling Eyes on Bulgaria's Kingdom of Laughter Gabrovo

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: The town of Gabrovo, located some 220 km north-east from
the city of Sofia, known as the biggest kingdom of laughter on earth is
celebrating today ...




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UNIQA reports 44% surge in 2007 premium volume in Bulgaria

Insurance Business Review - USA

By Staff Writer In Bulgaria, particular impetus can be gained from
the life insurance sector, which in comparison with western Europe is still
in its ...




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Bulgaria New Hotspot for Film Scores

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA

And Bulgaria, a Balkan country known for its skilled musicians and
low labor costs, has become an attractive spot for outsourcing film scores.
...


It's Deep Zone and Magi-cal Balthazar to Represent Bulgaria!

Manchester Evening News Blog - Manchester,UK

The group's massive hit DJ Take Me Away reached Number 2 in MTV's
Europe’s World Chart Express, and won the Bulgarian national
final. ...


Bulgaria: Yacht port to be built in Ravda Black Sea resort

Portalino - Italy

Ravda is right next to the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts of Nessebar
and Sunny Beach, and is 26 km away from the city of Burgas.