Bulgaria News

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria will participate in the international donor conference ...

ISRIA (subscription) - Washington,DC,USA

Bulgaria will participate in the international donor conference for
Kosovo. At the forum taking place on July 11 in Brussels Bulgaria
will declare its ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria Football Star to Join Manchester United for the Price of ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria: According to the British The Sun, Bulgarian
football star Dimitar Berbatov was going to join the Manchester United team
for the price of GBP 20 M ...




News - Bulgaria




Bulgaria's Road Carnage Claims 8 Lives Overnight


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria=92s Road Carnage Claims 8 Lives Overnight: 22 serious
traffic accidents have occurred in Bulgaria over the last 24 hours
claiming the lives of 8 ...

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Tourism in Bulgaria: Views from near and far


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The same day that readers of the Chicago Tribune were told that
Bulgaria was =93rough around the edges but still a beauty=94, media
in neighbouring Macedonia ...

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Borissov says Bulgaria should bring forward elections to September <=
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria=92s parliamentary elections scheduled for 2009 should be
brought forward to September 2008, said Boiko Borissov, mayor of Sofia and
=93informal=94 leader ...

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Bulgarian centre-right leader vows to battle on


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Plamen Yuroukov, the leader of Bulgaria=92s centre-right minority
opposition party the Union of Democratic Forces, has vowed to seek
re-election as leader of ...

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Bulgaria's President to Participate in Summit for the ...=


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria=92s President to Participate in Summit for the
Mediterranean in Paris: Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov is
in Paris Sunday to participate in a ...

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Bulgaria: rough around the edges but still a beauty

Baltimore Sun - United States

By Tim Jones VELIKO TURNOVO, Bulgaria - Up and down the twisting,
cobblestone streets of this charming ancient city, hundreds of photocopied
leaflets with ...


Local Peace Corps volunteer finds her calling in Bulgaria

Lahontan Valley News - Fallon,NV,USA

Photo courtesy Smith family Fallon graduate Stacie Reimer Smith and her
husband, Jason Smith, are halfway through a two-year assignment in
Bulgaria with the ...


A1, Macedonia: Tourism in Bulgaria is in crisis

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Tourism in Bulgaria is in crisis, the Macedonian TV channel A1
reports. The reasons for this are the lack of tourists and shortage of
workers. ...




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Prof. Georgi Markov: With the Treaty of Berlin Bulgaria receives =
...


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
=91The Treaty of Berlin revises the San Stefano treaty and separates
Bulgaria into five parts, but with it the Bulgarian state
appears on the political map of ...

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Bulgaria News



Bulgaria's Tourism in crisis

Macedonia - Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Bulgaria's Tourism is in crisis, and the reason for it is the
very few tourists and the lack of workforce. This was announced by the
President of Bulgaria's ...


Bulgaria vs. Finland

Sports betting previews - UK

Finland after back all players to team won 2 times over Bulgaria,
twice 3:2. Bulgaria if USA will win tonight (almost sure) will lose
chance to 1st place. ...




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Miglena Tacheva: EC wants to see reliable justice system in Bulgaria=


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
On Friday after a meeting with Bulgarian MEPs, you open the
constitutional debate again and reiterated your idea for the Prosecutor=92s
Office and ...

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Volleyball: Only International Federation invitation guarantees ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

After its loss to Finland, Bulgaria does not stand even a
theoretical chance to rate first in the final group standings and
participate in the final ...




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Volleyball: Fifth set to decide outcome of Bulgaria =96 Finland matc=
h


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Bulgaria=92s national volleyball team has won the fourth set 29-27,
drawing the Group C match 2-2. The World Volleyball League encounter takes
place in the ...

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Tennis: Bulgaria=92s Karatancheva scores victory in tournament ..=
.


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Sesil Karatancheva of Bulgaria advances to the second round of
qualifiers in the tournament in the Austrian city of Bad Gastein. The prize
of the contest is ...

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Bulgaria PM Backs Firmly "Corvette Deal" with France in Parliament

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The PM also pointed to the economic benefits for Bulgaria from the
corvette deal, which provided for offset programs to use the capacity of
the Varna ...




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WirschaftsWoche: Investors in Bulgaria Must Get Ready to Pay Bribes

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

According to the magazine, all German companies heading to invest in
Bulgaria were of the need to pay bribes, and the likelihood to come
across ...




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Bulgaria Party GERB Vows to Govern Alone or in Rightist Coalition Only

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Tzvetanov did point out, however, that Bulgaria needed the potential
of all political parties in the center-right political spectrum. ...


Is not it high time that Bulgaria protected life of its citizens ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

In Bulgaria it seems there are not any. The way Litex football club
president Angel Bonchev and later his wife were kidnapped is horrifying and
humiliating, ...




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Bulgaria Energy Minister: Reopening of Kozloduy NPP Reactors Would ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Dimitrov took part at a forum in the Black Sea resort of Pomorie entitled
"Bulgaria's Electricity Exports - Nuclear Facilities,
Renewable Sources, ...




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Bulgaria MP: Bonchev's Wife Was Kidnapped in Failed Police Opera=
tion


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria MP: Bonchev=92s Wife Was Kidnapped in Failed Police
Operation: The Bulgarian Member of Parliament Atanas Atanasov from
the rightist Democrats for ...

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Banks to adopt new rules on full information disclosure on payment ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Bank is currently redrafting the Payments Act
to incorporate the necessary community law. Banks would be required to
provide their ...




Friday, July 11, 2008

Bulgaria News




Road and hotel planned under Bulgaria=92s highest mountain peak
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Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

A new illegal road and hotel were being constructed in Rila national park
under Moussala peak, the highest point in Bulgaria, To Sustain the
Nature in ...

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News - Bulgaria



Utilities challenge Bulgaria power price increase

Reuters - USA

In a complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court, EVN, which supplies
electricity to households in south-eastern Bulgaria, said the price
increase did not ...


From Brazil to Bulgaria, with dancing and love

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Participants from Bulgaria, Spain, Latvia and the Netherlands will
be able to exchange experience and ideas, organisers said. The initiative
will draw the ...




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Bus crash claims six lives


Independent Online - Cape Town,South =
Africa


The double-decker bus was transporting 68 tourists, around half of them
aged between 15 and 16, back to Poland after holidays in Bulgaria,
B92 radio ...

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Opposition plans sixth motion of no confidence in Bulgaria=92s Cabin=
et


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

A group of opposition parties, citing what it describes as the incompetence
of Bulgaria=92s Government in dealing with European Union funds,
plans to table a ...

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At least 5 killed in Serbia bus crash

The Associated Press -

Serbian state television reported the tourists were returning to Poland
from a holiday in Bulgaria. The Belgrade emergency clinic reported
that five people ...


Bulgaria to Get 100 Million EUR Yearly from Business Tourism

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria could earn round 100 million USD yearly from congress
tourism, the Bulgarian MEP Biliana Raeva considers. According to Raeva
words the congress ...




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Bulgaria H1 new vehicle sales up 21% year-on-year

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Among car makers, Opel soare to the top spot after securing a major fleet
purchase deal with the Bulgarian Interior Ministry. The brand has a
11.6 per cent ...




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Bulgaria=92s Wimbledon


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

After years of trying, Bulgarian tennis finally landed a trophy at
the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world: Wimbledon. ...=


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A SALUTE TO FRANCE: Still peripheral


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

by his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Purvanov, left, Bulgaria
by French defence firm Armaris, worth millions of euro. To France, one of
Europe=92s largest ...

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A SALUTE TO FRANCE: Vis-a-vis matters


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce (CCFB) gives the French
business community in Bulgaria precisely this. It acts as a
multi-functional conduit ...

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A SALUTE TO FRANCE: From Lisbon to Ireland via France


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The Sofia Echo spoke to the French ambassador to Bulgaria, Etienne
de Poncins, to learn more about France=92s take on the next six months for
Europe as well ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 11

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 11 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in
Bulgarian newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria salutes Rice for role in helping win release of medics ...

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

Bulgaria, home to five of the medics, also awarded the state medal
to others involved in the release, including former French first lady
Cecilia Sarkozy, ...




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Condoleezza Rice estimates highly Bulgarian participation in ...<=
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Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
The top Bulgaria=92s state honor, which was bestowed to me,
symbolizes the future relations between Bulgaria and America. It is
a great honor to me that I was ...

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Condoleezza Rice in Sofia


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Rice was awarded a =91Stara Planina 1st grade=92 order by the President of
Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov for her role in the release of the
Bulgarian medics from ...

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Bulgaria News



Rice gets medal for helping to free HIV medics

Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa

SOFIA, July 9 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on
Wednesday received Bulgaria's top honour for helping to free
Bulgarian nurses from a ...




Bulgaria



Dimitar Penev named CSKA Sofia coach amid financial crisis for ...

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: Former Bulgaria coach Dimitar Penev is
returning to lead league champion CSKA Sofia. The 63-year-old Penev coached
CSKA to three league ...


Bulgaria moves to dismantle old munitions following blasts

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria plans to speed up the dismantling of old munitions in the
wake of powerful explosions at several arms depots near Sofia last week,
Defence Minister ...


Majority elections to give Bulgaria new leadership: Maria Kapon

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Of course this is the monitoring for Bulgaria and Romania. It would
be an annual report about the progress that should be achieved by the two
states. ...


Rice gets medal for helping to free HIV medics

Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada

SOFIA (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday received
Bulgaria's top honor for helping to free Bulgarian nurses
from a Libyan jail. ...


Remarks at Stara Planina Awards Ceremony

US Department of State - Washington,DC,USA

Welcome to the Republic of Bulgaria president decree number 307. On
the authority of Article 98, paragraph eight of the Constitution of the
Republic of ...




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Bulgaria: Lenin's limousines=85


Oxford Analytica (subscription) - Oxf=
ord,England,UK


The auction has just closed for 66 limousines used by the communist-era
Bulgarian secret police to ferry around local dignitaries and
visiting heroes of ...

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Bulgaria Gives 500, 000 EUR to Kosovo

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

On the official forum tomorrow in Brussels Bulgaria is about to
provide aid for Kosovo on the amount of 1 million BGN (500, 000 EUR).
...




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PM Sergei Stanishev: Bulgaria is a reliable partner and a ...

ISRIA (subscription) - Washington,DC,USA

The development of the relations between Bulgaria and the US is an
example of strategic cooperation and partnership, said the Prime Minister
Stanishev at ...




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Bulgaria Opposition Ready with Motives for Sixth No Confidence Vote

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

The motion is motivated with the "incurred moral and material damages
to Bulgaria and the Bulgarian citizens because of the
cabinet's failure in adhering to ...




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Bulgaria Allocates BGN 500000 to Owners of Chelopechene Blasts ..=
.


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria: The owners of the lands, destroyed after the recent
explosions at Chelopechene military storehouses will receive compensations
set at up to BGN ...

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Bulgaria Govt Facing Sixth No-Confidence Vote


BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,S=
erbia


10 July 2008 Sofia _ Opposition parties in Bulgaria=92s Parliament
are set to introduce a new non-confidence motion against the government.
...

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Bulgarian FM, USA's Rice Discuss Military, Economic Cooperation ...

istockAnalyst.com - Salem,OR,USA

Sofia, July 9 (BTA) - Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister Ivailo [Ivaylo] Kalfin and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
discussed ...




News - Bulgaria



BULGARIA: Construction Chamber Seeks Preferential Treatment Under ...

SE Europe - Sofia,Bulgaria

Only Bulgarian contractors should be hired for public procurement
jobs funded under EU's environment operative program, Simeon Peshov,
chairman of the ...


Ambassador to Bulgaria nominated and ambassador to Holy See to be ...

The Baltic Course - Riga,Latvia

The Government suggests the president that Arunas Vinciunas should be
appointed the Lithuanian Ambassador to Bulgaria. It was also decided
at the Wednesday ...




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Bulgarian morning TV soundbites July 10 2008


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Closing down duty-free shops and petrol stations at Bulgaria's
borders with Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey would "considerably improve
the situation,=94 but ...

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Mila Jovovich Goes on Shopping Tour in Bulgaria's Capital Sofia<=
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Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Mila Jovovich Goes on Shopping Tour in Bulgaria=92s Capital Sofia:
The Hollywood movie star Mila Jovovich went shopping at the elite stores of
the Bulgarian ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 10

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 10 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian
newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not
vouch ...


US Daily Casualties

Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Poland, 21;
Ukraine, 18; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador,
five; Slovakia, ...


Corrupt Bulgaria Road Agency Head Makes Confession

Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey

Former director in Bulgaria's Republican Road Infrastructure
Fund, Lyobomir Lilov, who is accused of corruption, has confessed to the
crime, ...




Bulgaria News



Ivaylo Kalfin: No direct threat for Bulgaria from Iran

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The claims that we talked during the visit of Condoleezza Rice about making
Bulgaria a possible base for attacks against Iran are not true, even
though the ...




Bulgaria News



Seattle firefighters have evacuated a two-block area of South ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA

It was unclear what caused the rupture. Firefighters have gone door to door
in the neighborhood alerting residents and urging them to evacuate.
...


Bulgaria closed duty-free shops and fueling stations /ROUNDUP/

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Duty-free shops along the borders with Romania and Greece were closed when
Bulgaria joined the EU on January 1st 2007. The Bulgarian Minister
of EU affairs ...


Die Presse: Bulgaria tries to improve blackened image

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

In order to show Bulgaria in a positive light, the Bulgarian
government attempts a clear form of public relations campaign. And
successfully, judging from ...




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Power distribution firms to sue utilities regulator over ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The Bulgarian unit of German energy firm E.ON plans to file a
complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court in Bulgaria within
two days against the State ...




Wednesday, July 9, 2008

News - Bulgaria



US State Secretary Rice visits Bulgaria to promote bilateral ties

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived on
a brief visit to Bulgaria Wednesday, discussing political and
military ...




Bulgaria News Update




Bulgaria faces difficulties in issuing visas to Russian tourists =
...


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Bulgarian consular services haven=92t managed to issue visas of the
Russian citizens who want to visit Bulgaria in time. Russian media
had thrown the main ...

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News - Bulgaria



Ruling parties turn Bulgaria into EU cross- border region: chairwoman

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Ruling parties in Bulgaria have been made everything possible to
turn Bulgaria into EU cross- border region chairwoman of the United
National Party Maria ...




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US, Bulgaria hail 'excellent' bilateral ties, talk visa waiv=
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AFP -

SOFIA (AFP) =97 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Bulgarian
Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin hailed what they both described as
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Rice awarded Bulgaria's highest honour


AFP -

SOFIA (AFP) =97 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was awarded
Bulgaria's highest honour Wednesday for her role in obtaining
the release a year ago of ...

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Bulgaria US Rice

Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill,SC,USA

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, is welcomed by
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev in the capital Sofia,
Wednesday, July 9, 2008. ...




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Rice honored in Bulgaria for helping free medics


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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) =97 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
accepted Bulgaria's highest honor on Wednesday for helping
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Strong winds cause power cuts across Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Strong winds and rain that hit Bulgaria during the past 24 hours
left areas around the towns Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardjik and the city
of Plovdiv ...

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Making Bulgaria part of US Air Defense Shield hasn=92t been ...b>


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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 9

Reuters - USA

(Dnevnik, 24 Chasa, Novinar, Standart, Sega, Trud) 24 CHASA - Every weekend
5000 people from southern Bulgaria go on organised bus trips to
Greek beaches, ...




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Dimitrov storms to boys' title


Wimbledon - UK

Grigor Dimitrov beat Henri Kontinen of Finland in straight sets on No.1
Court to win the boy=92s singles title and become the first player from
Bulgaria to ...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov the leader who can change Bulgaria ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

"He established one of Bulgaria's most successful security
companies and became independently wealthy, making him less vulnerable to
accusations of ...




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Tennis: Grigor played tennis to a great degree at the Wimbledon


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
I would like to say that that success is the greatest successes in the
history of Bulgarian tennis. The tournament stared very heavily for
Grigor, ...

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Tennis: I still can=92t realize what I have done


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Bulgaria=92s Grigor Dimitrov returned from England. The young
Bulgarian tennis hope landed at Sofia Airport minutes ago and gave a
press conference to the ...

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Record GDP Growth For Bulgaria

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

2008-07-08 20:07:37 - Bulgaria's GDP growth reached record
levels of 7% during the first 6 months of 2008, according to a report by
Macro Watch, ...




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Bulgaria to shut 12 arms dump depots after blasts

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 8 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will shut 12 arms disposal depots
after a series of explosions in an arms dump outside Sofia last week,
...




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Crewe match against Bulgaria's FC Maritsa "good experience ...

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Crewe Alexandre coach Steve Holland said he believed the team's first
pre-season friendly against Bulgaria's FC Maritsa on July 9
would be "a good ...




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Diplomatic Diary: Bulgaria, France sign strategic partnership ...

Southeast European Times - MD,USA

Bulgaria's Sergey Stanishev was in Paris this week. Also in
diplomatic news: BiH officials will meet on Wednesday to discuss SAA
legislation and Russian ...




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Bulgaria Billboard builds new printing plant

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 8 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's printing and advertising
company Billboard BOARD.BB plans to invest 51.5 million euros ($80.58
million) in a new ...


Man jailed in Bulgaria thrilled to be home with son

CTV.ca - Canada

After returning from a 12-year ordeal in a Bulgarian prison, British
Columbia resident Michael Kapoustin said he's still glowing from the
joy of being ...


Bulgaria expects bumber wheat harvest

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian farmers expected a bumper harvest of 3.8 million tons of
wheat in 2008, an increase of nearly 60 per cent over the previous year,
the head of the ...




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Over development concerns plague Bulgaria


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Over development in Bulgaria is having a serious effect as various
projects are being halted over concerns about quality, standards and a lack
of planning ...

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Military Plane Crashes in Bulgaria's Varna, Airport Remains Open=


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Military Plane Crashes in Bulgaria=92s Varna, Airport Remains Open:
A military transport plane of the Bulgarian Air Force suffered an
accident around noon on ...

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Michael Kapoustin is out of Bulgaria, police official says

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Canadian citizen Michael Kapoustin, who was released from a
Bulgarian prison on June 26 2008, five years before the end of his
17-year sentence, ...




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Bulgaria Looks to Ease Social Security Burden


BalkanInsight.com - Pristina,Kosovo,S=
erbia


08 July 2008 Sofia _ Bulgaria=92s government is looking to cut
social security payments by 2 percent from October, the Deputy Finance
Minister, Kiril Zhelev ...

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Sanoma ups stake in Bulgaria's Netinfo media group


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Sanoma Magazines International has increased its stake in Bulgarian
online media group Netinfo to 82 per cent, receiving the approval of the
Commission for ...

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Bulgaria supports European Pact on Immigration and Asylum


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Bulgaria supports the approach for binding each Member State
internal security with the security of the entire European Union. =93We
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Imerisia: Greece can receive electricity only from Bulgaria


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Only the line for energy import from Bulgaria is available with 600
megawatt. The under- water distribution line with Italy with 500 megawatt
capacity has ...

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Six Die in Crashes Overnight across Bulgaria


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria: Six people were killed as 25 heavy car crashes were
reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the
country's Interior Ministry. ...

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News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria reopens links with Vietnamese amid acute worker shortage

Financial Times - London,England,UK

By Kerin Hope and Theodor Troev in Sofia For years Bulgaria has been
a source of cheap labour for western Europe. Now the tables have been
turned on the ...




Bulgaria News



Canadian home after 13 years in Bulgarian jails

Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada

He spent those years shuffled between prisons in Bulgaria, jailed on
charges of fraud and embezzlement. "The first three years, they put me
in solitary ...




Monday, July 7, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria's Dimitrov eyes senior title after Wimbledon win

guardian.co.uk - UK

SOFIA, July 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov refused to
get carried away at becoming his country's first Wimbledon champion
after victory in the ...


Bulgaria condemns Kabul suicide bombing

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov condemned Monday the deadly
suicide bombing at the Indian embassy in Kabul which left 41 people dead,
AFP informed. ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria President: Obligatory Voting Might Give Birth to ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria President: Obligatory Voting Might Give Birth to Political
Monsters: Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov said at the end
of Monday's discussion of ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria President: Obligatory Voting Might Give Birth to ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria President: Obligatory Voting Might Give Birth to Political
Monsters: Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov said at the end
of Monday's discussion of ...




Bulgaria News Update




Business climate in Bulgaria is getting better -Stanishev


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

With every year, the business climate in Bulgaria has become
increasingly better, Bulgaria=92s Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev
told a round table of ...

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8/catid_66">



Exalted Crowd Welcomes Bulgaria's First Wimbledon Champ back Hom=
e


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria: Grigor Dimitrov, the first ever Bulgarian tennis
player to get a Grand Slam title, was welcomed by hundreds of reporters and
friends at his ...

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Bulgaria



Bulgaria Anti-Mafia Unit Raids SAPARD Agency over Frauds with EU Money

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Thus, almost BGN 270 M of EU money destined for the Bulgarian
agriculture had been blocked with many Bulgarian farmers threatening
to sue the state for ...




Bulgaria News Update



Results of army warehouse blast probe expected

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

The State Agency for National Security has also joined the investigation,
military prosecutor Spas Iliev said, as qouted by Bulgarian news
agency Focus. ...


Bulgaria President Hosts Forum on Electoral Reform

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

Bulgaria President Hosts Forum on Electoral Reform: The
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov opened Monday a forum to discuss
the proposed reform of the ...




Bulgaria



Macro Watch Report: Bulgaria with Booming Economy and Record GDP ...

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

According to the report, in the first six months of 2008
Bulgaria's GDP growth has reached the record 7%, while the
burden of rising prices had shifted from ...




Bulgaria News




Condoleezza Rice to make short stop in Bulgaria on July 9


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Rice will make a short stop in Bulgaria during a scheduled European
tour. Talks are expected to focus on the same topics discussed by US
president George W ...

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78/catid_68">



Portfolio Reconstruction Announced in Bulgaria


Property Xpress (subscription) - Bulg=
aria


07-07-08, 10:11, (Property Xpress) - One of the real estate developers
active in Bulgaria has announced the intention to restructure its
portfolio via ...

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Modernization of big railway stations in Bulgaria ahead: transport <=
b>...


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
=93The Ministry of Transport will continue working for the development of
Bulgaria=92s infrastructure, using public-private partnership as a
ground. ...

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Bulgaria News




Bulgarian morning TV soundbites July 7 2008


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

=93I assumed the responsibility for eliminating the consequences of the
blast at Chelopechene,=94 Bulgarian armed forces chief of staff
General Zlatan Stoikov ...

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New Ski Resort For Bulgaria


Fast Track Ski Holidays - Swindon,Wil=
tshire,UK


Britons wishing to take ski holidays in Bulgaria will soon have an
additional location to choose from after it was revealed that a new resort
is to be built ...

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Bulgaria




PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 7


Reuters - USA

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

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Bulgaria's Defence Minister: Chelopechene Blast Crisis is Overa>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
On Thursday, the Bulgarian capital was shaken by powerful gunpowder
explosions, which were heard and felt in the whole city after the
Chelopechene military ...

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Green Bulgaria and Green Party unite


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Green Bulgaria and Green Party have united, the new party=92s chief
secretary Iliyan Mateev told Focus News Agency. The constituent assembly
took place in the ...

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10 Children Infected with Salmonellosis in Bulgaria's Harmanlia>

Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria: A total of ten children, who attend one and the same
kindergarten, were hospitalized Monday in the regional hospital in
Bulgaria's town of ...

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News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria's Defence Minister: Chelopechene Blast Crisis is Over

Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey

Bulgaria's Defence Minister Nikolay Tsonev declared Monday that
the Chelopechene blast crisis is over. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia
Photo Agency) ...




Bulgaria News Update




All state institutions worked in harmony: defense minister


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
All state institutions worked in harmony, Bulgaria=92s Defense
Minister Nikolay Tsonev said at an extraordinary briefing in Sofia=92s
residential district of ...

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News - Bulgaria



Small Talk: No sign of property blues in booming Bulgaria

Independent - London,England,UK

Not so in Bulgaria, apparently. Last week, Bulgarian Property
Developments was shouting from the Sredna Gora mountain tops after it
managed to sell its ...




Sunday, July 6, 2008

Bulgaria News




Bulgarian PM pays one-day visit to Paris /ROUNDUP/


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Bulgaria and France signed a strategic partnership agreement during
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev=92s one-day visit to
Paris. ...

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Bulgaria News Update




Canadian businessman who'd been jailed in Bulgaria en route home=
...


The Canadian Press - TORONTOr>
TORONTO =97 A Canadian businessman who spent 13 years imprisoned in
Bulgaria for embezzlement is on his way home. Michael Kapoustin, 55,
from the Penticton, ...

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Sofia Mayor: Some Defense Min's Officials Should be Arrested


Sofia News Agency - Bulgariar>
Bulgaria: Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov said Sunday that some of the
officials, working for Bulgaria's Defense Ministry should be
arrested as they are on the ...

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Plamen Radonov: Bulgaria must have National Crisis Management Agency=


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria>
Bulgaria=92s former Defense Minister Plamen Radonov comments in an
interview for FOCUS News Agency, the crisis in Chelopechene, the management
of Military ...

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Bulgaria



Bulgaria has its first Wimbledon champion

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov wrote history on July 6 2008 by becoming the
first ever Bulgaria to win a Wimbledon final. The seventeen-year-old
Dimitrov won his ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria: Be a star to select 2009 Eurovision entry

esctoday.com - Leiden,Netherlands

Bulgarian broadcaster BNT have announced the rules for the
country's preselection for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Once
again, the Bulgarians will be ...




Saturday, July 5, 2008

Bulgaria News Update



Volleyball: Finland defeat Bulgaria with 3:2

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria lost the second match from Finland with 2:3 (25:22, 25:17,
22:25, 21:25, 15:17) in a match from the World League. Bulgarian
team has to be sorry ...




News - Bulgaria



Volleyball: Finland decrease the result against Bulgaria- 1:2

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Finland won the third game against Bulgaria and decreases the result
to 1:2 in favor of Bulgaria. Finland started the third game easily
and takes in the ...


Volleyball: Tiebreak to define the winner in the match Finland ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The winner in the match between Finland and Bulgaria fill be defined
with tiebreak after Finland won the forth game. The result was 8:7 before
the first ...




News - Bulgaria



Volleyball: Bulgaria- Finland- 2:0 for game

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria won the second game against Finland with 25:17. The result
during the second half was 4:0 for Bulgaria and it remained the same
until the first ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria wins the first game from the second match against Finland ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria won first game from the second match against Finland in the
World League with 25:23. The result was 8:7 for Bulgaria before the
first technical ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgarian PM asks for an official reports about the condition of ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgarian Prime Minister /PM/ Sergey Stanishev asked Minister of
Defense and the head of the Military Staff Zlatan Stoykov to make an
official report about ...


France, Bulgaria conclude strategic partnership agreement

Xinhua - China

PARIS, July 5 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev have signed a strategic
partnership agreement in a ...




Bulgaria



Sitel, Macedonia: France and Bulgaria sign agreement for strategic ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Bulgarian Prime
Minister Sergey Stanishev signed an agreement yesterday for a strategic
partnership, ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi signs contract with ArcelorMittal

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA

"The agreement's points are that all raw materials supplied by
ArcelorMittl will be converted into steel by Kremikovtzi," the
Bulgarian company said in a ...




Bulgaria News




Transporters condemn Bulgaria=92s transit fees on Turkish trucks
=


Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkeyfont>

The International Transporters' Association (UND) on Friday condemned
Bulgaria's recently adopted regulation on the collection of
transit fees from Turkish ...

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Fears over Bulgarian nuclear boom


BBC News - UK

The EU already has the highest number of nuclear plants in the world and
Bulgaria is leading those member states determined to increase their
nuclear ...

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Bulgaria News Update



Triple jumper Tereza Marinova retires

CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

"This was the hardest decision in my life," Marinova said at a
news conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. "I wanted very much to take
part in the competition in ...




Bulgaria News



Former Olympic triple jump champion Marinova retires

guardian.co.uk - UK

Marinova said that she hoped to continue her career within the sport and
has been invited by Bulgarian athletics federation's president
Dobri Karamarinov to ...


Guernsey becomes associate ICC member, while Bulgaria, Estonia and ...

International Herald Tribune - France

AP LONDON: The Channel Island of Guernsey has been awarded associate member
status of the International Cricket Council. Guernsey became the 34th
associate ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria releases Canadian businessman jailed for embezzlement

International Herald Tribune - France

AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: A Canadian businessman serving a 17-year
sentence for embezzlement has been released from prison,
Bulgaria's Justice Ministry said ...


Bulgaria agrees to buy two corvettes from France

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgaria would buy two Gowind corvettes, made by French defence firm
Armaris, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said on July 4, after meeting with
French ...


Avenging East Germans Killed in Bulgaria

Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany

The East Germans who were killed attempting to flee through
Bulgaria. At least 18 were shot by border guards, mowed down with as
few scruples as those ...




News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria to buy 2 French corvettes, halving order

Reuters - USA

PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has provisionally agreed with
France to buy two Gowind corvettes, halving an earlier commitment for four
vessels that was ...




Bulgaria News Update



Transporters' Association Condemns Bulgaria's Imposing Transit ...

Turkish Press - Plymouth,MI,USA

ISTANBUL - International Transporters' Association (UND) condemned
Friday Bulgaria's recently adopted regulation on collection of
transit fees from Turkish ...




Bulgaria News



The story of Michael Kapoustin - report

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

He is barred from leaving Bulgaria because he still owes money to
certain people whom the court found to be victims of Kapoustin's
business activities in ...




Bulgaria



ArcelorMittal signs steel making agreement with Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi

Hemscott - London,UK

SOFIA (Thomson Financial) - The largest steelmaker in the Balkans,
Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi, said Friday it had signed an agreement
with world leader ...




Bulgaria News



Canadian freed from prison, but still in Bulgaria

Globe and Mail - Canada

Toronto -- The lawyer for a Canadian businessman jailed in Bulgaria
for 13 years says his client has been released from custody. But while
Michael Kapoustin ...




News - Bulgaria




MANAGER PROFILE: Right turn to Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Ask any Bulgarian to describe his or her country in one word, and
=93cool=94 would probably be the last thing that would come to mind.
=93Small=94 or =93beautiful=94 or ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - July 4


Reuters - USA

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

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INSIGHT: Bulgarian side of the euro


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

On June 29, Bulgarians decided that the image of the Madara horseman will
be their country=92s national symbol on its new coins once Bulgaria
adopts the euro ...

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Bulgaria



BC man close to end of 12-year legal ordeal in Bulgaria

Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada

However, Mr. Kapoustin and his wife, Tracy, who lives with their
15-year-old son, Nick, in Penticton, say they won't believe he'll
get out of Bulgaria until ...




Bulgaria News



Turkey's Transportation Minister Says Bulgaria's Charging Transit ...

Turkish Press - Plymouth,MI,USA

MERSIN - Turkey`s Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim criticised
Bulgaria which began charging transit fees from Turkish truck
drivers passing through ...




Bulgaria



JKX Oil & Gas, Aurelian sign LoI with Gold Point Energy on ...

RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA

V: News, Chart, Quote ) in relation to the B Golitza and B1 Golitza
licences in Bulgaria, of which JKX and Aurelian respectively hold a
50% interest. ...




Bulgaria News



Canadian released from Bulgarian jail still needs to pay 'ransom ...

CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Michael Kapoustin, seen in this undated photo, had been serving a 17-year
prison sentence in Sofia, Bulgaria, for fraud and embezzlement.
...


Canadian released from jail in Bulgaria, but not free, lawyer says

CKFR - Kelowna,BC,Canada

TORONTO - A Canadian businessman jailed in Bulgaria for 13 years may
have been released from custody, but that doesn't mean a "lawless
and corrupt" ...




Thursday, July 3, 2008

Bulgaria News



VANCOUVER _ Gold Point Energy Corp. (TSXV:GPE) has announced a ...

Oilweek Magazine - Edmonton,Canada

Gold Point said the onshore block along the Black Sea coast was explored
between 1957 and 1979 by the former Bulgarian state energy company,
Comgeo, ...


JKX Oil, Aurelian Oil sign farm-in deal with Gold Point in Bulgaria

Forbes - NY,USA

... Gold Point Energy Corp. in relation to the B Golitza and B1
Golitza licences in Bulgaria, in which the two companies hold a 50
percent interest each. ...




Bulgaria News



Explosions rock Bulgarian army ammunition storage facility

CNN International - USA

SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNN) -- Explosions rocked a Bulgarian army
ammunition storage facility outside of the capital of Sofia early Thursday,
a government ...




Bulgaria News



Without Bulgarian participating in the weightlifting discipline in ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgarian Olympics Committee officially cancelled the participation
of the National Weightlifting Team at the Olympics in Beijing in August.
...




Bulgaria News Update




Canadian released by Bulgaria, but must repay debt


Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Can=
ada


PARIS - Canadian businessman Michael Kapoustin has been released from
custody by Bulgarian authorities, his lawyer said Thursday. But
Kapoustin, serving a ...

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a56120">



Canadian stuck in Bulgaria wants to come home


CTV.ca - Canada

Canadian Michael Kapoustin, imprisoned in Bulgaria for the past 12
years, has been released "on his own recognizance," but he still
fears he could be taken ...

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Fhub%3DTopStories">



Bulgaria army depot explodes near Sofia


The Associated Press -

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) =97 A series of powerful explosions erupted
Thursday at two army ammunition depots near Sofia, shattering windows in
hundreds of ...

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Man imprisoned in Bulgaria released


Winnipeg Sun - Canada

By CHRISTINA SPENCER, SUN MEDIA OTTAWA =97 A Canadian businessman
imprisoned for the last 12 years in Bulgaria was released from a
high-security detention ...

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Bulgaria



Bulgarian athlete tested positive for cocaine passes lie detector

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian shooter Antoaneta Boneva, aged 22, who tested positive for
cocaine less than a month before the Beijing Olympics took the lie detector
at the ...




Bulgaria




Bulgarian triple jumper Marinova retires


The Associated Press -

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) =97 Bulgarian triple jumper Tereza
Marinova says she is retiring from competition due to injury, a few weeks
before the Beijing Olympics. ...

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Bulgaria News Update




Ammunition explodes at Bulgaria weapons depots


The Associated Press -

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) =97 A series of powerful explosions Thursday at
two army ammunition depots near Sofia blew out windows and scattered
shrapnel across the ...

rticle/ALeqM5hRdTKzBcFVP-0mv49f-wX1COn16QD91MB3A00">




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria Bulgargaz signs partnership deal with GDF

Reuters UK - UK

SOFIA, July 3 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's dominant state gas company
Bulgargaz has signed a strategic partnership agreement with France's
Gaz de France (GAZ. ...




Bulgaria News



Explosions rock Bulgaria's capital Sofia

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

Civil defence officials said the explosions probably happened near the
village of Chelopechene, on the eastern outskirts of Sofia, where there is
an arms ...


Specific mechanisms must be set up for more transparency of the ...

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

It is important specific mechanisms to be found and the funds in
Bulgaria to be more democratic and transparent in its activity,
Bulgarian Prime Minister ...




Bulgaria News Update



US Secretary of State Rice to Visit Sofia - Report

Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria

After the conclusion of the meeting between Stanishev and Rice, she would
receive Bulgaria's highest order "Stara Planina", 1st
Degree. ...




Bulgaria



Iraq pays $360 mln of its debt to Bulgaria

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A payment of 360 million US dollars of Iraq's
debt to Bulgaria was finalized on Wednesday, the Bulgarian
Finance Ministry said in ...




Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Bulgaria



Soviet-era limos offered for sale in Bulgaria

Reuters India - Mumbai,India

SOFIA (Reuters) - Communist-era luxury cars, once used by
Bulgaria's elite and by visiting dignitaries, will be auctioned
in Sofia next week, officials said ...




Bulgaria News




Iraq pays $360M of debt to Bulgaria


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

On July 2 2008, Bulgaria received in full the money it was owed by
Iraqi =96 $360 million, the press service of the Finance Ministry said in a
statement, ...

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Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria's OTZK cuts 2008 lead output target

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's second largest lead and
zinc smelter, OTZK OTZK.BB, has cut its 2008 lead output target by 15.6
percent to 25000-27000 ...


Gold Point Energy Announces LOI on Bulgaria Gas Project

Market Wire (press release) - USA

The farm-in block is located onshore in eastern Bulgaria along the
Black Sea coast. The primary objective on the block is shallow Tertiary age
(Eocene and ...




News - Bulgaria




Iraq pays US$360 million, clearing its debt to Bulgaria


International Herald Tribune - France=


AP SOFIA, Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Finance Ministry says Iraq
has paid US$360 million (=80228 million) to settle its debts to
Bulgaria. A ministry statement says ...

icles/ap/2008/07/02/business/EU-Bulgaria-Iraq-Debt.php">>




Bulgaria



Bulgaria gets $360 mln in cash in Iraq debt deal

Reuters India - Mumbai,India

SOFIA, July 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria has received $360 million as a
final settlement of the $1.86 billion Iraq owed it, the finance ministry
said Wednesday. ...




Bulgaria News



Rice to visit Bulgaria

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will pay a
short visit to Bulgaria during a scheduled European tour, local
media reports ...


Bulgaria will not cut VAT, excise duties-finmin

Reuters - USA

SOFIA, July 2 (Reuters) - The Bulgarian government has no plans to
cut value added tax or excise duties to ease rising fuel and food prices
that have pushed ...




Bulgaria News Update



Rice to visit Bulgaria

MRT online - Skopje,Macedonia

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Sofia at the end of July,
during a scheduled European tour, Bulgarian media said. ...




Bulgaria News Update



BULGARIA: LAN Operators have 56% of Bulgarian Household Internet ...

SE Europe - Sofia,Bulgaria

LAN operators control 56% of the household Internet market in
Bulgaria, shows data released by the nation's telecom regulator.
A total of 468 LAN operators ...




Bulgaria News Update



Iraq Returns 360 Million Dollars to Bulgaria

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria will receive 360 million dollars which are part of the
Iraqi debt to the country. This announced yesterday the deputy minister of
finance Dimiter ...


BULGARIA: Bulgarian Agrarian Industry Short of Farmhands

SE Europe - Sofia,Bulgaria

The farming industry is the latest sector of the Bulgarian economy
to be faced with a workforce shortage. In demand are not only skilled
professionals but ...




Bulgaria News Update



Alexei II's Vicar to Pray For Bulgaria's Children

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria

30 Russian bishops will pray for the health of the Bulgarian
children in front of the three miraculous icons of Virgin Mary. The relics
will be again in ...




Bulgaria



Bulgaria Company to Destroy 1,6 Million Mines of Greece Army

Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey

The Bulgarian company Bideks has been selected by the Greek Army to
destroy about 1,6 million mines located in 26 military bases around the
country. ...




Bulgaria News Update



LAN leads the way in Bulgaria

Broadband TV News - London,UK

By Chris Dziadul | July 2, 2008 | 06:21 UK Cable operators still play only
minor role in the provision of broadband internet access in
Bulgaria. ...




Bulgaria News Update



Bulgaria will use German expertise in EU fund

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Bulgaria will use German expertise for effective management of the
financial resources of EU funds, the Bulgarian National Radio
reported. ...




Tuesday, July 1, 2008

News - Bulgaria



Poignant, personal tour of Bulgaria

New Zealand Herald - New Zealand

By John McCrystal 'Street Without a Name: Childhood and other
misadventures in Bulgaria' by Kapka Kassabova. Photo / Glenn
Jeffrey I first learned of the ...


Madara Raider is the Bulgarian national symbol

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The Madara Rider has been selected for the symbol of the Republic of
Bulgaria at a special ceremony in the National Historical Museum on
Sunday evening, ...




Bulgaria News



US state secretary Rice to pay short visit to Bulgaria in July

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will pay a short visit to
Bulgaria at the end of July, during a scheduled European tour,
mediapool.bg reported on ...




Bulgaria



ANALYSIS - Outsourcing in Bulgaria To Move Ahead to More Value ...

Manufacturing Business Technology - Oak Brook,IL,USA

by Andreana Todorova SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 1 (SeeNews) -
Bulgarian outsourcing companies will move ahead to more value added
services in the medium term as ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria regulator okays energy consolidation

guardian.co.uk - UK

SOFIA, July 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's antitrust regulator
approved a government plan on Tuesday to merge leading power and gas
utilities into a 4 billion ...


Interior Ministry personnel have to be optimized: minister

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

... have to be optimized, Minister of Interior Mihail Mokov said at
his meeting with the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in
Bulgaria. ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria wakes up to prices hikes on July 1

Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

In addition to electricity, heating and gas, public transport tickets in
Sofia and train ticket prices in Bulgaria also increased on July 1.
...


Bulgaria seizes 20 kilos of heroin

Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa

Sofia - Bulgarian customs seized 20 kilogrammes of heroin in a car
crossing the border from Turkey and detained a Dutch driver, the customs
agency said on ...




News - Bulgaria




Bulgaria bans weightlifters from the Olympics - report


Sofia Echo - Bulgaria

Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) has decided to pull out
Bulgaria=92s national weightlifting team from the upcoming summer
Olympics in Beijing on August 8-24 ...

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d_71">




Bulgaria News



Vecer: 60 homophobes arrested in Sofia

Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

The leader of the Bulgarian National Union, Boyan Rasate, who made a
fir stand against the homosexuals, was also arrested.




News - Bulgaria




Gays attacked by extremists


Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada=


SOFIA, BULGARIA=96Extremists throwing rocks, bottles and gasoline
bombs have attacked the Bulgarian capital's first gay pride
parade. ...

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Sleeping Beauty Bulgaria awaits EU's kiss to waken from its slumb=
er


AFP -

ZLATOGRAD, Bulgaria (AFP) =97 Fast asleep in the forests of the
Rhodope mountains, this former miners' town, like a lot of other
near-forgotten places in ...

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88 held during gay parade in Sofia today /ROUNDUP/


Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
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The leader of the nationalist party Bulgarian National Union Boyan
Rasate is among those arrested. One man was arrested for throwing a Molotov
cocktail and ...

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Gay parade in Sofia


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The Holy Synod in Bulgaria expressed their position earlier in the
week, stating that they do not tolerate the planned event. In a letter,
sent to the Mayor ...

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News - Bulgaria



Bulgaria to send weightlifters in Beijing Olympics despite doping ...

EastDay.com - Shanghai,China

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) has decided not to stop the
national weightlifting team from participating in the Beijing Olympics
despite a doping ...




Bulgaria News



Bulgaria to send weightlifters in Beijing Olympics despite doping ...

Xinhua - China

SOFIA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) has
decided not to stop the national weightlifting team from participating in
the Beijing ...