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Bulgaria Marks Meteorology Day with Balmy Weather
Bulgaria and Bulgarian weather people mark March 23, World Meteorological Day with balmy spring temperatures. According to the forecast of the Institute for Astronomy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS, the weather on Friday will be sunny and warm, with maximum temperatures between 18 and 23 degrees Celsius, 15 to 18 on the Black Sea coast. The minimum temperatures will be between 2 and 7 ...
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EC: Bulgaria Has 2 Mos to Escape Court over DTT Mux Deals
The European Commission has issued a final warning to Bulgaria over the controversial tenders for the operation of what will be the country's DTT multiplexes. The EU executive body told Bulgaria on Thursday that it will face the EU highest court unless it informs it of the measures taken to address the breach of EU Law within two months. It demanded that the country ensures open and non ...
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Bulgaria's Honey Industry Makes BGN 65 M Annually
Bulgarian beekeepers make between BGN 60 M and BGN 65 M per year, according to data of the Bulgarian Beekeepers' Union. Bulgarian Beekeepers' Union head Gancho Ganev announced Thursday that past year Bulgaria's honey exports amounted to 8 540 metric tons, worth BGN 45 M. Bulgaria's domestic market consumed 2 994 metric tons of honey, making the beekeepers a total of BGN 16 M. ...
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Bulgaria Moves to Draft National Export Strategy
Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov and representatives of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG) discussed Thursday the creation of a national export strategy. Naydenov drew attention that Bulgaria's current exports consisted mostly of raw materials like grain and timber and not processed products. He emphasized that the situation had to change and Bulgaria had ...
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Bulgaria in Search for Its New Miracles
The campaign "The Miracles of Bulgaria 2" was officially launched Thursday by the Bulgarian "Standard" daily. The event was held at the National Palace of Culture in downtown Sofia and gathered ministers, archeologists, businessmen, historians, and representatives of the media to form a Public Council. They were invited by "Standard's" Editor-in-Chief, Slavka Bozukova, to discuss and select new ...
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Bulgaria's National Career Gets 1st Embraer Jet
Bulgaria's national flag career Bulgaria Air presented Wednesday evening its latest acquisition, the Embraer E 190 jet. The aircraft, made in Brazil, has 108 seats ? 100 in economy and 8 in business class. Bulgaria Air is to receive a total of nine Embraer jets, three of them by October 2012. ...
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Bulgaria-Romania Land Dispute Concerns South Stream Project
The alleged disputed territory on the Black Sea border between Bulgaria and Romania is located on the route of the future South Stream gas pipeline. The Russia-backed South Stream pipeline project is to carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and further to Greece, Italy and Austria. According to diplomatic sources cited by the Mediafax agency and the Bulgarian Telegraph ...
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Bulgaria Refuses to Pay Russia Damages over Belene N-Plant
Bulgaria's government has made it clear it is not daunted by the risk of being taken to arbitration by the Russian contractor in Belene nuclear project, should it decide to abandon it. "Bulgaria will not have to pay damages if it withdraws from Belene project. Formally the project is based on an intergovernmental agreement between Bulgaria and Russia, not on a contract," Finance Minister Simeon ...
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Bulgaria and Austria ? On the Artery of Europe, Connected through Past and Present
Bulgaria and Austria have been historically intertwined in their past and present, traditions and culture. The relations between the two countries have been facilitated by geographical proximity and the Danube (Donau) River, the artery of Europe. As Elias Canetti, Literature Nobel Prize Winner, who was born in Ruse, lived for many years in Vienna, and wrote in German, noted: "When one traveled ...
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Bulgaria's Top Private TV Stations Get Tangled in Ad Price Dumping Suit
Bulgaria's largest private TV station bTV Media Group has filed a suit against its largest private competitor, Nova Broadcasting Group, with the Bulgarian Competition Protection Commission. bTV claims unfair competition practices on part of Nova TV as stipulated by the Competition Protection Act, the media company announced. According to bTV Media Group, Nova TV has been offering advertising at ...
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Bulgaria Sees No Threat in Territorial Dispute with Romania
Bulgaria expects no problems in resolving its maritime delimitation dispute with Romania, according to the country's Foreign Ministry. Earlier on Wednesday, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu drew attention to an alleged "disputed territory" on the Black Sea border between Bulgaria and Romania in an area that was recently found to be rich in oil and gas. "The border dispute is about ...
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Bulgaria Should Sell Belene Nuclear Reactor - Right-Wing Leader
Bulgaria should sell its new Russian nuclear reactor, according to Ivan Kostov, co-chair of the right-wing Blue Coalition. The reactor can be sold to one of the Russian nuclear power plants that are currently out of operation, Kostoc explained. In an interview for TV7, the former PM (1997-2001) firmly opposed the construction of Bulgaria's potential second nuclear power plant in the Danube town ...
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Bulgaria Seeks Only Majors to Help Sell Stock Exchange - Report
Bulgaria will seek to hire only major investment banks or consultancies to help arrange the privatization of the country's only stock exchange and depository, according to insiders. There are two major eligibility criteria advisers should meet, Capital daily reported, citing parameters of the privatization procedure it has obtained. The eligible advisers should have featured among Mergermarket's ...
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Why Didn't Bulgaria's Borisov Ask Erdogan about Turkey's Neo-Ottomanism?
Bulgaria's government of PM Boyko Borisov has completed its first joint sitting with the Cabinet of Turkey led by PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bulgaria's ministers are coming back from the Turkish capital Ankara with a whole bunch of well-sounding, well-intentioned, and probably well thought through agreements, and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov, in what seems to be a fit of good ...
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Communist mega-monuments put Bulgaria in quandary
BUZLUDZHA, Bulgaria, March 21, 2012 (AFP) - The crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party perches like a deserted flying saucer atop Mount Buzludzha in central Bulgaria, visible from miles around.
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Communist mega-monuments put Bulgaria in quandary
BUZLUDZHA, Bulgaria, March 21, 2012 (AFP) - The crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party perches like a deserted flying saucer atop Mount Buzludzha in central Bulgaria, visible from miles around.
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S. Philly hit-run victim, a dancer from Bulgaria, has died
A young ballerina from Bulgaria who was hit by a drunk, teenage hit-and-run driver Sunday morning in South Philadelphia has died.
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M-Tel Bulgaria CEO Andreas Maierhofer: We'll Stay Market Leader, Definitely
An interview with Mr Andreas Maierhofer, CEO of M-Tel Bulgaria, for "International Survey: Bulgaria-Austria" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) & Novinite.bg. ...
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Bulgaria, Turkey Vow Support for Arab Democracy Struggles
Bulgaria and Turkey have declared their support for the Arab nations' struggle for freedom and democracy. "The fundamental human rights, freedom, justice, democracy and dignity are universal human values that all members of the international community have accepted as key responsibilities to defend. The two countries call for international efforts towards the immediate cessation of Syria's ...
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Malta, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan picked for U17s
Malta will stage the last eight-team Under-17 final tournament in 2014 with the first 16-nation events to be held in Bulgaria and Azerbaijan over the following two seasons.
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