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Bulgaria Seeks Foreign Paleontologists over New Fossils
The fossil of the unknown species of predator fish found at the end of September. Photo by bTV
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Bulgaria Says No to Keeping Clients in the Dark over Bank Rates
Banks in Bulgaria will be obliged to inform customers of any significant movements in interest rates on their accounts or expenses if they are in credit under legal amendments that parliament adopted on Friday.
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Bulgaria Business Decries Hike in Social Security Burden
An overwhelming majority of Bulgarian employers ? a whopping 95% - have taken a firm stand against the government's plans for an increase in social contributions payments , a survey shows.
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Bulgaria wants EU to establish common energy policy
Bulgaria called Friday for the European Union (EU) to establish a common energy policy and to accept the country into the Schengen Area of free movement in Europe in the first half of 2011.
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Bulgaria First to Offer Help for Hungary Toxic Sludge
Bulgaria will help Hungary fight the toxic sludge with lab scientists, specialists on recultivation of soil and ecologists, Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov told his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban.
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Bulgaria Govt Backtracks on Hike in Social Security Burden
Bulgaria's government has backtracked on plans to increase social contributions payments by 3 percentage points as of next year to 31.5%, the finance minister announced on Friday.
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Bulgaria's centre-right government survives its first no-confidence vote
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's centre-right cabinet has survived its first no-confidence vote, on a motion by the opposition over problems in the health care system.
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Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund Dismisses CEO
The managing board of the Bulgarian State "Agriculture" Fund has dismissed its Director, Kalina Ilieva , after it was revealed she was pregnant and will have to go on maternity leave.
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Bulgaria's PM: I 'Restored Justice' in Health Insurance
Boyko Borisov, Bulgaria's PM, has announced that he "restored the justice" and from January 1, 2011 the health insurance contributions that Bulgarians pay would be spent only for this purpose.
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Bulgaria government survives no-confidence vote
Source: Reuters SOFIA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The Bulgarian parliament rejected on Friday the first no-confidence motion against the centre-right government, which was accused by the opposition of failing to overhaul the ...
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Bulgaria's Govt Survives No-Confidence Vote
The proposal was supported by 70 votes and received 144 votes "against" and 1 abstained. The opposition submitted to the Parliament on Friday a motion of no-confidence vote against the government of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria ( GERB ) party pver "the failure of its police in health care."
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Bulgaria's Health Minister Claims Wrong Way of Health Care Reform
Stefan Konstantinov, Bulgaria's Health Minister, has claimed that the reform in the health care sector was not going as fast as it should have. Photo by BGNES
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Wales v Bulgaria: swashbuckling Brian Flynn goes for thrills in Euro 2012 qualifier
Brian Flynn, the Wales caretaker manager, offers players a 'licence to thrill' against Bulgaria.
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Wales v Bulgaria: swashbuckling Brian Flynn goes for thrills in Euro 2012 qualifer
Brian Flynn, the Wales caretaker manager, offers players a 'licence to thrill' against Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria pension protest draws 10,000 people
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Some 10,000 people have protested in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, opposing a plan by the country's conservative government to raise the retirement age.
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Bulgaria, Romania Lose More Ground to Danube Bridge Builder
The Transport Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania Alexander Tsvetkov and Ana Boagiu inspected Thursday the site of the construction of what is expected to become at some point in the future the second bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania over the Danube near at Vidin-Calafat.
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Workers take to the streets in Bulgaria, Macedonia
Proposed changes in workers' retirement ages triggered protests by thousands of workers in Bulgaria and Macedonia on Thursday, and a political standoff in Romania about whether men and women should retire at the same age.
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Bulgaria pension protest draws 10,000 people
Some 10,000 people have protested in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, opposing a plan by the country's conservative government to raise the retirement age.
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Bulgaria's Port Varna Revenues Triple Y/Y
Bulgaria's Black Sea Port Varna has seen its revenues almost triple in the first nine months of 2010, year-on-year.
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Bulgaria Commits to Leading Role in EU Danube Strategy
Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Lilyana Pavlova, seen next to Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (l), is in Brussels, taking part in the EU regional policy "Open Days" Forum.
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