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Bulgaria Shouldn't Worry about Iranian Missile Strikes - Ambassador
There is no reason for Bulgaria to worry it might be targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles in the event of an air strike on the Iranian nuclear program, according to Iran's ambassador in Sofia. "There is no reason for the Bulgarian people to be concerned. As I said......
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Bulgaria Paid Off Debt on Bourgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline
Bulgaria has settled its debt on the project for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and is now legally entitled to withdraw , according to Finance Minister Simeon Djankov. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, he specified that Bulgaria had paid back its dues of BGN 6.7 M on the project in February 2012, as required by the shareholders agreement signed in 2008. ...
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Bulgaria Launches Largest Photovoltaic Park on Balkans
Bulgaria launched with an official commissioning ceremony the largest photovoltaic park in the Balkans. The installations near the village of Samovodene and the town of Zlataritsa were built by the South Korean companies SDN and KOSEP. The total power of the parks is 42 MW with an annual electricity production of 61 320 MWh, which will provide electric power for 2 000 households. ...
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Bulgaria Attempts to Lower Medication Prices Legislatively
Bulgaria's Health Minister, Stefan Konstantinov, will propose legal amendments aimed at lowering prices of medications paid for by the National Health Insurance Fund, NZOK. Speaking before Members of the Parliament from the Healthcare Committee, the Minister explained the measures have two goals ? to bring prices of medications to their 2010 levels, when the signing of the contracts was under ...
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Bulgaria Commemorates Rescue of Jews in 1943
Bulgaria and the Jewish community commemorate Friday the 69th anniversary of the salvation of Bulgarian Jews and the 67th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust on March 10. The ceremony starts at 11 am at the memorial by the National Assembly. It will be attended by Parliamentary speaker Tsetska Tsacheva, the Mayor of Sofia, Yordanka Fandakova, the Chairman of the Jewish organization "Shalom ...
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Bulgaria's 52 Words for a Bonus
Bulgaria has been in the grip of a bonus hysteria for some two weeks. The bonus payment pocketed by Neli Nehseva, the already ex Bulgarian National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) Director, triggered a Mexican wave of bonus revelations and accusations. To be on the safe side, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov ordered a special bank account opened at the Bulgarian National Bank and instructed all public ...
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Schengen Hopefuls Bulgaria, Romania Hold Breath until Sept
Brussels will take its decision on Bulgaria and Romania's bids to enter the Schengen agreement in September, it was confirmed on Thursday. "I hope that in September Brussels will approve a two-phase approach for Bulgaria's and Romania's accession to the European Union's borderless Schengen area," Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced in Brussels on Thursday after the meeting ...
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Bulgaria to Build Its First Science&Technology Park
Bulgaria's first science and technology park will be constricted in the capital Sofia, it has been announced. The project is to cost a total of EUR 50 M that will be paid by EU's Competitiveness Operational Program. The park will occupy an area of 230 decares at Sofia's so-called "4th kilometer" and will be a hub for science and business that will include a business incubator and a laboratory ...
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Bulgaria's Spa Sector to Flourish Again due to Russians, Turks
Bulgaria's spa industry saw positive signs of recovery in 2011 even though a far cry from the boom years during the previous decade, figures show. The number of tourists, who visited balneo-spa hotels in Bulgaria to enjoy the balmy effects of the procedures on offer, increased by 8% last year, according to data of the country's balneo and spa tourism association. Industry officials expect balneo ...
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Bulgaria's Resorts Still Shine Bright for German Tourists
Bulgaria's summer resorts have found their place in the hearts of German tourists and will not be easily ousted, latest data shows. Pre-bookings for Bulgaria from the German market mark a 14% increase under the program of one of the four major tour operators - TUI, representatives of the company announced on Wednesday at the opening of ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism fair. Bulgaria ...
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GlobalStar Travel Management Adds new Partners in South Africa and Bulgaria
LONDON, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --We are pleased to announce that Club Corporate Travel in South Africa and Europatour Pro in Bulgaria joined GlobalStar Travel Management from 1 st March 2012. Club ...
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Bulgaria Moves to Bring Back Historical Treasures from Abroad
Bulgaria is launching a campaign to bring back some of its illegally exported historical treasures from abroad, the country's Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov has announced. The Bulgarian government is currently working towards recovering 160 valuable icons from Italy. In 2009, a total of 2200 artifacts that had been illegally exported to Italy were successfully sent back to the country. ...
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Bulgaria Rises Against EU Vine Liberalization
Bulgaria has declared its opposition to the liberalization of vine planting rights in the European Union that is scheduled to begin from 2016. Thus, the Balkan country has become the 15th EU member state to the planned liberalization after Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Luxembourg, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece and Slovenia. In 2007, the ...
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Bulgaria to Unveil 2 Photovoltaic Parks Built by South Korean Investors
South Korea's Ambassador to Bulgaria Chun Bi-ho will attend Thursday the inauguration ceremony of two photovoltaic parks, "Samovodene" and "Zlataritsa", located near the city of Veliko Tarnovo in central northern Bulgaria. The projects were implemented by the SDN Company and KOSEP, which is part of South Korea's national power company. The installations absorbed an investment of EUR 154 M, which ...
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Bulgaria's Industrial Production Sees 3.6% Drop Jan 2012 Y/Y
Bulgaria's working day-adjusted industrial production index decreased by 3.6% in January 2012 year on year, the country's National Statistical Institute has informed. According to the Institute's seasonally adjusted preliminary data, Bulgaria's industrial production decreased by 0....
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Bulgaria to Launch Building Gas Link with Romania
Bulgarian gas transmission system operator Bulgartransgaz is to start the construction of a cross-border gas link with the country's northern neighbor Romania. The company has already ordered technical equipment for the construction of the interconnector, according to LiveBiz.com. ...
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Bulgaria's Drastic Egg Prices Won't Fall - Ag Minister
Bulgaria's egg prices that skyrocketed over the course of some ten day will not immediately fall, according to the country's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov. However, the Minister reckons that the prices will not be increased further. "Many egg dealers received calls yesterday from egg producers, who told them that prices will be kept as they are and will not be falling....
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Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Warns against Over-Criminalization Tendency
Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev has spoken out against the persisting striving in Bulgarian lawmakers to criminalize "everything which Bulgarian society finds unpleasant". During the presentation of the fourth issue of the Legal Barometer survey on Wednesday, he suggested introducing constitutional restrictions to curb the attempts at over-criminalization in Bulgarian criminal law. "The only ...
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Bulgaria January Industrial Production Falls
Bulgaria's industrial production in January declined from a year ago, data from the National Statistical Institute showed Wednesday.
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Bulgaria's Plovdiv Moves to Reveal Roman Forum
Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv will invest BGN 100 000 into making the western portion of its Roman forum visible, it has been revealed. The further excavation of the edifice is expected to kick off in May. If necessary, the project may receive further financing, Plovdiv Mayor Ivan Totev has told the Bulgarian National Radio. ...
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