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Bulgaria, Germany and Andorra Offer Europe
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Bulgaria's 'Crazy Forest' to Snap Up Hernan Crespo - Report
Bulgaria's surprise A league leaders Ludogorets Razgrad are about to seriously stir up the country's football transfer market by signing Parma's veteran striker Hernan Crespo, it has been reported. Crespo has already accepted the offer, the 7 Dni Sport (7 Days Sport) daily has claimed. Ludogorets's millionaire owner Kiril Domuschiev allegedly expects him to arrive in Bulgaria in January. ...
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Bulgaria to Introduce Full Smoking Ban June 2012 - Minister
Bulgaria will introduce a full smoking ban for closed public areas on June 1 2012, the country's Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov has reiterated. On Wednesday, Konstantinov will submit his proposal for a full smoking ban to the country's Council of Ministers. "The Ministry of healthcare is fighting to make Bulgaria's people healthier," Konstantinov told the Bulgarian National Television early ...
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Bulgaria Axes Danube Agency Chief amidst Record Low River Level
Bulgaria's Transport Ministry has fired Georgi Georgiev, head of the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River based in the Danube city of Ruse. The news comes amidst record just as record low level of the Lower Danube, i.e....
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Bulgaria's Litex, Great Wall Car Factory to Sell 2 000 Vehicles in 2012
Bulgaria's brand-new car factory ? a joint project of the Bulgarian company Litex Motors and the Chinese Great Wall Motor Co ? aims at selling 2 000 vehicles in 2012, the company announced. On November 14, Litex Motors and Great Wall Motors already unveiled their first vehicle assembled in the plant near the northern Bulgarian city of Lovech, 16 years after Bulgaria's last failed attempt at car ...
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Bulgaria?s Civil Defense to Test Siren System in 10 Cities
Bulgaria's emergency siren system will be tested at 1:00 pm on Wednesday in 10 Bulgarian cities, the Interior Ministry informs. The cities are Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Kardzhali, Monatana, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse and Smolyan. The test is carried out according the Order for Early Warnings and Announcement of Disasters....
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Bulgaria Boosts Exports to Non-EU Countries Jan-Oct 2011
Bulgaria's exports to non-EU countries have increased by 28.8% between January and October 2011 year on year, reaching a total of BGN 12.3 B, according to the country's National Statistical Inistitute. ...
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Bulgaria Drags Feet on Renewable Energy Progress Report
Bulgaria's report on the total share of renewable energy sources (RES) in its energy mix may be delayed due to a terminated consultancy tender. The competitive selection of a consulting firm to draft a report on Bulgaria's progress in the sphere was suspended by the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Capital Daily reported. The study is to show whether Bulgaria met its binding indicative ...
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Bulgaria's President-elect Claims Lots of Good Intentions
Bulgaria's President-elect Rosen Plevneliev has promised that he is well-intentioned and wants to help the country. In an interview for Nova TV Sunday afternoon Plevneliev, who won the 2011 presidential elections and is to be inaugurated as Bulgaria's fourth head of state in January 2012, outlined a number of reforms that he wished to see through. "The grand slam for me doesn't consists of three ...
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Bulgaria a mix of the old and new
Bulgaria -- When I tell people where I am going on vacation I can see their minds trying to pinpoint it on a map ? is it somewhere off in Eastern Europe or possibly near Russia ? No and, no. Bulgaria is the seat of the Balkans, nestled north of Greece and south of Romania. While Bulgaria may be a new destination for some, it has long been a vacation haven for Europeans. Even during communism ...
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Bulgaria's Ruling Party 'Gets' One More Mayor by Mistake
More than a month after Bulgaria's 2011 local elections a Bulgarian town has had its newly-elected mayor changed, at least according to the municipal correspondence with a key central authority institution. A letter from the State Agriculture Fund, a Bulgarian government agency that handles the distribution of EU funding for agriculture and rural development, has sent a letter to the ...
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Bulgaria Might Join Schengen by Sea, Air in 2012
Bulgaria and Romania are to join the Schengen zone with their maritime and aerial borders on March 25, 2012, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) is proposing. The proposal has been listed in the draft decision of the EU Council of Ministers, the correspondent of the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, reported from Brussels Sunday. In addition, the proposal includes text that the land ...
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Bulgaria's Pamporovo Officially Launches Winter Season
The top Bulgarian winter resort ? Pamporovo is officially launching this weekend the winter season with a ski show. Despite the lack of snow and the unusually warm for December weather, the resort already welcomed the first tourists with tracks covered with artificial snow. Pamporovo, deemed Bulgaria's winter resort with the most sunshine, is ready for the season, which will not be an easy one ...
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Bulgaria's Employers Firmly Support Retirement Age Upping
If Bulgaria does not implement a pension reform now, it may have to make far more difficult decisions in the future, Bulgarian employers' organizations have stated. "While we fully understand that the measures undertaken are unpopular, we are convinced that it will be better if a decision is made now," the organizations have declared in a letter addressed to Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov ...
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Bulgaria to Keep Its Road Vignettes until 2017
Bulgaria will not fully implement electronic toll systems for its roads before 2017, Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency Chairman Lazar Lazarov has predicted. The electronic toll systems will replace Bulgaria's existing road vignettes (stickers). The Bulgarian Transport Ministry has to choose a consultant who should decide what the right type of toll systems is the most appropriate, Lazarov has ...
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Bulgaria's President Demands Debate on EU Council Decisions
Bulgaria's outgoing President Georgi Parvanov called for a debate in his country about Friday's EU Council decisions regarding the fiscal discipline in the bloc. Parvanov declared he was willing to "actively participate in the formation of Bulgaria's stance on all these issues". "We are late, but the debate on Friday's EU Council decisions had to be launched today," he demanded. ...
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Bulgaria to Play Friendly with Netherlands on Euro 2012 Eve
Bulgaria will face the Netherlands in a friendly on May 26, turning thus into one of the last rivals the tulips will clash with before the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine. The venue of the match has not been picked yet. The Dutch team had tough luck during the draw of its rivals in the European Championship....
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China, Bulgaria pledge to strengthen military ties
China and Bulgaria pledged here Friday to strengthen bilateral military relations. The pledge came during a meeting between Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Xu Caihou and visiting Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov.
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Netherlands to play Bulgaria in friendly in May
Netherlands will play Bulgaria in a friendly on May 26 to tune up for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) announced on Friday.
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Bulgaria's Muslims not deeply religious: study
Bulgaria's Muslim minority are not deeply religious, although they enthusiastically practise traditional rituals, a study showed Friday.
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