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Bulgaria seeks Brunei investment in tourism
Bandar Seri Begawan (The Brunei Times/ANN) - Bulgaria is seeking to lure Bruneian investment into its fast expanding tourism sector amid efforts by the European Union (EU) to establish greater trade and investment ties with the Sultanate.
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Bulgaria to Set Up Project Company for New Kozloduy N-Plant Unit
A project company will be established within the next 10 days for the construction of Unit 7 at the country's only existing nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Kozloduy, the country's Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said Monday. Currently, a working group is developing a road map for the project. Once the working group has created a project company, the project company will start ...
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Bulgaria PM Cuts Ribbon on Renovated National Tennis Center
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov cut the ribbon Monday on the renovated premises of the Carlsberg Bulgarian National Tennis Center in Sofia. The tennis facilities are maintained by the Bulgarian Tennis Federation. The renovation project had a price tag of BGN 1 M and was implemented under a project with the cooperation of the Ministry of Physical Education and Sports. ...
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Bulgaria seeks Brunei investment in tourism
Bulgaria is seeking to lure Bruneian investment into its fast expanding tourism sector amid efforts by the European Union (EU) to establish greater trade and investment ties with the Sultanate.
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Bulgaria seeks Brunei investment in tourism
Bandar Seri Begawan (The Brunei Times/ANN) - Bulgaria is seeking to lure Bruneian investment into its fast expanding tourism sector amid efforts by the European Union (EU) to establish greater trade and investment ties with the Sultanate.
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Bulgaria seeks Brunei investment in tourism
Bulgaria is seeking to lure Bruneian investment into its fast expanding tourism sector amid efforts by the European Union (EU) to establish greater trade and investment ties with the Sultanate. In an .....
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Bulgaria holds Briton on sex charges
Bulgaria has arrested a 63-year-old British man on charges of sexually abusing two local boys, aged 10 and 11, says the interior ministry.
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Bulgaria to Move Several Govt Agencies Away from Capital
Several central government agencies in Bulgaria will no longer operate from Sofia, but will be based in other cities, revealed Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov Sunday. This will be made in an effort to make their work more effective, create opportunities in other cities, and disburden the Bulgarian capital, said the PM during a visit to Plovdiv. Among the most important moves is the shifting to ...
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Bulgaria Embarks on an Energy Efficiency Path to the Future
HAMBURG, Germany, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ On 24.04.2012 Bulgaria passed an energy efficiency act and by doing so clearly emphasised the necessity for efficiency in energy use. During a personal visit from Martin Richard Kristek, CEO of ?
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Bulgaria, Azerbaijan agree on gas deliveries
Bulgaria and Azerbaijan have agreed on the delivery of Caspian gas, a deal Bulgaria hopes will ease its dependence on supplies from Russia.Under the deal, which was signed in Baku, the Azeri capital, gas ...
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Bulgaria's Telerik Acquires US Partner NimblePros
Bulgaria's software company Telerik announced the acquisition of NimblePros, a US service provider of custom software solutions and training. "Over the last few years, Telerik has built a solid working relationship with Michelle and Steve Smith and the NimblePros team," said Vassil Terziev, co-CEO of Telerik. "Formally making them a part of the Telerik family was a natural next step....
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Bulgaria PM Ties Gas Supplies from Azerbaijan to Interconnection with Turkey
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who is on a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan, has said that the main route for exporting Azeri gas to Bulgaria must cross Turkey. Speaking after a Friday meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Artur Rasizade, Borisov insisted that there was no other option but the Bulgaria-Turkey gas grid interconnection to achieve a diversification of gas supplies ...
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Bulgaria's Business Climate Sees Slight Improvement in April
Bulgaria's business climate has improved by 3.2% in April in comparison with the previous month, according to surveys carried out by the country's National Statistical Institute. The business climate indicator in industry increased by 1....
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Bulgaria Hopes to Break Ground of Delayed Hydro Project 2013
The construction of the vastly troubled and long-delayed Bulgarian hydro power project on the Arda river in the south will most probably start in 2013, officials in Sofia say. "We are now conducting a feasibility study and a tender to select a contractor for the engineering activities. Accordingly, construction works can be expected to start in 2013," Bulgaria's National Electric Company chief ...
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Bulgaria Passes Controversial Illegal Assets Law in Dark of Night
Bulgaria's ruling majority in parliament adopted a controversial bill authorizing confiscation of illegal assets minutes before midnight on Thursday, but surprisingly banned anonymous tip-offs. Bulgarian authorities will have the right to launch probes and seize unexplained wealth, worth more than BGN 150,000 which has been acquired over the last 15 years under the draft law, the MPs decided ...
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Bulgaria to Become 1st EU Country to Receive Azeri Gas
Bulgaria will become the first EU country to receive gas from Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has told Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. Borisov and Aliev met in Baku on Thursday. They discussed the two countries' cooperation in various sectors, including tourism, agriculture, IT and trade. ...
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Bulgaria Faces Sanctions over Missing EU Waste Framework Deadline
The European Commission is referring Bulgaria to the EU Court of Justice for failing to meet the December 2010 deadline to transpose the EU's Waste Framework Directive into national law. Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are also referred to the Court for missing the deadline. On the recommendation of Environment Commissioner Janez Poto?nik, the European Commission is asking the Court to impose ...
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Bulgaria Forms Working Group to Built 7th Reactor at Kozloduy NPP
Bulgaria's government will be setting up a working group to be in charge of the construction of Unit 7 at the country's only existing nuclear power plant in the Danube town of Kozloduy. This has been made clear by Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Valentin Nikolov, who spoke after the opening of an energy forum for Bulgaria and Romania, as cited by BNR. Bulgaria's Borisov Cabinet decided to ...
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Bulgaria's President, Govt Move to Relocate Institutions to Provinces
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has supported an initiative of Finance Minister Simeon Djankov to move the headquarters of some state institutions outside of the capital Sofia. According to Djankov's idea, seven state agencies will be moved to other Bulgarian cities. If this "pilot" project is successful, some ministries will be sent to the provinces, too. ...
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