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EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms
The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime. The move casts doubt on the two Balkan nations joining the borderless Schengen zone anytime soon.
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Bulgaria Needs Much Deeper Judicial Reform - EC Interim Report
Bulgaria has taken certain measures to improve its justice system and the persecution of organization crime but more convincing results are needed, according to the interim monitoring report of the European Commission on Bulgaria. The Commission's reports under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) are published twice a year to monitor Bulgaria's post-EU accession progress in certain ...
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EU Criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on Reforms
EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms, sets back their hopes to join borderless zone
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Bulgaria: Floods Threaten Villages
Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapsed.
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Berbatov softens stance on Bulgaria comeback
SOFIA (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov edged a step closer to ending his self-imposed international exile on Tuesday, saying he would be open to an approach from the Bulgaria national team's new coach. The 31-year-old, who is the Balkan country's all-time leading scorer with 48 goals, quit Bulgaria in 2010 and has repeated several times since then that he had no intention ...
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Bulgaria: Floods Threaten Villages
Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapsed.
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Bulgaria, Greece battle flooding; 8 dead
Dozens of homes are underwater in Bulgaria and Greece as Europe continues to battle extreme weather.
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WWF urges Bulgaria to drop forest law changes
Environmental pressure group WWF urged Bulgaria on Tuesday to withdraw planned changes to its forestry legislation which would relax rules on building ski runs and facilities in protected areas.
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Berbatov softens stance on Bulgaria comeback
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov edged a step closer to ending his self-imposed international exile on Tuesday, saying he would be open to an approach from the Bulgaria national team's new coach.
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Greece and Bulgaria battle flooding as Europe struggles with extreme weather
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Swollen rivers in Greece and Bulgaria burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village.
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Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding; 8 dead
Swollen rivers in Greece and Bulgaria burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse ...
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Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding; 8 dead
A swollen river in Greece bursts its banks, flooding homes and forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency Tuesday, officials said, as rescuers scrambled to a Bulgarian village nearly washed away when a dam collapsed, killing eight people.
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U.S. 'committed' to Bulgaria's security
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The United States remains committed to the security of its "important NATO partner" Bulgaria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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Bulgaria Promised Respite from Winter Nightmare on Febr 20
The severe cold snap and floods that hit hard Bulgaria will come to an end after two weeks, when the mercury will permanently rise above the freezing point, forecasts say. Until February 20 however Bulgaria is to see another wave of heavy snowfalls in most parts of the country, as well as strong winds in the east during the next few days, weather forecasts have warned. On Tuesday temperatures in ...
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Bulgaria under Code Orange over Harsh Weather
Code orange has been declared for almost the entire territory of Bulgaria on Tuesday by the national weather service, due to especially cold weather. All, but one, Bulgarian regions remain under code orange over extremely low temperatures, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) announced Tuesday morning. Code orange means intense weather ...
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Bulgaria: Dam bursts from heavy rains, floods kill 8
A state of emergency has been declared in most of southern Bulgaria and Prime Minister Boiko Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov visited the flooded region on Monday, the AP reported. read more
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Eight die in flooding in Bulgaria
BISSER, Bulgaria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Eight people died in the southern Bulgarian village of Bisser early Monday, after a wall of the Ivanovo dam burst, causing massive flooding, officials said.
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Bulgaria pledges to shut mental homes
(SOFIA ) - Bulgaria pledged Monday to shut its dilapidated mental homes after the European Court of Human Rights condemned Sofia over an inmate held for years after being wrongly diagnosed as schizophrenic.
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Dam bursts in Bulgaria, floods village and kills 3
A dam in southern Bulgaria collapsed after heavy rain on Monday, flooding a village and killing at least three elderly men, authorities said.
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Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) - Europe's bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria. Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas ...
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