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Bulgaria's High-Profile Mobsters Trial Nears Close [Feb 14, 2011] A Bulgarian appeals court resumes on Monday the trial against the alleged mobsters Krasimir and Nikolay Marinovi aka The Marguin Brothers with the testimonies of the last witnesses, which are expected to bring the case to a near close. Two of the witnesses - alleged criminal Dimitar Vuchev aka Dembi and Ivo Ilchev - are expected to be brought by force during the court session on February 14 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

FMD Makes Mess of Hunting Tourism in Southeast Bulgaria [Feb 12, 2011] Bulgaria's recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has shattered the hunting tourism in the southeastern part of the country because of the adopted restrictive measures. In January, Bulgaria tackled outbreaks of FMD in three villages in the very Southeast as domestic animals were infected by a wild boar that crossed in from Turkey. Earlier this week, the authorities said they eliminated the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Raises BGN 24 M More from Gambling in 2010 [Feb 12, 2011] Bulgaria raised 24% more state revenues from gambling in 2010 than it did in 2009, according to the State Commission on Gambling. In 2010, Bulgaria's total tax revenue from gambling was BGN 123.3 M, a growth of one fourth compared with the 2009 gambling revenues for the state of BGN 99.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Cars Market Starts to Pick Up Tangibly [Feb 12, 2011] After it collapsed by some 50% y/y in 2009 and by 25% in 2010, Bulgaria's market of new vehicles has started to show more tangible signs of recovery. A total of 1 464 new cars were bought in Bulgaria in January 2011, a growth of 18% year-on-year when the sales were 1160. Thus, the new car sales in Bulgaria increased for a third month in a row. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Braces for Hurricane-Like Winds, Danube Vessels Alerted [Feb 12, 2011] The Bulgarian authorities have declared a Code "Yellow" alert all across the northern and southeastern parts of the country over hurricane-like winds. The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announced that Code "Yellow", the third highest level of alert, is for the districts of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Pleven, Lovech, Plovdiv, Gabrovo, Veliko ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EC to Sanction Bulgaria over Renewable Energy [Feb 12, 2011] The European Commission has started an infringement procedure against Bulgaria over the delay in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Act. The news was reported Saturday by the Bulgarian daily "Dnevnik," citing the press office of the EU Energy Commissioner, G [via YahooNews] More >>

FIFA to investigate midweek Bulgaria-Estonia friendly [Feb 12, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) -- World soccer's ruling body FIFA has ordered an investigation into the midweek friendly between Bulgaria and Estonia, an official said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

FIFA to investigate midweek Bulgaria-Estonia friendly [Feb 12, 2011] World soccer's ruling body FIFA has ordered an investigation into the midweek friendly between Bulgaria and Estonia, an official said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Mubarak Never Made It to Bulgaria But Helped Bulgarian-Egyptian Ties [Feb 11, 2011] Hosni Mubarak, who on Friday night resigned as President of Egypt, never made a state visit to Bulgaria in spite of several invitations, the last one dating from 2008. 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak has resigned as President of Egypt under popular pressure after 18 days of massive street protests. Hosni Mubarak was the President of Egypt for almost 30 years - from October 1981 till February 2011. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Mega-Stricture for Water Supplies at Flat Price [Feb 11, 2011] Bulgaria should establish a national state-owned company, which will group all big water management firms and supply tap water to each and every settlement at equal prices, officials from the country's regional development ministry have suggested. "We suggest that one major state-owned company, modeled on the state power utility NEK, takes over under its umbrella the ownership of all highway ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Toshiba to Open EMEA Office in Bulgaria [Feb 11, 2011] Japanese corporation Toshiba will open a regional representation in Bulgaria that will handle its operations in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Thus, Bulgaria will become the second European country after the UK with an EMEA operations office of Toshiba, according to the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism. Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov ... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Fin Commissioner Unimpressed with Bulgaria as PM Rejoices [Feb 11, 2011] Bulgaria's level of absorption of EU funds is hardly a success, according to EU Finance Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski, who is on an official visit to the country. "10% of EU funds absorbed is not very impressive," stated Lewandowski just after holding a meeting with Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and FinMin Simeon Djankov. In recent months, Borisov and his cabinet have been urging the public that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Record-High Jackpot Goes to Kubrat [Feb 11, 2011] The record-high BGN 7 M jackpot in Bulgaria's State lottery "Toto" was drawn late Thursday at second draw in the 6/49 game. The winner is reported to be a man from the northeastern town of Kubrat guessing all 6 numbers - 25, 26, 27, 32, 37, 43. He bet BGN 2.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria President: No Dismissals of Diplomats over Spy Row [Feb 10, 2011] Bulgaria's president has made it absolutely clear he will resist pressure to sack forty-one ambassadors on the grounds that they worked for the communist-era secret service. "The more I read the secret files, the more I see this is the right thing to do," President Georgi Parvanov said on Thursday. The president pointed out that he is being constantly briefed on the reactions to these ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Grants Massive Loan to Miserable State Railways [Feb 10, 2011] Bulgaria's government will be granting the troubled state-owned railway company BDZ a low-interest loan of BGN 140 M. The loan arrangement is included in a draft law designed to prop up the railway holding adopted by the Bulgarian Cabinet, Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov announced. The credit will be provided through the Bulgarian Development Bank; it will have an interest rate of 5.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches Food Safety Agency [Feb 10, 2011] Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov and the EU Commissioner on Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, launched the start of Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency. "This is the first time, since I became a minister, that I am so excited. We promised the Bulgarian nation and our children that we will work towards allowing them to have safer and quality foods on their tables every day.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Aspires to Become 'Player' in Electric Cars Devt [Feb 10, 2011] Bulgaria's government has hopes the country will assume a leading innovation role with respect to the development of electric cars, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov has hinted. Speaking at an international conference in Sofia Thursday entitled "Electric Cars ? Challenges to New Mobility" Traikov declared that since electric cars are an innovative and new product, "new players" can assume a major ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Estonia Penalty 'Thriller' Ends in Draw [Feb 10, 2011] Bulgaria and Estonia finished 2-2 in a peculiar friendly football game played on Thursday, all goals being scored from penalties. Midfielder Ivelin Popov scored both penalties for the Bulgarian team 40 and 83 minutes, as did Estonian captain Konstantin Vassiljev at the 20 and 80 minute marks.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Anticipates Record-High Jackpot [Feb 10, 2011] The jackpot in Bulgaria's state lottery "Toto" is expected to reach the record-high BGN 7 M in the Thursday drawing. On Sunday, the jackpot in the Toto 2 6/49 game survived after failing to find winners 24 draws in a row. The Toto craze in Bulgaria continues as a total of 1 500 370 tickets worth BGN 4 M were bought for the Sunday drawing.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches 'Traditional' Census [Feb 10, 2011] The classic census kicked off 8 am Thursday in Bulgaria, after over three million people took part in the first ever online census in the country. The traditional census will continue until 8 pm on February 28. It will include 40,000 census takers.... [via YahooNews] More >>

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