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Bulgaria Retail Sales Fall In January
Bulgaria's retail sales declined in January after rising in the previous month, data from the National Statistical Institute showed Wednesday.
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Bulgaria, Europe Wake up without Facebook
Bulgaria and the entire Old Continent woke up Wednesday without Facebook. Between 9 and 10 am the 2 million Bulgarian Facebook users had no access to the Facebook site, even though some reported having such access, and others ? that there were frequent interruptions. Users across Europe, from Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Turkey and Russia, among others, have alarmed ...
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Bulgaria Awards Youth Helping Villagers in Harsh Winter
The Mayor of Bulgaria's Kocherinovo municipality has awarded 22-year-old Lyuben Kastrev, who embarked on life-saving missions multiple times in February. Kastrev, helped by his horse, and risking his life, waded miles in deep snow to bring supplies to fellow villagers in a remote region of southwestern Bulgaria during the February harsh winter spell. The young man was praised for his actions and ...
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Bulgaria Moves toward E-Govt with Paper-Free Foreign Min
Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has become the country's first paper-free ministry by discarded all paper document flow, it announced Tuesday. "The move to e-administration in the future is inexorable and there is no point in resisting this," Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov Tuesday Mladenov presented the new electronic documentation system of the Foreign Affairs Ministry ...
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Bulgaria to Boast Illegal Asset Forfeiture Law by Easter
Amendments to the long-delayed bill authorizing widespread confiscation of illegally obtained assets are expected to be conclusively adopted by Bulgaria's parliament by Easter. "We are currently between the first and second reading of the bill. We have made proposals for changes to some of the texts, but the general concept remains the same....
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Austria's EVN Moves to Delist Bulgaria Units
Austria's EVN AG plans to delist its two units in Bulgaria just two months after the trade with their shares started on the local stock exchange. This becomes clear from a tender offer the Austrian group published in local Capital daily for the acquisition of the remaining shareholders shares. "After all legal requirements have been met, EVN plans to request the delisting of the two units from ...
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Bulgaria?s Economy Grows by 1.7% in 2011
Bulgaria's GDP in 2011 was EUR 38.5 B, which means a 1.7% growth as compared with 2010, the country's National Statistical Institute has informed. ...
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Bulgaria to Fine 4 Fuel Retailers over Price Cartel - Report
Bulgaria's anti-trust regulator has decided to slap fines on four major fuel retailers for conspiring to increase fuel prices, according to local media reports. The Commission for Protection of Competition launched the probe in the summer of 2011, encompassing Lukoil Bulgaria, Naftex Petrol, Rompetrol and OMV, 24 Hours daily reported, citing a document by the regulatory body that it has obtained ...
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Bulgaria Sets Analogue Switch-Off Deadline at Sept, 2013
The analogue switch-off in Bulgaria has been scheduled to be wrapped up by September 1, 2013, the transport ministry announced. The digital dividend proposals adopted by the European Commission in 2010 asked EU member states to speed up the switch-off of analogue TV and to complete it by 1 January 2012, but Bulgaria failed to meet that deadline. Five countries - Finland, Germany, Luxemburg, the ...
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Bulgaria Govt Confirms Plans for VAT Cut by Mid-2013
Bulgaria's government has voiced, yet again, its willingness to lower the 20% value-added-tax by the end of its term, which expires next year. "The VAT level is likely to be changed at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013," Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, told the morning broadcast of Nova TV on Tuesday. The news comes as Croatia and Cyprus increased ...
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Bulgaria, China Ink Partial Visa Exemption Deal
Bulgaria and China have signed an intergovernmental agreement on mutual exemption of visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and service passports. The deal will allow Chinese holders of Schengen visas to enter Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National television has informed. "For Bulgaria, the partnership with the People's Republic of China is crucial, I would say not only for the region of Asia but ...
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Mladenov returns to CSKA Sofia again
SOFIA (Reuters) - Former Bulgaria coach Stoycho Mladenov is to return for a third stint as coach of CSKA Sofia, the Bulgarian club said on Monday. "Mladenov is a coach who won the title in his previous spells at CSKA and we hope he'll continue to be as successful," CSKA's majority holder Dimitar Borisov told reporters. "Last time he won it by a 16-point margin." Mladenov will replace Dimitar ...
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Stoycho Mladenov to coach CSKA Sofia for 3rd time
Former Bulgaria coach Stoycho Mladenov is returning to lead CSKA Sofia for a third time. The 54-year-old Mladenov coached CSKA to two league titles in 2003 and 2008, following a brief stint as Bulgaria coach in 2000-2001. Mladenov replaces Dimitar Penev, who was appointed chairman of the club. CSKA has won the Bulgarian league 31 times and is third in the standings this season, three points ...
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Bulgaria's Ex EU Commissioner Ranks in Top 3 of Most Trusted Politicians - Poll
Bulgaria's center-right ruling party GERB is gradually losing support but still retains its advantage over its political rivals, according to a poll conducted by Alpha Research at the end of February. If the trend persists, the issue of GERB's coalition partner will occupy center stage in the period leading up to the parliamentary elections, the pollsters argue. Alfa Research's poll, conducted ...
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Bulgaria to Face Cyprus, Turkey in Football Friendlies
Bulgaria's national football team will play friendly games against Turkey and Cyprus ahead of its World Cup 2014 qualification campaign, the Bulgarian Football Union has announced. The game against Turkey will take place on May 29 at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Austria's Salzburg. As it has been already announced, the Bulgarians will face the Netherlands in another friendly at Amsterdam Arena ...
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Bulgaria's Ruling Party Gradually Losing Support - Poll
Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB party is gradually losing support, according to a poll conducted by Alpha Research at the end of February. GERB has lost 2% of its supporters as compared with December 2011, reaching 23.9%....
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Bulgaria?s Male Tennis Star Drops Out of ATP Top 100
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's highest-ranked male tennis player, has dropped out of the ATP ranking list's top 100, reaching the 102nd spot. Dimitrov, 20, recorded three consecutive losses - against Nicolas Almagro at Australian Open, Kevin Anderson in San Jose and Donald Young in Memphis. The youngster had become only the second male Bulgarian player to have reached top 100 after Orlin Stanoychev ...
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UK Brokers: Huge Money Converted Back into Sterling from Bulgaria
Bulgaria is among the countries, from which UK foreign-currency brokers are reporting a staggering amount of money being converted back into sterling. Most transactions back to sterling in recent months come from Spain, Bulgaria, France and the USA, according to data of Currency Index, as cited by The Telegraph Weekly. "With Bulgaria, property investors who bought in the boom years, before the ...
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Bulgaria's Revival
By Tom Cockrem Malaysia Star Heritage is a big deal to Bulgarians, who see in their monasteries, mansions and fortresses the tapestry of the country's history. ...
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Chinese cars, made in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria ? Chinese auto manufacturers have been trying for the last several years to break into the European market, without success. read more
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