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Bulgaria's Sofia, Plovdiv Suffer Worst Air Pollution in Europe
Bulgaria is experiencing excessive and permanent air pollution across its territory, with the amount of dust in the air exceeding all environmental standards, a survey by the Italian Statistics Institute shows.
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Bulgaria with Record Level of Non-Performing Loans
Bulgarias non-performing and restructured loans have reached the record 14.62% of all loans, according to the Bulgarian National Bank. BNB data shows that in May 2010, non-performing loans grew by 218% year-on-year, and by 7% compared to April 2010.
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Bulgaria's Sofia, Plovdiv Suffer Worst Air Pollution in Europe
Bulgaria is exposed to almost permanently excessive levels of air pollution, with Sofia and Plovdiv worst affected, official environmental data confirms.
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Bulgaria to send more troops to Afghanistan
Bulgaria says it will send 65 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan in early September. Afghanistan - NATO - Asia - Government - Bulgaria
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Bulgaria increases number of troops in Afghanistan
Sofia - Bulgaria is to boost its troop numbers in Afghanistan by 65, the government said on Wednesday....
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Bulgaria to send more troops to Afghanistan
Bulgaria says it will send 65 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan in early September.
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Bulgaria Ups ISAF with 65 Rangers
Up to 65 new rangers will be sent by Bulgaria by September 1 to take part in the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission in Afghanistan.
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Bulgaria Ups ISAF with 65 Rangers
Stoyan Mavrodiev from Bulgaria's ruling party GERB has been appointed by Parliament as the head of the country's Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) for six years. The FSC supervises Bulgaria's non-banking financial sector.
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Bulgaria Ex Commissioner Officially BNP Paribas Board Member
In April, Bulgaria's ex EU Commissioner Kuneva rejoined the EC staff as a political advisor to Siim Kalas. Photo by BGNES
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Bulgaria Ranks at Spot 126 among Failed States
Bulgaria has slid two places to rank at spot 126 in the list of nations named in Foreign Policy Magazine's annual index of "failed states", which covers 177 countries.
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Bulgaria's Ex Social Minister Vows for Childbirths, Reforms
Bulgaria's former Social Minister Lidia Shuleva suggests an increase of childbirths as a solution for the demographic crisis. Photo by BGNES
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Bulgaria Explains Mystery Budget in Brussels
Bulgaria provided information that was too sparse and too late about plans to substantially revise its state budgets for 2009 and 2010, puzzling the European Commission and prompting doubts about the credibility of the new member state's statistics, an EU official said on Monday (21 June).
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Bulgaria Explains Mystery Budget in Brussels
Bulgarias Finance Minister Simeon Djankov went to Brussels to assuage fears of a new Greek-style budget fraud. Photo by BGNES
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EU: Bulgaria Should Be More Serious about Its Fisheries
The EU has warned Bulgaria that it might freeze the funding for the country's Fisheries, said a letter from the Permanent Representation of Bulgaria in Brussels.
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Bulgaria Climbs Up in AT Kearney Global Retail Ranking
Bulgaria has gained two spots in the 2010 Global Retail Development Ranking of global consultancy AT Kearney. It has been ranked 19th out of a total of 30 emerging markets by the AT Kearney index research report.
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Bulgaria's Lyulin Highway Dead Toll Rises to 4
The Turkish consortium Mapa Cengiz is building Bulgarias Lyulin highway. 4 workers have died during incidents at the site. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
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Bulgaria's Lyulin Highway Dead Toll Rises to 4
A construction worker on Bulgarias Lyulin highway had died around noon time on Monday. The latest incident brings the dead toll to four after three people lost their lives in April when part of the construction equipment collapsed.
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Bulgaria at Bottom of EU 2009 GDP Chart
Bulgaria ranks last in the EU in GDP per capita for 2009, Eurostat announced Monday.
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Bulgaria Scraps Handicap Pensions
Bulgarias government is planning to annul assistance for retired handicap people if they already receive another retirement pension.
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Bulgaria Ex PM: Govt Wants to Bury All Russian Energy Projects
The result of the current government policy is that in a few years time Bulgaria will have to import electricity from Turkey, Stanishev said on Monday in the town of Dobrich.
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