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Bojinov strikes late to earn draw for Bulgaria
Bulgaria struck late to grab a 1-1 draw with Hungary in a friendly on Wednesday and ensure their new coach Luboslav Penev avoided defeat in his first match in charge.
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Bulgaria Joins EU in Diplomatic Pullout from Belarus
Bulgaria is withdrawing its ambassador from Belarus a day after Minsk ordered the ambassadors of Poland and the EU to leave the country, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has announced. "After yesterday President Alexander Lukashenko kicked out the ambassadors of Poland and the EU, late last night we decided that all EU member states will pull out their ambassadors from this country ...
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Bulgaria PM threatens to sack ministers over bonuses
The bonuses caused considerable anger in a country which has the lowest GDP per capita. -AFP
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Bulgaria to Learn Next Gas Supply Tariffs in 2 Months
The Bulgarian government has started talks with Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom for a reduction of prices stipulated in the existing gas supply contracts, according to Traicho Traikov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism. Speaking after a Wednesday meeting with Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom, Traikov explained that Bulgaria's current gas supply ...
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Bulgaria Rebuilds Flood-Damaged Railway to Turkey, Greece
Bulgaria has managed to restore the railway line in the southeastern part of the country leading to Turkey and Greece, which was badly affected by a major flooding. The flood near the town of Harmanli, which damaged the railway line, was caused by the breaking of the Ivanovo water reservoir dam on February 6, 2012; the ensuing flooding killed ten locals. The railway route in question is part of ...
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Bulgaria, Gazprom set Nov deadline on South Stream
Bulgaria and Russian gas giant Gazprom agreed Wednesday to take the final step towards building the Bulgarian stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline by November, Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said.
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Bulgaria to Promote Dairy Products in Russia, Brazil
Bulgaria's State Fund Agriculture (SFA) and the National Association of Dairy Processors have signed a contract for the implementation of the EU-approved "Promotion of dairy products in third countries (Russia, Brazil)" program. The national promotional program has an implementation period of three years, SFA informs in a Wednesday media statement. The total budget of the program amounts to ...
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Bulgaria PM threatens to sack ministers over bonuses
The bonuses caused considerable anger in a country which has the lowest GDP per capita. -AFP
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Bulgaria's Producer Price Inflation Rises In January
Bulgaria's producer price inflation increased in January, data from the National Statistical Institute showed Wednesday.
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Bulgaria's FinMin Vows to UK Investors to Keep Taxes Low
Bulgaria has no plans whatsoever to raise taxes during the lifetime of the present government, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has told the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov was speaking to the British Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce at a reception in Sofia Tuesday night hosted by the British Ambassador, Jonathan Allen ...
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Bulgaria Reopens Revamped Varna Airport
Bulgaria's Varna Airport on the Black Sea coast reopens Wednesday, February 29, 2012, with the first regular flight arriving from Vienna, Austria. The airport resumes serving passengers and flights after it was closed in October 2011 for rehabilitation of its runway. Since the fall of 2011, concessionaire Fraport Twin Star Airport Management has invested BGN 40 M to improve the runway of the ...
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Bulgaria Has Got a Time Machine and It Works!
History wasn't supposed to repeat itself and time machines weren't supposed to exist. However, Bulgaria seems to be ahead of the game in both items. In Bulgaria, history repeats itself constantly, and current events take you back in time. ...
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Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media Unbothered by Newspaper Bashing on Air
Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media (SEM) reviewed on Tuesday the case of Nikolay Barekov, a TV host who tore up an edition of Trud daily during Friday's morning broadcast of TV7, calling the newspaper "a rug" and saying that it would cease to exist. Barekov staged the provocation to demonstrate his attitude towards Bulgaria's policy in the pharmaceutical sector, which came under fire after ...
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EU Scolds Bulgaria over Judiciary, Crime, Corruption
Bulgaria should undertake stronger actions to reform its judicial system and show concrete results in combating organized crime and high-profile corruption, according to the EU General Affairs Council. The Balkan country should also adopt an effective legislation on asset forfeiture and create more support for its newly-created institutions. On Tuesday, the General Affairs Council today adopted ...
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Bulgaria's Grave Organized Crime 'Decreased', Top Cop Claims
Bulgaria's serious organized crime has decreased over the last three years, according to the country's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. On Tuesday, Tsvetanov pointed out that the culprit of Sunday's assault against MMA fighter Blagoi Ivanov has been discovered just hours after the attack. The Interior Minister referred to the 23-year-old suspect nicknamed "The Dumbbell" who was arrested ...
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Bulgaria?s Business Climate Sees Slight Decrease Feb 2012
Bulgaria's total business climate index has registered a 2.4% decrease in February 2012 as compared with the previous month, according to the country's National Statistical Institute. A worsening business climate has been observed in the Bulgarian construction, retail trade and service sectors. ...
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Bulgaria, Romania Mull Blasting Danube Ice
The level of the Danube river a the Bulgarian port of Silistra has continued to rise, with ice starting to float again overnight. Bulgarian authorities have said they will ask their Romanian counterparts to blow up ice that has covered the great river some 30 km downstream in Romania to free the movement of waters. Overnight the level of the Danube at Silistra has risen with 14 cm to 648 cm ...
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Bulgaria to Start Massive Mending of Winter Potholes
Bulgaria will start an urgent and all-out filling of potholes formed due to winter conditions, starting two months from now. This was announced by Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development Lilyana Pavlova, who said that the process has already started where absolutely needed. She added that some BGN 400,000 of fines from snow-cleaning companies have already been invested in pothole filling. ...
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Bulgaria's Govt Assuages EU Criticism on Energy Market
Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism has declared that it is in the process of transposing into its legislation the EU's third power and gas market opening directives. The statement came Monday night in response to renewed criticism by Brussels earlier the same day in which the European Commission gave final warnings to eight EU countries, including Bulgaria, for failing to inform ...
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Bulgaria Says It Is to Host UN Forum on Syria
Bulgaria probably will host one of the meetings on the humanitarian aspects of the crisis in Syria in April, being co-organized by the United Nations, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has announced. Mladenov made the announcement Monday in Brussels where he was taking part in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry reminded that earlier on Monday ...
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