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China launches car offensive in Bulgaria
A Bulgarian company is looking to use Chinese cars to establish itself on European markets. Three models belonging to China's most successful SUV producer, Great Wall, are to be assembled at the brand-new Lovech plant.
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Low Hopes for Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Development ahead of European Summit
Bulgaria and Romania's bids to join the Schengen Agreement are expected to be discussed at the upcoming European Council meeting on March 1 and March 2. However, no positive development is expected, as the Netherlands is to keep its stance against the two EU newcomers' Schengen entry anytime soon, Europolitics has commented. The Dutch government waits to see this summer's Cooperation and ...
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Bulgaria to Help Tunisia Create New Constitution
Bulgaria will offer technical assistance to Tunisia in its efforts to write a new constitution, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced during his visit to the North African country. On Monday, Borisov claimed that he has become the first EU Prime Minister to visit Tunisia since the Arab Spring broke out, adding that he hoped Bulgaria and Tunisia to develop successful bilateral ...
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Bulgaria Sees 14% Drop of Foreign Visitors Jan 2012
The number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria decreased by 14.1% in January 2012 as compared to December, reaching 337 100, according to the country's National Statistical Institute. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purposes, as well as those with business purposes - by 12....
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Bulgaria?s Silistra Alerted over High Danube Level
The level of water at Bulgaria's Danube town of Silistra has reached 634 cm, with a rise of 197 cm as compared to yesterday, it has been announced. Bulgaria's Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River has informed that inspections of the river are now carried out every hour instead of once every three hours as usual. At the city of Ruse, the water level has decreased ...
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Bulgaria's abandoned children crave tenderness
The pallid little face and big sad eyes of two-year-old Gergana say it all -- she is starving for tenderness like thousands of other children abandoned in social care homes across Bulgaria.
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How Does Bulgaria's Labor Market Influence Investment? - HR Consultancies
As part of its "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg have asked representatives of leading human resource consultancies in Bulgaria how the situation of the Bulgarian labor market influences the country's attractiveness for (foreign) investors. ...
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Boosting Bulgaria's Nordic Investments - Insights from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
As part of there "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg have asked the representatives of the Nordic countries in Sofia - Denmark's Ambassador to Bulgaria Kaare Janson, Finnish Ambassador to Bulgaria Tarja Laitiainen, Norwegian Ambassador to Bulgaria Tove Skarstein, and Goran Svensson, President of the Bulgarian-Nordic Chamber of Commerce ...
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Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup super-G in Bulgaria
BANSKO, Bulgaria?Lindsey Vonn won a super-G on a demanding course Sunday to become the World Cup career leader in the discipline.
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Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup super-G in Bulgaria
Lindsey Vonn captured a super-G Sunday for her 10th World Cup victory this season, becoming the career leader in the discipline and strengthening her lead in the super-G standings.
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Economy Minister Traicho Traikov: Major Investors' Trust Indicates Bulgaria's Economic Potential
An exclusive interview with Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov for the "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ...
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Bulgaria Among 2012 Best Value Breaks - UK Ranking
Bulgaria has been ranked as the fourth best value break of 2012 in UK Post Office holiday barometer. A cup of coffee costs as little as 96p in Bulgaria, while a three-course evening meal for two adults (including a bottle of house wine) in local restaurant averaged at GBP 24.04. ...
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Women's World Cup downhill canceled in Bulgaria
BANSKO, Bulgaria (AP) -- A women's World Cup downhill was canceled because of strong wind and won't be rescheduled.
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Women's World Cup downhill canceled in Bulgaria
BANSKO, Bulgaria (AP) -- A women's World Cup downhill was canceled because of strong wind and won't be rescheduled.
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Bulgaria Confirms Up to 25% in Energy Holding Up for Sale
Bulgaria's government plans to privatize this year a minority stake in the state-owned energy holding, which groups the country's top energy assets, the finance minister has confirmed. Talking in parliament at the end of the week, Simeon Djankov said the government aims to sell a stake of between 10 to 25% in state energy company BEH (Bulgarian Energy Holding) via a foreign stock exchange by the ...
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Bulgaria Anti-ACTA Rallies Get Anemic
No more than 150 Bulgarians joined the second protest against the controversial international Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA, held on Saturday in the capital Sofia. The rally was held under the initiative of "No to ACTA," and was part of global demonstrations held on February 25. Similar, small-scale anti-ACTA protests were held in the towns of Blagoevgrad, Vidin, Dobrich and ...
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Bulgaria World Cup ski runs 'illegal': nature groups
Alpine Skiing World Cup events in Bulgaria's southern resort of Bansko use illegal ski runs and break international regulations, a coalition of nature groups said Friday.
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Bulgaria Reiterates Commitment to Serbia EU Candidacy
The groundbreaking agreement between Serbia and Kosovo must be rewarded by giving Serbia an official status of EU candidate, stated the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry Friday. Thursday, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov, together with a number of EU colleagues, has said that his country will support giving a candidate status to Serbia at the upcoming European Council ...
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Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia Push to Make Danube Top Destination
The ministers in charge of tourism of Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia signed Friday a memorandum to launch a joint project aimed at boosting tourism in the Danube area. The agreement, signed in historic Serbian town of Sremski Karlovci near Novi Sad, launches the Roman Emperors' Road project, set to link the rich historic heritage of the area with contemporary opportunities for tourism ...
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Bulgaria World Cup ski runs 'illegal': nature groups
Alpine Skiing World Cup events in Bulgaria's southern resort of Bansko use illegal ski runs and break international regulations, a coalition of nature groups said Friday.
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