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Bulgaria threatens to block Azerbaijan weightlifters [Feb 14, 2012] The Bulgarian weightlifting federation has threatened to stop naturalised Azerbaijan athletes Boyanka Kostova and Valentin Hristov from competing at the London Olympics because of a payment row. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set to Raise Pensions, Budget Salaries in 2013 [Feb 13, 2012] Bulgaria's government, trade unions, and business associations have agreed that retirement pensions should be raised as of January 1, 2013. On Monday, Bulgaria's so called Council for Tripartite Cooperation shook on several measures, which are supposed to bring about social improvements, including by introducing a mechanism to increase all retirement pensions by a certain percentage depending on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Titan Machinery Announces Expansion Into Bulgaria [Feb 13, 2012] Titan Machinery Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire a majority interest of Rimex, which consists of seven Case IH agriculture equipment dealership locations in the following cities in Bulgaria: Sofia, Dobrich, Burgas, Pleven, Ruse, Montana, and Stara Zagora. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Becomes Proud Father of 1st Child [Feb 13, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has become the proud father of a baby girl, named Sara. Sara was born overnight Sunday into Monday in the First Obstetrician Hospital in the capital Sofia, the largest private TV channel bTV reports Monday. This is Mladenov's first child.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Advertised via Interactive Folk Dance Game [Feb 13, 2012] Bulgaria's official tourism portal, bulgariatravel.org, has launched the first of a series of entertaining interactive games aimed at boosting the country's popularity abroad. "Do the dance, don't miss the chance! Win a magic vacation in Bulgaria" was released several weeks ago and aims to promote the colorful and attractive Bulgarian folk dances. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Drains Faulty Dam in Flood Area [Feb 13, 2012] Authorities in Bulgaria's Haskovo region have started a controlled draining of the Elena reservoir, which suffered a fault during heavy precipitation in the beginning of last week. Heavy rain and snow near Haskovo town of Harmanly last Monday provoked the tragic turn of events, in which the wall of nearby Ivanovo dam broke, flooding the Biser village, and causing the deaths of 10 persons. At ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Conservatives: PM Mulls Withdrawal from ACTA [Feb 13, 2012] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, is most likely to withdraw the country's signature under the controversial international ACTA agreement. The leader of the marginal conservative Law, Order and Justice (RZS) party, [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gripped by New Heavy Snowfall [Feb 13, 2012] A new heavy snowfall has gripped Bulgaria at the start of the week, accompanied by strong winds in western and northern Bulgaria. The mercury is expected to go up briefly on Monday with the maximum temperatures from minus 4 degrees C in northwestern Bulgaria to plus 5 C in the southeastern regions. In Sofia, the maximum will be minus 5 C. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria MPs to Enjoy Higher Salaries after Stealthy Move [Feb 12, 2012] Bulgarian lawmakers, who are best known for their infamous habit of playing truant, have increased their salaries, rather on the sly. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov froze last year the salaries of top politicians in Bulgaria at their levels from the end of 2009, despite the cabinet's decision to up the minimum monthly wage in Bulgaria in May, 2012 ? from BGN 270 to BGN 290. Borisov backed his belt ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Still Wants to Join Euro, Holds Debt Rules Sacred [Feb 12, 2012] Bulgaria still wants to join the eurozone provided the bloc's members obey its rules on limiting debt, Traicho Traikov, Bulgaria's Economy Minister, said in an interview for German media. "Provided all other eurozone states stick to the debt rules in future...entry to the currency union remains a medium-term goal for us," Minister Traikov told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seeks Foreign Expert Help for New Jail Project [Feb 12, 2012] Bulgaria will invite foreign experts to help it create the project for its new jail, the country's Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva has announced. Little progress has been made in the project, since discussions have been mainly focused on finding the appropriate place where the jail should be built, Kovacheva explained in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio. The assistance of foreign ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Braces for More Snow, Cold [Feb 12, 2012] Bulgaria's exceptionally cold and snowy winter weather is expected to continue on Sunday, as a number of regions have been alarmed for potential danger. Code Yellow has been announced for a total of 17 Bulgarian regions, the country's Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology has informed. In Northern Bulgaria, the slight danger is mainly due to the low temperatures.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Severe frost paralyzes Danube shipping [Feb 12, 2012] Bulgaria and Romania are suspending all shipping on the Danube River due to severe frost and the vast amount of ice blocking the heavily traveled waterway, Bulgaria's Transport Ministry said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Has 600 Unsafe Dams - Economy Minister [Feb 11, 2012] There are 600 potentially unsafe dams in Bulgaria, according to data of the Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, made public several days after a Bulgarian dam burst and flooder several villages killing 10 people. This makes about one-fifth of the some 3 000 water reservoir dams all over Bulgaria, government data shows; each of the 27 Bulgarian districts is said to have about 20 potentially ... [via YahooNews] More >>

E.U. Criticizes Pace of Reform in Bulgaria and Romania [Feb 10, 2012] Reports from the European Commission on Wednesday gave fresh ammunition to those who want to stall the two nations from joining Europe's passport-free Schengen travel zone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Outraged by Dutch Discrimination Site [Feb 10, 2012] Bulgaria has reacted strongly to the new initiative of the Dutch Freedom Party of Geert Wilders which presented a special site where the Dutch can submit complaints about Eastern Europeans. Vesela Cherneva, spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry, says her institution cannot accept the fact that one of the countries founders of the European Union is tolerating incitement to hatred ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria at Euro-Caspian energy crossroads [Feb 09, 2012] MONTREAL - Bulgaria, in southeastern Europe, is fast becoming a fiercely fought over territory amongst competing projects aimed at transporting Caspian natural gas to Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania may hope for Schengen entry after EU reports [Feb 09, 2012] Bulgaria and Romania have made some progress against corruption and organized crime, the EU executive said. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms [Feb 08, 2012] The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime. The move casts doubt on the two Balkan nations joining the borderless Schengen zone anytime soon. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Needs Much Deeper Judicial Reform - EC Interim Report [Feb 08, 2012] Bulgaria has taken certain measures to improve its justice system and the persecution of organization crime but more convincing results are needed, according to the interim monitoring report of the European Commission on Bulgaria. The Commission's reports under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) are published twice a year to monitor Bulgaria's post-EU accession progress in certain ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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