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Bulgaria Still in Top Ten on Britons' Property Map - Overseas Portal
Bulgaria is keeping its standing among the top ten most preferred real estate markets for overseas buyers, according to a new infographic released by TheMoveChannel.com. The infographic, which is based upon the enquiries received by the overseas property portal in 2011, showed that 2....
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American Jewish Committee Hails Bulgaria, Israel Defense Agreements
The American Jewish Committee (AJC), a US-based advocacy organization, has welcomed in a statement the signing two new agreements between Bulgaria and Israel, expanding their defense and security cooperation. The accords were signed in Tel Aviv on Sunday by Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The AJC statement quotes Bulgarian Defense Minister Angelov ...
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Bulgaria's Ruling Party Adopts Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's Parliamentary Energy Committee - dominated by the ruling center-right party GERB - has approved a temporary ban on the exploration and extraction of shale gas a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. However, GERB's move has been immediately slammed by eco-activists who were quick to react that the temporary moratorium was only designed to ...
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The Boring End of the Lukoil Bulgaria Opera
Bulgaria's Customs Agency awarded Monday to the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas protocols certifying compliance of its measuring equipment with state requirements. Thus, Bulgaria's great Lukoil Opera (or saga if you prefer) came to an end without much fanfare ? unlike the way it started in July 2011 when Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Customs Agency chief ...
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Bulgaria Got EUR 740 M FDI in Jan-Nov 2011
Bulgaria's total foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for January ? November 2011 amounted to EUR 740.3 million (1.9% of GDP), according to preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank published Monday. ...
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AJC Welcomes Expanding Bulgaria, Israel Security Cooperation
Contact: Kenneth Bandler, AJC Director of Media Relations, +1-212-891-6771, +1-917-449-1259 (mobile), bandlerk@ajc.org
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Bulgaria's Rulers Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has decided to approve a temporary moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas amidst a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. Thus, the Parliamentary Group of the GERB party will accept the proposals of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, the nationalist party Ataka, and the marginal ...
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Penev offers grassroots support in Bulgaria
Bulgaria coach Luboslav Penev was on hand to encourage over 120 children at a grassroots event held in Sofia where a fun-filled mix of football and music was the order of the day.
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Bulgaria police probe spate of car fires
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Ninety car fires, the latest in the vehicles of two police officers, have been reported in Bulgaria in what police say is a streak of arson the past two months.
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Bulgaria, Israel sign training, arms industry deals
Sofia (AFP) Jan 15, 2012 Bulgaria and Israel signed two military accords for joint army trainings and defence industry cooperation on Sunday, Bulgaria's defence ministry announced. The deals were signed during a two-day visit by Bulgarian Defence Minister Anyu Angelov, who arrived in Tel Aviv Sunday for talks with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak. The training accord "aimed to broaden defence ...
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Bulgaria's Rulers Promise Shale Gas Ban, Protesters Claim
Bulgaria's ruling center-right GERB party has taken a political commitment to ban the exploration and production of shale gas in the country, according to environmentalists. Several thousand eco protesters gathered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Saturday in front of the House of Parliament to protest against what they see as a highly hazardous technique, hydraulic fracking, that is employed for ...
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Bulgaria Formalizes Military Ties with Israel
Bulgaria and Israel have signed two military agreements at a meeting of their Defense Ministers, Anyu Angelov and Ehud Barak, in Tel Aviv. The first agreement provides for joint military drills between the armed forces of Bulgaria and Israel, the Bulgarian Defense Ministry announced. "The agreement aims at expanding the military cooperation between the two states through the carrying out of ...
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Bulgaria's PM Turns Nicer to Archaeologists over Highway Construction
Bulgaria?s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made a deal with archaeologists digging on the route of a northern highway, after a few days ago he mistreated their colleagues blaming them for potential construction delays. Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and the Minister of Regional Development, Lilyana Pavlova inspected Sunday the progress of construction works on the Hemus Highway in ...
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Bulgaria's President-elect: I Am Already Working Hard
Bulgaria's President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev, announced that he has selected an ambitious team which is already working hard and has very ambitious plans for the country. Plevneliev spoke Sunday in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR. He stated that the priorities for the State were his top priorities as well, while the most difficult task, he would undertake as early as his first ...
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Thousands protest Bulgaria 'fracking' plans
Several thousand Bulgarians demonstrated across the country on Saturday against plans for shale gas exploration by US company Chevron that they say could harm the environment.
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Bulgaria to Absorb All EU Funds by 2013 - Minister
Bulgaria will have absorbed the entire BGN 13 B allotted from the EU funds to the country in 2013, stated Bulgarian European Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Speaking in an interview for Darik Radio Saturday, Donchev added that Bulgaria will be negotiating for BGN 16 B of funds for EU's next programing period. The EU Funds minister explained that Bulgaria's priorities till 2020 will center ...
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Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Vows Business Focus before AmCham
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has stressed its commitments to turning the country into an "attractive business destination" during a meeting with the leadership of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bulgaria. "We want to make Bulgaria an attractive business destination for foreign investors," Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told AmCham Bulgaria President Peter Lithgow, Vice ...
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Bulgaria's Defense Minister Heads for Talks with Barak in Israel
Bulgaria's Defense Minister Anyu Angelov is heading on a state visit in Israel for talks with his counterpart Ehud Barak. Amid reports of a terror threat to Israeli tourists in Sofia, Bulgarian Defense Minister Anu Anguelov will arrive in Tel Aviv on Sunday for talks with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Angelov's visit to Israel has not been confirmed by the ...
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Weak Consumption Holds Down Bulgaria Inflation in Dec
Bulgaria's consumer price inflation slowed in December on the back of shrinking consumption and demand, data of the statistics office showed on Friday. Prices decelerated to 2.8% on an annual basis after a 3....
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Bulgaria's Tennis Hopefuls Enjoy Favorable Draw at Australian Open
Bulgaria's best tennis players, Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov, will face rather surmountable opponents in the first round of Australian Open. Pironkova, ranked 48th in the world, will play against Indian Sanya Mirza, 105th. World No....
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