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Bulgaria, Romania Pool Efforts for Unfettered EU Job Rights
The governments of Bulgaria and neighboring Romania have asked the European Commission to help convince older member states to lift restrictions for job-seekers from the two countries as of 2012. Bulgarian Labor Minister Totyu Mladenov and his Romanian counterpart Sebastian Lazaroiu have sent to this end a joint letter to Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Commissioner L
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Bulgaria Rebuffs Israel, Won?t Commit to Voting Against PA State
Follow Israel news on and . Bulgaria, usually considered an ally of Israel, rebuffed it on Thursday when it would not commit to voting against the planned unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state.
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Bulgaria hands Israel unexpected rebuff over Palestinian bid
Israel suffered an unexpected rebuff from close ally Bulgaria Thursday when it failed to get its immediate backing against a planned Palestinian bid for statehood in September.
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Bulgaria, Israel Deepen Cooperation after Historic Joint Sitting of Cabinets
The governments of Bulgaria and Israel have signed three major cooperation agreements after holding an unprecedented joint sitting in Sofia on Thursday. The bilateral agreements provide for cooperation in agriculture, natural gas supplies for Bulgaria from large-scale Israeli deposits, and for the mutual protection of investments. "We wish to increase the Israeli investments in Bulgaria....
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Bulgaria, Israel to Ink Deals on Defense Cooperation, Joint Military Drills
Bulgaria and Israel are going to hammer our agreements for close cooperation in defense, their Prime Ministers Boyko Borisov and Benjamin Netanyahu announced after the historic joint sitting of their Cabinets in Sofia. After the joint sitting on Thursday, the governments of Bulgaria and Israel signed several bilateral agreements in fields such as economy, agriculture, and culture; bilateral ...
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Bulgaria's Bibi Borisov, Isreal's Bibi Netanyahu Exchange Moving Cordiality
Prime Ministers Boyko Borisov and Benjamin Netanyahu have demonstrated deep personal sympathies for one another during their meeting in Sofia, on top of stressing intentions for ever closer cooperation between Bulgaria and Israel. Borisov and Netanyahu spoke at a joint news conference in Sofia Thursday, right after the governments of Bulgaria and Israel held an unprecedented joint sitting ...
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Bulgaria wants to slash Russian gas imports four times in 2-3 years - paper
Bulgaria may cut its gas imports from Russia to 500,000 cubic meters from the current 2 bcm in the next two to three years, Kommersant business daily said on Thursday quoting Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traycho Traikov.
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Bulgaria's Retail Trade Turnover Crawls Up in May 2011
Bulgaria's retail trade turnover (excluding motor vehicles) registered a minor growth in May 2011 on both annual and month basis. According to latest data of the National Statistical Institute, in May 2011 the turnover in Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles at constant prices grew by 0.4% compared to April 2011. ...
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Netanyahu visits Bulgaria to lobby against recognition of Palestinian state
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has arrived in Bulgaria to lobby against the Palestinian campaign to get United Nations recognition later this year.
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Bulgaria Looks at Giving Up on Russian Gas
Bulgaria is making definite steps to achieve a fourfold reduction in the amount of natural gas it is buying from Russia, according to an extensive publication by Russian paper Kommersant. Looking at boosting its own gas production, but also at diversifying imports, Bulgaria hopes to achieve a reduction from the 2 B cubic meters of gas it buys from Russia per annum, to some 500 M cub.m in 2-3 ...
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Bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashes in Bulgaria, killing 1, injuring 7
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Police say a bus carrying 37 tourists from Ukraine crashed into a ditch alongside a highway near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, killing one passenger and injuring seven.
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Bulgaria Sets Up Mega-Structure for 3 Neglected Highways
Bulgaria's Parliament has approved at second reading the founding of a State Company "Strategic Infrastructure Projects", a mega-structure to be in charge of the construction of three largely neglected highway projects. The new body created with adopted amendments to the Roads Act will seek to accelerate the construction of "strategic infrastructure projects", namely the Struma Highway (running ...
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Bulgaria's Industrial Sector Keeps Growing
Bulgaria's industrial production increased by 7.8% in May 2011 year-on-year, according to fresh data from the National Statistical Institute. Bulgaria's extraction industry grew by 20....
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Bulgaria Opens Bids for Struma Highway Lot 1
The bids, which were submitted for a section of the future Struma Highway, connecting Sofia to the border with Greece, will be opened on Thursday, the road infrastructure agency announced. A record number of bidders ? 19 ? applied with offers to build Lot 1 of the Struma Highway ? including companies from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Greece. Regional Development Minister Rosen ...
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Bulgaria Sale Body Admits Mystery Veils Bulgartabac Bidders
The head of Bulgaria's sale body has confirmed media reports that nobody knows yet who stands behind the two Austria-registered bidders for the state-owned tobacco giant Bulgartabac. Earlier this week it emerged that only three companies will submit binding bids for the privatization of Bulgartabac Holding and only one of them is a strategic investor ? British American Tobacco. The other two ...
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Bulgaria Welcomes Israel's PM Netanyahu on Rare Visit
Benjamin Netanyahu arrives on Thursday in Bulgaria, the first visit of an Israeli prime minister to the country for the last two decades. The Israeli delegation will include ministers of finance, telecommunications, construction and civil defense. The visit is at the invitation of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. ...
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Bulgaria striker Bojinov joins Sporting from Parma
Parma's Bulgarian international striker Valeri Bojinov has joined Sporting on a five-year contract, the Portuguese club said on Wednesday.
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Greece Backs Bulgaria as Permanent Host of South-Eastern Europe Brigade
Greece has supported Bulgaria's aspiration to become the permanent seat of the South-Eastern Europe Brigade after 2015. This has been made clear by Gen. Ioannis Giagkos, Chief of the National Defense Staff of Greece, who was welcomed in Sofia Wednesday by the Bulgarian Head of Defense Gen....
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Bulgaria's New Car Market Sees Tangible Recovery in 2011 H1, Q1
Bulgaria's sales of new cars grew by 21.3% in the first half of 2011 year-on-year, according to data of the Association of Car Importers. A total of 10 954 new vehicles were sold in Bulgaria in January-June 2011, including 10 287 new cars (an increase of 19....
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Societe Generale Expressbank Grab's Bulgaria's '2010 Bank of the Year' Prize
Societe Generale Expressbank is the winner in this year's contest for Bulgaria's "Bank of the Year", the Bank of the Year Association has announced. Bulgaria's 14th annual Bank of the Year awards ? first started in 1992 ? were revealed at a news conference in Sofia on Wednesday in seven different categories, including the big "Bank of the Year" prize snatched by Societe Generale Expressbank ...
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