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Bulgaria's Varna-West Port Breaks Record in Processed Cargo [Oct 04, 2011] The Varna West port near Bulgaria's Black Sea capital has processed 1 065 000 metric tons of cargo in September 2011, according to official information from the Transport Ministry. This an absolute record breaker, beating the one from August, 2011 ? 1 million tons. Since the beginning of the year, the port has processed over 6 665 600 tons, which is 12% more, compared to the same period of last ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sells its tobacco monopoly [Sep 13, 2011] Bulgaria says it has struck a deal to sell its tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding to a company controlled by VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, for euro100.1 million ($136.8 million). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 2011 Grain Yield Said to Be Better Than Last Year's [Jul 09, 2011] Bulgaria's grain yield in 2011 will even be slightly better than it was in 2010, the Agriculture Ministry has indicated. Thus, Bulgaria's wheat output is expected to reach 4.1 million tons in 2011, up from 4 million in 2010, while the barley yield is forecast to reach 6.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Elections - Rise of the Undead? [Apr 08, 2011] Bulgaria's electoral rolls have turned out to be quite "spooky" as a considerable number off dead souls threaten to haunt them ahead of the upcoming local and presidential elections in the country.. Some 1 million phantoms may "vote" in the upcoming Bulgarian presidential and local elections in the fall of 2011, according to Mihail Konstantinov, head of the Central Election Commission, as cited ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Posts Current Account Surplus In January [Mar 15, 2011] Bulgaria's current account posted a surplus of EUR 158.1 million in January, reversing a EUR 291.9 million deficit a year ago, central bank data showed on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ups Renewable Energy Production [Aug 27, 2010] In 2009, Bulgaria produced 800 thousand MGWH from green sources while for the first six months of 2010, this production has already reached 1 million MGWH. According to the expert, in the next few years the share of renewable sources in energy production can reach 17% to 20%. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Marks 20 Years since Convention of Constitutional Assembly [Jul 09, 2010] The largest pro-democracy demonstration in Bulgaria after 1989 took place on June 7, 1990, on the "Eagle's Bridge" in downtown Sofia, featuring 1 million participants according to some estimates. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Joins EU Divorce Law Pact [Jun 06, 2010] There were more than 1 million divorces in the 27 EU countries in 2007, 140,000 of which had an international dimension. File photo Bulgaria is among a group of 14 European Union nations which opted at the end of the week to seal a divorce pact that will let couples of different European nationalities choose which divorce laws will apply. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fitch Affirms Bulgaria's Unicredit Bulbank Support Rating [Apr 07, 2010] UCB is the largest bank in Bulgaria by total assets, with a market share of about 16% at end-2009. It has a nationwide network of 234 branches and serves about 1.1 million clients. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-02 14:30 Delayed payments swell Bulgaria Jan budget deficit (Interactive Investor) [Mar 02, 2010] SOFIA, March 2 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's January budget deficit almost matched the entire 2009 shortfall as the government started to pay dues to transport and construction firms delayed from last year, finance ministry data showed on Tuesday. The EU's poorest member had a deficit of 499 million levs ($345.1 million) in January versus 529.5 million levs, or 0.8 percent of gross domestic product, in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-23 13:25 Bulgaria's foreign debt rises 1.7 pct in 2009 (Interactive Investor) [Feb 23, 2010] SOFIA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's gross foreign debt rose 1.7 percent last year to 37.6 billion euros ($51.08 billion) by the end of December, amounting to 111.1 percent of GDP, central bank data showed on Tuesday. The central bank attributed the increase to borrowing by local subsidiaries from their foreign owners. The debt grew by 465.1 million euros in December from a month earlier, mainly ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sees Boom in Facebook Fans (Novinite.com) [Jan 19, 2010] Over 1 million Bulgarians use the largest social network in the world, Facebook, according to data published by software and marketing company Komfo Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>