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Bulgaria's 2011 Tourist Season Shapes to Be Best in Decade [Aug 13, 2011] Bulgaria's 2011 summer tourist season will most likely end up being the most successful in terms of revenues in the past ten years, various data indicates. The Institute for Analysis and Assessment in Tourism, a think-tank, estimated that 6.6 million tourists will have visited the Bulgarian Black Sea by the end of the season in August 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Registers 10% Boost in Wine Exports 2010 [Feb 14, 2011] Bulgaria's wine exports have increased with 10% year on year in 2010, reaching 57.6 million liters, the country's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, has announced. Naydenov spoke on the professional holiday of vine-growers and wine-makers, celebrated on Monday.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to get culture funding [Jan 26, 2011] Japan and Bulgaria have exchanged notes on grant aid worth up to [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Current Account Deficit Widens In November [Jan 14, 2011] (RTTNews) - Bulgaria's current account deficit increased to EUR 337.6 million in November from EUR 267.4 million deficit in the previous year, the central bank said Friday. This was mainly due to increase in trade deficit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Expects 6 Million Foreign Tourists in 2010 [May 24, 2010] A total of 8-8.5 million tourists will make their vacations in Bulgaria in 2010, and some 6 million are expected to come from abroad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Airport Traffic Trebles in 8 Years (Novinite.com) [Mar 23, 2010] Passenger numbers at Bulgaria's three main international airports trebled from 2,2 M in 2000 to over 6,6 million in 2008, before falling by 9% in 2009 to just over 6,0 M travelers. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Department of State 2009 Human Rights Report on Bulgaria* (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] The Republic of Bulgaria is a parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 7.6 million. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral National Assembly (Narodno Sabranie). The country is ruled by a minority government headed by a prime minister. [via YahooNews] More >>