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Tour Operator Opens New Bulgaria Winter Vacation Route (Novinite.com) [Mar 23, 2010] Balkan Holidays, the low-cost tour operator, has announced a new route from Leeds Bradford Airport to Sofia, Bulgaria for the next winter season. The company hopes to attract increasing numbers of skiing vacations in the expanding Yorkshire market. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Allows Consortium to Explore Oil, Gas Reserves (Novinite.com) [Jan 06, 2010] Overgas Inc. AD, Balkan Explorers (Bulgaria) Ltd. "and" JKX Bulgaria Ltd., were announced as the three companies that will jointly explore the reserves over an area of 1787 square kilometers. [via YahooNews] More >>

Alex Nestor, Corporate Relations Director for Bulgaria of Dundee Precious Metals: We Are Pleased with Will of New ... (Novinite.com) [Nov 11, 2009] Dundee Precious Metals is a Toronto-based Canadian company with two Bulgarian subsidiaries Chelopech Mining EAD, which is developing a gold and copper deposit at the town of Chelopech in western Bulgaria, and Balkan Mineral and Mining EAD, which is surveying a concession area near Krumovgrad in southern Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Drug Lord Sreten Josic Says Bulgaria Interior Protected Him (Novinite.com) [Apr 08, 2009] Balkan drug lord Sreten Josic, also known as Joca Amsterdam, has told a Belgrade court he enjoyed the protection of high-ranking officials in Bulgaria, Darik radio reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Prime Minister Stanishev to Open Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit (Novinite.com) [Feb 13, 2009] The office of the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev, has confirmed that he would open the Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit, which is scheduled to take place at Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, on March 5-6, 2009. [via YahooNews] More >>

Roundup-Bulgaria, Romania discussing joint Euro 2020 bid (Reuters.co.uk) [Nov 20, 2007] * Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Romania could table a joint bid to host the 2020 European Championship finals, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania discussing joint Euro 2020 bid (Times of Malta) [Nov 19, 2007] Balkan neighbours Bulgaria and Romania could table a joint bid to host the 2020 European Championship finals, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said. [via YahooNews] More >>

S&P: New EU Members Bulgaria, Romania Risk Overheating (Novinite.com) [Sep 26, 2007] The economies of Bulgaria and Romania, the two Balkan neighbours that joined the European Union in Januay, are at a risk of overheating, a report released by international ratings agency Standard&Poor's claims. [via YahooNews] More >>

Miss Bulgaria '06 Wins Title in Balkan Beauty Ambassador Pageant (Novinite.com) [Sep 21, 2007] Miss Bulgaria 2006 Slavena Vatova won the second runner-up title in the Balkan Beauty Ambassador 2007 pageant, which took place in Greece during the week. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Varna Hosts Balkan Gay Fest (Novinite.com) [Sep 05, 2007] Bulgaria's seaside city of Varna is to host the third Balkan gay fest, which is to continue until next Tuesday. The first event, held in the festive week, was "Miss Disgrace" contest, where all plain queer queens took part. [via YahooNews] More >>

Equest plans further investment in Bulgaria (Budapest Business Journal) [Jul 18, 2007] Investment fund Equest Balkan Properties plans to raise more funds for further investment in Bulgaria and Romania, as well as to carry out the fund?s current projects in the countries, Equest representative for Romania George Teleman said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Wins U-21 Balkan Volleyball Championship (Novinite.com) [Jul 04, 2007] Bulgaria's volleyball team grabbed the title at the Youth Men Balkan Championship 2007 in Turkey. In the final game the young sportsmen defeated Montenegro's squad 3:1 (25:22, 22:25, 25:20, 25:19), losing their first game in the whole tournament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Mayor Injured in Smashing Frontal Collision in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Jun 26, 2007] The Mayor of Bulgaria's town of Varbitsa and the chairman of the Balkan maths competition's committee were injured in a smashing car hit on Tuesday afternoon. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Likely to Become Regional Leader on Balkan Telecom Market (Novinite.com) [Jun 14, 2007] Bulgaria stands great chance of becoming the regional Balkan leader on the information and telecommunication market and broadband access, CEO of the country's top cellphone operator M-Tel said on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ratifies Trans-Balkan Pipeline (AP via Yahoo! Finance) [May 31, 2007] Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday ratified an agreement with Albania and Macedonia for the construction of a trans-Balkan pipeline to transport oil from the Black Sea to the Adriatic by 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-05-31 11:39 GMT: Bulgaria parliament ratifies deal for trans-Balkan oil pipeline (Interactive Investor) [May 31, 2007] SOFIA (Thomson Financial) - Bulgaria's parliament ratified today a convention with Albania and Macedonia to build a trans-Balkan pipeline from the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Burgas in the east, via Macedonia to the Albanian port of Vlore on the Adriatic Sea. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Youngest Uni. Student Wins 1st Place in Balkan Guitar Competition (Novinite.com) [May 23, 2007] Bulgaria's youngest university student, the 13-year-old David Dyakov won the big prize of the 6th annual Balkan competition in acoustic guitar playing, Darik News reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hosts Balkan Real Estate Expo (Novinite.com) [May 18, 2007] Bulgaria's Deputy Regional Development minister Savin Kovachev will open Friday the first Balkan real estate expo in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Grabs Gold at Balkan Math Olympics (Novinite.com) [May 02, 2007] Bulgaria's national maths team has grabbed the golden medal at the Balkan Math Olympics in Greece. The competition took place from April 26 until May 2. [via YahooNews] More >>

Corruption in Bulgaria: big problem, big losses (Eu Business) [Apr 25, 2007] (SOFIA ) - Corruption in Bulgaria has become the country's biggest problem, leading to billion-euro losses each year and posing a threat to expected funding from the European Union to the Balkan newcomer, an independent democracy watchdog said. [via YahooNews] More >>