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Bulgaria's 'Arsenal' Military Plant Braces for Massive Layoff [Feb 03, 2012] Over 900 employees of Bulgaria's Arsenal Kazanlak, one of the largest military factories in the Balkans, will be laid off, it was made clear after the plant's managing body met with representatives of the local municipality. Approximately 600 of the workers about to be laid off are employed on temporary contracts, while 94 have reached the age of retirement, the Bulgarian National Radio ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria a mix of the old and new [Dec 11, 2011] Bulgaria -- When I tell people where I am going on vacation I can see their minds trying to pinpoint it on a map ? is it somewhere off in Eastern Europe or possibly near Russia ? No and, no. Bulgaria is the seat of the Balkans, nestled north of Greece and south of Romania. While Bulgaria may be a new destination for some, it has long been a vacation haven for Europeans. Even during communism ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Marks 100 Years since Famed Propet Vanga's Birth [Oct 03, 2011] Bulgaria marks Monday the 100th anniversary of the birth of famous prophet Vanga. A mass will be served in her honor at the St. Petka Church with scores expected to gather at the "Rupite" site in Bulgaria's southwestern town of Petrich, sometimes referred to as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria presses Balkans to join EU [Sep 25, 2011] New York, Sep 24 : The Balkans will only become a permanently stable region when all the countries that comprised the former Yugoslavia are accepted as members of the European Union, Bulgaria?s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Presses for All Balkan Countries to Join EU [Sep 24, 2011] New York, Sep 23 2011 10:10PM The Balkans will only become a permanently stable region when all the countries that comprised the former Yugoslavia are accepted as members of the European Union, Bulgaria?s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Honors Famed Psychic Vanga [Aug 07, 2011] Bulgaria's famous clairvoyant Vangelia Gushterova, known as Baba (Grandmother) Vanga is remembered Sunday with a mass served in her honor. August 7th will mark the 15th anniversary of Vanga's death and scores are expected to gather at the "Rupite" site in Bulgaria's southwestern town of Petrich, sometimes referred to as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. Each year, the crowds include not only ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Visa Regime Hampers Turkish Tourists to Visit Bulgaria [Mar 07, 2011] Bulgaria is missing out on huge investments from tourists because of its hampered visa regime with Turkey, according to Turkish experts. According to the commercial counselor of the Turkish Embassy in Sofia, Zafer Soylu, Bulgaria should not focus on sea resorts, which have competition on the Balkans, but should rather develop winter, balneological and historical tourism that would be of interest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Orban: Bulgaria, Romania Schengen Entry Crucial for Balkans [Dec 02, 2010] Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen Agreement accession is critically important for the stability of the Balkans, according to Hungarian PM Viktor Orban who will be in charge of the rotating EU Presidency in the first half of 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece Strike 1st Balkan Air Policing Deal [Nov 01, 2010] The Defense Ministers of Bulgaria and Greece have signed the first ever bilateral agreement under NATO's Air Policing program in the Balkans. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Bansko Named Balkan Winter Capital [Oct 23, 2010] Bansko, Bulgaria's biggest ski resort, has been named the winter capital of the Balkans at an international tourism exhibition at the Serbian town of Novi Sad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nera Networks Bulgaria Appoints New Director [Sep 29, 2010] Nera Networks , a Norway -based global company specializing in wireless transmission solutions, has appointed a new managing director of its Bulgarian office, which is also a regional hub for its activities in the Balkans. [via YahooNews] More >>

UN General Assembly Head: Bulgaria Is Balkan Stability Pillar [Sep 20, 2010] Bulgaria is a zone of stability in the Balkans and Southeastern Europe, according to President the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly, Joseph Deiss. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Restores Balkans' Top Monastery Complex [Aug 16, 2010] Bulgaria will finally be able to restore one of the largest monastery complexes on the Balkans the medieval St. Knyaz Boris near the Black Sea capital Varna. [via YahooNews] More >>

Macedonian Press: Bulgaria Offers Cheapest Balkan Vacations [Aug 09, 2010] Bulgaria remains the cheapest tourist destination on the Balkans, according to an article of the Macedonian newspaper Vecher (Evening). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Closeness with US Makes Other States Nervous - Analyst [Jul 01, 2010] The increasingly close ties of Bulgaria and Romania with the US can generate a negative reaction on part of other states in the Balkans, according to Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Dumps Russian Projects over Regional Ambitions, US Backing - Analyst [Jun 17, 2010] Bulgarias hopes to become a regional power strongly allied with the USA have caused it to pull out of the planned large-scale Russian energy projects in the Balkans, according to a Russian security analyst. [via YahooNews] More >>

NATO urges Bulgaria to send to Afghanistan artillery trainers, air engineers [May 21, 2010] NATO Secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Sofia on Thursday that NATO needs in Afghanistan Bulgarian artillery trainers and an air maintenance team. Rasmussen, who paid a two-day visit to Bulgaria ending on Friday, had on Thursday meetings with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and President Georgi Parvanov, where they discussed the situations in Afghanistan and in the Balkans, the NATO's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister: Macedonia Relations to Set Example [May 05, 2010] Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has called on Bulgaria and Macedonia to be an example of good neighborly relations on the Balkans. [via YahooNews] More >>

UN Head: Bulgaria Capable of Balancing Balkan Stability [May 04, 2010] Bulgarias Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. Bulgaria is an a good position to balance the situation in the Balkans, Ban Ki-moon has told Mladenov, as cited by the press office of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. [via YahooNews] More >>

UN Head: Bulgaria Capable of Balancing Balkan Stability [May 04, 2010] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated Bulgaria is capable of having a balancing role in the Balkans. Photo by EPA/BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>