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Bulgaria bans Danube, Black Sea sturgeon fishing for four years [Jan 25, 2012] SOFIA, Jan 25 ? Bulgaria has imposed a four-year ban on fishing for sturgeon on the River Danube and in its Black Sea waters, the farming ministry said yesterday. The restrictions cover four sturgeon species, all threatened with extinction, and was prompted by the need to protect their populations and align Bulgaria?s rules with a 10-year ban ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria bans Danube, Black Sea sturgeon fishing for 4 years [Jan 25, 2012] Bulgaria has imposed a four-year ban on fishing for sturgeon on the River Danube and in its Black Sea waters, the farming ministry said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria bans Danube, Black Sea sturgeon fishing for 4 years [Jan 24, 2012] Bulgaria has imposed a four-year ban on fishing for sturgeon on the River Danube and in its Black Sea waters, the farming ministry said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

The Boring End of the Lukoil Bulgaria Opera [Jan 17, 2012] Bulgaria's Customs Agency awarded Monday to the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas protocols certifying compliance of its measuring equipment with state requirements. Thus, Bulgaria's great Lukoil Opera (or saga if you prefer) came to an end without much fanfare ? unlike the way it started in July 2011 when Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Customs Agency chief ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Scraps Fighter Jets Buy for Culture's Sake [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria will not purchase new military aircraft in times of crisis and unless the problems in the education and culture sectors are solved. The statement was made Wednesday by Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov. Speaking in the Black Sea city of Burgas, where he inspected and officially opened the renovated building of the city's theater, Borisov said there are a number of theater ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Unexcited Bulgaria Marks 5 Years as EU Member [Jan 01, 2012] Bulgaria and Romania are marking Sunday, January 1, 2012, five years since they joined the European Union as full member states ? a step that many across the EU still describe as premature. Bulgaria and Romania's accession meant the EU had 27 members and half a billion people, stretching as far east as the Black Sea. The two Balkan states, however, are still struggling with reforms in key ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Eco Min Vows Cleaner Black Sea through Water Plants [Dec 21, 2011] Bulgaria's Environment Ministry has signed three contracts for new wastewater treatment plants along the Black Sea coast worth some BGN 100 M. "We are going to have cleaner water, a cleaner sea. People will live in better conditions, with sewage," Bulgaria's Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova declared upon the singing of the contracts for the projects, which are to be funded under EU ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ups Flights from Black Sea to Moscow in 2012 [Dec 21, 2011] Flights from Bulgaria's Black Sea airports of Varna and Burgas to the Russian capital Moscow are increasing next summer season. The agreement was sealed by the Transport Ministries of the two countries. Since the spring of 2010, there have been seven flights a week on the Varna-Moscow line, which were increased to 14 in the spring of 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria exits Trans-Balkan pipeline [Dec 09, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Bulgaria said this week it is following through on threats to pull out of a long-planned oil pipeline from the Black Sea to Greece, citing finances. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria drops out of pipeline project [Dec 08, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Bulgaria is dropping out of a Trans-Balkan oil pipeline project that was to reach from the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, the country's finance minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Black Sea, Danube Ports Introduce Electronic Invoices [Dec 07, 2011] The Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company ? the state entity managing Bulgaria's Black Sea and Danube ports ? has introduced long-awaited electronic billing services, the Transport Ministry has announced. The e-invoices are valid for Bulgarian ports as of December 1, 2011, the Ministry of Transport, IT, and Communications said Wednesday. "The electronic invoice is a valid, electronically signed ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania to Watch Out for Black Sea Tsunamis [Dec 05, 2011] Bulgarian and Romanian scientists will take part in establishing an early alert system for geological hazards on the two countries' Black Sea coast. The project is financed by EU's cross-border cooperation program and is its total cost is approximately EUR 6 M, which makes it one of the largest scientific projects currently developed in Bulgaria. The project is extremely important for the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Invites Hamburg Port Co to Check Out Port Varna [Dec 01, 2011] Bulgaria hopes that Hamburg Port and Logistics Company, the operator of Germany's major port, will express interest in the concession of the Bulgarian Port Varna on the Black Sea, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski stated in Berlin. "We are currently preparing the procedure for the concession of Port Varna, and I hope that the operator of Port Hamburg will be interested," Moskovski stated at a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Largest Resort Sunny Beach Appoints New CEO [Nov 25, 2011] Bulgaria's largest Black Sea resort "Sunny Beach" Jsc has appointed Zlatko Dimitrov as its new CEO, according to a decision of its Board of Directors made Friday. Dimitrov, who is currently the Deputy Governor of the Burgas District, has been serving as the Chair of the Board of Sunny Beach, a position that he has now vacated; he is also set to quit his government job. Bulgaria's Deputy Economy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seals Gas Delivery Deal with Turkey [Nov 19, 2011] Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political agreement to build a gas pipeline connection between the two countries for emergency gas deliveries from Turkey to Bulgaria. During the Black Sea Energy and Economy Forum in Istanbul, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, and Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Taner Y?ld?z, have successfully negotiated plans for the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Burgas among Top 30 European Access Cities [Nov 16, 2011] Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Burgas has been ranked among the top thirty cities in the European Union, competing for the 2011 Access City title. The news was reported by the Burgas City hall. The award is bestowed each year and the contest is organized by the European Commission with the goal to focus attention on European cities, which work most actively to improve access for handicap people. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Cold Spell Brings 1st Snow to Bulgaria's Capital Sofia [Oct 16, 2011] Bulgaria's capital Sofia woke up Sunday to the first snowfall this season, after a mid-October cold spell overtook the country. The winter arrived early in Bulgaria with the mercury expected to hit minus 7 degrees Celsius in western Bulgaria and nearly hurricane winds on the Black Sea coast and the entire eastern Bulgaria where there will be a mix of rain and snow. The wind and the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sozopol - Bulgaria's 'Rescued' Town and Its Modern Day Saviors on the Way to UNESCO [Oct 10, 2011] Sozopol On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, in the farthest southern part of the Burgas Bay, some 35 km south of the city of Burgas, on a small rocky peninsula lays the top miracle of the Balkan country ? the ancient town of Sozopol. The town, with a population of about 5 000, is one of the oldest settlements on the Bulgarian coast.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Notorious Alma Tour Fly Files for Bankruptcy [Oct 07, 2011] Alma Tour Fly, a company within the group of scandal-hit Bulgarian tour operator Alma Tour, filed for bankruptcy on October 06, the Sofia City Court said Friday. Problems with Alma Tour surfaced in early September, when close to 1,000 international tourists, most of them Russians, were stranded at Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Burgas and Varna. Their flights were cancelled by national air ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>