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Bulgaria: Dam bursts from heavy rains, floods kill 8 [Feb 06, 2012] A state of emergency has been declared in most of southern Bulgaria and Prime Minister Boiko Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov visited the flooded region on Monday, the AP reported. read more [via YahooNews] More >>

World Football - Bulgarian PM wins player award [Dec 06, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov urged organisers to annul the country's player of the year poll after he spectacularly won. [via YahooNews] More >>

Victorious Bulgarian PM wants player award annulled [Dec 05, 2011] Bulgaria's soccer soap opera took a fresh twist on Monday when Prime Minister Boiko Borisov urged organisers to annul the country's player of the year poll after he spectacularly won. [via YahooNews] More >>

Victorious Bulgarian PM wants player award annulled [Dec 05, 2011] Bulgaria's soccer soap opera took a fresh twist on Monday when Prime Minister Boiko Borisov urged organisers to annul the country's player of the year poll after he spectacularly won. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Borisov set to tighten grip after polls [Oct 20, 2011] SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov is set to tighten his grip on power in the European Union's poorest member in presidential and local elections on Sunday, after a campaign marred by protests and violence. [via YahooNews] More >>

Local Politics and Russian Energy Mix in Bulgaria [Aug 16, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria ? Boiko Borisov took power pledging better terms for Bulgaria in energy deals with Russia, kicking off a drive that has sparked a battle with oil giant LUKoil just two months before presidential polls. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's centre-right government wins confidence vote in parliament [Jan 20, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's centre-right minority government of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has won a parliamentary confidence vote with the support of the nationalist Ataka party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria diplomats in spying row [Dec 15, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boiko Borisov says 45 diplomats revealed to be former agents of the country's communist secret service should be fired. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agrees to Host South Stream [Jul 06, 2010] Bulgaria ended a yearlong timeout Tuesday and agreed to move forward on hosting a stretch of the Gazprom -backed South Stream pipeline, a deal Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said would be two or three times more profitable for his country than first estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agrees to Host South Stream [Jul 06, 2010] Bulgaria ended a yearlong timeout Tuesday and agreed to move forward on hosting a stretch of the Gazprom -backed South Stream pipeline, a deal Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said would be two or three times more profitable for his country than first estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria backs off dismissal of oil pipeline with Russia, Greece [Jun 11, 2010] Bulgaria has not taken a final decision on rejecting plans to develop the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project with Russia and Greece, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria backs off dismissal of oil pipeline with Russia, Greece [Jun 11, 2010] Bulgaria has not taken a final decision on rejecting plans to develop the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project with Russia and Greece, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria rejects Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline project - PM [Jun 11, 2010] Bulgaria has rejected plans to develop the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, a joint project with Russia and Greece, Bulgarian News Agency Novinite.com quoted the country's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov as saying on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria freezes Belene nuclear power plant construction [Jun 11, 2010] Bulgaria has suspended construction of its Belene nuclear power plant, Bulgarian News Agency BGNES quoted the country's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov as saying on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Wobbling Hercules [May 06, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has won praise across the EU for what other leaders in the bloc have seen as his decisiveness and strong will to quell crime and corruption and to implement difficult reforms. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-09 12:52 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria drops euro preparations on hidden deficit [Apr 09, 2010] SOFIA, April 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria dropped plans on Friday to apply to join the pre-euro ERM-2 waiting room because of a larger than expected 2009 deficit caused by unaccounted procurement deals in the European Union's poorest nation. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, whose centre-right GERB party came to power last July, said the previous Socialist-led government had signed dozens of deals which ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to introduce "luxury" tax to fight crisis (Sify News) [Mar 21, 2010] Bulgaria plans to introduce a tax on the rich and put a limit on public salaries as it battles a deepening recession and tries to keep down its fiscal deficit, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-21 18:35 Bulgaria to introduce "luxury" tax to fight crisis (Interactive Investor) [Mar 21, 2010] SOFIA, March 21 (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to introduce a tax on the rich and put a limit on public salaries as it battles a deepening recession and tries to keep down its fiscal deficit, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Sunday. The centre-right government focused its austerity measures on the wealthy, after its ideas to raise the healthcare tax drew resistance from business and plans to cut ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria won?t budge on Commission pick (Gulf Times) [Jan 16, 2010] Bulgaria ?s Prime Minister Boiko Borisov stood firmly behind his nominee for the European Commission yesterday and said that it is up to lawyers in Brussels to decide if she was suitable for the high-profile EU job. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM: I Am Elated in Israel, Palestine Key Word Is Peace (Novinite.com) [Jan 12, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borisov shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (R) in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>