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Bulgaria to Sign Direct Gas Supply Contract with Russia [May 21, 2012] The 11% discount on gas supplies from Russia is tied to fast-tracking the South Stream gas pipeline, according to Delyan Dobrev, Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism. In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), he specified that Bulgaria was to wrap up the paperwork on project by November 15, with Russia planning to start construction ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ambassadors Laud Bulgaria's New Illegal Assets Bill [May 07, 2012] Six ambassadors to Bulgaria lauded Monday the newly passed illegal assets confiscation bill, cautioning that the next step was to ensure its smooth implementation by an independent and strong commission. The diplomats shared their views on the new law during Monday's morning broadcast of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). The ambassadors vowed to follow closely the formation of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Confirms Plans for VAT Cut by Mid-2013 [Mar 06, 2012] Bulgaria's government has voiced, yet again, its willingness to lower the 20% value-added-tax by the end of its term, which expires next year. "The VAT level is likely to be changed at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013," Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, told the morning broadcast of Nova TV on Tuesday. The news comes as Croatia and Cyprus increased ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media Unbothered by Newspaper Bashing on Air [Feb 28, 2012] Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media (SEM) reviewed on Tuesday the case of Nikolay Barekov, a TV host who tore up an edition of Trud daily during Friday's morning broadcast of TV7, calling the newspaper "a rug" and saying that it would cease to exist. Barekov staged the provocation to demonstrate his attitude towards Bulgaria's policy in the pharmaceutical sector, which came under fire after ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin:I Bet My Career on Budget 2012, Further Cuts Likely [Nov 11, 2011] Bulgaria's finance minister has fiercely defended the austerity draft budget for 2012, saying that its failure would spell the end of his term in the government. "I bet my career as a minister on this budget," Simeon Djankov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "If the government steps back from its demands for a later retirement in the interior and defense ministries and a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Deputy PM: Former Tsar Is Best Presidential Candidate [Jun 13, 2011] Daniel Vulchev, Former Bulgarian Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, has termed Simeon Saxe-Coburg, former Bulgarian Tsar and Prime Minister, the best presidential candidate. In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, Vulchev, who is part of the initiative committee supporting ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva at the autumn 2011 presidential elections, added that Saxe ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Leader: Nationalists Defend Russian Interests [May 27, 2011] Russia's energy interests are behind Ataka's support for ruling party GERB, according to Ivan Kostov, leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, party. In an interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, the DSB leader stated that nationalist Ataka party and its leader Volen Siderov were directly linked to the Russian embassy in Bulgaria and were defending Russian interests ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Denounces Ally's Assault on Muslims [May 25, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has condemned its own ally, the Ataka party, over the incident in which nationalist activists assaulted praying Muslims in downtown Sofia. "This is not the right way to react...We are not speakers or mentors of Ataka, they bear the political responsibility for their own actions," Borisov told the morning broadcast of bTV channel. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Vows Reshuffle in Agriculture Ministry Too [May 19, 2011] The wave of reshuffles that swept Bulgaria's government on Wednesday will have a follow-up in the agriculture ministry in a bid to improve EU funds absorption, the prime minister has said. "I will either appoint one more deputy minister or will dismiss one of them," Boyko Borisov said in the morning broadcast of the national state TV on Thursday. "I want everyone to give 100% in their work, I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister: Gray Economy Better than No Economy [May 11, 2011] In a highly controversial statement, Bulgaria's economy minister has defended, though half-heartedly, the flourishing gray sector in the country, saying that still it generates growth. "If we have to choose between grey economy and no economy, Bulgaria will defnitiely be better off to have gray economy," Minister Traicho Traikov told the morning broadcast of bTV channel. "Grey or not, these are ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Runs for President to Save Face - Analysts [May 09, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's likely bid for president may be interpreted as a move to get out of the political swamp he got himself into, say political analysts. "At the moment Borisov is mired in a deep swamp, with one of the exit options being a presidential nomination," political scientist Evgeniy Daynov told Nova TV morning broadcast. "Confidence in victory is of utmost ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex Right-Wing FM Ready to Run for President [Apr 15, 2011] Bulgaria's former foreign minister and current member of the European Parliament, Nadezhda Neynski, formerly Mihaylova, has confirmed plans to join the race for president in the autumn. "I believe I am fit to run for the presidential office, which is the reason why I have agreed that my party debates my nomination," Neynski told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "It does not ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Counts on GERB for Presidential Bid [Apr 03, 2011] Bulgaria nationalist leader Volen Siderov, who lost the run-off in the 2006 presidential elections, is determined to attract this time the support of the ruling party GERB for winning the high, though largely ceremonial, office. "It is absolutely possible that my bid for the presidency gains the support of the ruling GERB party," Siderov said in a broadcast for TV 7. The nationalist, whose party ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Faces Off President in TV Clash [Jun 17, 2010] Bulgarias center-right Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and one of his biggest political foes Socialist President Georgi Parvanov will be guests of the morning broadcast of the private TV channel bTV Friday morning. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Assuages Fears over Greek-Style Budget Fraud" [Jun 10, 2010] The mission currently being considered by the EU statistics office Eurostat is a regular visit and it comes as no surprise, Mariana Kotseva told the morning broadcast of the private TV channel bTV. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Says Power Utilities Sale Revision Not Priority [Apr 09, 2010] The prime minister has every reason to be angry for what has been going on in Bulgaria 's energy sector for the last twenty years, I am angry too, Minister Traicho Traikov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Upbeat FiMin Says Bulgaria Heads for Crisis Exit [Apr 01, 2010] "I am very optimistic that in the months and years ahead of us Bulgaria will become a much richer state, Minister Simeon Djankov told the morning broadcast of the private bTV channel. [via YahooNews] More >>