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Bulgaria, Russia Sign South Stream Road Map [Jul 17, 2010] Bulgaria and Russia have signed the so-called road map for the Russian gas line South Stream in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia create joint venture on South Stream gas pipeline [Jul 16, 2010] Sofia - Russia and Bulgaria agreed to create a joint venture to implement the South Stream gas pipeline project in the Balkan country, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria takes in Guantanamo detainee [May 05, 2010] Sofia - Bulgaria has taken in a former inmate of the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Cuba, the national news agency BTA reported Wednesday.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EU Leader in Cutting State Expenditures, Stable Finances (Novinite.com) [Dec 29, 2009] Bulgaria ends 2009 with a minimum budget deficit of 2009, and is a leader in the EU in terms of making savings from state expenditures. This is the view of Finance Minister Simeon Djankov and leading independent economists as cited by the BTA. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Seals Compensation for Bulgaria Nuclear Plant Kozloduy Shutdown (Novinite.com) [Oct 30, 2009] Participants in the EU Council Summit meeting in Brussels Friday approved compensation totaling EUR 300 M for closing Kozloduy Power Station. The issue was raised with the European Council by Bulgaria?s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at the official dinner on Thursday, BTA reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gas supplies to Bulgaria cut 70% after pipeline blast in Moldova (People's Daily) [Apr 02, 2009] Natural gas supplies to Bulgaria were cut by nearly 70 percent due to a central pipeline blast in Moldova, local media reported Wednesday. Local BTA quoted Angel Semerdjiev, CEO of Bulgaria's gas distributor Bulgartransgaz, as saying that the gas currently entering Bulgaria's network is 60 percent to 70 percent less. But consumption is not reduced yet. According to Semerdjiev, in such cases gas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-12 16:26 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria seeks talks with Gazprom on gas price (Interactive Investor) [Jan 12, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's state gas monopoly Bulgargaz said on Monday it was seeking talks with Russia's Gazprom to review a price formula in a contract for gas deliveries to Bulgaria. "We would like to set the concrete parameters on how to calculate the price," Bulgargaz Chief Executive Dimitar Gogov was quoted by state news agency BTA as saying. "The formula applied now works but ... [via YahooNews] More >>

IMF:Bulgaria's economic growth to slow down to 2% next year (People's Daily) [Dec 16, 2008] Bulgaria's economic growth is going to slow down to two percent in 2009, according to the latest forecast of International Monetary Fund (IMF), local BTA reported Monday, citing Bas Bakker, head of the IMF mission for Bulgaria. The IMF data, which was released by Bakker in a news conference held Monday, suggest that Bulgaria's economy was developing successfully in the first three quarters of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia's Gazprom to sharply decrease gas prices for Bulgaria next year (People's Daily) [Dec 13, 2008] Russia's energy giant Gazprom will reduce the price of natural gas exporting to Bulgaria next year by35 percent to 40 percent according to the current situation, local BTA reported Friday. The spokesman of the Russian gas company Sergei Kupriyanov made the announcement at a news conference in Sofia. "Within this year, the price of petrol products was dropping and of course, all of this is going ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Largest Hardboard Producer Sacks 30% of Its Workers (Novinite.com) [Dec 04, 2008] Bulgaria's largest hardboard producer Fazerles AD laying off 30% of its workers - or 116 persons - because of the effects of the global financial crisis, the information agency BTA reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria New Ambassador to Israel Submits Credentials to Peres (Novinite.com) [Dec 01, 2008] The new Bulgarian Ambassador to Israel Dimitar Tsanchev, submitted on Monday his credentials to the Israeli President Shimon Peres during a ceremony held at the President's residence in Jerusalem, the Bulgarian information agency BTA reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Every Other Prostitute in Brussels Is from Bulgaria's City of Sliven - Report (Novinite.com) [Nov 25, 2008] Every other prostitute in Brussels is from the Bulgarian city of Sliven, according to an extensive article published in the Belgium daily "Le Soir", the Bulgaria Information Agency (BTA) reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

EP Committee on Budgetary Control to Present Report about Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Nov 03, 2008] The Committee on Budgetary Control at the European Parliament (EP) is preparing a report about Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Information Agency (BTA) reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Markov Tipped for Second Stint as Bulgaria Football Coach (Novinite.com) [Jan 09, 2008] Plamen Markov will take charge of Bulgaria's national football team after reaching an agreement with Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) chairman Borislav Mihaylov, state news agency BTA reported on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

British woman mauled to death by stray dogs in Bulgaria (Pravda) [Nov 28, 2007] A pack of stray dogs mauled to death a British woman in a Bulgaria n village. Ann Gordon was attacked by the animals as she was walking her own dog on Tuesday on the outskirts of Nedyalsko in southeastern Bulgaria, the state BTA news agency said. [via YahooNews] More >>

British woman mauled to death by stray dogs in Bulgaria (Pravda Ru) [Nov 28, 2007] A pack of stray dogs mauled to death a British woman in a Bulgaria n village. Ann Gordon was attacked by the animals as she was walking her own dog on Tuesday on the outskirts of Nedyalsko in southeastern Bulgaria, the state BTA news agency said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Iraq to repay debt of $360 mln in cash (People's Daily) [Nov 12, 2007] Bulgarian Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski said on Sunday that Iraq has agreed to pay back its debt of 360 million U.S. dollars in cash to Sofia in the first half of 2008, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. Bulgaria is the fi ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Iraq to repay debt of $360 mln in cash (People's Daily) [Nov 12, 2007] Bulgarian Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski said on Sunday that Iraq has agreed to pay back its debt of 360 million U.S. dollars in cash to Sofia in the first half of 2008, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. Bulgaria is the fi ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to host Russian language teachers conference (People's Daily) [Sep 18, 2007] Bulgaria will host the 11th conference of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature this week, the BTA news agency reported Monday. More than 1,500 representatives from 52 countries will attend the fiv ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria becomes financially stable, predictable - PM says (Budapest Business Journal) [Sep 03, 2007] Bulgaria has become a financially stable and predictable country capable of resisting outside economic crises, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said here on Friday while presenting his government?s mid-term report, according to the state-run BTA news agency. [via YahooNews] More >>