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EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms
The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime. The move casts doubt on the two Balkan nations joining the borderless Schengen zone anytime soon.
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Bulgaria Needs Much Deeper Judicial Reform - EC Interim Report
Bulgaria has taken certain measures to improve its justice system and the persecution of organization crime but more convincing results are needed, according to the interim monitoring report of the European Commission on Bulgaria. The Commission's reports under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) are published twice a year to monitor Bulgaria's post-EU accession progress in certain ...
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EU Criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on Reforms
EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms, sets back their hopes to join borderless zone
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Bulgaria: Floods Threaten Villages
Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapsed.
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Berbatov softens stance on Bulgaria comeback
SOFIA (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov edged a step closer to ending his self-imposed international exile on Tuesday, saying he would be open to an approach from the Bulgaria national team's new coach. The 31-year-old, who is the Balkan country's all-time leading scorer with 48 goals, quit Bulgaria in 2010 and has repeated several times since then that he had no intention ...
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Bulgaria: Floods Threaten Villages
Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapsed.
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Bulgaria, Greece battle flooding; 8 dead
Dozens of homes are underwater in Bulgaria and Greece as Europe continues to battle extreme weather.
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WWF urges Bulgaria to drop forest law changes
Environmental pressure group WWF urged Bulgaria on Tuesday to withdraw planned changes to its forestry legislation which would relax rules on building ski runs and facilities in protected areas.
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Berbatov softens stance on Bulgaria comeback
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov edged a step closer to ending his self-imposed international exile on Tuesday, saying he would be open to an approach from the Bulgaria national team's new coach.
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Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding; 8 dead
Swollen rivers in Greece and Bulgaria burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse ...
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Bulgaria Promised Respite from Winter Nightmare on Febr 20
The severe cold snap and floods that hit hard Bulgaria will come to an end after two weeks, when the mercury will permanently rise above the freezing point, forecasts say. Until February 20 however Bulgaria is to see another wave of heavy snowfalls in most parts of the country, as well as strong winds in the east during the next few days, weather forecasts have warned. On Tuesday temperatures in ...
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Bulgaria under Code Orange over Harsh Weather
Code orange has been declared for almost the entire territory of Bulgaria on Tuesday by the national weather service, due to especially cold weather. All, but one, Bulgarian regions remain under code orange over extremely low temperatures, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) announced Tuesday morning. Code orange means intense weather ...
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Eight die in flooding in Bulgaria
BISSER, Bulgaria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Eight people died in the southern Bulgarian village of Bisser early Monday, after a wall of the Ivanovo dam burst, causing massive flooding, officials said.
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Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) - Europe's bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria. Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas ...
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Bulgaria Warns Turkey, Greece about Overflowing Dams
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has sent a note warning the authorities of Turkey and Greece about the overflowing of major water dams on Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a note this morning, informed Greek and Turkish authorities that the Ivailovgrad water reservoir and the Studen Kladenetz water reservoir will begin to overflow. The volume of water expected to ...
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Hillary Clinton's Bulgaria Visit Was Routine - Foreign Minister
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday visit to Bulgaria was not urgent but routine, according to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. "The visit was planned a long time ago. It is a common practice of the US State Department to confirm such visits a week before they take place," Mladenov explained in an interview for the Btv private channel. ...
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Bulgaria Ex-VP Says He Pardoned Fewer Felons Than Predecessor
Bulgaria's former Vice President Angel Marin has pointed out that he pardoned fewer criminals than his predecessor. It recently emerged that Marin pardoned a total of 533 felons during his two terms in office, including many murderers. In an interview for the private bTV channel on Sunday, the former Vice President argued that his predecessor had pardoned more than 1000 criminals during his 5 ...
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Clinton Doesn't Mention Shale Gas in Bulgaria, Vows to Send Energy Envoy
Bulgaria is a key country for the United States in terms of energy strategy, it transpired during US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Sofia Sunday. Clinton vowed to pursue work with Bulgaria, especially in the field of nuclear energy and energy sources diversification. "Over next week, I will send US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar to Bulgaria," stated the ...
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Clinton: Bulgaria Is Democratic Example for Arab World
Bulgaria is a success story in the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy and could help countries in the Arab World, stated US State Secretary Hillary Clinton in Sofia. Sunday Clinton is on an official visit to the Bulgarian capital, where she discussed key global and bilateral matters with local leaders. The US Secretary of State said that Bulgaria has effected its transition ...
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Clinton to Urge Bulgaria to Seek New Energy Sources
During a brief visit to Sofia, US top diplomat is expected to call on Bulgaria to break its dependence on Russian oil, gas
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