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Bulgaria's Pironkova Out of Rome Tennis Tournament
Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has been thrown out of the tennis tournament in Rome after losing in the first round. Pironkova lost 0:6, 1:6 to American Vania King at the start of the tournament, making 2012 the fourth consecutive year in which she fails to make it to the second round of the contest in Rome. Pironkova has thus registered her fifth loss in a row, and her ...
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Bulgaria's New Ambassador to Egypt Presents Credentials
Bulgaria's newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Egypt, Rumen Petrov, presented his credentials to the temporary government in Cairo, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia announced. Petrov presented his credentials to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, on May 12, 2012, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The ...
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Bulgaria Registers 3.5% Inflation Y/Y in Apr 2012
The consumer price index (CPI) in Bulgaria in April 2012 compared to March 2012 was 100.2%, i.e....
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Research and Markets: Medical Dressings - Bulgaria
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Medical Dressings - Bulgaria" report to their
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Bulgaria Says It Can Help Azerbaijan Get Near EU Door
Bulgaria can play a crucial mediator role in getting Azerbaijan near to a European Union entry, according to Bulgarian Parliamentary Chair Tsetska Tsacheva. Tsacheva is currently on an official visit to Azerbaijan, where she has met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Tsacheva and Aliyev have discussed their countries' cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture and transport, among ...
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Bulgaria's Retirement Age for Both Sexes to Match after 2020
Retirement age in Bulgaria for males and females will be the same after 2020, according to the Minister of Social Policy and Labor, Totyu Mladenov. Mladenov explained Monday that in 2017 retirement age for men would reach 65 while by 2020 the one for females will be 63, and it will increase, along with the required years of service, by 4 months each year for both sexes. He added that making ...
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Bulgaria Volleyball Team Coach Radostin Stoychev Kicked Out
Radostin Stoychev, Bulgaria's volleyball team coach, was dismissed on Sunday, a day after the heavy favorites for the 2012 Olympic Games-European Qualification Tournament were defeated by Germany in the second semifinal. Former coach, Italian Silvano Prandi, will take over the helm of the team, the volleyball federation announced, confirming earlier media speculations. Germany pulled off a huge ...
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IMF Upbeat about Bulgaria due to Euro Area Recovery in H2
Bulgaria's growth continues to slow, mostly reflecting external headwinds, but there is room for optimism due to the expected euro area recovery in the second half of the year, IMF mission chief for Bulgaria has said. "Real GDP growth is projected to reach 0.8% in 2012, which is lower than our previoud forecast....
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Bulgaria's Kyustendil Votes for Local 'Parliament'
Bulgaria's western city of Kyustendil is holding Sunday elections for new municipal councilors. Nearly 58 500 voters can cast a ballot for 19 runners, of whom 3 are independent, while the rest represent 2 coalitions and 14 political parties. There are 119 polls, one of them with handicap access....
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Bulgaria-Greece gas link to be ready by 2015
Greece and Bulgaria plan to complete the construction of a 200-million-euro pipeline connecting their natural gas grids by 2015, said Elio Ruggeri, chief executive officer of IGI Poseidon SA.
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Bulgaria to Set Up Company for Construction of Its 1st Hi-Tech Park
Bulgaria's government is about to establish a company that will take care of the construction of the country's first hi-tech park, Sofia Tech Park, Bulgarian Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev has announced. "As far as Sofia Tech Park is concerned, we are yet to provide it with the necessary shape, but we will establish a company next week in order to fulfill it," Dobrev said during the ...
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Bulgaria Needs to Reform Healthcare, Retirement Systems - Unicredit Official
Bulgaria should undertake urgent reforms in its healthcare and retirement systems in order to improve its competitiveness, according to Andrea Casini, Deputy chairmain of the MB and Chief Operative Officer at Unicredit Bulbank. Casini assessed the competitiveness of Bulgaria's economy with a score of 6 out of 10, adding that the state should encourage new business incentives and stimulate young ...
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FinMin after IMF Visit: Bulgaria Not Perfect, but Among the Best in EU
Bulgaria's finance minister has voiced satisfaction with the conclusions of the latest IMF mission, though conceding that the situation was not very rosy. "The findings do not mean that everything is rosy, but in terms of fiscal, banking and budget policy, Bulgaria is one of the few EU countries that are currently doing well," Minister Simeon Djankov commented. IMF concluded its mission to ...
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Bulgaria's 1st Hi-Tech Park to Be Completed 2015
Sofia Tech Park, Bulgaria's first hi-tech park, will be fully completed in 2015, according to Evgeni Angelov, Advisor to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev on investments and economy matters. Angelov announced that the project company for the hi-tech park will be registered this week and that it will have a budget of BGN 100 M. The main focus of Bulgaria's first hi-tech part will be the ICT ...
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Bulgaria Shies Away from Smoking Ban in Open Public Spaces
Bulgaria's parliamentary health committee voted on Thursday against the proposed ban on smoking in open public spaces, such as stadiums and bus stations. In April, Bulgaria's Parliament passed on first reading a bill banning smoking in closed public spaces, including cafes, bars and restaurants, regardless of size. The ban will enter into force on June 1. ...
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Bulgaria Urges NATO 'Open-Door Policy' for Macedonia
Bulgaria's Defense Minister Anyu Angelov has expressed the Bulgarian government's support for an "open-door" NATO policy towards Macedonia at a meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Fatmir Besimi. During Angelov and Basimi's meeting in Sofia Thursday, officials from the Defense Ministries of Bulgaria and Macedonia signed a Bilateral Cooperation Plan in Defense for 2012, which focuses on ...
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Bulgaria Former Health Fund's Head Faces Corruption Charges
Bulgaria's former health insurance fund director, who resigned earlier this year over a bonus scandal, is to be prosecuted on corruption allegations. "The parliamentary anti-corruption committee found breaches in the way Neli Nesheva received the bonuses and alerted the prosecutors," its chairman Kamen Kostadinov announced. The "Nesheva" scandal flared up after members of parliament from the ...
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Research and Markets: Bulgaria Telecommunications Report Q2 2012
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bulgaria Telecommunications Report Q2 2012"
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Bulgaria's Unemployment Rate Down 0.1 pp in April
Bulgaria's unemployment rate saw a minor decline of 0.1 pp in April 2012 compared with March 2012, the Bulgarian Employment Agency announced. A total of 16 out of Bulgaria's 28 administrative districts have seen negligible drops in unemployment, 4 have retain their rates from March 2012, and 8 have seen an increase in the number of the unemployed. ...
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Bulgaria Not Likely to Ban Smoking in Open Public Spaces
Bulgaria's ruling centrist-right GERB party has dropped its plan to propose a stricter smoking ban in the country by abolishing smoking in open public spaces, such as stadiums and bus stations. The majority of GERB's MPs has voted against the ban in an anonymous vote withing the party's parliamentary group, the Standart daily informs. On Thursday, the measure will be discussed by the ...
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