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Bulgaria Should Aim for Joining Club of Rich Nations ? Ex Foreign Minister
Bulgaria's long-term goal should be its accession to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and even the G20 club of rich countries, according to former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy. Passy spoke during a discussion on the fifth anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to the EU organized by the Economic Policy Institute with the support of the Friedrich Ebert ...
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Bulgaria bans Chevron from using 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas in the country using the extraction technique known as "fracking."Energy Minister Traicho ...
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Bulgaria: Chevron Can't Use 'Fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says Chevron cannot explore for shale gas using an environmentally risky technique known as 'fracking.' Topics:
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Bulgaria's GERB Lifts Chevron Shale Gas License
The cabinet of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, withdrew Tuesday its decision granting rights to sign a contract with the US company "Chevron." The news was reported by the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. ...
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Liberty Energy Provides an Update on the Deventci-R1 Discovery Well, Bulgaria
HOUSTON -- Liberty Energy Corp. (OTCBB:LBYE.OB) ("Liberty" or "the Company") provides an update on the Deventci-R1 discovery well, Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria says Chevron cannot use 'fracking'
Bowing to public pressure, Bulgaria's government says U.S. oil company Chevron cannot explore for shale gas there using an environmentally risky technique known as "fracking."Energy Minister ...
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Bulgaria Dismantles Mutro-Baroque 'Jesus the Redeemer'
An awkward, mutro-baroque replica of Rio de Janeiro's icon - Christ the Redeemer - overlooking Bulgaria's second-biggest city of Plovdiv, will be toppled, local authorities have decided. The statue of Christ the Redeemer with open arms, originally a symbol of peace, was erected on a seven-floor hotel in the center of the city, owned by Bulgarian rapper and pimp Ivan Glavchev aka Vanko 1, in line ...
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Bulgaria Miners Keep Up Strike, Electricity Hike Looms
The effective strike of miners at Bulgaria's state-owned coal mining company Maritsa Iztok Mines is entering its third day on Tuesday, with protesters demanding a cash bonus. The joint Strike Committee of Bulgaria's two main labor unions ? the Confederation of Independent Syndicates in Bulgaria, KNSB, and Podkrepa Labor Confederation (Support) reported Monday morning that more than 95% of the ...
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Bulgaria Still in Top Ten on Britons' Property Map - Overseas Portal
Bulgaria is keeping its standing among the top ten most preferred real estate markets for overseas buyers, according to a new infographic released by TheMoveChannel.com. The infographic, which is based upon the enquiries received by the overseas property portal in 2011, showed that 2....
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American Jewish Committee Hails Bulgaria, Israel Defense Agreements
The American Jewish Committee (AJC), a US-based advocacy organization, has welcomed in a statement the signing two new agreements between Bulgaria and Israel, expanding their defense and security cooperation. The accords were signed in Tel Aviv on Sunday by Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The AJC statement quotes Bulgarian Defense Minister Angelov ...
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Bulgaria's Ruling Party Adopts Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's Parliamentary Energy Committee - dominated by the ruling center-right party GERB - has approved a temporary ban on the exploration and extraction of shale gas a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. However, GERB's move has been immediately slammed by eco-activists who were quick to react that the temporary moratorium was only designed to ...
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The Boring End of the Lukoil Bulgaria Opera
Bulgaria's Customs Agency awarded Monday to the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas protocols certifying compliance of its measuring equipment with state requirements. Thus, Bulgaria's great Lukoil Opera (or saga if you prefer) came to an end without much fanfare ? unlike the way it started in July 2011 when Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Customs Agency chief ...
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Bulgaria Got EUR 740 M FDI in Jan-Nov 2011
Bulgaria's total foreign direct investment in Bulgaria for January ? November 2011 amounted to EUR 740.3 million (1.9% of GDP), according to preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank published Monday. ...
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Bulgaria's Rulers Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration
Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has decided to approve a temporary moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas amidst a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. Thus, the Parliamentary Group of the GERB party will accept the proposals of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, the nationalist party Ataka, and the marginal ...
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Penev offers grassroots support in Bulgaria
Bulgaria coach Luboslav Penev was on hand to encourage over 120 children at a grassroots event held in Sofia where a fun-filled mix of football and music was the order of the day.
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Bulgaria, Israel sign training, arms industry deals
Sofia (AFP) Jan 15, 2012 Bulgaria and Israel signed two military accords for joint army trainings and defence industry cooperation on Sunday, Bulgaria's defence ministry announced. The deals were signed during a two-day visit by Bulgarian Defence Minister Anyu Angelov, who arrived in Tel Aviv Sunday for talks with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak. The training accord "aimed to broaden defence ...
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Bulgaria's Rulers Promise Shale Gas Ban, Protesters Claim
Bulgaria's ruling center-right GERB party has taken a political commitment to ban the exploration and production of shale gas in the country, according to environmentalists. Several thousand eco protesters gathered in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Saturday in front of the House of Parliament to protest against what they see as a highly hazardous technique, hydraulic fracking, that is employed for ...
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Bulgaria Formalizes Military Ties with Israel
Bulgaria and Israel have signed two military agreements at a meeting of their Defense Ministers, Anyu Angelov and Ehud Barak, in Tel Aviv. The first agreement provides for joint military drills between the armed forces of Bulgaria and Israel, the Bulgarian Defense Ministry announced. "The agreement aims at expanding the military cooperation between the two states through the carrying out of ...
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Bulgaria's PM Turns Nicer to Archaeologists over Highway Construction
Bulgaria?s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has made a deal with archaeologists digging on the route of a northern highway, after a few days ago he mistreated their colleagues blaming them for potential construction delays. Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and the Minister of Regional Development, Lilyana Pavlova inspected Sunday the progress of construction works on the Hemus Highway in ...
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Bulgaria's President-elect: I Am Already Working Hard
Bulgaria's President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev, announced that he has selected an ambitious team which is already working hard and has very ambitious plans for the country. Plevneliev spoke Sunday in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR. He stated that the priorities for the State were his top priorities as well, while the most difficult task, he would undertake as early as his first ...
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