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Bulgaria's Proclaims All-out Support for Moldova's EU Integration
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has joined forces with his counterparts from Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia on backing the EU integration of the Republic of Moldova. The foreign ministers of the seven Eastern EU member-states, Bulgaria included, have signed a letter to the EU institutions in support of Moldova's bid to join the EU. Should that ...
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Bulgaria to Welcome 2012 with Snow, Low Temperatures
Bulgaria will be hit at the end of the week by a freezing cold wave, bringing a new spate of snowfalls. Mornings will be extremely cold and temperatures will not exceed zero degrees during the day, the forecast says. Bulgaria will experience minimum temperatures ranging between -6 to -15 degrees Celsius in the last days of the year. ...
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Bulgaria Officially Tells Russia BA Pipeline Is Over
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received an official statement from Bulgaria confirming the Balkan country's decision to abandon the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. "The situation is being discussed by the competent Russian authorities and the corporate participants in the project," the Russian RBK Daily informs. A final decision will be made after all concerned parties have shared ...
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Heavy-smoking Bulgaria eyes extending ban
The government of tobacco-addicted Bulgaria proposed Wednesday a total ban on smoking from June 1 in enclosed public places, including cafes, bars and restaurants, its press office said.
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Bulgaria to ban smoking in indoor public spaces
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria, where more than a third of adults smoke, plans to ban smoking in indoor public spaces from June 1, 2012, the government said on Wednesday. The ban, which has to be approved by parliament, would also forbid smoking outside of nurseries, kindergartens and schools. The European Union poorest member is the country with the second highest tobacco consumption in the bloc ...
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Heavy-smoking Bulgaria eyes extending ban
The government of tobacco-addicted Bulgaria proposed Wednesday a total ban on smoking from June 1 in enclosed public places, including cafes, bars and restaurants, its press office said.
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Bulgaria's 2010 Gross Agriculture Product Reaches EUR 4 B in 2010
Bulgaria's gross agricultural product grew by 2% in 2010, reaching almost EUR 4 B, according to Annual Agricultural Report for 2011, adopted Wednesday by the Bulgarian Cabinet. The document, which contains an economic analysis of the Bulgarian agriculture, food industry, trade with agricultural products and the development of the fish resources and forestry sectors, points out tangibly positive ...
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Bulgaria proposes smoking ban in public places
Bulgaria's government is proposing a total ban on smoking from next June in indoor public places, after earlier attempts failed due to strong opposition from restaurant owners.
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Bulgaria's Constitutional Court Reaffirms Elections Outcome
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has overturned the request to recall the results from the October presidential elections. The information was announced Wednesday on the Court's official website. The magistrates have made the decision unanimously. ...
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Bulgaria Mystery Car Arsons Spread ?utside Capital Sofia
A few cars were torched across Bulgaria Tuesday night after more than 40 vehicles turned into ashes in various areas of the capital Sofia over the last two weeks. One of the arsons took place in the coastal city of Burgas, the state TV channel reported without providing further details. The news comes just a day after local police announced they detained a person in relation to the string of ...
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Bulgaria Seeks to Raise BGN 78 M from EVN Unit Bourse Sale
Bulgaria will seek to rake in at least BGN 78.4 M from the sale of the government's 33% minority stake in the local unit of Austria's EVN AG, the local stock exchange said. Bulgaria's financial regulator greenlighted at the beginning of December the listing of the government's 33% minority stake in the two power distribution companies controlled by Austria's EVN. ...
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Bulgaria's Civil Defense to Test Siren System in 10 Cities
Bulgaria's emergency siren system will be tested at 1:00 pm on Wednesday in ten Bulgarian cities, the interior ministry announced. The cities are Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Kardzhali, Monatana, Pazardzhik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Ruse and Smolyan. The test is carried out according the Order for Early Warnings and Announcement of Disasters....
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Bulgaria a Mix of the Old and New
By Julie Merar Chicago Daily Herald Bulgaria ? When I tell people where I am going on vacation I can see their minds trying to pinpoint it on a map ......
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Transneft weighs options for Caspian JV oil routes
* Bulgaria opted to go out from trans-Balkan project * Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline deemed too expensive MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Russian oil pipelinemonopoly Transneft is looking for new routes to shipoil ...
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Bulgaria to Keep Taxes Low, Slams Common EU Rates
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has assured the business sector that low taxes are to stay in Bulgaria. Djankov stressed Tuesday that Bulgaria is one of the only three EU Member States with consistent tax, fiscal and microeconomic policies, the other two being Estonia and Luxembourg. Bulgaria also has the lowest tax rates in the EU. ...
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Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania Debt Outlooks Are Cut by Fitch
Fitch Ratings revised down its credit outlooks for Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic to stable from positive as Europe?s economic-growth prospects deteriorate amid a sovereign debt crisis.
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Bulgaria President-Elect Argues for Non-Anthropocentric Environmental Justice
Humans have become accustomed to exploiting the Earth's resources in a manner that is not only unsustainable, but also blatantly unjust, stated Bulgaria's president-elect Rosen Plevneliev. "Some 7 B people inhabit the Earth now. That makes only 0....
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Bulgaria's 'Crazy Forest' to Snap Up Hernan Crespo - Report
Bulgaria's surprise A league leaders Ludogorets Razgrad are about to seriously stir up the country's football transfer market by signing Parma's veteran striker Hernan Crespo, it has been reported. Crespo has already accepted the offer, the 7 Dni Sport (7 Days Sport) daily has claimed. Ludogorets's millionaire owner Kiril Domuschiev allegedly expects him to arrive in Bulgaria in January. ...
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Bulgaria to Introduce Full Smoking Ban June 2012 - Minister
Bulgaria will introduce a full smoking ban for closed public areas on June 1 2012, the country's Health Minister Stefan Konstantinov has reiterated. On Wednesday, Konstantinov will submit his proposal for a full smoking ban to the country's Council of Ministers. "The Ministry of healthcare is fighting to make Bulgaria's people healthier," Konstantinov told the Bulgarian National Television early ...
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Bulgaria Axes Danube Agency Chief amidst Record Low River Level
Bulgaria's Transport Ministry has fired Georgi Georgiev, head of the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River based in the Danube city of Ruse. The news comes amidst record just as record low level of the Lower Danube, i.e....
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