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10 000 Unique Archaeology Treasures to Be Unveiled in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's National History Museum will put on display about 10 000 "extremely valuable" archaeological finds and artifacts. The finds in question were seized from a treasure hunting and antiques trafficking crime group back in 2004, and are now being transferred from the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office to the ownerships of the National History Museum in Sofia. They feature archaeological items ...
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Bulgaria's Killer Air Exposes Wider EU Problems
EurActiv Chronic pollution makes Bulgaria one of the world's deadliest places to live because of poor air quality, despite years of efforts to improve monitoring and comply with EU standards. But Bulgaria's problems are not isolated and reflect broader concerns over air quality among EU member states. ...
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Bulgaria?s killer air exposes wider EU problems (News)
Chronic pollution makes Bulgaria one of the world?s deadliest places to live because of poor air quality, despite years of efforts to improve monitoring and comply with EU
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Bulgaria's Plevneliev wins presidency
Bulgaria's ruling GERB party candidate, Rosen Plevneliev, won a presidential run-off against his Socialist opponent, preliminary official results showed today, strengthening the ruling party before an election to parliament where most power lies.
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Bulgaria's Top Male Tennis Star Parts with Aussie Coach
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top male tennis star, and Peter McNamara have ended their coaching relationship, the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy reported. The two were together for a year-and-a-half, and Australian McNamara helped Bulgaria's most prominent tennis hopeful reach a career-high No. 52 ranking in the ATP list ? a 300-spot climb....
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EconMin: Bulgaria's Exports 37% Up Q3, Will Keep Growth
Bulgaria's exports for the first nine months of 2011 are 37% more than those for the same period last year, said Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Traicho Traikov. He recalled that this is a continuation of a trend, with exports for 2010 being 33% more than those for 2009. Speaking in an interview for Darik Radio Sunday, Traikov commented that although international institutions have ...
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Bulgaria Seeks Permission for Environmental Study Before Allowing Shale Gas Drilling
Bulgaria has asked the European Commission to allow an additional in-depth environmental impact study to be carried out before the launch of shale gas drilling in the country, according to Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova. In a Thursday interview for the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), she expressed hopes that EC's response would arrive soon and that it would be positive, thereby ...
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Bulgaria's Outgoing President Hints of Comeback as Head of Socialist Party
Georgi Parvanov, Bulgaria's outgoing President, has confirmed that he will return to the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after the end of his second and last term in office. During a press conference on which he commented on the outcome of the recent local elections, as well as a number of other present-day issues, Parvanov vowed to help the leftist from which he started his political ...
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Bulgaria FinMin:I Bet My Career on Budget 2012, Further Cuts Likely
Bulgaria's finance minister has fiercely defended the austerity draft budget for 2012, saying that its failure would spell the end of his term in the government. "I bet my career as a minister on this budget," Simeon Djankov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "If the government steps back from its demands for a later retirement in the interior and defense ministries and a ...
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Bulgaria's Boevski in Shock, Moved to Another Brazilian Jail
Former Olympic weightlifting champion Galabin Boevski, who was detained at the end of last month in Brazil and accused of carrying nine kilos of cocaine in his luggage, is in a state of emotional shock and will be transferred out of Pinheiros jail. Boevski will share a cell with other Bulgarians at the Itai prison, it emerges from a report by Manuel do Nascimento, interim ambassador at Bulgaria ...
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Economist Richard Ran: Bulgaria Will Survive Financial Crisis
Bulgaria will be "among the survivors" of the global financial crisis, US economist Richard Rahn believes. "Bulgaria is currently in a much better position than many other countries and has a much smaller debt. Furthermore, it makes much larger budget spending restrictions....
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Bulgaria Eager to Partner with Poland in EU Fund Absorption
Bulgaria wants to work in close cooperation with Poland in the planning and absorption of EU funds between 2014 and 2020, it was made clear on Thursday, "We are willing to work in close collaboration with Poland in carrying out EU policies," Bulgaria's President-elect Rosen Plevneliev declared on Thursday, as he met with Poland's Ambassador to the country Leszek Hensel. "Poland is a leader in ...
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Bulgaria to Take Part in Frankfurt's Viva Toristika Exhibition Show
Bulgaria will participate in the international Viva Touristika caravan and exhibition show in the German city of Frankfurt, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has announced. The Balkan country will have its own pavilion at the exhibition for the second time after it debuted in 2010. During 2011's edition, Bulgaria will try to showcase its potential in the spheres of cultural ...
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Fast start pays dividends for Bulgaria in Austria
Austria 0-2 Bulgaria Momchil Tsvetanov and Rosen Kolev were on target in the first nine minutes as Bulgaria made it back-to-back wins in qualifying Group 10.
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Bulgaria's FinMin Happy with Lowered EC Economic Forecast
Bulgarian Finance Ministry Simeon Djankov has seen what he believes to be a major silver lining in the lower GDP growth forecast for Bulgaria announced by the EC. Bulgaria's economy is to grow by 2.3% in 2012, according to the EC Fall Economic Forecast for 2011-2013 unveiled by EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn Thursday; it is substantially lower than the 2....
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Bulgaria's Part-Time Employees Eager to Work Longer - Eurostat
The percentage of Bulgaria's part-time employees who are willing to work longer hours is among the highest in the EU, according to Eurostat. A total of 39% of the Bulgaria's part-time employees wish to work more hours and available to do so, which places the country fourth behind Latvia (65%), Greece (49%) and Spain (46%). In all these four member states, the shares of employed persons working ...
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Bulgaria Moves to Destroy Palaces of Notorious Roma 'Tsar'
The Regional Directorate for Construction Control in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv has issued an order for the demolishment of 9 illegal luxurious buildings owned by controversial Roma clan leader Kiril Rashkov. A decision is yet to be reached concerning two of the Roma clan's properties, one of which is the house inhabited by Rahkov and his wife, the Bulgarian National Radio has ...
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EC: Bulgaria's Economy to Grow by 2.3% in 2012
Bulgaria's economy will register a growth of 2.3 in 2012, according to the Fall Economic Forecast of the European Commission unveiled Thursday. "The recovery in Bulgaria has been slow so far and is lagging behind the rebound in most EU emerging economies....
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Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Gearing Up for Anticipated Recall of Ambassadors
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it is gearing up for the upcoming reshuffle of diplomatic staff. Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vesela Cherneva assured that consultations were underway on the action plan for the expected recall of Bulgarian ambassadors exposed as collaborators of the communist regime's State Security (DS) and the subsequent ...
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Bulgaria's Berbatov Nominated among World's Most Popular Footballers
Bulgaria's top international striker Dimitar Berbatov has been nominated as one of "The World's Most Popular Footballer Amongst Currently Active Players in 2011." The striker of Manchester United and former captain of the Bulgarian national football team is one of the players nominated by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. ...
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