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Bulgaria approves asset seizure law
Bulgaria has adopted a law that allows suspected illegal assets to be confiscated from people charged but not yet convicted of a serious crime.
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Qatari Minister: Bulgaria Is Attractive Transit Country
Bulgaria is an attractive investment destination for Qatar, which views it as a transit trade country, according to Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Dr....
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Bulgaria adopts confiscation law to fight graft
Bulgaria has adopted a law that allows suspected illegal assets to be confiscated from people charged but not yet convicted of a serious crime, with the aim of fighting widespread graft and organized crime.
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Bulgaria among Countries with Highest Fuel Price Hike
The largest increase of prices of fuel in Europe in the first quarter of 2012 has been registered in Hungary (15.6%), Poland (15.1%) and Bulgaria (14....
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Research and Markets: Nuclear Power Market in Bulgaria
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nuclear Power Market in Bulgaria" report to
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Bulgaria to Learn Decentralization from Switzerland - President
Bulgaria is starting a process of decentralization, and it can make good use of Switzerland's know-how, according to President Rosen Plevneliev. Plevneliev welcomed in Sofia Thursday Hans Altherr, President of the Council of States of Switzerland, the smaller and upper house of the Swiss Federal Assembly, the Bulgarian Presidency press service reported. Plevneliev and Altherr have praised the ...
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Bulgaria's Norotious Mobster Pair Goes to Jail
Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassations upheld Thursday the jail sentences of the notorious alleged mobster pair Angel Hristov and Plamen Galev, better known as the Galevi brothers. The magistrates, however, reduced Galev's sentence by two years and Hristov's by one on grounds they have clean criminal records and are known for charitable activities. Galev will thus serve 5 years behind bars while ...
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Bulgaria arrests 30 in border corruption sweep
SOFIA (Reuters) - More than 30 Bulgarian customs officers were arrested on suspicion of corruption on Thursday as the Balkan country attempts to clean up its borders and show it is fit to join the European Union's passport-free zone. Bulgaria and its neighbour Romania, the European Union's newest and poorest member states, have to convince all members their governments and border controls meet ...
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Bulgaria to Relocate 2 Ministries to Plovdiv by September
Bulgaria will move its Agriculture Ministry and the tourism unit of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism to the country's second largest city of Plovdiv by September 2012, a local official has stated. Approximately 100 employees of the tourism unit will be transferred to Plovdiv, the city's Deputy Mayor Stefan Stoyanov has explained, as cited by the 24 Chasa daily. Stoyanov, who is in ...
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Bulgaria Marks Press Freedom Day amidst Slumping Rankings
Bulgaria and Bulgarian journalists mark soberly Thursday the UN World Press Freedom Day. The United Nations General Assembly declared 3 May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...
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Bulgaria Seeks Investor for Romania-Turkey Road
Bulgaria will seek public-private partnership for the construction of the Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo-Svilengrad-Istanbul toll road, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova. In a Thursday interview for private TV station bTV, she said that this would allow a faster connection of the Bosphorus with the Danube Bridge through European Transport Corridor #9. The Regional Development ...
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REC Signs Multiple Contracts to Supply 20 MW in Bulgaria, Increasing Market Share to 15%
Renewable Energy Corporation returned from SEE Solar with multiple signed agreements to supply 20 MW of modules for solar power plant installations throughout Bulgaria.
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Bulgaria Must Participate in Schengen Upgrade ? Bulgarian Vice President
A working meeting between Bulgarian Vice President Margarita Popova and Pozzo di Borgo, Chair of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group at the French Senate, stressed the need for cooperation among Schengen member states for the transformation of the area. Popova is on a two-day work visit to Paris to take part in the Academy of European Law (ERA) conference 'Ne bis in idem as a general principle ...
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Bulgaria to Develop 35 Projects under Jaspers Action Plan 2012
Bulgaria's Jaspers Action Plan 2012, which has already been approved by the government, includes 35 projects. Of the 35 projects, eight are in the Environment sector, ten in Transport, two in Integrated Urban Transport, one in Economic Development and 14 are horizontal measures. The schemes are aimed at fast-tracking the process of EU funds absorption for the current programming period and ...
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Czechs to Be 1st Passengers at Bulgaria's New Black Sea Airport in Balchik
Bulgaria's brand-new Black Sea airport in the northeastern town of Balchik is set to welcome its first passengers after being transformed from a military into civilian airport, its director announced. On May 3, Thursday, Balchik Airport will receive a 9-seat passenger jet from the Prague Airport Ruzyne in the Czech Republic, according to Krasimir Kostov, chief of the newest Bulgarian airport. As ...
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Bulgaria Hopes to Absorb EUR 2 B in EU Transport Funds by 2013
Bulgaria's authorities are striving to absorb up to EUR 2 B for transport and infrastructure from the EU funding slated for the country for the 2007-2013 financial programming period, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has stated. Moskovski told students at the Sofia University of Architecture, Construction, and Geodesy on Wednesday that 1/3 of the total funding for Bulgaria under EU ...
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Bulgaria to Move 20 Govt Agencies Away form Capital
Bulgaria will move around 20 government agencies away from the capital Sofia by the summer of 2013, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said Wednesday, elaborating on a move already announced by the cabinet. Djankov pointed out that the measure would "bring life" to big cities other than Sofia. On Sunday, Borisov announced that the tourism unit of Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy ...
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Bulgaria Ranked 78th in Global Media Freedom
Bulgaria is placed 78th among 196 countries in Freedom House's 2011 global press freedom ranking. The Balkan country was placed 76 in last year's survey. The status of Bulgaria's press freedom is described as "partly free....
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Thanking Russian Patriarch Kirill for Recognizing Bulgaria
The visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria has enjoyed surprisingly high public interest. However, the first visit in recent times of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to Bulgaria is especially remarkable for another reason: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made an explicit recognition of what is one of the most important achievements of the Bulgarian nation in global history, namely ...
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Bulgaria seeks Brunei investment in tourism
Bulgaria is seeking to lure Bruneian investment into its fast expanding tourism sector amid efforts by the European Union (EU) to establish greater trade and investment ties with the Sultanate.
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