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Bulgaria's Foreign Minister: Our Envoys Don't Write in 'WikiLeaks Style'
Bulgaria's envoys abroad do not write diplomatic cables the same way US Ambassadors do, according to the country's Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov. The Bulgarian diplomats also do psychological profiles of politicians with whom important meetings are scheduled, but in a "different style", he said. "The gravest issue with what comes out from WikiLeaks is that big conclusions are being made ...
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Bulgaria, World Mark No Tobacco Day
May 31 is observed each year in Bulgaria and throughout the world as No Tobacco Day to draw global awareness to the widespread prevalence of smoking and its negative health effects. In order to raise awareness, Bulgarian health authorities will carry out health checks on pregnant women in the park in front of the former "Crystal" restaurant in downtown Sofia. Some 30% of the Bulgarian do not ...
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Israel, Bulgaria to Boost 'Fruitful' Cooperation in Security, Tourism
Israel and Bulgaria have enjoyed extremely productive bilateral relations that have a great potential for further development, stated Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Monday Tsvetanov, who is also vice-PM of Bulgaria, is in Israel heading an official delegation to discuss matters ranging from security to tourism. The delegation, which includes key Bulgarian security officers ...
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Bulgaria'? Social Security Institute Remains 'Headless'
The ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party still has no candidate for Head of the National Social Security Institute, NOI. The information was reported Monday by the Social Policy and Labor Minister, Totyu Mladenov, who added the name of the person to take over NOI is going to be known "soon." ...
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Bulgaria will seek cooperation with neighbouring Alliance member-states for pooling and sharing
"For the acquisition and maintenance of high value armament systems and personnel training, we will rely on even more enhanced coordination. In this context Bulgaria will look into cooperation with...
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Bulgaria Should Negotiate Fairer Terms of Eurozone Accession - Analyst
Georgi Angelov, senior economist at the Open Society Institute, warned of the risks accompanying Bulgaria's Eurozone accession during a discussion organized Monday by Bulgaria's Economic Policy Institute and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. "Bulgaria could benefit from joining the Eurozone on two conditions- if the Eurozone did not fall apart and if we did not have to pay an extraordionately high ...
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Bulgaria's Producer Price Index Up 11% in April 2011 Y/Y
The Producer Price Index on domestic market in Bulgaria rose by 0.6% in April 2011, compared to the previous month. The data was released Monday by the National Statistics Institute, NSI. ...
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Confindustria Bulgaria Director Federico Cassi: Bulgaria Offers Increasingly Good Standards to Foreign Investors
Interview with Federico Cassi, Director of Confindustria Bulgaria, the association of Italian businesses in Bulgaria, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). ...
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Novinite.com Launches Its 'Bulgaria-Italy' Survey
Bulgaria's largest English-language media, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), is launching the new edition of its 'International Surveys', dedicated to the relations between Bulgaria and the Italy (READ HERE). The ''Italian Survey" of Novinite....
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WikiLeaks: Bulgaria's Ex Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov Controversial, Charming
Diplomatic cables of the US embassy in Sofia, dated February 26, 2007, has been revealed on WikiLeaks and provided to the project for investigative journalism www.bivol.bg, bringing out new details about the dark side of Bulgaria's former Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov, a member of the Socialist Party. ...
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Agriculture Minister: No Contagious Cucumbers in Bulgaria
No contagious cucumbers have been imported to Bulgaria, stated Minister of Agriculture and Foods Miroslav Naydenov Sunday confirming an earlier study by the national Food Safety Authority. "Bulgarian consumers must rest assured on that. Agencies are notwithstanding continually and thoroughly checking everything that mandates any worry," added Naydenov. ...
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Bulgaria Almost Certainly to Enshrine 'Financial Stability' into Constitution by End-June
Bulgaria's Parliament will adopt novel amendments to its Constitution known as a "Financial Stability Pact" by the end of June 2011, the institution's head Tsetska Tsacheva announced with a high degree of certainty. The Financial Stability Pact, a brainchild of Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, is seen as a novel but controversial approach to guarantee state fiscal stability through the ...
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Bulgaria's Ex Tsar 'Flattered' He Is Considered Presidential Candidate
Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Bulgaria's ex Tsar and ex Prime Minister, has continued beating about the push about his potential run for the Bulgarian Presidency in the elections in the fall. Saxe-Coburg has thus maintained the mystery around his possible presidential bid, and his favorite for the Presidency, in the event that does not run. "Thank you for the compliment at my age," Saxe-Coburg replied to ...
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Euro 2012 qual. - Marquinhos makes Bulgaria squad
Lothar Matthaeus has included Brazilian-born Marquinhos in the Bulgaria squad for their Euro 2012 Group G qualifier against Montenegro.
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Bulgaria name Brazilian for crunch Euro qualifier
Brazilian-born midfielder Marcos Marquinhos is set to make his debut for Bulgaria in the crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro next Saturday.
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Bulgaria FinMin 'Stability' Brainchild Enters Parliament
Bulgaria's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov submitted to parliament on Friday a plan, known as the "Financial Stability Pact", which proposes constitutional amendments in a bid to ensure the stability of state finances. The parliament is expected to set up a special commission to discuss the legal amendments needed before the proposals are put to the vote, Djankov told reporters. "I have been ...
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Bulgaria's Sunny Beach Introduces SMS Parking Fees
Bulgaria's popular Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach announced the introduction of parking SMS fees just as the high summer season is about to kick off. As of May 30, all who want to pay their parking fees in a hassle-free way have to send a text message to number 135544 for subscribers of the three mobile operators Mtel, Globul and Vivacom. After sending the SMS, the person gets a reply that the ...
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Bulgaria Probes Retailers for Contaminated Cucumbers
Bulgaria's Food Safety Authority has said it is in the process of contacting all retailers, suppliers and caterers in relation to an outbreak of E Coli in Germany to ensure there is no contaminated product here. The probe will cover fresh vegetables, imported from European Union countries. More than 200 people have been affected by the outbreak of E Coli in Germany and four people have died....
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Bulgaria Right Wing Leader: Nationalists Defend Russian Interests
Russia's energy interests are behind Ataka's support for ruling party GERB, according to Ivan Kostov, leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, party. In an interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, the DSB leader stated that nationalist Ataka party and its leader Volen Siderov were directly linked to the Russian embassy in Bulgaria and were defending Russian interests ...
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U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria sponsoring gay film festival
?Everybody?s perfect!? says the poster for a gay film festival sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria.
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