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Bulgaria Ex VP May End Up at Constitutional Court [Feb 02, 2012] Bulgaria's top court is planning to approach the constitutional court to have the final say on the controversy over the legitimacy of the country's former vice president. "We are expecting the presidency to officially confirm the lack of a decree that authorizes Angel Marin for his second mandate, after which we will approach the constitutional court," Georgi Kolev, chairman of the Supreme ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex VP Enters Court Battle to Prove Legitimacy [Feb 01, 2012] The legitimacy of Bulgaria's former vice president can be proven with a written document only, the country's top court has demanded, fueling the raging controversy. A three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that the presidency should provide a written document, stating whether former Vice President Angel Marin has been authorized for his second mandate or not ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Corpbank Head Surprisingly Named Mr Economy, Triggers Scandal [Dec 01, 2011] A contest to pick the Bulgarian businessman with greatest contribution to the country's economy this year has triggered a fierce controversy after the head of Corporate Commercial Bank surprisingly grabbed the award. Tsvetan Vassilev is majority owner and chair of the Supervisory Board of Bulgaria's Corporate Commercial Bank, which holds nearly half of the money of strategic state-owned ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex EU Lady to Face Court over Presidential Bid [Aug 18, 2011] Bulgaria's former European Commissioner Meglena Kuneva is likely to end up at the Constitutional Court as the controversy over her eligibility for presidential runner mounts. The country's biggest nationalist party Ataka has renewed its efforts to prevent the country's former European Commissioner from running for president, saying she does not have the constitutional and moral right to do that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria 2009 Eurovision Song Makes it to Top 10 Worst [May 10, 2011] Bulgaria's 2009 Eurovision entry, "Illusion" by Krassimir Avramov, was ranked 8th worst Eurovision song "ever" by the Eurovision Times site. Avramov, nicknamed by himself "the Voice", fared very badly in the contest, and had already provoked controversy in Bulgaria for his election to represent the country in Moscow 2009. The Eurovision Times voters have now ranked him as having performed one ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Vows to Ease Visa Regime for Russians [Jun 04, 2010] Bulgaria will relax the regime for issuing visas for Russian tourist within days, the foreign minister has said amidst a snowballing controversy over the country's tough visa requirements. [via YahooNews] More >>

'Sofia Rules' Spur Scandal ahead of World Chess Title Game in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Mar 19, 2010] A controversy has erupted ahead of the World Chess Title match in Sofia setting against each other Bulgaria?s Veselin Topalov and India?s Viswanathan Anand. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ethnic Turks behind President, against EU Funds Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 16, 2010] Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) are taking the side of President, Georgi Parvanov, in the controversy with the cabinet. [via YahooNews] More >>

Controversial Czech Artist Cerny: No Bad Feelings about Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Mar 11, 2010] David Cerny says he likes Bulgaria. Photo by EPA/BGNES Czech artist, David Cerny, who stirred a heated controversy with his Entropa exhibit, says he does not harbor any hard feelings about Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Controversial Czech Artist Cerny: No Bad Feelings about Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Mar 11, 2010] Czech artist, David Cerny, who stirred a heated controversy with his Entropa exhibit, says he does not harbor any hard feelings about Bulgaria. In an interview for Novinite.com, the sculptor, who depicted Bulgaria as a squat toilet in his Entropa piece, firmly denied being bitter about Bulgaria's reaction about the image. [via YahooNews] More >>