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Penniless Bulgaria to Give Up Building Turkish Border FMD Fence [Apr 17, 2012] Bulgaria's government will reverse its decision to build a fence along its border with Turkey, a measure which was supposed to tackle the infiltration of foot-and-mouth disease-infected animals. This has been announced Tuesday night by the press service of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, ahead of the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday. The announcement states that regardless ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Appoint 4 New Envoys Abroad [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria's major diplomatic reshuffle is set to continue, as the country's Council of Ministers has suggested the appointment of four new Ambassadors abroad. Career Diplomats Lyubomir Todorov and Georgi Karastamatov will be appointed as heads of the Bulgaria's diplomatic missions in Finland and Armenia respectively. Former Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Maya Hristova has been ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant Project [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria's Belene Nuclear Power Plant will not be constructed, the country's Deputy Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov announced on on Wednesday. A natural gas power plant will be built in the Danube town of Belene instead, Goranov told reporters after Wednesday's Council of Ministers sitting. The nuclear reactor already assembled by Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport and originally meant for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Shells Millions for Administration's Microsoft Upgrade [Mar 12, 2012] Bulgaria will shell BGN millions to purchase Windows 8 Microsoft software for the needs of the State administration. The information was reported at a briefing Monday by the Chief Secretary of the Council of Ministers, Rosen Zhelyazkov, who listed the amount as BGN 62 M, down from the budget forecast of BGN 90 M ? a reduction the State was able to secure through the public tender. The purchase ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Signs EU Fiscal Pact with Reservations [Mar 02, 2012] Bulgaria, together with 24 other EU Member States, signed Friday the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union during an EU Summit in Brussels. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov backed the fiscal treaty with a reservation concerning the coordination of economic policies, the press office of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers said in a statement. Bulgaria ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Cabinet Halts ACTA, Blames Socialists [Feb 15, 2012] Bulgaria's government is halting the ratification of the controversial international Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA. The announcement was made Wednesday by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, during the regularly scheduled meeting of the Council of Ministers. Borisov declared he was assuming the entire political responsibility for the decision and expects to be attacked by international ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Freezes ACTA, Waits to Hear EU Orders [Feb 14, 2012] Bulgaria will freeze its participation in the controversial ACTA trade agreement, the country's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov announced on Tuesday. Traikov revealed that he will present a draft resolution on Bulgaria's decision to freeze its ratification of ACTA to the Bulgarian Council of Ministers on Wednesday. "This means that our country will not undertake any actions, including a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM to Inspect Danube Bridge 2 Construction Each Month [Feb 03, 2012] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will personally inspect the construction of the so-called Danube Bridge 2 between Bulgaria and Romania each month, it has been made clear. "I wasn't to know what these companies that receive so much money are doing every day," the Prime Minister declared during the latest Council of Ministers sitting. On Wednesday, the Bulgarian government decided to draw ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Make National Intelligence Service Reshuffle [Jan 25, 2012] Bulgaria's new President Rosen Plevneliev has declared that a new Director and Deputy Director will be appointed in the country's National Intelligence Service. "We discussed the candidates, we agreed on them, the Council of Ministers will decide," Plevneliev told the 24 Chasa daily after he met with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The names of the candidates have not been revealed yet. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB Lifts Chevron Shale Gas License [Jan 17, 2012] The cabinet of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, withdrew Tuesday its decision granting rights to sign a contract with the US company "Chevron." The news was reported by the Minister of Economy and Energy, Traicho Traikov, speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Introduce Full Smoking Ban June 2012 - Minister [Dec 13, 2011] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Might Join Schengen by Sea, Air in 2012 [Dec 11, 2011] Bulgaria and Romania are to join the Schengen zone with their maritime and aerial borders on March 25, 2012, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) is proposing. The proposal has been listed in the draft decision of the EU Council of Ministers, the correspondent of the Bulgarian National Television, BNT, reported from Brussels Sunday. In addition, the proposal includes text that the land ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches Bid to Quit Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline - Report [Dec 07, 2011] Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov will reportedly submit a project envisaging Bulgaria's withdrawal from the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project on Wednesday. According to reports of the BGNES news agency, the proposal will be put up for discussion at Wednesday's session of the Council of Ministers. Bulgaria will try to terminate its participation in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Welcome South Korea's PM Kim Hwang-sik [Sep 25, 2011] South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik is arriving to Bulgaria on a three-day visit, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers announced Sunday. Kim Hwang-sik will arrive in Sofia on September 26. The following day, he will have meetings and a joint news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party Pledges to Restrict Wiretap Use [Aug 15, 2011] MPs from Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB plan to table legal amendments drastically restricting the use of special surveillance devices. A special working group consisting of GERB MPs, experts from Bulgaria's Interior Ministry and the Council of Ministers have said that the proposals will be given a priority review after the Parliament's summer recess, according to accounts of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Unblocks 2 T of Jet Fuel Reserve over Lukoil Crisis [Jul 30, 2011] The Bulgarian cabinet released overnight Saturday 1 800 tons of jet fuel from the State reserve, Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov announced. The decision, signed by the Council of Ministers during the night, will secure jet fuel for the upcoming week. The fuel is destined to the airports of the Black Sea cities of Varna and Burgas where the summer tourist season is in its peack.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reports Moderate Progress in Cutting Red Tape [Jun 22, 2011] Bulgaria's Council of Ministers has approved a report on the implementation of the Action Plan for Reducing Administrative Burden by 20% by end-2012. The set of measures was agreed upon in end-April 2010 and the report spans the period from its introduction until March 2011. The Action Plan envisages a total of 135 measures divided into categories according to the five-component model for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Begin Exploratory Work on South Stream [Jun 02, 2011] Bulgaria will launch exploratory work in the Black Sea to set the route of the future South Stream gas pipeline, announced Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov after a meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. "Naturally, we discussed major strategic projects like South Stream", Mladenov declared, adding that he had filed a document to the Bulgarian Council of Ministers ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Appoints 9 New Consul Generals Abroad [May 25, 2011] A total of nine new Consul Generals have been appointed by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry to represent the country abroad. The appointments were announced by Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov and approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. Until now, the country had acting Consul Generals at those places. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's National Palace of Culture to Become Public Company [May 04, 2011] The Bulgarian National Palace of Culture (NDK) in downtown Sofia is to become a public company, the country's Council of Ministers decided Wednesday. NDK will be a state company, initially within the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has explained. It will stay within the Ministry until a financial audit covering its last 10 years is carried out. ... [via YahooNews] More >>