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Bulgaria, Croatia recognize Libya's NTC as legitimate representative [Jun 29, 2011] Bulgaria and Croatia recognized on Tuesday the Libyan opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reverses Position, Recognizes Libyan Rebels with Croatia [Jun 28, 2011] Bulgaria and Croatia have become the 19th and 20th sovereign nations to have recognized formally the Libyan rebels? National Transitional Council in Benghazi as the legitimate representative of the Libyan nation in international affairs. The recognition of the rebels who have been fighting the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi since February 2011 came during a visit of Bulgarian Foreign ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ranked Cheapest Summer Holiday Destination [May 26, 2011] Bulgaria is the cheapest summer holiday destination according to a survey of the German automotive union ADAC. The survey covers 50 resorts in 10 European countries and includes various costs, such as sun protection creams (a price range of EUR 4.80- EUR 25 at the French Atlantic coast), beach chaise longues (EUR 2 in Croatia, EUR 20 in Italian resort Cesenatico), etc. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Finance Ministry Hopeful Moody's Will Up Bulgaria's Rating [May 04, 2011] Moody's Investors Service is currently reviewing Bulgaria's credit rating and is likely to boost it, the credit agency says in a regular report cited by the Bulgarian Finance Ministry. Bulgaria currently has a Moody's credit rating of Baa3, the same as Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Latvia; on April 5, Moody's placed Bulgaria's Baa3 sovereign rating "on review for possible upgrade". The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Seeks to Boost Business Ties with Croatia [Apr 27, 2011] Croatia's EU prospects and ways to boost economic and trade ties with Bulgaria will top the agenda of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during his one-day official visit to Zagreb on Wednesday. The Bulgarian delegation includes Minister of Economy and Energy Traicho Traikov and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov. The visit comes at the invitation of Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor who herself ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Tennis Player Reaches 2nd Round in Bangkok [Sep 21, 2010] Bulgaria's tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, has won the first round at the USD 35,000 ATP Challenger in Bangkok, Thailand. The 19-year-old Bulgarian defeated the 25-year-old Ivan Dodig from Croatia with 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 and gained 6 ATP ranking points. [via YahooNews] More >>

Minister: Bulgaria, Croatia Prove Crime Crackdowns Possible in Balkans [May 31, 2010] Bulgaria and Croatia have demonstrated clearly that strong actions against corruption and organized crime can happen in the Balkan region, said Bulgarias Foreign Minister in Zagreb. [via YahooNews] More >>

Minister: Bulgaria, Croatia Prove Crime Crackdowns Possible in Balkans [May 31, 2010] The Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Croatia met Monday in Zagreb. Photo by Foreign Ministry Bulgaria and Croatia have demonstrated clearly that strong actions against corruption and organized crime can happen in the Balkan region, said Bulgarias Foreign Minister in Zagreb. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Becomes Part of International Defense Logistics Unit (Novinite.com) [Mar 17, 2010] Bulgaria?s Cabinet approved Wednesday a memorandum for the country?s participation in an international integrated logistics unit. Each of the participants ? Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia ? is going to take part with 4 military officers in the NATO logistics unit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Calls for Tight Controls on Croatia after EU Entry - Report (Novinite.com) [Mar 03, 2010] Bulgaria has allegedly unofficially said that the EU should place the same control mechanism on Croatia when it joins the EU as was placed on Bulgaria and Romania upon their entry to the bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Honors, Serbia Boycotts Croatia's Celebration (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov was among dozens of leaders, who attended the inauguration of Croatia's new president Ivo Josipovic on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>