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Bulgaria Finance Minister Forecasts 1% Economic Growth [May 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (second-left), is in the Black Sea city of Burgas Thursday to meet with employees of the Customs and the National Revenue Agencies (NRA). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Snubs Crown Agents Consultancy [May 04, 2010] Bulgaria will suspend its contract with Crown Agents, the British company consulting Bulgaria's Customs Agency, after it expires at the end of May, the finance ministry officially announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Cut Out Crown Agents Customs Consultancy [Apr 28, 2010] Bulgarian Finance Ministry is unlikely to renew its contract with Crown Agents, the British company consulting Bulgaria's Customs Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Cut Out Crown Agents Customs Consultancy [Apr 28, 2010] Bulgaria Finance Minister Simeon Djankov made a hint in a TV appearance that his Ministry may not renew the contract with the Crown Agents company that consults Bulgaria's customs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Serbia Move to Boost Police, Customs Cooperation [Apr 26, 2010] The Interior Ministers of Bulgaria and Serbia have singed an agreement for a Joint Contact Center for Police and Customs Cooperation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Lauds Customs Agency Work [Apr 12, 2010] Bulgaria 's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, gave high marks to the work of the Customs Agency for collecting over 100% of the planned taxes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Lauds Customs Agency Work [Apr 12, 2010] Bulgaria 's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (l), and the head of the Customs Agency, Gen. Vanyo Tanov, presented Monday at a joint press conference the results from the reform in the Customs Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Customs Head Exposed as Communist Security Agent [Apr 06, 2010] special panel, investigating Bulgaria 's communist-era police files, has exposed the Head of the Bulgarian Customs Agency, Vanio Tanov, as a State Security agent. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Signs Up for Drive-By Truck Screening (Novinite.com) [Mar 19, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs agency has implemented a "Z Backscatter" mobile X-ray system supplied by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to inspect cargo trucks and trailers at the country's border crossings. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria signs up for drive-by truck screening (Air Cargo World) [Mar 13, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs agency has implemented a "Z Backscatter" mobile X-ray system supplied by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to inspect cargo trucks and trailers at the country's border crossings. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Customs Bust US Bill with USD 1 M Nominal Value (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs Agents caught Friday a US bill with the nominal value of USD 1 M, the Customs Agency press center informs. The bill has been emitted in 1923. It had been hidden in a courier package mailed to Spain. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria signs up for drive-by truck screening (Air Cargo World) [Mar 11, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs agency has implemented a "Z Backscatter" mobile X-ray system supplied by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to inspect cargo trucks and trailers at the country's border crossings. [via YahooNews] More >>

Backscatter inspection technology for Bulgaria (Air Cargo World) [Mar 11, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs agency has implemented a "Z Backscatter" mobile X-ray system supplied by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to inspect cargo trucks and trailers at the country's border crossings. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Customs Agency Swoops on 1,4 Tons of Illicit Alcohol (Novinite.com) [Mar 06, 2010] Bulgaria Customs Agency officials and Plovdiv regional police officers have seized more than 1 400 liters of alcohol without excise labels. They mounted their early morning raid following a tip-off about storage and distribution of illicit alcohol, the Interior Ministry has announced on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Customs Agency Swoops on 1,4 Tons of Illicit Alcohol (Novinite.com) [Mar 06, 2010] Bulgaria Customs Agency officers have confiscated over 1 400 liters of illicit alcohol, in a raid on a village near Plovdiv. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Detains 6 Illegal Immigrants Hidden in Pipes (Novinite.com) [Feb 04, 2010] Six illegal immigrants ? five Iraqis and one Turkish citizen ? were found hidden in pipes during a customs check in Plovdiv Thursday. The six men aged between 20 and 30 were hiding in a truck transporting pipes with large diameter from Turkey to Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greek Customs Strike Set to Cause More Bulgaria Border Chaos (Novinite.com) [Feb 02, 2010] The Greek Federation of Customs Employees is set to strike causing further disruption to the Bulgaria-Greece border, Lachezar Ivanov, the General Consul of Bulgaria to Thessaloniki has reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Limits Non-EU Duty-free Tobacco Allowances (Novinite.com) [Jan 22, 2010] Bulgaria's Customs Agency announces an immediate decrease in personal duty-free tobacco allowances for travelers from non-EU countries. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Customs Officer Spot Said to Cost EUR 30 000 in Bulgaria - Report (Novinite.com) [Jan 18, 2010] A large-scale trade in positions has been going on in Bulgaria?s Customs Agency. This has been reported by the Bulgarian paper Standart Daily which cites unnamed sources. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Bust Cigarette Smugglers on Serbia Border (Novinite.com) [Jan 08, 2010] A Bulgarian citizen was arrested after it was discovered that he had hidden 150 packets in his spare tyre. Photo by Bulgaria Customs Agency [via YahooNews] More >>