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Bulgaria's New President Embarks on 1st Foreign Visit [Jan 25, 2012] Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will depart Wedesday afternoon on his first two-day visit to Brussels. Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will participate in the delegation, the press office of the head of state said in a statement. Bulgaria's new President will head for Brussels after Vice President Margarita Popova returns from Germany. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Joins Durban Climate Change Conference [Dec 06, 2011] Starting Tuesday, a Bulgarian delegation, led by the Minister of Environment and Waters, Nona Karadzhova, is joining the Climate Change Conference in Durban. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, brings together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society. The discussions seek to advance, in a balanced fashion, the implementation ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Interior Minister on Official Visit to US [Nov 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is leaving Monday on an official trip to the US. The news was reported by the Interior Ministry press center. The Chief of the Main Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime (GDBOP), Stanimir Florov, is also part of the delegation. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil Bosses 'Already in Bulgaria' over Revoked License [Jul 28, 2011] Members of Russian oil major Lukoil management have urgently arrived in Sofia for talks over the revoked licenses of its refinery in Bulgaria to sell fuels, a former ambassador in Moscow has revealed. Ilian Vassilev told the Bulgarian national radio he knows who heads the delegation, but refused to disclose his name since "this type of negotiations are too discrete". Bulgaria's Neftochim, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Israel, Bulgaria to Boost 'Fruitful' Cooperation in Security, Tourism [May 30, 2011] 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 ... [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, Georgia to Have Direct Flights [Mar 30, 2011] Bulgaria and Georgia have signed an agreement for establishing direct flights as a Bulgarian delegation has made it clear the Balkan country wants to see Georgia in the EU. The agreement was signed Monday by Georgian Economy Minister Vera Kobalia and Bulgarian Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Minister Alexander Tsvetkov, Trend News reported. The signing ceremony was also ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Start Exporting Chicken Meat to Jordan [Mar 27, 2011] Within a month Bulgaria will start exporting chicken meat to Jordan, said Yordan Voynov, head of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency. He is part of the official Bulgarian delegation to Jordan, led by Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov. "The export will initially start with about 100 tons per month," Voynov said. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Sets on Trip to Jordan [Mar 25, 2011] Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, is leaving Friday on an official visit to Jordan. The visit will conclude on March 29 and is on the invitation of the Jordanian Agriculture Ministry. Naydenov and the Bulgarian delegation will participate in a forum of Jordanian and Bulgarian companies from the farming, forestry, hunting, food manufacturing, and wood industries.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Woos China's CSR to Invest in Train Factories [Mar 14, 2011] Representatives of the world's largest manufacturer of electric locomotives, China's CSR, may invest in Bulgarian engine and car production facilities, according to Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov. On Monday, Tsvetkov showed CSR executives around a railway engine plant in Sofia ? the locomotive depot of the Bulgarian State Railways BDZ in the Poduyane Quarter. The CSR delegation said their ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Economy Minister Claims Signs of Recession Recovery [Mar 05, 2011] The latest data on development of the Bulgarian economy showed that the country is going out of the recession, according to Bulgaria's Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. The minister is part of the Bulgarian delegation, which is on a three-day visit to Spain. He participated in a forum on economics and investments, organized by the Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations (CEOE), and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

PM Borisov Urges Spanish Entrepreneurs to Invest in Bulgaria [Mar 04, 2011] Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov has urged Spanish entrepreneurs to invest in Bulgaria because of the good conditions it provides. Borisov is leading the Bulgarian delegation, which is on a three-day visit to Spain. At a forum on economics and investments, organized by the Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations (CEOE), the prime minister presented different options for development of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Atlantic Club Delegation Facilitates Upsurge of Korean Investment in Bulgaria [Jan 10, 2011] Bulgaria has come a lot closer to attracting major South Korean investors in machine-building, shipbuilding and IT as a result of a diplomatic visit of a Bulgarian Atlantic Club delegation to Korea. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Invites Lebanese Investors [Dec 21, 2010] Traikov opened a bilateral business forum for companies from the two countries in Lebanon , where a high-level Bulgarian delegation, headed by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, is currently on a visit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Andrey Kovatchev, MEP: Bulgaria, Romania Will be Given Green Light for Schengen [Dec 20, 2010] Andrey Kovatchev is member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria's ruling party GERB, chairman of the Bulgarian delegation in the European Peoples' Party (EPP) group. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Vows to Spend BGN 56 M on Safeguarding Schengen's Border [Dec 17, 2010] This was announced by Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov ona Round Table for Bulgaria's joining Europe's border - free zone during the Hungarian EU Presidency on Friday in Sofia, a forum organized by the delegation of Bulgaria's ruling party GERB in the European Parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Plovdiv Hosts Top Israeli Artists Exhibit [Oct 29, 2010] The Bulgarian MEP from the ruling GERB party, Emil Stoyanov (r), hosts the exhibit of Israeli artists under his capacity of member of the EP Delegation for Israeli Relations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seeks to Lure China with Port Concessions [Oct 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov has been welcoming in Beijing by his Chinese counterpart Li Shenglin. The Bulgarian delegation led by Tsvetkov has presented to the People's Republic of China investment opportunities in the field of transport and infrastructure. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set for Crucial Transport Deals with China [Oct 24, 2010] The Bulgarian delegation will be led by Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov . It will be in China October 28-31, following a visit to South Korea. [via YahooNews] More >>

Transneft, Bulgaria to discuss Burgas-Alexandroupolis project [Aug 24, 2010] RBC, 24.08.2010, Moscow 16:30:28. Transneft and Bulgaria are scheduled to hold talks on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline on September 8-9 in Moscow, official spokesperson for the Russian oil company Igor Demin told RBC. According to him, Bulgaria's delegation will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov, who currently oversees the cooperation of the two countries on the oil ... [via YahooNews] More >>