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Bulgaria to Officially Launch Summer Tourist Season in May [May 08, 2012] The official start of the summer tourist season will be given by the end of May, according to the Deputy Economy Minister in charge of the Tourist Industry, Ivo Marinov. The date is most likely going to be scheduled around the Day of Slavic Script and Culture, May 24, when Bulgarians get four days off, according to Marinov, who spoke in a TV interview Tuesday. The Deputy Minister informed that ... [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's Electric Co with New CEO [Mar 28, 2012] The financial director of Bulgaria's National Electric Company, NEK, Ivo Lefterov, is temporarily taking over the company. Lefterov will be acting CEO of NEK until the conclusion of the job competition, Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Valentin Nikolov, announced Wednesday. The latest reshuffle became necessary because NEK CEO, Mihail Andonov, was appointed over the weekend as ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Might Launch Direct Flights to China [Nov 26, 2011] The opportunities for launching a direct airline between Bulgarian and China have been surveyed during a visit of a high-ranking Chinese delegation in Sofia. The direct Bulgaria-China flights were on the agenda of the meeting between Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Ivo Marinov and the chief engineer of the IT and Economy Commission of China's Inner Mongolia province ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Poised to Launch a Launch? [Nov 22, 2011] By Phillip Butler Argophilia Travel News Checking in on Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, after they announced their new strategy in the UK, deputy minister Ivo Marinov's, and the ministries head of marketing Anelia Genova's hopes of altering public perception, not using communications channels could be a fatal flaw. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tries Once Again to Register Cyrillic Domain Name [Nov 07, 2011] Bulgaria may apply once again for receiving the ".??" Internet domain suffix for which it was snubbed on several occasions by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Bulgaria still has opportunities available to register its desired suffix, according to the country's newly appointed Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications, Valeri Borisov ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Regional Minister Assigned to Keep Eye on EU Funds [Oct 10, 2011] Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development, Liliyana Pavlova, is going to directly manage the EU operational program Regional Development of which she was in charge as Deputy Minister at the same institution. Pavlova is also going to be in charge of the Road Infrastructure Agency, which deals with projects for construction and repairs of roads and highways, along with the Management of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Vows Reshuffle in Agriculture Ministry Too [May 19, 2011] The wave of reshuffles that swept Bulgaria's government on Wednesday will have a follow-up in the agriculture ministry in a bid to improve EU funds absorption, the prime minister has said. "I will either appoint one more deputy minister or will dismiss one of them," Boyko Borisov said in the morning broadcast of the national state TV on Thursday. "I want everyone to give 100% in their work, I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Deputy Economy, Energy Minister Quits Too [May 18, 2011] Bulgaria's deputy minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Mariy Kossev has resigned, it emerged on Wednesday just minutes after the news about the resignation of the transport minister broke. Kossev will be replaced by Delyan Dobrev, member of parliament from the ruling GERB party, who has so far served as deputy chair of the energy commission. Mariy Kosev is the second deputy minister in charge ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Transport Minister to be Succeeded by Deputy - Report [May 18, 2011] Bulgaria's Deputy Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski will be put in charge of the department in the wake of Minister Tsvetkov's surprising resignation, according to reports. In his capacity of deputy minister, Ivaylo Moskovski has been responsible for the absorption of EU funds under the Transport Operative Program. Over the last few weeks EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev repeatedly praised ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sees More Foreign Tourists Already, High Hopes for Summer [Apr 13, 2011] The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in the first two months of 2011 grew by 6%, year-on-year, a senior official announced at the opening of the Cultural Tourism Expo in Veliko Tarnovo. According to Ivo Marinov, Deputy Minister of Economy, who is in charge of tourism, in January-February, Bulgaria saw more tourists from Greece, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, the UK and Russia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Evaluate National Advertising Campaign in June [Feb 15, 2011] The effect of the advertising campaign for tourism in Bulgaria, which targets the country's nationals, will be evaluated in June, according to the Deputy Minister on Economy, Energy and Tourism, Ivo Marinov. He explained Tuesday that at present the Economy Ministry is working on several projects under the campaign "Find Bulgaria" which aim to popularize tourism in Bulgaria among local citizens ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Greece: Bulgaria's Balking at Oil Pipeline Is 'Madness' [Jan 31, 2011] Bulgaria's evolution towards a negative position with respect to the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline in unjust and unjustified, according to a Greek Deputy Minister. In an interview for Interfax Monday, Yannis Maniatis Deputy Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece, has described as "madness" Bulgaria's position against the construction of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Schengen Report Put Off Because of Technical Matters [Jan 31, 2011] The non-adoption of two technical reports on Bulgaria due to purely technicall issues, according to Bulgarian Deputy-Minister of Interior Veselin Vuchkov. According to Vuchkov, who spoke on the Bulgarian National Radio, this is a completely regular procedure that is no cause for worry. Vuchkov said that EU member Slovenia, who had not sent monitors to Bulgaria, has requested additional ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Commits to Leading Role in EU Danube Strategy [Oct 07, 2010] Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Lilyana Pavlova, seen next to Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (l), is in Brussels, taking part in the EU regional policy "Open Days" Forum. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's International Tourism Ads Suffer Criticism [Sep 12, 2010] Bulgaria's recently launched international tourism advertising campaign has been criticized by tour operators at the acquiescence of the respective deputy minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Pressed to Fork Out EUR 67 M by End-2010 for N-Plant [Jul 29, 2010] Bulgaria must pay by the end of the year an installment of EUR 67 M for its second nuclear power plant project, which has stalled over lack of a new investor and funding, a deputy minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

ICANN Snubs Bulgaria's Cyrillic Internet Domain Name [May 19, 2010] The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has turned down Bulgaria's proposal for a domain name in Cyrillic with a "" suffix, a deputy minister said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria "Impotent" to Face off Ex Minister over EU Funds Abuse [May 10, 2010] Bulgarias agriculture ministry has no tools to bring to justice the family of a former deputy minister from the department, who has allegedly embezzled EU funds worth thousands of euros. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria "Impotent" to Face off Ex Minister over EU Funds Abuse [May 10, 2010] Dimitar Peichev was Bulgaria's deputy agriculture minister until July 2009, responsible for handling EU funds. File photo Bulgarias agriculture ministry has no tools to bring to justice the family of a former deputy minister from the department, who has allegedly embezzled EU funds worth thousands of euros. [via YahooNews] More >>