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Bulgaria MPs to Start 2012 with Long-Delayed Key Bills in Pipeline [Jan 10, 2012] Bulgaria's first parliamentary session for the new year, due on Wednesday, is hoped to map out the timeline for implementing key and long-delayed reforms, including the much touted crack-down on illegal assets. Officially, the ruling majority have vowed to implement this year radical reforms in the field of education, health and judiciary. At the end of 2011 Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Keep Taxes Low, Slams Common EU Rates [Dec 14, 2011] Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has assured the business sector that low taxes are to stay in Bulgaria. Djankov stressed Tuesday that Bulgaria is one of the only three EU Member States with consistent tax, fiscal and microeconomic policies, the other two being Estonia and Luxembourg. Bulgaria also has the lowest tax rates in the EU. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Abandons Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria will terminate its participation in the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, said Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov after Wednesday's Cabinet session. The decision has been approved by the Cabinet. Bulgaria will seek a termination of the trilateral intergovernmental agreement by mutual consent and if the request is rejected, it will pull out of the oil ... [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's Podkrepa Labor Confederation Quits Tripartite Cooperation Council [Nov 18, 2011] Bulgaria's Podkrepa Labor Confederation is leaving the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation and demands the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov over his plans to increase the retirement age by a year as of January 2012. In a Friday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Evgeni Dushkov, Chair of Podkrepa's National Strike Committee, explained ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's FinMin Mulls Upping Retirement Age [Nov 07, 2011] Now is the time to reexamine the issue with retirement age and implement reforms that would secure higher pensions. The statement was made by Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, in an interview for the Bulgarian Trud (Labor) daily. Djankov says he wants to increase retirement age because this is the way to bring fresh money to increase pensions and reduce the ... [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 >>

Bulgaria's Museum of Socialist Art Welcomes First Visitors [Sep 19, 2011] Bulgaria's Museum of Socialist Art officially opened its doors to visitors Monday. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Defense Minister Anyu Angelov, Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor to Remain Silent until Election Day [Sep 13, 2011] Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, confirmed Tuesday that his office has received a claim regarding the blackmail case, involving the country's top presidential contender, Rosen Plevneliev. Last Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, head of the GERB election headquarters, speaking for journalists, revealed that Plevneliev had declined reporting an ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Attempts to Sway EU about Schengen Readiness [Sep 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is participating Wednesday in a conference in Brussels dedicated to the enlargement of the Schengen Zone. The information was provided by the Interior Ministry's press center. The conference is titled EU Migration Policy in the Light of the Schengen Enlargement while Tsvetanov's report to be presented there ? Bulgaria on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB Set with Presidential Bid, Announcement on Sept 4 [Aug 28, 2011] The ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party have their presidential and vice presidential nominations ready, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. Tsvetanov, who is also the head of the GERB election campaign headquarters, spoke Sunday during the official ceremony of the opening of the renovated party headquarters in Sofia. When ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sets Emergency HQs over US Debt Crisis [Aug 08, 2011] The Bulgarian cabinet is establishing emergency headquarters to monitor financial markets in the US and Europe for threats of another economic crisis wave. The headquarters are created on the order of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, and include Deputy Finance Ministers, Vladislav Goranov, and Boryana Pencheva, experts from the Ministry's Analysis Department and from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling GERB Firmly Behind Interior Minister [Jul 15, 2011] The parliamentary group of Bulgaria's ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party issued a declaration in support of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. The Friday declaration that GERB is standing firm behind Tsvetanov comes on the heels of news the opposition is submitting a no-confidence vote against the cabinet. The opposition, led by the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Deputy PM: Former Tsar Is Best Presidential Candidate [Jun 13, 2011] Daniel Vulchev, Former Bulgarian Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, has termed Simeon Saxe-Coburg, former Bulgarian Tsar and Prime Minister, the best presidential candidate. In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, Vulchev, who is part of the initiative committee supporting ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva at the autumn 2011 presidential elections, added that Saxe ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex EU Commissioner Kuneva Officially Unveils Presidential Bid [Jun 06, 2011] An initiative committee of 53 people has officially backed the presidential bid of Bulgaria's ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva for the elections in the fall of 2011. The committee features a wide range of prominent Bulgarians, including sculptor Georgi Chapkanov, former Deputy Prime Minister in the Stanishev Cabinet Daniel Valchev, film director Iglika Trifonova, actresses Yoana Bukovska and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Cop May Run for Sofia Mayor - Report [Jun 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, may end up running for Mayor of the capital Sofia during the upcoming Presidential and local elections, according to media reports. Tsvetanov is also Deputy Prime Minister and head of the ruling centrist-right GERB's election campaign This scenario is possible if Prime Minister Boyko Borisov decides to run for President, naming current Sofia Mayor ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Gold Standard [Mar 09, 2011] From Ben Wilterdink Americans for Tax Reform Recently, the Heritage Foundation hosted Bulgaria's Minister of Finance/Deputy Prime Minister to talk about some of the astounding reforms that have helped Bulgaria through the financial crisis.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Scraps Turkey Border Fence Plans [Feb 21, 2011] Bulgaria has given up on controversial plans to restore the fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border, which existed in the Cold War period, as a measure against the spread of food-and-mouth disease (FMD). The information was reported by Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov. Djankov and Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov, stopped Monday in the Turkish city of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Ex-deputy PM sentenced for corruption [Jan 26, 2011] A Bulgarian court has sentenced a former deputy prime minister to nine years in prison for embezzling millions from the country's biggest steel plant after he had left office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria aims for China to be largest investor by 2013: minister [Oct 16, 2010] Bulgaria aims for China to become the largest foreign investor in the Balkan country by 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>