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Bulgaria's Kutrovsky banned 2 years for doping [May 16, 2012] LONDON (AP) - Bulgarian tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned stimulant. The International Tennis Federations says the 24-year-old Kutrovsky tested positive for methylhexaneamine in February at the SAP Open in San Jose, Calif. The ITF says "Mr. Kutrovsky asserted that the methylhexaneamine, ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kutrovsky gets doping ban [May 16, 2012] SOFIA: Bulgaria's number-two tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years for doping, the Bulgarian Tennis Federation said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kutrovsky banned 2 years for doping [May 15, 2012] LONDON (AP) Bulgarian tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned stimulant. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Parliament Re-Elects C-Bank Deputy Chief [Apr 08, 2011] Bulgaria's parliament has supported the nomination of National Bank deputy governor Dimitar Kostov for a second six-year term. The proposal, tabled in parliament by the central bank governor Ivan Iskrov, was approved with 143 votes. Ten MPs voted against, while another six abstained. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Burgas Mayor: Investors Eager for New Industrial Zone [Mar 16, 2011] Bulgarian and foreign companies are constantly inquiring with the city of Burgas for plots, which is why the Burgas Municipality has moved to set up a new industrial zone, Mayor Dimitar Nikolov announced. Nikolov declared his hopes for greater investments and more new jobs over the recently announced new industrial and logistics zone to be set up in Bulgaria's Black Sea city and port of Burgas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Boost Joint Policing of Bulgarian Black Sea Resorts, Danube [Mar 11, 2011] For a second summer in a row the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts will be patrolled jointly by Bulgarian and Romanian police officers, the Interior Ministries of the two states agreed. The agreement was sealed in the Bulgarian Danube city of Ruse Thursday between Bulgaria's Deputy Interior Minister Dimitar Georgiev and his Romanian colleague Marian Tutilesku ? state secretary of the Romanian Interior ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Vows to Be 100% Schengen Ready on March 14 [Mar 08, 2011] Bulgaria will be fully prepared for an inspection of its execution of the Schengen Area criteria on land border control after March 14, 2011. The exact date was announced Tuesday by Deputy Interior Minister Dimitar Georgiev as the Bulgarian government has been fending off EU criticism on its Schengen fitness in the recent months by claiming it will be fully ready in March. Georgiev pointed out ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ready for 2 More Rescue Flights to Libya [Feb 27, 2011] Bulgaria's cabinet is fully prepared to send the government's Airbus on one or two flights to Tripoli to evacuate Bulgarian citizens stranded there by the raging civil war. The information was reported Sunday for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, by Deputy Foreign Minister, Dimitar Tsanchev, who says the situation and the need for the move are being assessed. Tsanchev further explained ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tangled in New Gas Price Talks with Gazprom [Jan 26, 2011] Bulgaria's state natural gas company Bulgargaz has started a new round of talks with Russian energy giant Gazprom on the price of natural gas supplies. Bulgargaz CEO Dimitar Gogov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller have met in Moscow discussing anew the price that Bulgaria pays for Russian natural gas, the Russian press reported Wednesday. Gogov and Miller have discussed the possibilities for signing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Gradually Up Excise on Raw Tobacco [Nov 07, 2010] Bulgaria will continue in a course of gradual raise in the excise of raw cut tobacco with state budget 2011, which previews a rate of BGN 130 per kg. This was revealed by ruling GERB party MP Dimitar Glavchev, who said that the Parliamentary Budget Committee has fully consulted all stakeholders in tobacco production when determining the rate at which the excise will be increasing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Celebrates Day of Winter Herald [Oct 26, 2010] The church holiday is in honor of the Holy Martyr St Dimitar. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Matthaeus fails to persuade Berbatov back for Bulgaria [Oct 01, 2010] SOFIA, Sept 30 ? New Bulgaria coach Lothar Matthaeus has failed to persuade Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov out of international retirement. ?I?ve had several conversations with him but he?s not ready to play for Bulgaria again,? the former Germany?s World Cup winning captain told Kicker magazine today. Last week, Matthaeus, 49, said he ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Soccer-Matthaeus fails to persuade Berbatov back for Bulgaria [Sep 30, 2010] New Bulgaria coach Lothar Matthaeus has failed to persuade Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov out of international retirement. [via YahooNews] More >>

Berbatov rules out Bulgaria return, says Matthaeus [Sep 30, 2010] New Bulgaria coach Lothar Matthaeus admitted on Thursday he has failed in his bid to persuade Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov to come out of retirement to help his country qualify for Euro 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Matthaus planning to lure Berba back to Bulgaria [Sep 24, 2010] New Bulgaria coach Lothar Matthaus claims that he will try to tempt Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov back into international football, after he retired in May. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex State Reserve Head Sentenced to 5 Years of Jail [Jun 16, 2010] Bulgarias former Head of the State Reserve and War-Time Stock, Dimitar Dimitrov, was sentenced Wednesday to 5 years behind bars by the Sofia City Court. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brother of Bulgaria Man U Striker Berbatov Probed for Card Fraud [May 05, 2010] The Regional Prosecutor's Office in the southern Bulgarian city of Blagoevgrad is probing Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, for credit card draining. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Search House of Brother of Man U Striker Berbatov [Apr 27, 2010] The house of Asen Berbatov, brother of Bulgaria's football star and Manchester United striker, Dimitar, has been searched by the police last week. The information was reported by Bulgaria's Standart News agency, citing the Regional Prosecutor's office in the southern city of Blagoevgrad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Star Berbatov Set to Refuse GBP 20 M Milan Move [Apr 20, 2010] Bulgaria star Dimitar Berbatovs agent Emil Danchev has denied UK media reports that he is set to join AC Milan. A number of UK newspapers reported Tuesday that AC Milan had offered GBP 20 M for the striker, raising their alleged initial GBP 15 M offer. [via YahooNews] More >>

MP Abadzhiev Nominated as Bulgaria Nabucco Representative (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] Ex RZS MP Dimitar Abadzhiev has reportedly been nominated to represent Bulgaria in the Nabucco Gas Pipeline International company. [via YahooNews] More >>