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Bulgaria Tennis Star Grigor Dimitrov Reaches 2nd Round in France [Oct 19, 2010] Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov has started the ATP Challenger in Orleans, France with a victory. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria'sTop Male Tennis Star Wins 1st Round in France [Oct 12, 2010] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top male tennis player, started with a victory the ATP Challenger in Rennes, France. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Georgia Hail EU Envoy to Tbilisi Dimitrov [Oct 04, 2010] The prime ministers of Bulgaria and Georgia are upbeat about Bulgarian Filip Dimitrov's role as EU Ambassador to Georgia. This optimism was expressed by Prime Minsiter Boyko Borisov and his Georgian counterpart Nikoloz "Nika" Gilauri during their meeting in Sofia Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov - Future Challenger to Rafael Nadal [Sep 27, 2010] Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria is just 19 years old but he looks as though he is about to graduate from the challenger ranks on the ATP tour. Dimitrov has won 15 consecutive matches as he took down the Geneva Challenger in August, the Bangkok Challenger earlier in September, and most recently the Bangkok-2 Challenger. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria opens EU doors to allow 500,000 more immigrants to live in Britain [Sep 24, 2010] Nationality minister Bozhidar Dimitrov says the new citizens would be free to come and live in Bulgaria, but EU border rules mean they could eventually also set up home in other EU countries, including Britain. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Tennis Player Reaches 2nd Round in Bangkok [Sep 21, 2010] Bulgaria's tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, has won the first round at the USD 35,000 ATP Challenger in Bangkok, Thailand. The 19-year-old Bulgarian defeated the 25-year-old Ivan Dodig from Croatia with 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 and gained 6 ATP ranking points. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Male Tennis Player Wins Bangkok Tournament [Sep 18, 2010] Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Russian Konstantin Kravchuk by 6-4, 6-1 at the USD 35,000 tournament in Bangkok, winning his eighth title. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Min Snubs Calls to Resign over Vulgar Expletive [Sep 03, 2010] Bulgaria's diaspora minister, Bozhidar Dimitrov, whose profane expletive at the critics of what are believed to be relics of John the Baptist prompted calls for his resignation, has made it clear he has no intention to quit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Tennis Star Reaches Semifinals in Geneva [Aug 28, 2010] Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has reached the semifinals at the ATP Challenger tennis championship in Geneva, Switzerland. At the quarterfinal match of the EUR 30,000 tournament, Dimitrov defeated the French Laurent Rochette in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Male Tennis Star Breaks Own Record [Aug 23, 2010] Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov improved his own record, ranking 245th in the ATP ranking. Dimitrov has moved forward by 35 places since last week when he ranked 280th. This is thanks to the points he gained for his win at the tennis tournament in Irun, Spain. [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 >>

Bulgaria's Revised Budget under Fire from Right, Left [Jun 15, 2010] The co-Chairs of Bulgaria's right-wing Blue Coalition the DSB leader, Ivan Kostov, and the UDF leader, Martin Dimitrov (l), demand guarantees the ruling GERB will carry out the planned structural reforms. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling Party Ally Withdraws Support for Budget 2010 [Jun 06, 2010] The Union of Democratic Forces was the party to bring stability back to Bulgaria at the end of the 90s and we will allow nobody to shake its financial foundations again, Martin Dimitrov warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ally Puts Bulgaria Govt on Hot Seat over Anti-Crisis Measures [May 16, 2010] "The people, who try to convince Prime Minister Boyko Borisov that Bulgaria has the best fiscal performance in Europe do not know what they are talking about. I can even say this talk is dangerous, Martin Dimitrov, UDF leader, claims. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Blue Coalition Demands Swift Healthcare Reforms [May 13, 2010] Martin Dimitrov, co-chair of the Blue Coalition said in a media statement that Bulgaria's Health Minister needs to hurry with reforms if she wants to keep the support of his party group. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Renews Cautious Support for Health Minister [Apr 20, 2010] Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will support the nomination of the ruling GERB party for Health Minister. The statement was made Tuesday by Martin Dimitrov, co-Chair of the Blue Coalition and leader of one of its two parties UDF. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Renews Cautious Support for Health Minister [Apr 20, 2010] Martin Dimitrov, co-Chair of the Blue Coalition and leader of UDF declared his party will support in the Parliament the ruling GERB nomination for Health Minister over the urgent need of a health care reform in Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Right-Wingers: Bulgaria Needs New President (Novinite.com) [Mar 31, 2010] ?Bulgaria needs a new president, it is high time for some decency in the political life of this country,? said from the rostrum Martin Dimitrov, co-chair of the right-wing Blue coalition, an ally of the center-right GERB government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria VP Slams Minister for Protecting Migration Official (Novinite.com) [Mar 03, 2010] Bulgaria's Minister for Bulgarians Abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, has been accussed of protecting the arrested General Secretary of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, Stefan Nikolov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Jailed Heating Utility Ex-CEO Pressured Bank Employee (Novinite.com) [Feb 15, 2010] Bulgaria's notorious ex-CEO of the Sofia Heating Utility, Valentin Dimitrov aka Toploto (The Warm) and his mother Tsetsa used 4 safety deposit boxes in 2006. [via YahooNews] More >>