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Bulgaria Holds EU Internet Piracy Record [Apr 27, 2010] Bulgaria ranks first in the European Union by internet piracy, according to the European Director of the International Recording Federation, Frances Moore. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ingenious in Tackling 2010 Budget Deficit [Apr 26, 2010] Bulgarias government has pinned its hopes on a surplus in health insurance funds to make up for the budget deficit this year. This emerges from letters exchanged between the countrys center-right cabinet and the European Union's official statistics agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

UK MEP Van Orden: Bulgaria Can Be Balkans' Energy Hub [Apr 26, 2010] The halting of Units 3 and 4 of Bulgarias Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Kozloduy will cost the European Union EUR 860 M by 2013 , according to MEP, Geoffrey Van Orden. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Fears over Deficit Woes Assuaged [Apr 23, 2010] Bulgaria ranks third among European Union member states in terms of fiscal discipline. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Parliament Vows Support for Serbia's EU Aspirations [Apr 19, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament will offer unconditional support to neighboring Serbia in becoming a Member State of the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steady Record Holder in EU Y/Y Construction Slump [Apr 19, 2010] Bulgaria continues to steadily hold the record in the February year on year decrease of the construction index, data published Monday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reveals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria with Sharpest Fall in EU Industrial Output [Apr 14, 2010] Bulgaria marked the largest fall in industrial production among European Union member states in February 2010 compared with January 2010, official data shows. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria admits to lies with budget revision [Apr 10, 2010] Buisnessweek - Bulgaria scrapped its bid to apply for the pre-euro exchange-rate mechanism after finding lies in budget data that forced a revision of the 2009 deficit beyond European Union limits. [via YahooNews] More >>

India, Bulgaria decide to enhance trade, investment [Apr 10, 2010] New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) India and Bulgaria , a member of the European Union, have decided to increase the bilateral trade and investments in the sectors such as textiles, pharmaceuticals, energy, agriculture and IT. [via YahooNews] More >>

India, Bulgaria decide to enhance trade, investment [Apr 09, 2010] New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) India and Bulgaria , a member of the European Union, have decided to increase the bilateral trade and investments in the sectors such as textiles, pharmaceuticals, energy, agriculture and IT. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-09 12:52 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria drops euro preparations on hidden deficit [Apr 09, 2010] SOFIA, April 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria dropped plans on Friday to apply to join the pre-euro ERM-2 waiting room because of a larger than expected 2009 deficit caused by unaccounted procurement deals in the European Union's poorest nation. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, whose centre-right GERB party came to power last July, said the previous Socialist-led government had signed dozens of deals which ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hopes to Use EU Funds to Combat Crisis [Apr 05, 2010] Tomislav Donchev, the new minister in Bulgaria 's conservative government appointed to speed up the ability to use European Union funds, expects payments under EU operative programs to triple by the end of the year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria steps up its crackdown on government corruption [Apr 02, 2010] Bulgaria has the European Union's most government corruption, and is its most violent member state. But convictions there for high-level corruption are rare. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria steps up its crackdown on government corruption [Apr 02, 2010] Bulgaria 's arrest today of an ex-minister accused of bribes, and recent jail sentences of two major figures for fraud and embezzlement, show that the European Union is finally cracking down on government corruption. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-01 11:12 Bulgaria jobless rate breaks upward trend in March [Apr 01, 2010] SOFIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria 's jobless rate edged down for the first time in 18 months in March, to 10.1 percent from 10.3 percent in February as seasonal employment rose, labour ministry data showed on Thursday. The number of unemployed in the European Union country fell by more than 4,000 to 375,000. The unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in March last year. The Balkan country has been ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-01 11:26 Bulgaria budget deficit jumps to $966 mln by end-Feb [Apr 01, 2010] SOFIA, April 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria 's budget deficit bulged to 1.4 billion levs ($966 million) by the end of February due to falling revenues and increased spending on pensions and EU-backed projects, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The deficit almost tripled from a gap of 499 million levs in January, as prolonged recession hit the European Union's poorest member. The total for the first ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Roubini: Bulgaria Euro Adoption Likely in 2014 Earliest (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] European Union member Bulgaria will not manage to restore its economic growth before 2011 and can only see its aspirations for joining the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called eurozone waiting room, the same year at the earliest, according to analysts at Roubini Global Economics. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Tougher Rules "Dim" Bulgaria's Euro Hopes (Novinite.com) [Mar 26, 2010] Euro zone leaders' decision to strengthen European Union budget rules to avoid a repeat of the Greek debt crisis will toughen the criteria and weaken the chances of single currency candidates, including Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Urges Bulgaria, Romania to Step Up Fighting Crime (Update1) (Bloomberg) [Mar 23, 2010] March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria is showing ?poor results? in its fight against graft and organized crime, while Romania has ?not been able to keep the momentum? going on its efforts, the European Union said in a report today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria and Romania still failing EU exam on justice reforms (EARTHtimes.org) [Mar 23, 2010] Brussels - Three years after their accession to the European Union, Romania and Bulgaria still have not met the bloc's standards for fighting corruption and organized crime, the European Commission said on Tuesday.... [via YahooNews] More >>