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Bulgaria's Problem with Opportunists by Any Other Name [May 16, 2012] Bulgaria's right-wing Blue Coalition, an entity comprising the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), is no more. The breakup of the Coalition set up in 2009 was announced Tuesday, together with the resignation of UDF Chair Martin Dimitrov. The failure of the Blue Coalition Co-Chairs to negotiate the entity's participation in the general elections in 2013 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Unhappy Hens Lay More EU Troubles for Bulgaria [Apr 17, 2012] Bulgaria, along with another eleven EU member states, risks to draw Brussels wrath for failing to comply with its hen welfare standards by the end-May deadline. In end-January, the European Commission launched infringement procedures against 13 EU member states, including Bulgaria, over their failure to implement EU legislation concerning the welfare of laying hens. But a source close to the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Energy Min Blames Partners for Oil Pipeline Demise [Dec 07, 2011] Greece and Russia's failure to fulfill their commitments has forced Bulgaria to walk out of the Burgas to Alexandroupolis pipeline deal, the country's energy minister has said. "Bulgaria's partners in the pipeline deal accused it of delaying the project quite a long time. But now it turns out it is not Bulgaria, but the other countries, which are faulty and this is the reason why we decided to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Transport Chief in Rough Talks with Germany's KfW over Trains [Nov 30, 2011] Bulgaria's Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski is in Germany Wednesday for talks with the KfW bank over the failure of the troubled Bulgarian State Railways company BDZ to pay its dues for 50 brand-new Siemens trains. In October, reports emerged that since BDZ had failed to pay its installments since 2010, KfW has the right to demand them back. The 50 electric and diesel trains in question have ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Most Mysterious Lawyer Murder Enters Court Again [Nov 17, 2011] The court saga over one of the most mysterious lawyer murders in Bulgaria, which has stretched over more than a decade already, resumes on Thursday. Lawyer Nadezhda Georgieva was killed in her home in Sofia, suffering nine blows from a kitchen cleaver on February 28, 2000. The lack of progress in the legal proceedings so far has been attributed to the authorities' failure to bring back to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin:I Bet My Career on Budget 2012, Further Cuts Likely [Nov 11, 2011] Bulgaria's finance minister has fiercely defended the austerity draft budget for 2012, saying that its failure would spell the end of his term in the government. "I bet my career as a minister on this budget," Simeon Djankov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "If the government steps back from its demands for a later retirement in the interior and defense ministries and a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Anti-Roma riots engulf Bulgaria after teenage tragedy [Sep 28, 2011] The hit-and-run killing of a teenager blamed on the criminal underworld has sparked violent protests across Bulgaria against the Roma community and the government for its failure to deal with organised crime. [via YahooNews] More >>

German legend Matthaeus sacked by Bulgaria [Sep 19, 2011] German football icon Lothar Matthaeus was sacked as coach of Bulgaria on Monday following the national team's failure to qualify for Euro 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Expectedly Survives Third No Confidence Vote [Jul 26, 2011] Bulgaria's center-right government of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expectedly survived on Tuesday a no confidence vote, submitted by the opposition over its alleged failure in home affairs and Schengen accession. A total of 143 members of parliament voted against the motion, 91 supported it, while 1 abstained. MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the ethnic Turkish party DPS (Movement for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Excels in Organized Crime, Corruption Acquittals - EC Report 2011 [Jul 20, 2011] Bulgaria has failed to achieve "convincing results" in its fight against organized crime and corruption, according to the annual monitoring report of the European Commission on its post-EU accession progress. The EC is about as critical of Bulgaria's continuing failure to crack down on organized crime and corruption as it is of the country's flawed reform of the judiciary. The 2011 monitoring ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's No Confidence Vote Scheduled for Next Week [Jul 19, 2011] The debate for the upcoming no confidence vote against the centrist-right GERB's minority government in Bulgaria will take place next Monday, while the vote itself is scheduled for Tuesday. The no confidence vote over what has been perceived as failure in the sphere of home affairs , as well as the country's delay in joining the Schengen Area, has been initiated by the opposition, led by the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Opposition Socialists Mull New No Confidence Vote [Jun 21, 2011] The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, begins another round of consultations with other political forces for the submission of a new no confidence vote against the cabinet. The news was announced Tuesday, at a meeting of the party's leadership. The Socialists are considering two motives for the vote ? failure in the internal affairs policies or overall failure of the cabinet. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria back in Kyoto carbon trading: ministry [Feb 05, 2011] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria has managed to regain its accreditation for carbon emissions trading, revoked last year for failure to meet UN gas-recording requirements, the environment ministry said Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Schengen Entry Delayed at Least till October - Report [Jan 26, 2011] The accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area has practically been delayed indefinitely, and the earliest date the two Balkan countries can hope to join is October, a report of Die Welt says. The German paper points out a statement of Hungary's Interior Minister Sandor Pinter before a committee of the European Parliament in Brussels made Tuesday saying Bulgaria's failure to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Maybach Theft Case Delayed by Defense Absence [Jan 24, 2011] Bulgaria's Military Court of Appeals postponed Monday the case of the Maybach tank theft over the defense council's failure to appear. On October 6, 2010, a German national, Thomas Gmainer, 36, and a Bulgarian army officer, Aleksei Petrov, were sentenced by the Sliven Military Court to 4 years in jail for stealing a vintage World War II tank. They were arrested while attempting to thieve another ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Rapped for Failed Privatization Attempts - Survey [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria's government is most heavily criticized for its failure to rake in revenues into the budget by privatization, shows a survey, conducted among analysts, employers and trade unionists. According to the experts the failed privatizations prove that the plan of the government was chaotic and controversial, says the poll, conducted by the Institute for Market Economy. The privatization tender ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Interviews: Bulgaria in 2011 [Dec 28, 2010] According to BSP, the cabinet suffered most criticism in the economic and social sphere and the delay of Bulgaria?s entry to the Schengen Area was an indication of failure in the fight against organized crime and corruption. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Govt Survives No-Confidence Vote [Oct 08, 2010] The proposal was supported by 70 votes and received 144 votes "against" and 1 abstained. The opposition submitted to the Parliament on Friday a motion of no-confidence vote against the government of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria ( GERB ) party pver "the failure of its police in health care." [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Defends Budget Revisions as EU Plans Probe (Update1) [Jun 11, 2010] June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria is defending its failure to notify the European Commission of budget revisions and says the delay is linked to the countrys legislative process. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Defends Budget Revision Process as EU Prepares Probe [Jun 11, 2010] June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria is defending its failure to notify the European Commission of budget revisions and says the delay is linked to the countrys legislative process. [via YahooNews] More >>