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Bulgaria Finance Minister Forecasts 1% Economic Growth [May 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov (second-left), is in the Black Sea city of Burgas Thursday to meet with employees of the Customs and the National Revenue Agencies (NRA). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls New Rules for Banks with State Deposits [May 19, 2010] Bulgaria's finance minister has vowed to come up with a new, unified set of rules for opting the banks that manage the deposits of state-run companies, within a month. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin: Revised Budget 2010 Taps into Fiscal Reserve [May 16, 2010] Bulgaria's finance minister has confirmed reports that the revised 2010 budget law taps into the fiscal reserve as the government battles recession and seeks for ways to fill in the budget gap. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarias FinMin Presents Good for Investments Sectors in Washington [May 12, 2010] Bulgarias export-oriented sectors and alternative energy sources are making a huge progress and attract investors, the finance minister said at the 12th Annual Global Private Equity Confenrence in Washington. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Urges EU Member States to Slash Deficit [May 10, 2010] Bulgarias finance minister praised the agreement that the European Union reached on emergency measures for the euro stability, but recommended additional measures for reducing the budget deficit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finance Minister to Ride Bike to Save Bulgaria from VAT Hike [May 06, 2010] Bulgarias Finance Minister Simeon Djankov declared his readiness to ride a bicycle to work as part of the governments newly adopted austerity measures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finance Minister to Ride Bike to Save Bulgaria from VAT Hike [May 06, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister Djankov (left) might have to ride a bike to work as PM Borisov (right) is pushing for drastic austerity measures. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-05 11:46 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria to cut public spending by 20 pct in 2010 [May 05, 2010] SOFIA, May 5 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will cut public spending by 20 percent this year for total savings of some 900 million levs ($606.9 million) as it battles a deep recession, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said on Wednesday. The Balkan country, whose economy contracted 5 percent last year, has been forced to take draconian action and seek ways to boost sagging revenues to keep its budget ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Djankov Stakes Job On Tax Pledge, [May 05, 2010] During a recent meeting of the Council for Tripartite Cooperation, Bulgarias Finance Minister Simeon Djankov reportedly issued firm assurances that there would be no tax rises in Bulgaria in 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Embassy: Bulgaria Deputy PM Is Not American Citizen [May 05, 2010] Bulgaria's Deputy PM and Finance Minister who has developed his professional career overseas has not been granted US citizenship according to the archives of the respective American institutions. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ends April with BGN 213 M Budget Surplus [May 04, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov hopes the worst part of the crisis is already in the past. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Vows to Resign if VAT Hike Materializes [May 03, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, offered Monday firm guarantees that taxes will not be raised by the end of the year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Vows to Resign if VAT Hike Materializes [May 03, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, assuaged fears of increasing VAT by promising to resign if the tax goes up. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Rejects Presidential Bid Rumors [May 02, 2010] Bulgarias Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, firmly denies speculations in the media that he would be a possible nominee of the ruling GERB party to run for president in 2011. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Rejects Presidential Bid Rumors [May 02, 2010] Bulgarias Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, who left the World Bank to join the GERB cabinet says he has no aspirations to become the countrys next president. Photo by BGNES. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finance Minister: Bulgaria, Macedonia Must Boost Exchange [Apr 30, 2010] Bulgaria and Macedonia have to focus on intensifying exchange of expertise and information with respect to finances and economic growth measures, Finance Minister Djankov said in Ohrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Cut Out Crown Agents Customs Consultancy [Apr 28, 2010] Bulgaria Finance Minister Simeon Djankov made a hint in a TV appearance that his Ministry may not renew the contract with the Crown Agents company that consults Bulgaria's customs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin: Balanced April Budget to Signal End of Crisis [Apr 28, 2010] Bulgaria Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has backed economic data from April to show that the country is starting to recover from the financial crisis. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cabinet Mulls Controversial Sick Leave Pay Measure [Apr 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, says the cabinet will use its right to unilaterally add the unpaid sick leave measure to the anti-crisis package. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex FinMin Accuses GERB of Ruining Top Project [Apr 23, 2010] The cabinet of Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, and the GERB party ruined Bulgaria's most promising project the building of a nanotechnology center, according to former Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski. [via YahooNews] More >>