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Press: Bulgaria Tries to Trick Macedonia into Friendship Treaty (Novinite.com) [Mar 11, 2010] Bulgaria is offering a tricky friendship treaty to Macedonia, according to the Macedonian paper Utrinski Vesnik. The newspaper has commented on the recent announced by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry that it has offered Greece an all-out ?friendship? and good neighborliness treaty. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU Top Fiscal Performer Bulgaria Faces Greek-Led Bank Decline (Bloomberg) [Mar 08, 2010] March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria, the European Union member boasting the bloc?s smallest budget deficit, risks seeing its banks sucked under by the fiscal sins of neighboring Greece, Fitch Ratings and Capital Economics Ltd. warned. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece Sign Pipeline Deals (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] Bulgaria, which shares part of the EUR 200 M allocated for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, is in the process of signing agreements with neigbors Serbia and Greece for inter-connecting pipelines. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister Outraged by Courts over Drug Boss Sentence (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] Bulgaria?s Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has renewed his criticism of the country?s judiciary, this time over the case of a drug trafficker sentenced in Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>

Italy's Edison Forms JV to Build Greece-Bulgaria Gas Pipeline (Novinite.com) [Mar 04, 2010] The pipeline, dubbed Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria, or IGB, has the possibility to access EU funding. Photo by EPA/BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Snubbed over Greek Liquidity Drain Fears (Novinite.com) [Mar 04, 2010] The governor of Bulgaria's central bank has fiercely criticized the finance minister for suggesting that funds from Greek bank subsidiaries in the country may flow out to headquarters in Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria worries about Greek banks leaving (AP via Yahoo! Finance) [Mar 01, 2010] Bulgaria is worried that Greek banks may pull out of the country, draining its economy of money and services, because of the debt crisis in Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>

Business Week: Greek Crisis Dims Bulgaria's Euro Dreams (Novinite.com) [Feb 27, 2010] The government of EU member Bulgaria made adopting the euro a top priority, but then Greece hit the skids. Now membership in the common currency seems far off. [via YahooNews] More >>

Business Week: Greek Crisis Dims Bulgaria's Euro Dreams (Novinite.com) [Feb 27, 2010] ?Due to the problems of Greece our bid to join the euro looks unrealistic in the next two to three years,? Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov said two weeks ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cross-Party Alliance Waters Down Smoking Ban in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] Bulgaria ranks second after Greece in the EU in terms of number of regular smokers as a percentage of the population, according to a Eurobarometer survey. [via YahooNews] More >>

The Future of Russian Energy Projects in Bulgaria is in Limbo (Pravda) [Feb 24, 2010] The future of Russian energy projects in Bulgaria is in limbo. The head of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov made a statement on January 22 saying that Russia and Greece would like to know whether Sofia was interested in the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. [via YahooNews] More >>

RGE Monitor: EU to Stay Cool on Giving Bulgaria the Euro (Novinite.com) [Feb 17, 2010] Greece's woes may end up foiling Eastern European countries' aspirations to join the euro, including Bulgaria which has performed with budgetary rigor, according to RGE, a global economic and financial analysis firm based in New York City. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greek Customs Officials Strike Set to Paralyze Bulgaria Border (Novinite.com) [Feb 16, 2010] Customs officials in Greece are set to begin a new three-day strike later Tuesday, which will stop traffic crossing the Bulgaria-Greece border. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Most at Risk From Greece, Morgan Stanley Says (Bloomberg) [Feb 15, 2010] Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria and Romania are among countries ?most at risk? from potential spillovers from Greece after banks invested in central and eastern Europe, according to Morgan Stanley. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Confirms Slim Losses from Greek Blockade (Novinite.com) [Feb 14, 2010] The border crossing point Kulata - Promahonas between Bulgaria and Greece was opened briefly on Sunday. Photo by EPA/BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM: Euro Adoption in 2013 Tough Task (Novinite.com) [Feb 14, 2010] Greece's woes may end up foiling Bulgaria's aspirations to join the euro in three years, despite the country's budgetary rigor, the prime minister has announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Uncertainty Reigns at Major Bulgaria-Greece Border Crossing (Novinite.com) [Feb 13, 2010] The blockade of the major Bulgaria-Greece border crossing point Kulata-Promahonas was lifted on Saturday but it remains uncertain whether protesting Greek farmers will not block it again. [via YahooNews] More >>

Farmers Renew Full Blockade of Bulgaria-Greece Border Checkoint (Novinite.com) [Feb 11, 2010] The major crossing point on the Bulgaria-Greece border Kulata-Promahonas has been fully blockaded by protesting Greek farmers as of early Thursday morning. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC Vice President Asks Greece to Lift Bulgaria Border Blockade (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] The European Commission's Vice-President, G?nter Verheugen, had asked the Greek government to undertake urgent action to reinstate the free transit between Bulgaria and Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>