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Bulgaria Gives Universities Academic Title Rights [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgaria's Higher Attestation Commission will be closed down and Bulgarian universities will be allowed to give academic titles. This was announced on Thursday when the Higher Education Act was finally adopted. The Act will replace the existing law for academic degrees and titles. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Moves to Boost University Competition (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] A new set of measures including mergers of higher education institutions has been designed to increase the competition among Bulgarian universities. Bulgaria?s Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov announced Friday that these changes would be included in the new Higher Education Act. [via YahooNews] More >>

Businessmen: Bulgaria University Education Is of Poor Quality (Novinite.com) [Nov 23, 2009] The majority of Bulgarian entrepreneurs believe that the quality of higher education in Bulgaria is poor. This has become clear from a survey of the Bulgarian Human Resources Management and Development Association ? BHRMDA, and the Pari Daily. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Minister: Bulgaria Education Holds Last Place in EU Competitiveness (Novinite.com) [Nov 20, 2009] Speaking Friday on "Hello, Bulgaria", Nova TV's morning program, Education Minister Sergey Ignatov, gave his opinions on the state of Bulgarian higher education. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Minister: Bulgaria Education Holds Last Place in EU Competitiveness (Novinite.com) [Nov 20, 2009] Speaking Friday morning on TV, Bulgarian Education Minister Sergey Ignatov criticized the state of higher education in Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Offer Easier Citizenship Procedure to Foreign Students (Novinite.com) [Oct 22, 2009] Foreign nationals who have completed higher education in Bulgaria may soon be able to acquire Bulgarian citizenship through a simplified procedure. Bulgaria?s Minister for Bulgarians Abroad, Bozhidar Dimitrov, made this proposal Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

34000 to Enrol in Bulgaria's State Universities for Academic 2007/08 (Novinite.com) [Apr 17, 2007] Bulgaria's Education Ministry announced Tuesday it will allow the state universities to enrol a total of 34 000 students for the next academic year. There will be no additional places as was the new strategy for higher education in Bulgarian envisioning. [via YahooNews] More >>

Education Minister to Meet Students in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Apr 12, 2007] Bulgaria's Education Minister Daniel Valchev will meet with representatives of the student unions in the country on Thursday. Valchev and the students will discuss the main accents of the strategy for developing the higher education in the country. [via YahooNews] More >>