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Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] SOFIA (Reuters) - Europe's bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria. Gas supplies to the European Union from Russia improved at the weekend but have not fully recovered, the European Commission said, as Italy convened a crisis committee to handle what it called critical shortages of Russian gas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Face Italy in 1st World Cup 2014 Qualifier [Nov 29, 2011] Underdogs Bulgaria will kick off their World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign against Italy on September 7 2012, it has been made clear. The game against Italy in Sofia will mark the official debut of Bulgaria's new coach, former Atletico Madrid striker Lyuboslav Penev, who is the nephew of the most successful Bulgarian football manager in history, Dimitar Penev. Four days after their game with ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Italy kicks off WCup qualifying at Bulgaria [Nov 29, 2011] Italy will kick off its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign at Bulgaria on Sept. 7 and Denmark will host the Czech Republic a day later in Group B. Malta will face Armenia at home in the group opener on Sept 7. Representatives of the six Group B teams agreed on the qualifying schedule at their meeting in Prague. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Italy top EU fraud reporting list (News) [Oct 20, 2011] Bulgaria and Italy were the two countries with the highest number of investigations by the EU's anti-fraud office OLAF, according to the agency's 2011 report, presented to the Brussels press yesterday (19 October). More [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sends 3rd Group of 'Shock' Special Ops Detainees to Italy [Aug 26, 2011] Bulgaria has extradited to Italy a third group of members of a large international ring of credit card fraudsters, who were nabbed at the beginning of July in a special police operation codenamed "Shock". The information was reported by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry's press center. The latest group includes 12 individuals accused of credit card fraud.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hands over to Italy Another Group of Card Fraudsters [Aug 09, 2011] Bulgaria extradited to Italy on Tuesday a second batch of members of a large international ring of credit card fraudsters, who were nabbed at the beginning of July in a special police operation code-named "Shock". The group included nineteen Bulgarians, who were among the 47 suspects detained on European arrest warrants in Bulgaria last month. The news comes just days after the Bulgarian ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ranks 3rd in EU in Tax Evasion - Italian Poll [Aug 01, 2011] Italy is first in tax evasion in the European Union, followed by Romania and Bulgaria, according to information from the Association of Italian Taxpayers. In Italy, over 51% of the taxable amounts remain undeclared which ranks the country 1st in the EU in tax evasion; Romania is second with 42% while Bulgaria is third with 38%. Estonia and Slovakia are also in the first five with 37% and 32 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Honors Wife of Italy's Former Ambassador [Jul 08, 2011] Zohara Campagnola, the spouse of Italy's former Ambassador to Bulgaria, was awarded on Friday the Madara Horseman order during an official ceremony at the presidency. Mrs. Campagnola was honored for her outstanding contribution to the development of social services for disabled people and the fight against cancer in Bulgaria. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Opens Bids for Struma Highway Lot 1 [Jul 07, 2011] The bids, which were submitted for a section of the future Struma Highway, connecting Sofia to the border with Greece, will be opened on Thursday, the road infrastructure agency announced. A record number of bidders ? 19 ? applied with offers to build Lot 1 of the Struma Highway ? including companies from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Greece. Regional Development Minister Rosen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GDP per Capita Expectedly Lowest in EU [Jun 21, 2011] Bulgaria's GDP per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards is 57% below the EU 27 average, according to Eurostat's preliminary data for 2010. In Spain, Italy and Cyprus, GDP per capita was around the EU27 average, while in France it was around 5% above the average. Germany, Belgium, Finland and the United Kingdom were between 10% and 20% above the average, while Denmark, Ireland, Austria ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Monseigneur Roncalli and Bulgaria [Jun 03, 2011] Article by Kiril Plamen Kartaloff for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). Kiril Plamen Kartaloff is a doctoral candidate at the Catholic University of Milan.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Bogomils and Italy [Jun 02, 2011] Article by Maria Guineva for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Treasure Hunters and the Lost Rome [Jun 02, 2011] Article by Ivan Dikov for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Italian Anti-Cancer Initiatives in Bulgaria [Jun 02, 2011] Article by Italian Ambassador to Bulgaria Stefano Benazzo for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria and Italy in Europe of the Spirit: 132 Years of Diplomatic Relations [Jun 02, 2011] Article by Meglena Kuneva, former Bulgarian EU Commissioner, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novnnite.com (Sofia News Agency) ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Confindustria Bulgaria President Pietro Ghia: For Italian Business Bulgaria Is the Very Center of the Balkans [Jun 01, 2011] Interview with Pietro Luigi Ghia, President of Confindustria Bulgaria, the association of Italian business in Bulgaria, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarian Volleyball Legend Lyubo Ganev: Italy Is a 'Second Bulgaria' [May 31, 2011] Interview with legendary Bulgarian volleyball player Lyubo Ganev for the "Bulgaria-Italy Survey" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). Ganev is the President of Casa Sicilia, the official representation of Sicily in Bulgaria. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Confindustria Bulgaria Director Federico Cassi: Bulgaria Offers Increasingly Good Standards to Foreign Investors [May 30, 2011] Interview with Federico Cassi, Director of Confindustria Bulgaria, the association of Italian businesses in Bulgaria, for the "International Survey: Bulgaria-Italy" of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Novinite.com Launches Its 'Bulgaria-Italy' Survey [May 30, 2011] Bulgaria's largest English-language media, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), is launching the new edition of its 'International Surveys', dedicated to the relations between Bulgaria and the Italy (READ HERE). The ''Italian Survey" of Novinite.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria receives final C-27J transporter [Apr 01, 2011] ROME, April 1 (UPI) -- The Bulgarian air force now has the third and final C-27J transport ordered from Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and a logistics center for them. [via YahooNews] More >>