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Bulgaria offers citizenship to Gorani community [Apr 19, 2012] BELGRADE -- Bulgaria is intensifying efforts to provide citizenship and other benefits to the poverty-stricken Gorani community in Kosovo and Albania, SETimes writes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reiterates Commitment to Serbia EU Candidacy [Feb 24, 2012] The groundbreaking agreement between Serbia and Kosovo must be rewarded by giving Serbia an official status of EU candidate, stated the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry Friday. Thursday, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov, together with a number of EU colleagues, has said that his country will support giving a candidate status to Serbia at the upcoming European Council ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Leaked Milosevic's Kosovo Ethnic Cleansing Plan in 1999 [Jan 09, 2012] Bulgaria's government turned over to Germany and NATO intelligence information about "Operation Horseshoe" - the Kosovo ethnic cleansing plan of ex Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic back in 1999. This has been revealed by former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynski (back then Nadezhda Mihaylova) in a documentary on "Operation Horseshoe" of the private Bulgarian channel bTV. "I provided ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Backs Kosovo's Territorial Integrity at NATO Ministerial [Dec 08, 2011] Bulgaria has stressed its adherence to the principled position of NATO on preserving Kosovo's territorial integrity, according to the speech of the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov at the annual meeting of the Alliance member states' top diplomats. "The general principled agreement for the territorial integrity of Kosovo was among the main points stressed by Nikolay Mladenov. He ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gravely Concerned about Unabating Kosovo-Serbia Tensions [Sep 16, 2011] Bulgaria is deeply about the continuing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia over the situation in the northern part of the new republic, according to Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. Mladenov's statement came Friday night after earlier on Friday theEuropean Union's law-enforcing mission in Kosovo EULEX assumed control of the two contested border crossings amidst escalating tensions in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria 'Worried' About Tension in Northern Kosovo [Jul 27, 2011] The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry has issued a statement of "strong worry" about the wosened situation in Northern Kosovo Tuesday. Tensions flared after end of last week Serbia refused to lift a trade embargo agaisnt Kosovo, which led Kosovo to impose the same. Sunday Kosovo's government sent special police units to control the crossing points to Serbia in Northern Kosovo, populated by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Calls on Kosovo, Serbia to Begin Dialogue [Jul 24, 2010] Bulgarias Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nickolay Mladenov, declared Saturday the time for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina has come. "I welcome the Advisory Opinion and hope that it will lead to a new stage in the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Foreign Minister Urged to Support Kosovo in EU [May 11, 2010] Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, has showed his support for the strengthening of the state institutions in Kosovo so as to protect the rights of all ethnic communities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FM Takes "Friendship Treaty" to Macedonia [May 05, 2010] Bulgarias Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov starts a visit to Macedonia and Serbia in May 5 to 8 as the first stage of a Balkan tour. The tour is also taking Mladenov to Montenegro (May 10), Kosovo (May 11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nay 12 and 13) and Albania (May 14). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Lobby for Serbia, Kosovo Membership in EU, NATO [May 01, 2010] Bulgaria's government intends to support the EU and NATO candidacy of Serbia and Kosovo, said the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Lobby for Serbia, Kosovo Membership in EU, NATO [May 01, 2010] Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov gave a lecture at the US Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies, stating that Bulgaria was prepared to give a helping hand to Kosovo and Serbia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Emblematic Visit Gives Start to Bulgaria, Kosovo Parliament Ties [Apr 21, 2010] Bulgarias Parliament has established formal relations with the Assembly of Kosovo as the head of the latter visited Sofia on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Kosovo Strike Energy Cooperation Deal (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] Bulgaria's Minister of Economy Traikov (right) and Kosovo's Energy Minister Shiroka-Pula (left) signed a cooperation memorandum. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Kosovo Strike Energy Cooperation Deal (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] Bulgaria and Kosovo signed Friday a memorandum for cooperation in the energy and mining sectors. The document was signed in Sofia by Bulgaria?s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov, and Kosovo?s Minister for Energy and Mines, Justina Shiroka-Pula. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Backs Serbia's EU Entry - Envoy in Belgrade (Novinite.com) [Jan 03, 2010] A woman walks in front of a graffiti reading 'No negotiations self-determination' in Pristina, Kosovo, on 01 December 2009, a year after Kosovo was announced as a independent area. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Backs Serbia's EU Entry - Envoy in Belgrade (Novinite.com) [Jan 03, 2010] Bulgaria will support Serbia joining the EU, but it's not likely to change its position on Kosovo, says that country's ambassador in Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>