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Bulgaria's Ex President Stages Epistolary Bid for Socialist Leadership [Feb 18, 2012] Bulgaria's former President Georgi Parvanov has made a new move interpreted as part of his bid to regain the leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist Party by sending a letter to its plenum. Parvanov, who was the chair of the Bulgarian Socialist Party before getting elected to the Bulgarian Presidency in 2001, was the one to point to his successor Sergey Stanishev (Prime Minister in 2005-2009), who ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Vows Business Focus before AmCham [Jan 13, 2012] The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has stressed its commitments to turning the country into an "attractive business destination" during a meeting with the leadership of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bulgaria. "We want to make Bulgaria an attractive business destination for foreign investors," Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told AmCham Bulgaria President Peter Lithgow, Vice ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Opposition Socialists Mull New No Confidence Vote [Jun 21, 2011] The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, begins another round of consultations with other political forces for the submission of a new no confidence vote against the cabinet. The news was announced Tuesday, at a meeting of the party's leadership. The Socialists are considering two motives for the vote ? failure in the internal affairs policies or overall failure of the cabinet. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Mladenov: Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Has 3 Geographic Focus Areas [Jun 08, 2011] Bulgaria's foreign policy has three major geographic areas of focus, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) in an exclusive interview. Mladenov has emphasized that the Western Balkans, the Black Sea Region, and the Middle East are the three priority regions for the Bulgarian diplomatic corps under his leadership. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ethnic Turkish Party Slams Resigning Dissenter as Provocateur [Jan 18, 2011] Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) has accepted the resignation from its leadership of Kasim Dal, who is emerging as a major dissenter. Last week Dal, a MP who is formerly the right hand of DPS founder and leader Ahmed Dogan, declared he submitted his resignation and slammed Dogan accusing him of authoritarian control of the party, abandonment of its ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Reshuffle Hits Bulgaria's Flawed Registry Agency [Sep 23, 2010] Bulgaria's Justice Minister Margarita Popova. Photo by BGNES The leadership of Bulgaria's Registry Agency will be dismissed following the recent discovery of public procurement orders' violations , the justice minister has announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EX PM Named for Top Notch Post with PES [Apr 30, 2010] The leadership of the Party of the European Socialists (PES) named former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Sergey Stanishev, Chair of the newly created Foreign Policy Network. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialists Counter Accusations: GERB Govt Lost BGN 2 B (Novinite.com) [Mar 30, 2010] Bulgaria?s Prosecutor?s Office is being misled about alleged violations of the former government, the leadership of the Socialist Party (BSP) declared. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader: We Deserve Credit for Our Initiatives (Novinite.com) [Mar 23, 2010] Bulgaria Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergey Stanishev has claimed that the previous government should be given credit by the European Commission and by the present leadership. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Asks EPP for EU Funds Lobbying (Novinite.com) [Mar 16, 2010] Bulgaria?s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, has asked the leadership of the European People?s Party to lobby in Brussels for the allocation of EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party Doesn't Give up on Impeaching President (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] The meeting of the leadership of Bulgaria?s ruling party GERB ended late Friday night without any decision on whether to give up attempting to impeach President Georgi Parvanov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Vows to Sack Tobacco Fund Leadership (Novinite.com) [Jan 28, 2010] Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, confirmed Thursday that he is set to replace the entire leadership of the so-called Tobacco Fund. Borisov informed that the changes are forthcoming in the next few weeks while he is waiting only for the results of the probe. [via YahooNews] More >>