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Westinghouse Shows Renewed Interest in Bulgaria's Nuclear Plant [Mar 07, 2011] US company Westinghouse has showed renewed interested in investments in Bulgaria's only operational nuclear power plant Kozloduy, according to Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov. While on a state visit in Spain over the weekend, Traikov met with Jose Gutierrez, CEO and Vice President for Southern Europe of the US energy giant Westinghouse. Traikov was in Madrid as part of a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria President: Games with Fiscal Reserve Risky [May 18, 2010] All data of the European and global financial institutions shows that Bulgaria has not exited from the deplorable situation it was in prior to the crisis, just the opposite, Socialist President Georgi Parvanov told journalists in Madrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Diplomat Urges EU to Aid Latin America [May 18, 2010] Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during the gala dinner at the 6th EU-Latin American Summit, at the Palacio Real in Madrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Spain Celebrate 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations [May 13, 2010] Bulgaria and Spain have celebrated 100 years since the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic relaitons with a concert in Madrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Spain Celebrate 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations [May 13, 2010] Bulgarian Deputy FM Marin Raykov (left) and Spain Govt Secretary Garrido in Madrid. Photo by Foreign Ministry Bulgaria and Spain have celebrated 100 years since the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic relaitons with a concert in Madrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bloomberg: Bulgaria to Revise Growth Forecast for 2010 to 1% [Apr 17, 2010] Bulgaria will revise up its economic growth forecast for this year as recovering exports bolster the expansion, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said. The economic outlook is more optimistic now than it was at the end of 2009, Djankov said today in an interview in Madrid. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Joins Madrid Ecofin with Euro Hopes [Apr 16, 2010] Bulgaria's finance minister has not given up hope for pushing ahead with his euro plans, it emerged in Madrid where his colleagues from the other EU member states will consider and assess the country's convergence program. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Goes to Crucial for Euro Bid Ecofin [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgaria's finance minister is heading Thursday for Madrid where his colleagues from the other EU member states will consider and assess the country's convergence program, crucial for its decision how long to keep on hold plans to join the eurozone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Budget Carrier easyJet Lowers Bulgaria Ticket Prices (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] EasyJet, the low cost airline, has announced a 30% reduction in ticket prices for flights from Bulgaria. The reductions will apply to passengers traveling from the capital, Sofia, to all four easyJet destinations ? Milan, Madrid, Manchester and London. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Air Madrid Bound Plane Makes Emergency Landing (Novinite.com) [Feb 08, 2010] An aircraft of the Bulgaria Air airlines on a flight to Madrid returned Monday to the airport of the capital Sofia over malfunctioning, the company announced. [via YahooNews] More >>