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Bulgaria's Marinov Triumphs at Europe Wrestling Tournament [Mar 12, 2012] Bulgaria's Hristo Marinov has won the gold medal at the European Wrestling Championship in Belgrade. Marinov celebrated the first gold victory for the Bulgarian team after defeating Damian Janikowski of Poland at the men's 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling final match at the European Championship on March 11, 2012. Hristo Marinov was born on March 14, 1987 in the city of Stara Zagora.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Downgrades GDP Growth Hopes over Arab World Unrest, Japan Earthquake [Mar 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Finance Ministry has reduce its economic growth forecasts for 2012 and 2013 in light of the civil unrest in the Arab world and the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Japan on March 11. Thus, Bulgaria's economy is now expected to grow by 4.1% in 2012 instead of the original figure of 4.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Wary of EU Tax Harmonization Plans [Mar 02, 2011] Calls against EU-wide tax harmonization moves are gathering speed in Bulgaria ahead of a key meeting of European Union leaders on March 11 in Brussels. Bulgaria is one of the European Union member states, whose businesses will be hardest hit by tax harmonization moves, according to analysts. If Brussels pressures Bulgaria into raising its comparatively low corporation tax rate, the country will ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 10:05 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria revises 2009 GDP decline to 5.0 pct y/y (Interactive Investor) [Mar 11, 2010] SOFIA, March 11 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's economy shrank by 5.0 percent on an annual basis in 2009, a touch better than a preliminary estimate of 5.1 percent but still putting it on course to recover slower than its east European peers. The full-year decline reported by the statistics office on Thursday was also close to the government's forecast for a contraction of 4.9 percent in 2009. The Balkan ... [via YahooNews] More >>