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Bulgaria Allows Mobsters to Vote, Bans Decent Citizens [Oct 27, 2011] Top mobsters, who have been in hiding and wanted for years, have the right to vote in Bulgaria's presidential and local elections, unlike hundreds of decent citizens, who were banned "by mistake". Nikolay Marinov, aka the Little Marguin, and Plamen Dishkov aka Kela, are just two of a few underworld lords, whom authorities surprisingly skipped to include in the restrictive list with Bulgarians ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM Vows to Punish, Dismiss over 'Tapegate' [Feb 08, 2011] Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov has vowed to punish one of the two authority bodies on use of special surveillance devices, guilty for the so-called "Tanovgate" scandal, which leaked discrediting conversations between senior government officials. "One of the two authority bodies has made a mistake, so there should be punished and dismissed employees. When the investigation on the case is over, I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Interior Faces Opposition Ire over Police Brutality [Jul 28, 2010] Bulgaria's parliament will hear on Wednesday Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov in connection with an incident in the southern town of Kurdzhali, in which plainclothes police officers beat up by mistake a family during an operation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Eurovision Singer Mistakenly Arrested in Police Operation [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgarias 2009 Eurovision song contest representative Krasimir Avramov was arrested by mistake early Thursday as part of the special police operation code-named "The Untouchable. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria State Gazette Blunder Called "Lapsus" [Apr 01, 2010] An amendment to the law on drugs, which was published in Bulgaria 's State Gazette without the approval of the parliament or the president, has been innocently passed off as an involuntary mistake. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Unearths More State Gazette Blunders (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] Bulgaria will have to adopt legislative changes to prevent the promulgation of amendments by mistake, without the approval of the parliament or the president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Blunder Prompts Special Edition of Bulgaria State Gazette (Novinite.com) [Mar 28, 2010] Bulgaria will publish a special edition of its State Gazette after an amendment to the law on drugs was published by mistake, without the approval of the parliament or the president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Belgium: Bulgaria, Romania EU Entry was Mistake, Lesson (Novinite.com) [Mar 10, 2010] Europe has learned its lesson after the hasty accession of Romania and Bulgaria and won't repeat that mistake, Belgium's state secretary for European affairs, has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PR Experts Query Berbatov's Blogging Debut (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgarian PR experts have labeled the blogging debut of Manchester United and Bulgaria star Dimitar Berbatov as a ?mistake?. [via YahooNews] More >>