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MP Abadzhiev Nominated as Bulgaria Nabucco Representative (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] Ex RZS MP Dimitar Abadzhiev has reportedly been nominated to represent Bulgaria in the Nabucco Gas Pipeline International company. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria President Scandal Turns into 'Foreign Policy Disaster' (Novinite.com) [Mar 11, 2010] The transcript scandal involving Bulgaria President Georgi Parvanov and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, could grow in to a colossal foreign policy scandal, Blue Coalition MP Asen Agov says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Food Containing GMOs Has Been Sold in Bulgaria for Years - Report (Novinite.com) [Feb 24, 2010] Bulgaria rightist Blue Coalition MP, Vanyo Sharkov, has reported that food products containing GMOs have been sold for years in Bulgaria. Sharkov cited research carried out by the Ministry of Health on GMOs from 2004-2009, which has not yet been released to the public. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Election Commission Confirms Removal of Ethnic Turk MP (Novinite.com) [Feb 19, 2010] Bulgaria?s Central Election Commission has announced its official decision for the removal of one ethnic Turkish DPS MP from the Bulgarian Parliament following a recount of votes cast in 23 polling stations in Turkey in the July 2009 elections. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ethnic Turks to Dispute Loss of MP Seat in Strasbourg (Novinite.com) [Feb 16, 2010] Bulgaria?s ethnic Turkish party DPS is going to file a suit with the ECHR disputing a ruling of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court under which it loses one MP seat. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ethnic Turks Lose MP Seat over Recount of Turkey Voting (Novinite.com) [Feb 15, 2010] Bulgaria?s ruling party GERB is supposed to get one more MP, and the ethnic Turkish party DPS ? to lose one MP, according to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rightist MP Calls for Investigation of Ex Chief Prosecutor (Novinite.com) [Feb 15, 2010] Bulgaria rightist Blue Coalition MP, Atanas Atanasov, has called for the government to turn their focus away from former secret agent Aleksei Petrov and on to the group operating around ex Chief Prosecutor Nikola Flichev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria GERB MP Gives up Legal Immunity over Land Swap Saga (Novinite.com) [Feb 08, 2010] Emil Dimitrov, an MP from Bulgaria?s center-right governing GERB party, is set to give up his automatic MP?s legal immunity after being implicated in the in the scandalous public land swap deal saga. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Says Own Party MP Implicated in Notorious Land Swaps (Novinite.com) [Feb 05, 2010] Emil Dimitrov, MP from Bulgaria?s ruling party GERB participated in the execution of a scandalous swap deal with public lands before he became a deputy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dutch MEP: Bulgaria?s New EU Commissioner Knows Her Stuff (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Bulgaria?s new EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has a very good knowledge of her portfolio on humanitarian aid, Greens MP Judith Sargentini told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). [via YahooNews] More >>