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Bulgaria to Start Building Gas Links to Greece, Romania in 2012 [Dec 25, 2011] Bulgaria is about to start construction a natural gas interconnection with Romania in a few weeks, according to Bulgarian Economy, Energy, and Tourism Minister Traicho Traikov. The building of the Bulgarian-Greek gas interconnection will be started in the third quarter of 2012, Traikov told BTA Sunday. Bulgaria moved to link its natural gas grid to that of its neighbors after the January 2009 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tops EU Software Piracy Rate [May 12, 2011] Bulgaria has the highest software piracy rate in the EU ? 65%, according to a global study for 2010 published by the Business Software Alliance. Some USD 113 M have been lost by the software industry due to Bulgarian piracy in the past year, compared with USD 115 M in 2009. The Balkan country is followed by its neighbors - Romania, with 64%, and Greece, with 59%.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Formally Protests Serbian Traveling Hassle [Feb 19, 2011] Bulgaria will inform EU authorities of the impediments Serbia has made to Bulgarian nationals requesting to enter Serbia Friday, announced Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov. All through Friday, Serbian border police were creating difficulties for Bulgarian nationals to cross the border, given the two neighbors have a visa-free regime. Bulgarians were attempting to cross into Serbia to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Re-States Warning over Egypt Travel, Mulls Evacuation Plan [Jan 30, 2011] A special crisis headquarters of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry is expected to come up with a plan to evacuate the 200 Bulgarian citizens stranded in Egypt by the intensifying civil unrest. Among Bulgaria's neighbors, Turkey has already sent three military planes to bring home its citizens currently located in Egypt, while Greece is about to dispatch two military planes to evacuate its citizens ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece Bust Large Child Trafficking Network [Jan 25, 2011] 9 Bulgarian nationals of Roma origin have been arrested in Greece and 5 more in Bulgaria in a joint operation by the police forces of the two neighbors directed against an organized network that trafficked and sold newborn kids. The operation targets what is suspected to be one of the biggest networks for the selling of children in Greece, which is reported to operate in Athens, Lamia and Seres ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Thessaloniki Looks to Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia to Increase Port Traffic [Oct 07, 2010] Thessaloniki Port Authority SA , the operator of Greece?s second-biggest port, is looking north to Balkan neighbors Bulgaria, Serbia and the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia to boost cargo volume and revenue. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Neighbors Romania, Greece Up Value-Added Tax [Jul 01, 2010] Bulgarias EU neighbors Romania and Greece are formally increasing their VAT s as of July 1, 2010, as part internationally-sanctioned measures to stabilize their state finances. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Neighbors Romania, Greece Up Value-Added Tax [Jul 01, 2010] Bulgarias EU neighbors Romania and Greece are formally increasing their VATs as of July 1, 2010, as part internationally-sanctioned measures to stabilize their state finances. [via YahooNews] More >>

Turkey closes border crossing with flood-hit Bulgaria (People's Daily) [Feb 16, 2010] Turkey closed a northwestern border crossing with Bulgaria on Monday as floods cut a highway connecting the two neighbors, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Officials at the Kapikule border crossing in Edirne Province forbid vehicles to cross into Bulgaria as a nearby brook overflowed Monday morning and forced the closure of the highway from Kapikule to Bulgaria's Kapitan Andreevo ... [via YahooNews] More >>