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Bulgaria's Ex-VP Okayed Two-Thirds of Citizenship Requests [Feb 03, 2012] Bulgaria's former Vice President Angel Marin okayed 81 749 out of a total of 132 288 Bulgarian citizenship applications during his two terms in office, it has emerged. 3.5 times more applications for Bulgarian citizenship were given the thumbs up in the period 2002-2011 than in the preceding 10 years, the BGNES news agency has estimated. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Kraft Foods Bulgaria CEO Antoine Collette: Bulgaria Moves in Right Direction, Should be Faster [Feb 02, 2012] Exclusive interview with Antoine Collette, Executive Director of Kraft Foods Bulgaria, for the "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

60k CEO Jonathan Gladwish: Bulgaria Can Continue to Emerge as Tangible Outsourcing Hub [Jan 30, 2012] Exclusive interview with Jonathan Gladwish, CEO, 60k, for the "Investors of the Decade" Business Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Eager to Welcome Croatia in EU Family [Jan 23, 2012] Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has welcomed the results of Sunday's Croatian referendum in which approximately 66% of the voters supported the country's EU membership. "This positive outcome of the referendum is a result of the efforts put by the Croatian society and political leaders on the country's way to join the EU," Borisov said on Monday, as cited by the BGNES news agency. "I am ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Report: Stoichkov set to take over as Litex coach [Jan 01, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) -- Hristo Stoichkov is poised to replace Atanas Dzhambazki as coach of Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech, state news agency (BTA) reported on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Report: Stoichkov set to coach Bulgarian champs [Jan 01, 2012] SOFIA, Bulgaria (Reuters) -- Hristo Stoichkov is poised to replace Atanas Dzhambazki as coach of Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech, state news agency (BTA) reported on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Got EUR 37 B in Foreign Direct Investment in 2001-2011 [Dec 29, 2011] Bulgaria has attracted a total of EUR 37 B in foreign direct investment in 2001-2011, show estimates of the "Investors of the Decade" Survey of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches Bid to Quit Burgas-Alexandroupolis Oil Pipeline - Report [Dec 07, 2011] Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov will reportedly submit a project envisaging Bulgaria's withdrawal from the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project on Wednesday. According to reports of the BGNES news agency, the proposal will be put up for discussion at Wednesday's session of the Council of Ministers. Bulgaria will try to terminate its participation in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Novinite.com Invites You to Pick Bulgaria's 'Personalities in the News 2011' [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria's largest English-language media Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and the newest Bulgarian-language news site Novinite.bg invite you, its readers from around the world, to select Bulgaria's "Personalities in the News" for 2011! ... [via YahooNews] More >>

ICANN Chief Beckstrom: Bulgaria Should Move On from .?? Cyrillic Domain [Dec 01, 2011] Bulgaria should move on from its desire to register .?? as the national Cyrillic Internet domain name, ICANN CEO and President Rod Beckstrom stated in an interview for Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Independent Presidential Candidate Meglena Kuneva: Bulgaria Needs Non-Partisanship and Competitiveness [Oct 21, 2011] Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Meglena Kuneva, independent candidate for President of the Republic of Bulgaria in the 2011 presidential elections. Meglena Kuneva is a former Minister of EU Affairs in the government of Simeon Saxe-Coburg and the NSMP party (2001-2005), three-way coalition government (2005-2007), Bulgaria's Chief Negotiator in the EU accession talks in 2001 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seeing Growing FDI Inquiries in 2011 - InvestBulgaria Agency Director [Oct 12, 2011] In spite of the fact that statistics suggest a low amount of FDI in Bulgaria in 2011, the InvestBulgaria Agency has seen a growing number of investment delegations and inquiries, its Executive Director Borislav Stefanov told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). Commenting on statistical data of the Bulgarian National Bank indicating that Bulgaria saw an outflow of FDI in the first half of 2011 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Azerbaijan to Start Parliamentary Cooperation [Sep 18, 2011] Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are set to establish an inter-parliamentary group for friendship, according to Azerbaijani diplomatic sources. Azerbaijan attaches great importance to inter-parliamentary relations with Bulgaria and is ready to take necessary steps in this direction, diplomatic sources are quotes as saying by the Baku-based news agency Trend. The Bulgaria-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil Bulgaria dismisses tax claims [Aug 27, 2011] Lukoil Bulgaria CEO Valentin Zlatev rejected the claims that his company had violated tax or customs laws, the Sofia news agency reported on Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Northwest Bulgaria's Authorities Seek Investors to Revive Vidin Airport [Aug 11, 2011] Bulgaria's state authorities are seeking bidders for the concession of the inactive airport in the northwestern city of Vidin, Plamen Stefanov, Vidin District Governor, told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). In an interview for Novinite.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Schengen Not Bulgaria's Top Priority - EU Commissioner [Jul 18, 2011] Bulgaria will enter the Schengen Agreement, but its accession to the European border-free zone is not its highest prioriry right now, according to the country's EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva. "We are technically ready to join Schengen, but its hardly a priority for the Bulgarian nation," Georgieva said Monday, as cited by the BGNES news agency. She added that keeping stability is the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Football Clubs Levski, CSKA Urged to Cooperate on New National Stadium [Jul 18, 2011] Bulgaria's top football clubs Levski and CSKA should cooperate in order to make the project for a new national stadium in Sofia profitable, according to the President of the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria Solomon Passy. Passy, a former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria in 2001-2005, has told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) about his idea for cooperation of Levski Sofia FC and CSKA Sofia FC ? which many ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set for Boom of Electric Cars, Converted Vehicles Industry [Jul 18, 2011] The large-scale industrial conversion of conventional cars into electric vehicles is expected to become Bulgaria's new major industry, a special report of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) has found. The development of Bulgaria's electric vehicle industry is expected to experience a boom in 2012, Iliya Levkov, Chair of Bulgaria's Electric Vehicles Industrial Cluster (EVIC), has told Novinite.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM 'Fired' on Billboards [Jul 11, 2011] Billboards threatening to fire Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov were spotted in the Bulgarian capital Sofia early on Monday. "I will fire Boyko Borisov!," the billboards say on their both sides, the BGNES news agency has reported. It is still unknown who has made the statement.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arceland Management CEO Curtis Coward: Bulgaria's Success Story Requires More Aggressive Promotion [Jul 04, 2011] Interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Curtis M. Coward, CEO and Managing Partner at Arceland, an asset management fund based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and member of the the Bulgarian Land and Property Owners Association (BULLPOA). ... [via YahooNews] More >>