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Bulgaria's President-elect Claims Lots of Good Intentions [Dec 11, 2011] Bulgaria's President-elect Rosen Plevneliev has promised that he is well-intentioned and wants to help the country. In an interview for Nova TV Sunday afternoon Plevneliev, who won the 2011 presidential elections and is to be inaugurated as Bulgaria's fourth head of state in January 2012, outlined a number of reforms that he wished to see through. "The grand slam for me doesn't consists of three ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin:I Bet My Career on Budget 2012, Further Cuts Likely [Nov 11, 2011] Bulgaria's finance minister has fiercely defended the austerity draft budget for 2012, saying that its failure would spell the end of his term in the government. "I bet my career as a minister on this budget," Simeon Djankov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "If the government steps back from its demands for a later retirement in the interior and defense ministries and a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Deputy PM: Former Tsar Is Best Presidential Candidate [Jun 13, 2011] Daniel Vulchev, Former Bulgarian Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, has termed Simeon Saxe-Coburg, former Bulgarian Tsar and Prime Minister, the best presidential candidate. In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, Vulchev, who is part of the initiative committee supporting ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva at the autumn 2011 presidential elections, added that Saxe ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Leader: Nationalists Defend Russian Interests [May 27, 2011] Russia's energy interests are behind Ataka's support for ruling party GERB, according to Ivan Kostov, leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, party. In an interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, the DSB leader stated that nationalist Ataka party and its leader Volen Siderov were directly linked to the Russian embassy in Bulgaria and were defending Russian interests ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Runs for President to Save Face - Analysts [May 09, 2011] Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's likely bid for president may be interpreted as a move to get out of the political swamp he got himself into, say political analysts. "At the moment Borisov is mired in a deep swamp, with one of the exit options being a presidential nomination," political scientist Evgeniy Daynov told Nova TV morning broadcast. "Confidence in victory is of utmost ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex Right-Wing FM Ready to Run for President [Apr 15, 2011] Bulgaria's former foreign minister and current member of the European Parliament, Nadezhda Neynski, formerly Mihaylova, has confirmed plans to join the race for president in the autumn. "I believe I am fit to run for the presidential office, which is the reason why I have agreed that my party debates my nomination," Neynski told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. "It does not ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Interior Min Makes Scandalous Allegations Against Customs Boss [Jan 22, 2011] Rumen Petkov, Bulgaria's former socialist Minister of Interior, stated he fired the present Customs Agency head Vanyo Tanov from the ministry upon discovering his ties to drug trafficking circles. "We caught Tanov in contact with a woman close to Serbian drug trafficker Budimir Kujovic," explained Petkov in an interview for Nova TV Saturday evening. Vanyo Tanov was appointed director of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria No Soviet Republic, Foreign Minister Thinks [Jul 04, 2010] Bulgaria is a state based on the rule of law and cannot afford to favor certain investors, no matter whether Russian or from elsewhere, said Bulgarian foreign affairs minister Nikolay Mladenov in an interview for Bulgarian Nova TV Sunday evening. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Said to Overcome Crisis by September [Jun 17, 2010] Bulgarias Finance Minister Simeon Djankov believes that the economic crisis will be over for the country by the end of the summer. The economic recovery will be felt much more tangibly in September, Djankov told Nova TV Thursday morning. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin: Yes to Tapping into Reserve, No to VAT Hike [May 31, 2010] Speaking to the private Nova TV channel on Sunday, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov declined to name those, who persisted in their demands for a rise in the VAT tax, but hinted Prime Minister Boyko Borisov was one of them. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Devin CEO Named Business Personality of 2009 [Apr 22, 2010] Tsvetan Lazhanski is chief executive director of Devin and holds a 2.3% stake in the company. Photo by personal archive Tsvetan Lazhanski, executive director of Bulgaria's top water bottling company Devin, has been elected business personality of the year 2009 in a poll, organized by business weekly Capital and Nova TV channel. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Devin CEO Named Business Personality of 2009 [Apr 22, 2010] Tsvetan Lazhanski, executive director of Bulgaria's top water bottling company Devin, has been elected business personality of the year 2009 in a poll, organized by business weekly Capital and Nova TV channel. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Says Power Utilities Sale Revision Not Priority [Apr 09, 2010] The prime minister has every reason to be angry for what has been going on in Bulgaria 's energy sector for the last twenty years, I am angry too, Minister Traicho Traikov told the morning broadcast of Nova TV channel on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's EU Commissioner: 2nd Barroso Commission Was in Grave Danger (Novinite.com) [Mar 14, 2010] Bulgarians lack sufficient confidence and faith in themselves, according to Bulgaria?s EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva. Georgia, who is the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, sought to clear up all doubts that her portfolio was not prestigious enough, speaking on Nova TV Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nova TV Applies to Open Dedicated Sports Channel (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Bulgaria commercial company "Nova TV" will apply for a license to open and operate a new sports channel, replacing the current "MM" music channel. "New Sport" will be launched in the first half of 2010, the company has announced on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>