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Bulgaria Stands Up for Low Taxes before EU Fiscal Pact Summit [Mar 01, 2012] Bulgaria will stand for keeping its tax rates, currently the lowest in the EU, thus seeking an opt-out from the new EU Fiscal Pact, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has declared before the start of the European Council Summit. "Tax policy must remain the priority of each member state," Borisov stated in Brussels Thursday night, as cited by BNR. On Friday, Bulgaria will join the Treaty on Stability ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Approves EU Fiscal Pact ahead of Leaders' Summit [Mar 01, 2012] Bulgaria's Cabinet has given a green light to the country's accession to the draft EU Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. Thus, Bulgaria will be one of the 25 EU member states to join the so called EU fiscal pact, with the UK and the Czech Republic deciding to stay out of it. On Wednesday, the Bulgarian government authorized Prime Minister Boyko ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria freezes ACTA ratification [Feb 15, 2012] Bulgaria became the latest European country yesterday to back off from the controversial anti-online piracy pact ACTA, amid public pressure and fears it could curtail Internet freedom. [via YahooNews] More >>

PM: Bulgaria Firmly Out of EU Fiscal Pact if Common Taxes Required [Jan 30, 2012] Bulgaria is not going to participate in the new EU Fiscal Pact if it requires that taxation policies be harmonized, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has declared in Brussels at the emergency meeting of EU leaders. Right before the start of the forum, Borisov made it clear that Bulgaria has one single condition for joining the EU Fiscal Pact ? a brainchild of French President Nicolas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sets conditions to sign EU fiscal pact [Jan 29, 2012] The Bulgarian Parliament has approved a government plan to join the European Union fiscal pact on certain terms. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sets conditions to sign EU fiscal pact [Jan 27, 2012] The Bulgarian Parliament has approved a government plan to join the European Union fiscal pact on certain terms.The plan ? backed on Friday in a 129-1 vote, with 48 abstentions ? stipulates that Bulgaria's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Parliament Greenlights Joining EU Fiscal Pact [Jan 27, 2012] Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday the draft decision for joining the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union or the so-called EU Fiscal Pact. The treaty was supported by 129 MPs, 1 voted against, while 48 abstained. Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Nladenov, informed the MPs that the country has set six conditions for the joining, such as no ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Fully Enter EU Fiscal Pact - FinMin [Jan 24, 2012] Bulgaria will most probably back the whole EU fiscal pact and not just some of the texts included in it, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has revealed, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio. It is yet to be decided whether Bulgaria will maintain an observer status like other non-eurozone EU member states, Djankov clarified after attending the meeting of the EU Economic and Financial ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sets conditions to join EU budget pact [Jan 11, 2012] (SOFIA ) - Non-eurozone member Bulgaria said Wednesday it will join an EU budget pact for tighter discipline but refused to undertake any financial pledges to aid the eurozone or accept changes to its tax policy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria seals new budget limits to buttress stability [Jun 30, 2011] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria's parliament approved new budget limits on Thursday to buttress financial stability as part of a larger "financial pact" which will require changes in the constitution. [via YahooNews] More >>

Socialist Leader: Bulgaria Remains Poorest EU Country [Apr 15, 2011] Bulgaria remains the poorest country in the EU, and government's priority must be a catch-up development of the economy and of people's income, according to Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev. The ex PM and Bulgarian Socialist Party chair spoke in Parliament Friday where the opposition Socialists called for a debate in Parliament on Bulgaria's accession to the Euro-Plus-Pact, a grouping of euro ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria C-Bank Deputy Governor Plays Down Euro-Plus 'Blunder' [Mar 28, 2011] Bulgaria's central bank deputy governor has defended the prime minister for deciding to back the Berlin-inspired project "euro-plus pact", a move harshly criticized by the opposition and local experts. "From an economic point of view, now was not the right time to join the pact. Prime Minister [Boyko Borisov] however has more reasons for this step than just that.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Pay EUR 300 M for 'Euro-Plus-Pact', Firm against Common EU Tax Rates [Mar 26, 2011] Bulgaria's decision to join the "Euro-Plus-Pact" - a deal for closer economic coordination between Euro Area states and non-euro countries which volunteered to join - will cost it EUR 300 M. Bulgaria will have to pay this sum in the first 12 years after it joins the euro zone, in five equal installments, according to an estimate of the Bulgarian Finance Ministry, Deputy Finance Minister Boryana ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria will join 'Euro Pact': PM [Mar 24, 2011] (SOFIA ) - Non-eurozone member Bulgaria will support in principle a planned eurozone pact to coordinate economic policy but will not allow changes to its tax policy, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to enshrine 'debt alert mechanism' in constitution [Feb 24, 2011] EU newcomer Bulgaria became the first country to try to adopt internally a series of measures emulating the EU 'Competitiveness Pact' proposed by France and Germany, including adding to the country's constitution a 'debt alert mechanism'. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Enshrine 'Debt Alert Mechanism' in Constitution [Feb 24, 2011] EurActiv EU newcomer Bulgaria became the first country to try to adopt internally a series of measures emulating the EU 'Competitiveness Pact' proposed by France and Germany, including adding to the country's constitution a 'debt alert mechanism'. Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov presented on 22 February plans for a 'Pact for Financial Stability'. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria mulls 'financial pact' to buttress stability [Feb 22, 2011] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria's finance ministry presented on Tuesday plans for a new 'pact' to buttress financial stability through a series of fiscal measures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Joins EU Divorce Law Pact [Jun 06, 2010] There were more than 1 million divorces in the 27 EU countries in 2007, 140,000 of which had an international dimension. File photo Bulgaria is among a group of 14 European Union nations which opted at the end of the week to seal a divorce pact that will let couples of different European nationalities choose which divorce laws will apply. [via YahooNews] More >>