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Justine Henin of Belgium celebrates defeating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria at the French Open tennis tournament at ... [May 25, 2010] Justine Henin of Belgium celebrates defeating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Diplomat Criticizes Predecessor's Staff Policy (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, stressed Thursday the urgent need to appoint Ambassadors to Washington, Paris, Skopje and Ankara. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 17, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 17, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 17, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 16, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 16, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 16, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 16, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Two Prime Ministers: Bulgaria's Boyko Borisov Welcomes Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (Novinite.com) [Oct 16, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, was formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris on October 15 to become the first woman and first Eastern European to lead the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Bokova Formally Confirmed as UNESCO Director General (Novinite.com) [Oct 15, 2009] Bulgaria's Ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, has been formally inaugurated as UNESCO Director General in Paris Thursday night. Bokova was installed into office for a 4-year term by the General Conference of UNESCO after she won the elections for the head of the organization on September 22, 2009. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Slated to Join European Space Community (Novinite.com) [Apr 09, 2009] Bulgaria's PM Sergey Stanishev announced Thursday Bulgaria was in the process of joining the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA is an international organization with 18 Member States and headquarters in Paris. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Slated to Join European Space Community (Novinite.com) [Apr 09, 2009] Bulgaria's PM Sergey Stanishev announced Thursday Bulgaria was in the process of joining the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA is an international organization with 18 Member States and headquarters in Paris. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria seeks to speed up nine-year-old Paris murder case (Eu Business) [Feb 11, 2009] (SOFIA ) - Bulgaria's top judicial authority, the Supreme Judicial Council, said Wednesday it hoped to speed up a court case surrounding the brutal murder of a student in Paris in July 2000 by putting it on its watchlist. [via YahooNews] More >>

BULGARIA SEEKS TO SPEED UP NINE-YEAR-OLD PARIS MURDER CASE (The Tocqueville Connection) [Feb 11, 2009] SOFIA, Feb 11, 2009 (AFP) - Bulgaria's top judicial authority, the Supreme Judicial Council, said Wednesday it hoped to speed up a court case surrounding the brutal murder of a student in Paris in July 2000 by putting it on itswatchlist. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-02-21 06:40 GMT: Essilor buys Bulgaria's Optymal Ood, majority stake in Canada's Westlab Optical (Interactive Investor) [Feb 21, 2008] PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Eyeglass lens maker Essilor International said it has acquired Optymal Ood, a lens and instruments distributor in Bulgaria, marking its first operations in the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

UNESCO Names Bulgaria's President "Symbol of Democracy" (Novinite.com) [Oct 17, 2007] Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov was named "symbol of democracy" at the 34th General Conference of UNESCO, which was opened on Tuesday in Paris with a call to consciously assume the challenges of humanity in education, poverty and development. [via YahooNews] More >>

SARKOZY SET FOR HERO'S WELCOME ON BULGARIA TRIP (Tocqueville Connection) [Oct 09, 2007] PARIS, Oct 2, 2007 (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads Thursday to Bulgaria, where he is to receive a hero's welcome and the country's highest award for his role in securing the release of six medics jailed in Libya. [via YahooNews] More >>

SARKOZY SET FOR HERO'S WELCOME ON BULGARIA TRIP (The Tocqueville Connection) [Oct 03, 2007] PARIS, Oct 2, 2007 (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads Thursday to Bulgaria, where he is to receive a hero's welcome and the country's highest award for his role in securing the release of six medics jailed in Libya. [via YahooNews] More >>

B92 - News - Globe - Bulgaria to pay families of Libyan HIV-infected children (B92) [Jul 15, 2007] PARIS -- Bulgaria and three other European countries will reportedly pay US$ 400 to 400 Libyan families. [via YahooNews] More >>