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Bulgaria Illegal Assets Law to Target Parties Too - Report [Mar 28, 2012] Bulgaria's long-delayed bill authorizing widespread confiscation of illegal assets will probe the financing of parties, as well as participants in public procurements, insiders say. "The ruling GERB party is preparing on the sly serious changes to the bill in between the first and second readings," the opposition-leaning Sega daily reported on Wednesday, citing well-informed sources. For the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Turkish Leader: Morals in Politics Are Detrimental [Mar 26, 2012] Striving for morals in politics is detrimental for the State, according to Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan. The statement has been made by the leader of the ethnic party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, on March 16th before participants in the national program "Management Skills," the Bulgarian Trud (Labor) daily writes, citing their own sources. "The qualities of any ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Polly Genova Fails to Make It to Eurovision Song Contest Final [May 13, 2011] Bulgaria's contestant Polly Genova and her band failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision song contest after the second semi-final in Dusseldorf Thursday evening. The ten countries out of a total of 19 participants which qualified for the Eurovision final on Saturday, May 14, are Estonia, Romania, Moldova, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Austria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Sweden. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Recreates Start of Historic April Uprising [May 01, 2011] The eruption of the 1876 April Uprising was given its traditional re-creation as part of official festivities in Koprivshtitsa, one of the uprising's centers. Thousands of Bulgarians flocked Sunday to the Koprivshtitsa central square, where the first shot of the uprising was fired. Participants re-enacted the events of April 20, 1876, when rebels took over the town and set up the revolutionary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Hunting Tourism Gains Momentum [Mar 30, 2011] Bulgaria's hunting tourism is enjoying growing local and international interest, according to participants in the 17th annual "Nature, Hunting, Fishing" Expo in the city of Plovdiv. A total of 3 992 foreign nationals and 3 761 Bulgarians had hunting tourism trips in Bulgaria in 2010, according to data of the State Forestry Agency, as cited by BTA. The group hunt of wild pigs is the most sought ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cabinet with New Attempt to Tame Fuel Prices [Mar 23, 2011] Bulgarian freight careers, merchants and manufacturers of fuels are meeting Wednesday with the Economy and Energy Minister, Transports and Finance Ministers, to discuss measures to lower the skyrocketing fuel prices in the country. The meeting comes exactly a week after the same debate was held for the first time, where participants agreed on three measures to lower mainly diesel prices ? two ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Pick Runner for Eurovision 2011 in Dusseldorf [Feb 23, 2011] Bulgaria will select Wednesday night its representative for the next Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, out of 19 entries. This year's Romanian hopefuls Hotel FM will be one of the special guests of the show, which will be aired live at 19:30 CET on the Bulgarian National Television. Following is a list of the participants, who will compete for a ticket to Dusseldorf, and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Lumber Industry Picks Up, Furniture Lags Behind [Oct 27, 2010] Bulgaria's lumber industry has started to overcome the effects of the economic crisis but the furniture manufacturing is still declining, according to participants in the "World of Furniture " expo in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria with High Hopes for 2nd Black Sea Energy Forum [Sep 29, 2010] The second edition of the " Black Sea Energy and Economy Forum " has started in Istanbul with Bulgarian Economy Minister Traicho Traikov among the participants. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Marks 20 Years since Convention of Constitutional Assembly [Jul 09, 2010] The largest pro-democracy demonstration in Bulgaria after 1989 took place on June 7, 1990, on the "Eagle's Bridge" in downtown Sofia, featuring 1 million participants according to some estimates. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Varna Welcomes 2010 Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta [May 20, 2010] The first participants in the 2010 Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta have arrived in Bulgarias largest Black Sea port of Varna even though most were delayed by the lack of strong winds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Novinite.com International Survey: Bulgaria-Greece [Apr 05, 2010] About 300 people took part in the second gay pride parade 'Rainbow Friendship' in Sofia , Bulgaria , 27 June 2009. The parade was supported by participants of other countries including neighbouring Greece. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Becomes Part of International Defense Logistics Unit (Novinite.com) [Mar 17, 2010] Bulgaria?s Cabinet approved Wednesday a memorandum for the country?s participation in an international integrated logistics unit. Each of the participants ? Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia ? is going to take part with 4 military officers in the NATO logistics unit. [via YahooNews] More >>

Vanity Fair Features Bulgaria's Jekova among Most Attractive Olympians (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Popular lifestyle magazine ?Vanity Fair? has published profiles of the 40 most attractive participants in the Vancouver Winter Olympics including Bulgaria?s snowboarder Alexandra Jekova. [via YahooNews] More >>

Vanity Fair Features Bulgaria's Jekova among Most Attractive Olympians (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Bulgaria's snowboarder Jekova is among the most attractive Olympians, according to the Vanity Fair magazine. Photo by Slavy Magazine Popular lifestyle magazine ?Vanity Fair? has published profiles of the 40 most attractive participants in the Vancouver Winter Olympics including Bulgaria?s snowboarder Alexandra Jekova. [via YahooNews] More >>