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World Football - Petrov thanks Bulgaria fans for support [Apr 20, 2012] Bulgaria captain Stiliyan Petrov has expressed his gratitude to fans back home for their support as he battles acute leukaemia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Villa Captain Petrov Thanks All for Support [Mar 31, 2012] The captain of Bulgaria and Aston Villa Stiliyan Petrov, who has been diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia, has issued a statement of gratitude for the overwhelming support he got from fans. "I would like to thank all of the people who have left messages of support - the response has been overwhelming and I appreciate it very much," Stiliyan Petrov said Saturday afternoon in a special statement ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Aston Villa Captain Stan Petrov Begins Battle for Life [Mar 31, 2012] Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has appealed to his team to play for Bulgarian national and Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan "Stan" Petrov during the Saturday face-off with Chelsea. The shocking news that Petrov, the captain of Bulgaria's national football team and the English club Aston Villa, has been diagnosed with leukemia was reported one day earlier. Aston Villa was considering cancelling the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Katunitsa Murderer: I Thought I Hit Dog [Sep 27, 2011] The man who ran over and killed with his van 19-year-old Angel Petrov in the village of Katunitsa last Friday told the Court he failed to stop because he thought he had hit a dog. Simeon Yosifov, 55, from the Stolipinovo Roma district in the second largest Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, near Katunitsa, is charged with manslaughter, and if convicted will face 10 to 20 years behind bars, according to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria [Mar 26, 2011] Mihailov, Bandalovski, Kostadin Stoyanov, Ivanov, Zanev, Georgiev, Petrov, Manolev, Ivelin Popov (Angelov 85),Delev (Lazarov 81), Makriev (Genkov 52). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Cop Accuses President of Anti-cabinet Plot [Jan 24, 2011] Former agents of the Communist State Security (DS), including President Georgi Parvanov, and Aleksei Petrov, are behind attacks on the Bulgarian cabinet. The claim was made by Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who spoke Monday in an interview for the private TV channel bTV. Tsvetanov was adamant the discrediting taped conversations between key Bulgarian political figures, which leaked in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'Octopus' Launches Presidential Bid [Jan 10, 2011] Former special agent of Bulgaria's DANS and controversial businessman, Aleksei Petrov, is confirming his political ambitions and presidential bid. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'Octopus' Was Close with Ex Top Prosecutor [Oct 15, 2010] Former undercover agent Aleksei Petrov, aka "the Octopus" or "the Tractor", who is under investigation for organized crime activities, was revealed to have had close connection with Bulgaria's former Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister Not Worried about Ex Agent Accusations [Oct 15, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, said he was not worried about the statements of former secret agent Alexei Petrov, who accused him of participating in an illegal deal for EUR 1 M. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Interior, Judiciary Draw Daggers Yet Again [Oct 14, 2010] The ongoing war between Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and the judiciary saw new bloody clashes in the wake of a court ruling to release from jail ex undercover agent Aleksei Petrov, aka "The Octopus" or "The Tractor". [via YahooNews] More >>

Stiliyan Petrov: Bulgaria Will Treat Russia Like England [Aug 11, 2010] Bulgaria captain and Aston Villa midfielder Stiliyan Petrov has said the national team will use today's friendly against Russia as preparation for their matches against England in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rally: Red Bull preview [Jul 06, 2010] In Finland, the national sport is rallying. In Bulgaria, the latest stop on the World Rally Championship tour, the national sport is...wrestling. Two of Bulgaria's biggest sporting heroes were wrestlers: Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Alleged Ringleader Sues Nationalist over Israeli Brawl [May 10, 2010] Bulgarias alleged ringleader and former undercover security agent, Aleksei Petrov, is suing the leader of the nationalist, right-wing Ataka party Volen Siderov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Alleged Ringleader Sues Nationalist over Israeli Brawl [May 10, 2010] Bulgarias alleged top crime boss and ex security agent, Aleksei Petrov, is outraged by nationalists attempts to discredit the country security services. [via YahooNews] More >>

Busted Former Agent Takes on Bulgaria's PM [Apr 13, 2010] Aleksei Petrov is one of the most striking and mysterious figures from Bulgaria's dramatic twenty-year transition from socialism to market economy. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right-Wing Implicates President in 'Octopus' Mafia Ties [Apr 02, 2010] The former head of Bulgaria s National Investigative Office, Atanas Atanasov, says President, Georgi Parvanov, interfered personally to stop Aleksei Petrov from being fired as a secret agent. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Raises New Charges against Busted Secret Agent (Novinite.com) [Mar 31, 2010] Aleksei Petrov is one of the most striking and mysterious figures from Bulgaria's dramatic twenty-year transition from socialism to market economy. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

US Ambassador Snubs Request by Arrested Bulgaria Ex Secret Agent (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] US Ambassador to Bulgaria, James Warlick, has made it clear he had no intention of meeting with ex secret agent Aleksei Petrov, who is facing organized crime charges. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister Is Confident about 'Octopus' Evidence (Novinite.com) [Feb 19, 2010] Bulgaria Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has declared his confidence in the evidence collected against Aleksei Petrov and Marcelo Dzholotov. Both men were detained behind bars by the Sofia Court of Appeal on Thursday, for their alleged criminal activities in the "Octopus" group. [via YahooNews] More >>

Die Presse: Aleksei Petrov - Mysterious Figure from Bulgaria's Transition (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Former undercover agent Aleksei Petrov, who was nabbed within an operation, dubbed the Octopus, is one of the most striking and mysterious figures from Bulgaria's dramatic twenty-year transition from socialism to market economy, writes the German Die Presse in a report from Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>