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Bulgaria Ex-VP Says He Pardoned Fewer Felons Than Predecessor [Feb 06, 2012] Bulgaria's former Vice President Angel Marin has pointed out that he pardoned fewer criminals than his predecessor. It recently emerged that Marin pardoned a total of 533 felons during his two terms in office, including many murderers. In an interview for the private bTV channel on Sunday, the former Vice President argued that his predecessor had pardoned more than 1000 criminals during his 5 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria-Descended Dilma Roussef World's Third Most Powerful Woman [Aug 25, 2011] Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is of Bulgarian origin, is the world's third most powerful woman, according to Forbes. Rousseff, the daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant Petar Rusev (Pedro Rousseff), took office on January 1, 2011.Even though her country's economy has slowed down after the boom in the years of her predecessor, Lula da Silva, she still enjoys the support of 67%, a recent ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Socialists Smell Repression in Gas Debate [Jul 02, 2010] Bulgaria's former energy minister has slammed as "political repression" the prime minister's plan to submit to prosecutors the contracts that his Socialist predecessor signed with energy giant Gazprom for the supplies of Russian natural gas. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Energy Minister Slams Predecessor for Giving In to Gazprom [Jul 01, 2010] Bulgarias Economy and Energy Minister Traikov has blamed his predecessor Rumen Ovcharov who succumbing to pressure from Gazprom to renegotiate the Russian natural gas supplies for the country in 2006. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Faces Staggering EU ISPA Program Losses [Jun 14, 2010] Bulgaria's Transport Minister, Aleksander Tsvetkov, is surprised that his Socialist predecessor has been critical towards him regarding the country's loss of funds from the EU ISPA program. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Social Security Head Gone, Eyes on Predecessor (Novinite.com) [Feb 25, 2010] Bulgaria's parliament has unanimously voted for the resignation of the head of the Bulgarian National Social Security Institute, while rumors insist his predecessor may be reinstated in office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Invites Socialist Leader to Anti-Crisis Talks (Novinite.com) [Feb 19, 2010] Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov has invited his predecessor, BSP leader Sergey Stanishev, for talks on the anti-crisis measures proposed by the current center-right GERB government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Georgieva Takes over European Commissioner Baton (Novinite.com) [Feb 09, 2010] Bulgaria's new European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva took over from her predecessor Meglena Kuneva on Tuesday at a short meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's new commission candidate wows hearers (EARTHtimes.org) [Feb 03, 2010] Brussels - Bulgaria's new nominee to the post of European Union emergency-aid commissioner wowed her listeners in the European Parliament on Wednesday, three weeks after her predecessor's career came to a humiliating end in the same building. The Bul... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Georgieva Gives Solid Performance (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] Bulgaria's commissioner-designate does much better than her predecessor. There was a palpable sense of relief among MEPs when Kristalina Georgieva turned out to be very different from her predecessor as Bulgaria's commissioner-designate. [via YahooNews] More >>