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Bulgaria's Water Sector Reform Won't Up Bills, Minister Says [Dec 05, 2011] Water sector reforms will not affect water prices but may reduce the number of water supply and sewerage operators, according to Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova. In a Monday statement cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), she explained that Bulgaria would need a minimum of EUR 2.5 B for the finalization of priority wastewater treatment plant projects in the next ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM: Innovations in Human Spare Parts Top Priority [Nov 18, 2011] Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said that the country should set priority on innovations in the sphere of human spare parts. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, he shed light on the key points of the government's agenda for its remaining two years in office at the request of Yane Yanev, leader of the marginal conservative Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party. "We must try to achieve ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Eager for EU-Korea FTA to Kick In, Forum Finds [Oct 29, 2011] South Korea is a priority economic partner for Bulgaria, Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traikov declared at a forum in Sofia dedicated to the Free Trade Agreement between the East Asian nation and the EU. "The efforts of the Bulgarian government are directed at attracting Korean investments in sectors with great potential such as electronics and engineering, car parts ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Kazakhstan Ink Economic Agreement, Focus on Innovations [Oct 04, 2011] Innovations have been mentioned as a key factor in Bulgaria and Kazakhstan's future economic relations, as the two countries signed an intergovernmental agreement on economic cooperation. "Innovations are a priority for Bulgaria as well as for Kazakhstan," Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov said after the signing ceremony during his official visit to Kazakhstan ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB VP Candidate Vows to 'Open Up' Judiciary [Sep 04, 2011] Margarita Popova, the Vice President nominee of ruling party GERB, has vowed that the "opening-up" of the judicial system to the citizens will be a major priority for her and her running mate Rosen Plevneliev. Popova, Bulgaria's current Justice Minister, and Plevneliev, the current Minister of Regional Development were nominated to run in the October 23 presidential elections by Prime Minister ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party Pledges to Restrict Wiretap Use [Aug 15, 2011] MPs from Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB plan to table legal amendments drastically restricting the use of special surveillance devices. A special working group consisting of GERB MPs, experts from Bulgaria's Interior Ministry and the Council of Ministers have said that the proposals will be given a priority review after the Parliament's summer recess, according to accounts of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Schengen Not Bulgaria's Top Priority - EU Commissioner [Jul 18, 2011] Bulgaria will enter the Schengen Agreement, but its accession to the European border-free zone is not its highest prioriry right now, according to the country's EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva. "We are technically ready to join Schengen, but its hardly a priority for the Bulgarian nation," Georgieva said Monday, as cited by the BGNES news agency. She added that keeping stability is the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Mladenov: Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Has 3 Geographic Focus Areas [Jun 08, 2011] Bulgaria's foreign policy has three major geographic areas of focus, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) in an exclusive interview. Mladenov has emphasized that the Western Balkans, the Black Sea Region, and the Middle East are the three priority regions for the Bulgarian diplomatic corps under his leadership. ... [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 >>

Schengen: Will Bulgaria's 2011 Hopes Be Frustrated? [Jan 09, 2011] Bulgaria's accession to the borderless Schengen Agreement in March 2011 has been a priority for the Borisov Cabinet to which it dedicated much effort in 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Launch Ferry to Georgia [Nov 30, 2010] Bulgaria will launch a direct ferry link with Georgia, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced. This is a step intended to improve the mutual economic relations between the two countries. Another priority is recovering the direct Sofia-Tbilisi flights. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Implement Priority University Funding Mid-2011 [Nov 04, 2010] Sergey Ignatov, Bulgaria's Education Minister. Photo by BGNES "The financing for "good" universities will be increased with priority and will be decreased for the ones that produce permanently unemployed people. The tendency is to stop paying to those who have bad results," Ignatov said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Aims at 100% EU Funds Absorption [Jul 26, 2010] Bulgaria's Minister for Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, has announced that the number one priority for the government should be the absorption of EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Regional Ministry Vows Debt Repayment by May (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] Bulgaria?s Regional Minister, Rosen Plevneliev, says that repaying the business is a priority of the State, but the situation is aggravated by the economic crisis. [via YahooNews] More >>