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Bulgaria Puts Nuclear Plant Project on Ice [Apr 07, 2010] Bulgaria 's government has put on ice a EUR 4 B project to build a second nuclear power plant, citing lack of funding and turning down a financing proposal from Russia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hikes Heating Prices [Apr 01, 2010] The price of heating in Bulgaria goes up between 3% and 4.5% Thursday for all regions of the country. Natural gas prices are going up between 5% and 6% under the proposal of Energy and Economy Minister, Traicho Traykov, which the State Commission for Energy and Water regulation (DKEVR) approved. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Leader Firmly against VAT Hike (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] The leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), Ivan Kostov, firmly opposes the proposal to increase VAT by 2% for one year. The Value Added Tax (VAT) increase is going to deepen the crisis instead of alleviating the situation, Kostov believes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialists Slam Govt VAT Increase Proposal (Novinite.com) [Mar 27, 2010] Bulgaria Socialist Leader, Sergey Stanishev, has slammed the government?s proposal to raise V.A.T by 2%. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Business, Unions Argue over Suggested Minimum Salary Hike (Novinite.com) [Mar 26, 2010] Bulgaria?s trade unions and major employers? organizations have disagreed over a proposal to increase the minimum salary. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Ministry Employees Hit the Streets (Novinite.com) [Mar 20, 2010] Bulgaria's Interior Ministry employees are going to gather at a rally on Sunday to protest against the proposal that civil servants should be obliged to pay their own insurances. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Offers Macedonia All-out Friendship Treaty (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgaria has offered Macedonia a draft treaty for good neighborliness and friendship, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vesela Cherneva has announced. The Macedonian government in Skopje is still mulling over the proposal, she explained. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM Orders Freeze of MPs Salaries (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] The salaries of the Members of the Parliament should not go up, Bulgaria?s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, declared Friday. Borisov spoke at the Parliament after talks with the Speaker, Tsetska Tsacheva, saying on Wednesday she will issue an official proposal to freeze the salaries. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rightists Present Soviet Proof against Belene Nuke (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2010] Bulgaria?s rightist UDF has drafted a proposal, signed by 10 MPs, to halt the project to build a second Bulgarian NPP in the Danube town of Belene. File Photo [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Calls for Opening 'Economic Files of Transition' (Novinite.com) [Feb 21, 2010] Bulgaria?s former Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist Party (BSP), Sergey Stanishev, supports the proposal of President Georgi Parvanov t o open and expose the ?economic files of the transition period.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria Commissioner Kuneva Rejects Barroso Job Proposal (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] Bulgaria?s ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has rejected EC Commission President Jos? Manuel Barroso proposal to become head of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), the in-house Commission think-tank. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Lures Films with 30% Rebate (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Bulgaria is set to compete for film productions with its Eastern European neighbours following the proposal of a film and TV incentive that will refund up to 30% of costs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Backs Away From Turkish Compensation Link to EU Bid (Bloomberg) [Jan 07, 2010] Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bulgaria distanced itself from a proposal to block Turkey?s European Union membership bid unless it gets $10 billion in compensation for property Bulgarians lost during forced migrations a century ago. [via YahooNews] More >>