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Bulgaria Guards EU Borders According to Schengen Standards - Top Cop [Mar 10, 2012] Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Deputy Chair of center-right ruling party GERB, who is in Brussels for a Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, has met with Wilfred Martens, President of the European People's Party. Tsvetanov thanked Martens, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Joseph Daul, and Secretary General of the European People's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex EU Commissioner Ranks in Top 3 of Most Trusted Politicians - Poll [Mar 05, 2012] Bulgaria's center-right ruling party GERB is gradually losing support but still retains its advantage over its political rivals, according to a poll conducted by Alpha Research at the end of February. If the trend persists, the issue of GERB's coalition partner will occupy center stage in the period leading up to the parliamentary elections, the pollsters argue. Alfa Research's poll, conducted ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Plevneliev wins presidency [Nov 13, 2011] Bulgaria's ruling GERB party candidate, Rosen Plevneliev, won a presidential run-off against his Socialist opponent, preliminary official results showed today, strengthening the ruling party before an election to parliament where most power lies. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s ruling party candidate claims victory [Nov 01, 2011] Bulgaria?s ruling GERB party candidate, Rosen Plevneliev, won a presidential run-off against his Socialist opponent, preliminary official results showed yesterday, strengthening the ruling party before an election to parliament where most power lies. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarian candidate says not anti-Russia [Oct 11, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The presidential candidate of Bulgaria's ruling party says he won't be "anti-Russian" despite recent disagreements with Moscow over energy projects. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling Party Slams Major Russian Paper for Distorting Presidential Candidate [Oct 06, 2011] Rosen Plevneliev, the presidential candidate of Bulgarian ruling party GERB, has never stated he is favoring Russian energy projects in Bulgaria, contrary to an article published Thursday by Russian daily Kommersant, said GERB in a statement. "We are resolutely expressing out indignation at the unprofessional approach of Kommersant's journalist, who attributed to Mr. Plevneliev things he has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ethnic Tensions Mar Bulgaria's Presidential Elections [Sep 28, 2011] EurActiv The visit of Bulgaria's ruling party presidential candidate to Brussels on September 26, seeking support from his European political family the EPP, was overshadowed by ethnic violence in his home country.Dnevnik, the EurActiv partner in Bulgaria, contributed to this article. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Most Popular Minister Quits to Run for President [Sep 07, 2011] Bulgaria's regional development minister is expected to resign from his cabinet post on Wednesday, three days after the ruling party nominated him to run for president in the October 23 presidential vote. Rosen Plevneliev, 47, will quit office after a two-year stint as minister, during which he put in lots of efforts to renew Bulgaria's crumbling infrastructure and managed to become the most ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Men of State Endeared at Presidential Nomination [Sep 04, 2011] Bulgaria's GERB ruling party nomination for October 23 presidential elections was revealed Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the relationship between party founders and leaders, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and vice-PM Tsvetan Tsvetanov. This confession was made at the Sunday GERB press conference by GERB vice-chair and boss of the election team Tsvetan Tsvetanov. "Exactly 10 years ago ... [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 Foolishly Fails over Tougher Crack-Down on Illegal Assets [Jul 08, 2011] The majority in Bulgaria's parliament has surprisingly failed to pass through a long-delayed and keenly expected bill, authorizing widespread confiscation of illegally obtained assets without a conviction. The draft law, initiated by Bulgaria's Justice Minister Margarita Popova and widely touted by the ruling party as a powerful tool in crime and corruption combat, was supported on Friday by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Filip Dimitrov on Run for President: No, No, No [Jul 01, 2011] Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov, who became at the end of last year the first officially appointed EU ambassador, has firmly denied he may join the race for the presidential office on the ticket of the ruling party. "The short answer to this question is "no". No, no, no," Dimitrov said in an interview for Standard daily. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Right Wing Leader: Nationalists Defend Russian Interests [May 27, 2011] Russia's energy interests are behind Ataka's support for ruling party GERB, according to Ivan Kostov, leader of the right-wing Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, party. In an interview for the morning broadcast of Nova TV, the DSB leader stated that nationalist Ataka party and its leader Volen Siderov were directly linked to the Russian embassy in Bulgaria and were defending Russian interests ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Social Security Head Resigns under Pressure [May 17, 2011] The head of Bulgaria's Social Security Institute (NOI) Hristina Mitreva has submitted her resignation despite her firm determination to remain at the post. The news was broken by Valentin Nikolov, deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the ruling party GERB. "Mitreva stated at the meeting of the parliamentary group that she has always acted professionally.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Turn EU's Poorest Region into 'Tax Paradise' [Apr 21, 2011] Bulgaria's Cabinet intends to take measures to encourage foreign direct investment in the northwestern part of the country, the Severozapaden region, which is the poorest EU region. Finance Minister Simoen Djankov will propose that the state lower the criteria for receiving a "Class A" investor status for companies in investing in Northwestern Bulgaria, MP from ruling party GERB Nikolay Kotsev ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Counts on GERB for Presidential Bid [Apr 03, 2011] Bulgaria nationalist leader Volen Siderov, who lost the run-off in the 2006 presidential elections, is determined to attract this time the support of the ruling party GERB for winning the high, though largely ceremonial, office. "It is absolutely possible that my bid for the presidency gains the support of the ruling GERB party," Siderov said in a broadcast for TV 7. The nationalist, whose party ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt Recent Ally Turns into Its Biggest Foe - Leader [Feb 03, 2011] A right-wing coalition, only until recently an ally of the center-right majority in parliament, has turned into its biggest enemy, but not at its will, its leader has said. "We became the ruling party biggest foe without knowing it. The relationship between the Blue Coalition and GERB is getting more and more tumultuous every day," Ivan Kostov, former prime minister and leader of the die-hard ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Calls for Referendum on Direct Taxes [Jan 20, 2011] Bulgaria, which has the lowest personal and corporate income tax in the EU at 10%, should change the levels of direct taxes only after a referendum, the finance minister has suggested. "Bulgaria's ruling party GERB is preparing legislative amendments, which will make it possible for the government to change direct taxes levied on physical and legal persons only if the nation votes yes in a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party GERB Loses Support - Poll [Jan 09, 2011] Bulgaria's ruling party GERB has lost supporters, but the rating of PM Boyko Borisov remains high. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Andrey Kovatchev, MEP: Bulgaria, Romania Will be Given Green Light for Schengen [Dec 20, 2010] Andrey Kovatchev is member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria's ruling party GERB, chairman of the Bulgarian delegation in the European Peoples' Party (EPP) group. [via YahooNews] More >>