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Bulgaria Urges SEECP Countries to Deepen Joint 'Smart Defense' [Apr 12, 2012] Bulgaria's Defense Minister Anyu Angelov has urged the countries from the Southeast European Cooperation Process to deepen further their cooperation within NATO's "Smart Defense" program. Angelov spoke at a ministerial of the SEECP in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, as cited by the press service of the Bulgarian Defense Ministry. "These initiatives provide us with great opportunities for regional ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Reiterates Commitment to Serbia EU Candidacy [Feb 24, 2012] The groundbreaking agreement between Serbia and Kosovo must be rewarded by giving Serbia an official status of EU candidate, stated the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry Friday. Thursday, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov, together with a number of EU colleagues, has said that his country will support giving a candidate status to Serbia at the upcoming European Council ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia Push to Make Danube Top Destination [Feb 24, 2012] The ministers in charge of tourism of Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Serbia signed Friday a memorandum to launch a joint project aimed at boosting tourism in the Danube area. The agreement, signed in historic Serbian town of Sremski Karlovci near Novi Sad, launches the Roman Emperors' Road project, set to link the rich historic heritage of the area with contemporary opportunities for tourism ... [via YahooNews] More >>

4 dead in freezing weather in Serbia, Bulgaria [Jan 30, 2012] Heavy snow and freezing weather led to four deaths and left two people missing Monday in Serbia and Bulgaria, prompting authorities to close down schools and introduce emergency measures. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Slumps Even Further in Corruption Index Ranking [Dec 01, 2011] Bulgaria is the most corrupt among the EU Member States, according to Transparency International's newly published Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The Balkan country has registered a score of 3.3, which has placed it 86th out of 178 countries together with Jamaica, Panama, Sri Lanka and Serbia.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Railway Strike Affects 5 International Routes [Nov 24, 2011] Four international trains have been stranded for several hours in Bulgaria as a result of the general strike of the Bulgarian railway workers, which started on Thursday, November 24. The four international train linking Bulgaria to Serbia, Romania, Turkey, Russia, and Austria have been affected by the strike as the syndicates in charge of the protests refused to let them through regardless of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gravely Concerned about Unabating Kosovo-Serbia Tensions [Sep 16, 2011] Bulgaria is deeply about the continuing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia over the situation in the northern part of the new republic, according to Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov. Mladenov's statement came Friday night after earlier on Friday theEuropean Union's law-enforcing mission in Kosovo EULEX assumed control of the two contested border crossings amidst escalating tensions in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Yemen was Bulgaria's Biggest Export Partner in 2010 - UN [Aug 09, 2011] In 2010, Bulgaria acted as a mediator in an arms deal between Serbia and Cambodia for 50 T-55 tanks, according to the updated UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA). The Serbian tanks were first delivered to Bulgaria, from where they were re-directed to Cambodia, Bulgarian Dnevnik daily reported Tuesday. The document also shows that Bulgaria sold 44 home-made armored personnel carriers (APCs ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sees More Foreign Tourists Already, High Hopes for Summer [Apr 13, 2011] The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in the first two months of 2011 grew by 6%, year-on-year, a senior official announced at the opening of the Cultural Tourism Expo in Veliko Tarnovo. According to Ivo Marinov, Deputy Minister of Economy, who is in charge of tourism, in January-February, Bulgaria saw more tourists from Greece, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, the UK and Russia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia eyes stake in Bulgarian power [Feb 22, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Serbia wants to take a stake in Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant in Belene on the Danube River, the country's prime minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Serbia Ink Economic Cooperation Protocol [Feb 22, 2011] A bilateral protocol on economic cooperation was signed between Bulgaria and Serbia on Tuesday. The document was inked by Bulgaria's Minister of Transport and IT Alexander Tsvetkov and Serbia 's Minister of Trade and Services Slobodan Milosavljevic. The collaboration between partner institutions from the two countries on export growth, the cooperation between small- and medium sized companies ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Seed 3 at Monterrey Open [Feb 20, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova has been seeded 3rd in the main draw of the Monterrey Open tournament in Mexico. Seeded 1st and 2nd are Jelena Jankovic from Serbia and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Russia. The other seeded are Germany's Julia Goerges, Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova, Italy's Sara Errani, Czech Republic's Iveta Benesova and Slovenia's Polona Hercog. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Formally Protests Serbian Traveling Hassle [Feb 19, 2011] Bulgaria will inform EU authorities of the impediments Serbia has made to Bulgarian nationals requesting to enter Serbia Friday, announced Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov. All through Friday, Serbian border police were creating difficulties for Bulgarian nationals to cross the border, given the two neighbors have a visa-free regime. Bulgarians were attempting to cross into Serbia to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva Crowned Balkan's Number 1 [Dec 21, 2010] In the ranking Zlateva managed to get ahead of Serbia's top tennis player Novak Djokovic, who came in second, and basketball player Hedo Turkoglu of Turkey. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia to back European integration of Western Balkans [Dec 12, 2010] Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia agreed here Saturday to back the European integration of the Western Balkans and to boost regional cooperation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece: Serbia Must Be EU Member by 2018 [Dec 11, 2010] The foreign affairs ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia held a trilateral meeting in Sofia Saturday at which they expressed a strong committment to the EU integration of the Western Balkans. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Serbia to Ink Pre-Accession Collaboration Agreement [Dec 08, 2010] A project for a bilateral collaboration agreement between Bulgaria and Serbia within the EU Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance has been signed by Bulgaria 's council of Ministers Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Purchasing Power in 2010/2011 Up in Europe, Down in Bulgaria [Dec 03, 2010] Bulgaria continues to have the lowest purchasing power in the EU and is left behind by countries like Montenegro and Serbia, which are not even EU member states, data from the market research company GfK showed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalists Demand Support from Ruling Party GERB on Serbia's Border Issue [Nov 30, 2010] Bulgaria's nationalist Ataka party has warned to reconsider its support for the ruling party GERB if the latter does not react to the incident at Serbia's border, the Ataka leader, Volen Siderov, said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia keeper Stojkovic to miss Bulgaria friendly [Nov 12, 2010] Serbia coach Vladimir Petrovic left goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic out of his squad to play Bulgaria in a friendly next week, fearing more trouble by Serbian fans. Last month, the Italy-Serbia European Championship qualifier was abandoned in Genoa after Red Star fans rioted over Stojkovic's move to rival Belgrade club Partizan in the offseason. [via YahooNews] More >>