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Education Minister Accuses Bulgaria Universities of Corruption (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Bulgaria Education Minister Sergey Ignatov has described many universities as having 'abnormalities' that he expects will soon be revealed by prosecutors. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria PM Stanishev: I Am Learning from Borisov, Dogan (Novinite.com) [Feb 28, 2010] Bulgaria?s former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said he was learning from his successor Boyko Borisov. Stanishev spoke on the bTV channel Sunday. He pointed out he respected a lot the leader of the ethnic Turkish party DPS, Ahmed Dogan, and had learned a lot from him. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Minister Moves to Boost University Competition (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] A new set of measures including mergers of higher education institutions has been designed to increase the competition among Bulgarian universities. Bulgaria?s Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov announced Friday that these changes would be included in the new Higher Education Act. [via YahooNews] More >>

Large-scale corruption exposed as Bulgaria?s president visits Brussels (EurActiv) [Feb 24, 2010] A minister in the previous socialist Bulgarian government was officially indicted for embezzlement on Tuesday (22 February) and was later released on bail, reported Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner publication in Bulgaria. Emilia Maslarova, a social affairs minister in the government of former Socialist Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, was released on bail for 25,000 euros, an unusually high sum ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Calls for Opening 'Economic Files of Transition' (Novinite.com) [Feb 21, 2010] Bulgaria?s former PM and leader of the Socialist Party, Sergey Stanishev, says people will begin missing former Finance Minister, Plamen Oresharski, because the current one ? Simeon Djankov, is doing a very poor job. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Launches SOS Save Education Campaign (Novinite.com) [Feb 21, 2010] Bulgaria?s Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, (r) and the Chair of the Youth Organization of the ruling GERB party, Monika Panayotova, gave Sunday a press conference about the launch of the campaign ?SOS - Save Education.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Slams PM for Mocking Local Mayors (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] Bulgaria Socialist Party leader, Sergey Stanishev, has slammed PM Boyko Borisov for mocking local mayors by warning them not to abuse EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Busted Secret Agent Could Testify against Ex Bulgaria PM (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] The notorious former CEO of Bulgaria's troubled and now closed steel mill Kremikovtzi, Alexander Tomov, has suggested that busted secret agent Aleksei Petrov could testify against Ex PM Sergey Stanishev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Prominent Bulgaria Ministers, MPs Fail to Declare Income (Novinite.com) [Feb 12, 2010] Bulgaria's ex-PM Sergey Stanishev is one of many prominent ministers and parliamentarians who are exposed for failing to declare 2008 income and property dealings. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria PM: No Sanctions Warning in EC Land Swap Letter (Novinite.com) [Feb 04, 2010] Former Bulgaria PM and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergey Stanishev has stated that the EC letter to PM Boyko Borisov regarding land swaps did not include an suggestion of sanctions as claimed by the center-right GERB government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Petya Evtimova Becomes Bulgaria Deputy Education Minister (Novinite.com) [Jan 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, has made changes in his Deputies' appointments to increase the capacity in absorption of EU funds needed for the education reform. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Education Minister Calls for University Cooperation Agreements (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Sergey Ignatov, Bulgaria's Education Minister, has proposed that the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) should negotiate framework agreements for cooperation with Bulgarian universities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Socialist Leader Urges Bulgaria PM for Jeleva Resignation Statement (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader, Sergey Stanishev, has urged Bulgaria PM to make an immediate statement on the resignation of Rumiana Jeleva as Foreign Affairs Minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Slams Government 'Gross Incompetence' (Novinite.com) [Jan 17, 2010] Bulgaria Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev has renewed his attacks on the government in general and on Rumiana Jeleva in particular. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex-Economy Minister Caught Abusing Parliament Vote (Novinite.com) [Dec 18, 2009] Bulgaria?s former Economy Minister in the Socialist government of Sergey Stanishev, Petar Dimitrov, has been caught violating Parliament voting rules Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialist Leader Lauds Ethnic Turkish Party Partnership (Novinite.com) [Dec 12, 2009] Former Bulgaria PM and Bulgarian Socialist Party Leader, Sergey Stanishev, has praised the partnership he formed with the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Russia Commit to Energy Co-operation Protocols (Novinite.com) [Dec 11, 2009] Bulgaria Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traicho Traykov, and the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shmatko, have jointly signed the Protocol of the 13th Intergovernmental Bulgarian-Russian Commission for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Education Minister to Create Competition among Bulgaria Universities (Novinite.com) [Dec 03, 2009] Bulgaria?s new Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, declared Thursday that the measures he was putting forth were aimed at finally creating a competitive environment for the universities in the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Education Minister: Bulgaria Scholars Hostile to Change (Novinite.com) [Nov 30, 2009] Any urges to reform Bulgaria?s education system are met with an impenetrable stone wall erected by resisting academia. This has been stated Monday by Bulgaria?s new Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, in an interview for the bTV channel. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria New Education Minister Vows to Read All Textbooks (Novinite.com) [Nov 24, 2009] Bulgaria's new Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, is undertaking major changes in the systme of approving and selecting school textbooks. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>