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Bulgaria, India Ink Sci-tech Cooperation Program [Nov 29, 2011] Bulgaria and India agreed upon a two-year bilateral program for cooperation in science and technology on Tuesday in New Delhi. The document was signed by Bulgarian Education Minister Sergey Ignatov and his Indian counterpart Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Bulgarian Parliament's press office has announced. The newly signed program foresees a deepened cooperation between the two countries in the fields of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Aims at 36% University Graduates by 2020 [Oct 10, 2011] A total of 36% of all Bulgarians should be university graduates by 2020, according to the country's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov. Several days ago, the European Commission recommended that 40% of Bulgaria's population should have university diplomas by 2020, the Minister has revealed, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. However, Ignatov has admitted this goal would be impossible to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Won't Introduce Education Standards for Roma Kids [Sep 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Education Minister Sergey Ignatov has stated he is against the idea of introducing "education standards" for children from the Roma minority in the country, as a labor confederation has suggested. According to the Podkrepa Labor Confederation's education syndicate, Roma children are massively allowed to pass grades in school even when they do not cover the necessary criteria and they ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Denies Charges, Slams 'Political Tricks' [Aug 19, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, who was charged last year over the leak of a classified report on organized crime, said it was no accident that the deadlock in his trial was broken now. "The investigation against me from the very beginning is highly politicized. It was a year ago when my lawyer forecast the case will enter the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Stanishev Escapes Court, Faces Slim Fine [Aug 17, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, who was charged last year over the leak of a classified report on organized crime, should be punished with a fine, prosecutors have said. Prosecutors say the former prime minister is guilty of losing seven confidential documents, which he has received personally and has signed. The indictment was ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM: My Trial Part of Vote 2011 Parapharnelia [Jul 03, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, who was charged last year over the leak of a classified report on organized crime, expects the deadlock in his trial to be broken right before the elections. "I expect to see developments in the case ahead of the upcoming general elections in the autumn,", Sergey Stanishev told Trud daily while in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Eliminate Official Recognition of Foreign Diplomas [May 31, 2011] Bulgaria is to gradually eliminate officials recognition of diplomas issued by foreign colleges and universities, Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, told representatives of Bulgarian media in Brussels. The verification of diplomas of students who wish to continue their studies in Bulgarian universities and colleges will become the respective school's responsibility. The Minister further ... [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 >>

Bulgaria Socialists: We're Ready to Rule, Any Time, Any Place [Apr 05, 2011] The chief goal of the Bulgarian Socialist Party for the presidential elections in the fall is not to let the candidate of the ruling center-right GERB party to win, stated leader Sergey Stanishev. Speaking at a regular Tuesday press-conference, Stanishev expressed confidence that the winning candidate will be the one tabled by the Socialists, but added that his party is willing to back the best ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia, Bulgaria officials join UEFA ruling panel [Mar 22, 2011] Russian football leader Sergey Fursenko and former Bulgaria World Cup goalkeeper Borislav Mihaylov were elected Tuesday to four-year terms on UEFA's executive committee. Switzerland's Peter Gillieron was also chosen as a newcomer to the 16-member ruling panel by the UEFA's 53 member federations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Former PM Stanishev May Escape Court [Mar 18, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, is likely to steer clear of the court room despite charges over the leak of a classified report on organized crime. "The prosecutor's office will make one more and last attempt to find the confidential documents, which triggered the investigation against Sergey Stanishev. This is the reason why the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's President Hints Costly Belene NPP Deal Fault of Ex Cabinet [Dec 02, 2010] Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has suggested that the former Cabinet of PM Sergey Stanishev yielded to Russian pressure on determining escalation costs for the construction of the Belene NPP back in 2008. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Implement Priority University Funding Mid-2011 [Nov 04, 2010] Bulgarian universities will be financed differently from mid-2011, the Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, said while presenting the new ranking system for universities. [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 Presents Universities Ranking System [Nov 04, 2010] Bulgaria's Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, will present Thursday the new online ranking system for universities. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Education Minister: Bulgaria in Dire Need of Reform [Aug 26, 2010] Bulgarias Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, is against the idea of paid college education. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Education Minister: Bulgaria in Dire Need of Reform [Aug 26, 2010] Bulgaria urgently needs a fundamental reform in higher education and science, Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex Ministers Face Grilling over Corruption Charges Sept [Aug 17, 2010] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, is expected to be questioned at the beginning of September, nearly two months after he was formally charged over the leak of a classified report on organized crime that shattered the country last year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Socialists Alarmed over EVN Stake in Hydro Project [Jul 30, 2010] Bulgaria's former prime minister and Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev has slammed an agreement under which the Austrian utility EVN got a majority stake in Bulgaria hydro project on the Arda river, known as Gorna Arda. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Former Prime Minister Stanishev Formally Charged [Jul 14, 2010] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, has been formally charged over the leak of a classified report on organized crime that shattered the country at the end of last year. [via YahooNews] More >>