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Bulgaria: robber releases hostages after 19 hours [Mar 24, 2011] A bank robber in the Bulgarian city of Sliven has released five bank employees and an injured guard he held hostage for 19 hours but is refusing to leave the bank, demanding guarantees for his life. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: robber releases hostages after 19 hours [Mar 24, 2011] A bank robber in the Bulgarian city of Sliven has released five bank employees and an injured guard he held hostage for 19 hours but is refusing to leave the bank, demanding guarantees for his life. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM: People to Remember Me for Completed Highways [Mar 17, 2011] Bulgarians will remember me with the Trakiya, Struma and Hemus highways, and with the southern arc of the Sofia beltway, the country's PM Boyko Borisov has announced. "If there is a highway, foreigners will be able to reach the cities of Sliven or Yambol. They will go there because labor is cheaper and lands are left unused," Borisov said Thursday in an interview for the Bulgarian TV7. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Health Insurance Fund: Hospitals Speculate with Money Cuts [Aug 11, 2010] Head of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) has stated that this year's state funding to the hospitals have been more than last year's. Photo by gerb-sliven.org [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Court Rules on Mayor Lechkov Fate [May 04, 2010] The court of appeals in the coastal city of Burgas will convene on Tuesday to rule on the decision of a lower court to kick out of office Bulgaria international and Sliven mayor Yordan Lechkov over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Want Lechkov Out of Office [Apr 16, 2010] Prosecutors in the town of Sliven have demanded that Bulgaria international Yordan Lechkov and mayor of the city be kicked out of office over alleged abuse of power. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Charge Football Legend Mayor Lechkov [Apr 15, 2010] The Prosecutors Office in Bulgarias Sliven has charged Mayor and 1994 World Cup hero Yordan Lechkov for abuse of office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Probe Football Legend Mayor Lechkov [Apr 08, 2010] The Prosecutors Office in Bulgaria s Sliven has opened an investigation into Mayor, Yordan Lechkov for abuse of office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutors Probe Football Legend Mayor Lechkov [Apr 08, 2010] The Prosecutors Office in Bulgaria s Sliven has opened an investigation into Mayor, Yordan Leckov for abuse of office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Light Earthquake Felt in Bulgaria's Sliven (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] A light earthquake of 2.6 magnitude on the Richter scale was registered Monday afternoon in Bulgaria's southern city of Sliven. The information was reported by the Geophysics Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Sliven Mayor Lechkov Faces Charges over Traffic Offense (Novinite.com) [Mar 24, 2010] The 1st Sofia Precinct Police Chief says that if the Sliven Mayor and Bulgaria Football Union Vice President, Yordan Lechkov, had insulted the traffic policemen he can be charged and if he fails to appear, a search warrant could be issued for him. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Sliven Mayor Lechkov Faces Charges over Traffic Offense (Novinite.com) [Mar 24, 2010] Authorities in Bulgaria are beginning a pre-trail procedure against the Sliven Mayor and Bulgaria Football Union Vice President, Yordan Lechkov, over a traffic offense. [via YahooNews] More >>

Austrian EVN Builds Solar Power Plant in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Jan 06, 2010] The solar power plant built by the Austrian EVN near Bulgaria's Sliven will be put in operation by the end ofFebruary. File Photo [via YahooNews] More >>

Austrian EVN Builds Solar Power Plant in Bulgaria (Novinite.com) [Jan 06, 2010] The Austrian company EVN has built a solar power park near Bulgaria's southern city of Sliven, the company reports. EVN provides electric power to the Plovdiv Region and southeastern Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>