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Bulgaria Plans to Introduce Prison Sentences for Illegal Fishing
Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov took part in an event for Nikulden (St. Nikola's Day), the day of fisherman, sailors, and bankers. Naydenov cooked with in the streets of Sofia together with a culinary TV show host.
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Bulgaria-Greece Road to Remain Closed for 10 Days
The international road running from Sofia to Kulata and Thessaloniki in Greece collapsed due to a landslide caused by the rising of the Struma River. Photo by BGNES
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Bulgaria's FinMin: Belene Price Is Great Success
Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, does not discard the possibility the plan to build a second Nuclear Power Plant will flop. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
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Bulgaria Nationalists Demand Support from Ruling Party GERB on Serbia's Border Issue
Nationalist leader Volen Siderov (M) is pictured in this file photo with supporters and party members. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
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Bulgaria Discredited Ex Minister: US Ambassador is Cynic Liar
Bulgaria's former Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has slammed as lies claims that the US Embassy in Sofia duly informed him on the reasons behind the annulment of his non-immigrant visa.
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Bulgaria charges Syrian, Pinoy captains over shipwreck
SOFIA - Bulgarian prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against the captains of two ships that collided in the Black Sea this week, sinking one of the vessels and leaving five crew members missing.
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Bulgaria Discredited Ex Minister: US Ambassador is Cynic Liar
Bulgaria's former Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has slammed as lies claims that the US Embassy in Sofia duly informed him on the reasons behind the annulment of his non-immigrant visa.
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US Embassy Cables: Organised Crime in Bulgaria
Thursday, 07 July 2005, 07:59 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 09 SOFIA 001207 SIPDIS HOMELAND SECURITY PLEASE PASS TO SECRET SERVICE EO 12958 DECL: 07/07/2015 TAGS PINR, KCRM, PGOV, EINV, ECON, KCOR, BU, Organized Crime SUBJECT: (U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) REF: A. A. STATE 99125 B. B. SOFIA 1046 Classified By: AMBASSADOR JAMES PARDEW, FOR REASON 1.4(C).
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Bulgaria's Capital Sofia Lights Christmas Tree
The Sofia Christmas tree lighting ceremony featured exciting fireworks. Photo by BGNES
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Fortum, Altran Interested in Bulgaria Atomic Plant
Bulgaria is negotiating with Rosatomover the price of the 2,000-megawatt plant at Belene on the Danube River and both sides are seeking investors in the project, Energy and Economy Minister Traicho Traikov said Tuesday in Sofia.
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Bulgaria, Romania to Build Natural Gas Link
This was stated during the "Energy without frontiers" conference in Sofia on Tuesday. Bulgarian state owned company "Bulgartransgaz" and Romanian Transgaz are ready with the "road map" for the project and have decided to carry it out faster than previously announced.
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Bulgaria to Launch Ferry to Georgia
Bulgaria will launch a direct ferry link with Georgia, Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov announced. This is a step intended to improve the mutual economic relations between the two countries. Another priority is recovering the direct Sofia-Tbilisi flights.
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Bulgaria Among Top Countries in Internet Piracy
Bulgaria is among the countries with the highest level of Internet piracy in Central and Eastern Europe, it was announced at the BAIT Week 2.10 forum, organized in Sofia.
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Bulgaria Among Top Countries in Internet Piracy
In 2009, 67% of the software used in Bulgaria was illegal. Photo by BGNES Bulgaria is among the countries with the highest level of Internet piracy in Central and Eastern Europe, it was announced at the BAIT Week 2.10 forum, organized in Sofia.
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Bulgaria Urged to Bring IT into Army, Defense Industry
A round table entitled " IT Aspects in Defense and Security in the Context of NATO's New Strategic Concept and the Strategy of the EU" took place in Sofia Friday with the participation of Defense Minister Anyu Angelov , Prime Minister's defense advisor Svetoslav Spasov , US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick, the President of the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria Solomon Passy , and representatives of ...
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Bulgaria, Russia Expected to Sign Gas Pipe Agreement
Bulgaria and Russia are expected to sign an agreement to build a section of a trans-Balkan gas pipeline when Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin arrives in Sofia on Saturday (13 November) for energy talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borisov.
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Bulgaria to Host Next EuroCOP Conference
EuroCop's logo. Photo by eurocop.org The next meeting of the European Confederation of Police ( EuroCOP ) is to be held in Bulgaria's capital Sofia February 2011, the Bulgarian National Police Union announced.
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Bulgaria Opens National SIRENE-Schengen Information System
Bulgaria has already started working with the Schengen Information System (SIS), the Interior Ministry has announced. The first request was received at 8:45 pm on Saturday at the Regional Police Department in Sofia and it concerned a stolen car.
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Bulgaria Police Walk Out on Fresh Protest
This will be the third weekend in a row, after policemen walked Sofia steets October 24 and 31. They have vowed that they realize Bulgaria is in a constrained economic situation, but they are nevertheless persevering in providing it citizens with order and security.
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Bulgaria to Host Syrian President for 1st Time since 1987
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will pay a visit to Bulgaria next week accompanied by a sizable business delegation. The visit of Bashar al-Assad to Sofia will be the first visit of a Syrian head of state since his father Hafez al-Assad last was in Bulgaria in October 1987. Back then communist Bulgaria before 1989 and Syria enjoyed especially good relations.
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