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Bulgaria Slams Switzerland for Restoring Foreign Worker Quotas [Apr 19, 2012] Bulgaria has criticized Switzerland for the decision of its authorities to restore the quotas for foreign laborers from eight Eastern European member states of the EU (Bulgaria included). "Bulgaria is concerned by the decision of the Swiss authorities to re-introduce quotas for foreign workers from eight European Union member states," Vesela Cherneva, spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Greece 'Swap' Record Number of Tourists for Easter [Apr 17, 2012] A record number of Bulgarians and Greeks have visited each others' countries during the Eastern Orthodox Easter holidays over the past weekend, border police data indicates. Some 65 000 Bulgarians went to Greece during the four-day Easter holiday, while almost just as many Greeks ? about 58 000 ? spent their brief Easter vacation in Bulgaria. According to Lora Lyubenova, spokesperson of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Cleared over Classified Info Leak [Feb 15, 2012] Bulgaria's prosecutor's office has suspended pre-trial proceedings against Finance Minister Simeon Djankov over accusations of leaking classified information. "The move was taken because of the lack of irrefutable evidence," prosecutor Margarita Nemska, former spokesperson of Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, said at a press conference on Tuesday. Prosecutors launched in July 2010 pre-trial ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Outraged by Dutch Discrimination Site [Feb 10, 2012] Bulgaria has reacted strongly to the new initiative of the Dutch Freedom Party of Geert Wilders which presented a special site where the Dutch can submit complaints about Eastern Europeans. Vesela Cherneva, spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry, says her institution cannot accept the fact that one of the countries founders of the European Union is tolerating incitement to hatred ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Confirms It Knows Nothing about Hezbollah Threat [Jan 06, 2012] Bulgaria has not received any information from Israel concerning possible Hezbollah terrorist attacks on the Balkan country's territory, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson has confirmed. "We have no information about such terror attacks. Usually, we receive such information in due time," spokeswoman Vesela Cherneva declared on Friday, pointing out that the Foreign Ministries of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Netherlands Unwavering in Not Letting Bulgaria in Schengen [Nov 15, 2011] The Netherlands is not going to change its position on Bulgaria's and Romania's joining of the Schengen zone, according to a Dutch Interior Ministry spokesperson, speaking for the Bulgarian National Radio. The statement comes on the heels of reports that Finland has softened its position on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen accession. The Nordic country is now in favor of the EU opening its air ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB Leads President Vote after 57% Ballot Count [Oct 24, 2011] The nominations for president and vice president of Bulgaria's ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party have the lead in the Sunday vote after the counting of 57% of the ballots. The information was reported Monday by the spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission, CEC, Ralitsa Negentsova. Bulgaria's former Minister of Regional Development and Public ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hopes for Schengen Entry Date on Sept 22 [Sep 13, 2011] Bulgaria expects to be given a date for accession to the Schengen free movement area at the upcoming External Affairs EU Council September 22, stated the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Tuesday. "Sofia hopes to be given a date to enter Schengen at the next EU External Affairs Council," said Vesela Cherneva, adding that the country expects any further delay to not stretch beyond ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Probe Tour Operator, Air Carrier over Stranded Tourists [Sep 12, 2011] Bulgaria's Sofia Prosecutor's Office will probe the Bulgarian Alma Tour tour operator and the Bulgaria Air airline carrier concerning the nearly 700 Russian and Finish tourists stranded in the country's southern Black Sea city of Burgas. Even though the conflict between the two companies is purely intercorporate, it can still be probed into, Margarita Nemska, spokesperson of the Sofia Prosecutor ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Libya Embassy Evacuated to Tunisian Resort [May 03, 2011] Bulgaria's diplomatic mission in Tripoli has been successfully evacuated to the Tunisian island of Djerba. The Bulgarian diplomats arrived at the island, which is a popular tourist destination, in the early hours of Tuesday, Vesela Cherneva, spokesperson for the country's Foreign Ministry, told the BGNES agency. As of Monday, the Bulgarian Embassy in Libya is not functioning.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Position on Libya Operations Reaffirmed as Supportive [Mar 22, 2011] Bulgaria's position on resolution 1973 of the UN Security Council remains unchanged and had never been altered, the spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Vesela Cherneva, announced during a Tuesday briefing. Cherneva answered a reporter's question about the discrepancy between statements of Prime Minister, Boyko Boriosv, who called in a TV interview the military operation in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

France: Bulgaria Needs to Exert Efforts for Schengen Accession [Mar 09, 2011] France has highlighted Bulgaria's efforts to join the Schengen Agreement, but has urged the country to extend them, the French Foreign Ministry announced. After a meeting between French and Bulgarian Foreign Ministers, Alain Juppe and Nikolay Mladenov, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry, Bernard Valero, stated that his country believes that Bulgaria should enter the Schengen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Three EU Members Still Not Find Bulgaria Schengen-Ready [Feb 25, 2011] Three countries still oppose Bulgaria's Schengen accession anytime soon, EU's Hungarian Presidency said, refuting Bulgarian Interior Head Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who said only France is against now. Two of the three states have expressed their concerns about Bulgaria's current level of preparedness in a written form, Gergey Polnar, spokesperson of the Hungarian EU Presidency, has clarified before ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sofia Seeks to Dispel Franco-German Fears over Bulgaria's Schengen Fitness [Jan 25, 2011] The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has sought to assuage the fears of several influential EU member states over Bulgaria's fitness to join the borderless Schengen Agreement. The Spokesperson of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Vesela Cherneva has declared the government's position that the country will be meeting fully the Schengen Area accession criteria by March 2011. Bulgaria and Romania were ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia, Bulgaria sign memorandums on Belene nuclear plant [Nov 30, 2010] Russia and Bulgaria agreed to set up an engineering company to complete Bulgaria's Belene nuclear plant and appointed the first strategic investors in the project, a spokesperson for Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday [via YahooNews] More >>

Transneft, Bulgaria to discuss Burgas-Alexandroupolis project [Aug 24, 2010] RBC, 24.08.2010, Moscow 16:30:28. Transneft and Bulgaria are scheduled to hold talks on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline on September 8-9 in Moscow, official spokesperson for the Russian oil company Igor Demin told RBC. According to him, Bulgaria's delegation will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Simeon Djankov, who currently oversees the cooperation of the two countries on the oil ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Among 25 Member-States under EU Excessive Deficit Procedure [Jul 05, 2010] Bulgaria and 24 EU member-states are going to be put under EU's new excessive budget deficit procedure, announced Monday Amadeu Altafaj i Tardio, spokesperson for European Commissioner for Economic and Budgetary Affairs Olli Rehn. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Recalls Ambassador to Thailand over Sex Scandal [Jun 10, 2010] Vesela Cherneva, spokesperson of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry, declined offering details about the recall of the country's Ambassador to Thailand. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Recalls Ambassador to Thailand over Sex Scandal [Jun 10, 2010] Bulgaria's Ambassador to Thailand, Kamen Velichkov, will be recalled the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Vesela Cherneva, announced Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Gazprom Executives Slam Bulgaria before Watching AC/DC Gig [May 14, 2010] Sergei Kupriyanov, Gazprom spokesperson, said there was an administrative delay in the realization of South Stream in Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>