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Bulgaria 3 Places Down on Global Competitiveness Ranking [Sep 07, 2011] Bulgaria has dropped three places to 74th in a yearly economic competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum. The 2011-2012 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) covers 142 world economies, according to an announcement of the Center for Economic Development, a Bulgarian non-governmental think tank. Bulgaria's downgrading is due to low scores on goods market efficiency, technological ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Scrap Metal Thieves Lift Army Spare Parts [Aug 21, 2011] 1.5 tonnes of metal machine spare parts have been stolen from the local airport in the southern Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora over the weekend. The items stolen include tank chains and armored vehicle axes, as well as other smaller items. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 2011 Tourist Season Shapes to Be Best in Decade [Aug 13, 2011] Bulgaria's 2011 summer tourist season will most likely end up being the most successful in terms of revenues in the past ten years, various data indicates. The Institute for Analysis and Assessment in Tourism, a think-tank, estimated that 6.6 million tourists will have visited the Bulgarian Black Sea by the end of the season in August 2011.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Maybach Tank Thieves Appeal Guilty Verdict [Mar 21, 2011] The prosecution in the "Maybach" case asked the military appeals court Monday to upheld the verdicts issued by magistrates from the lower instance. On October 6, 2010, a German national, Thomas Gmainer, 36, and a Bulgarian army officer, Aleksei Petrov, were sentenced by the Sliven Military Court to 4 years in jail for stealing a vintage World War II tank. They were arrested while attempting to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Maybach Theft Case Delayed by Defense Absence [Jan 24, 2011] Bulgaria's Military Court of Appeals postponed Monday the case of the Maybach tank theft over the defense council's failure to appear. On October 6, 2010, a German national, Thomas Gmainer, 36, and a Bulgarian army officer, Aleksei Petrov, were sentenced by the Sliven Military Court to 4 years in jail for stealing a vintage World War II tank. They were arrested while attempting to thieve another ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria GDP Forecast to Grow 0.3% in 2010, 3.8% in 2011 [Oct 03, 2010] Bulgaria's economy will grow 0.3% after a 5.1% contraction in 2009 as investments dwindled and consumption shrank, analysts from a local think-tank have estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria GDP to Grow 0.3% in 2010 - Think-Tank [Oct 02, 2010] Bulgaria's economy will grow 0.3% after a 5.1% contraction in 2009 as investments dwindled and consumption shrank, analysts from a local think-tank have estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Stay in Recession by End-2010 - Analyst [Jun 11, 2010] Bulgarias economy is likely to continue to contract in the second half of this year and may fail to return to growth earlier than next year, an analyst from a local think-tank forecast. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Economy to Contract by 3% in Q1 - Think-Tank [May 03, 2010] Bulgarias gross domestic product (GDP) will shrink by 3% on an annual basis during the first three months of the year, analysts from a local think-tank have forecast. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Bomb Disposal Crews Work to Defuse Dumped Tank Mines (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgarian bomb disposal experts are still working in a bid to defuse 7 powerful anti-tank mines found near a river in South Bulgaria. The mines were discovered by a vacationing police officer near a dump close to Momchilgrad. They were reported to be large, Russian-made mines. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Bulgaria Commissioner Kuneva Rejects Barroso Job Proposal (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] Bulgaria?s ex EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has rejected EC Commission President Jos? Manuel Barroso proposal to become head of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), the in-house Commission think-tank. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Meglena Kuneva May Stay on in Brussels - Report (Novinite.com) [Jan 28, 2010] Bulgaria's outgoing European Commission Meglena Kuneva is likely to be appointed as head of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), the in-house Commission think-tank. [via YahooNews] More >>

Expert: Large-Scale Criminal Business Is Bulgaria's Big Problem (Novinite.com) [Jan 02, 2010] The major problem of Bulgaria is the large-scale criminal business which legalizes its incomes generated during the post-communist transition period. This has been stated by Tihomir Bezlov, expert at the Sofia-based think-tank Center for the Study of Democracy. [via YahooNews] More >>