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Bulgaria?s Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter [Apr 15, 2012] Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshipers in Bulgaria clutching candles crowded into churches Saturday night to hear the Holy Mass that celebrates Easter, the day when Jesus resurrected from the dead. At midnight sharp, when the mass was over, as is the ritual, the believers were asked to go around the church three times, with their candles burning. There is a belief that if you have been a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Scrap Raising MP Salaries [Feb 14, 2012] MPs from Bulgaria's center right ruling GERB party have filed a motion to continue a freeze on parlamentarians' salaries that expired in the beginning of 2012. In 2011 Bulgarian MPs had their salaries frozen, even though per statute they equals three times the average monthly salary in the country's public sector for the last month of the latest quarter. MPs had nonetheless decided that in view ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Budget 2012 Attacked from Left, Right [Nov 15, 2011] The right-wing would not offer parliamentary support for budget 2012, according to the co-Chair of the Blue Coalition and leader of Union of Democratic Forces, (UDF), Martin Dimitrov. The statement confirms the right-wing position from last week when the other co-Chair, leader of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party (DSB) and former Prime Minister, Ivan Kostov, said "three times NO" to the draft ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sees 11 600 Suicides in Decade [Sep 09, 2011] A total of 11 646 "successful" suicides were registered in Bulgaria between 2000-2010, according to data from the National Statistical Institute. Almost three times more men ? 8 626 ? committed suicide in Bulgaria in the past decade than did women (3 020), the NSI data indicates. 2000 was the year with the highest number of suicides in Bulgaria ? 1 383, while 2010 saw the lowest number ? 859. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Slashes Unilaterally Hated Danube Bridge Levies [Mar 09, 2011] Bulgaria's government reduce three times the levy for passing through the only bridge on the Danube connecting Bulgaria and Romania. Thus, the fee per car crossing from Bulgaria into Romania through the Danube Bridge linking Bulgaria's Ruse and Romania's Giurgiu is brought down from EUR 6 to EUR 2. The step is unilateral since Romania has not taken the same measure, and cars crossing into ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Cop Accuses Prosecutors of Excessive Eavesdropping [Feb 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has accused the Prosecutor's Office in increasing significantly the number of requests for eavesdropping. "There is a significant increase of requests by the Prosecutor's Office for using special surveillance devices," Tsvetanov said Monday as a comment on the data that eavesdropping in Bulgaria has increased three times in the last three years. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agrees to Host South Stream [Jul 06, 2010] Bulgaria ended a yearlong timeout Tuesday and agreed to move forward on hosting a stretch of the Gazprom -backed South Stream pipeline, a deal Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said would be two or three times more profitable for his country than first estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agrees to Host South Stream [Jul 06, 2010] Bulgaria ended a yearlong timeout Tuesday and agreed to move forward on hosting a stretch of the Gazprom -backed South Stream pipeline, a deal Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said would be two or three times more profitable for his country than first estimated. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Investors Overwhelm Government Securities Auction (Novinite.com) [Feb 26, 2010] Bulgaria?s second government securities auction within one week was oversubscribed by almost three times, as high interest rates attracted potential investors. [via YahooNews] More >>

Recession Narrows Bulgaria 2009 Current Account Gap (Novinite.com) [Feb 15, 2010] Bulgaria's current account deficit shrank nearly three times last year as the crisis bit and demand on the domestic marker dropped, central bank data showed on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>