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Bulgaria-Romania 2nd Danube Bridge to Be Completed Nov 2012 [Mar 26, 2012] The construction of the long-anticipated second bridge linking Bulgaria and Romania across the Danube will be completed by November 2012, according to the Bulgarian government. The construction of the bridge between Bulgaria's Vidin and Romania's Calafat by the Spanish company FCC was inspected Monday by Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski and EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Needs BGN 80 M to Fix Flood Damages - Minister [Feb 20, 2012] Bulgaria needs no less than BGN 75 ? 80 M to cope with the effects of the floods that hit the southeastern part of the country two weeks ago, according to estimates of EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Donchev visited the city of Haskovo in the affected area on Monday meeting with local authorities to discuss the options to use EU funding to cope with the effects of the flooding, which ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Be Ready with Next EU Funding Period Paperwork by 2013 - Minister [Jan 30, 2012] EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev has said that Bulgaria should be ready with the agreements and the texts on the Operational Programs in the next programming period, 2014-2020, by mid-2013. Speaking at a conference on Monday, he specified that the most difficult task was striking a balance between the different types of investments that had to be made. The EU Funds Minister explained that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Absorb All EU Funds by 2013 - Minister [Jan 14, 2012] Bulgaria will have absorbed the entire BGN 13 B allotted from the EU funds to the country in 2013, stated Bulgarian European Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Speaking in an interview for Darik Radio Saturday, Donchev added that Bulgaria will be negotiating for BGN 16 B of funds for EU's next programing period. The EU Funds minister explained that Bulgaria's priorities till 2020 will center ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria seeks to double use of EU funds in 2012 [Jan 12, 2012] (SOFIA ) - EU's poorest newcomer Bulgaria managed to make use of just 20 percent of its European aid funds last year but aims to double that in 2012, EU Funds Management Minister Tomislav Donchev said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s New Mayors Warned against Firing EU Funds Professionals [Nov 06, 2011] Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's Minister in charge with EU funds absorption has warned the newly elected mayors across the country against making "radical changes" in the staffs working on EU projects. Over the last year, the quality of work within the Bulgarian municipal administrations has increased significantly, which has directly the country's absorption of EU funds money, Donchev claimed on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Transport Minister to be Succeeded by Deputy - Report [May 18, 2011] Bulgaria's Deputy Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski will be put in charge of the department in the wake of Minister Tsvetkov's surprising resignation, according to reports. In his capacity of deputy minister, Ivaylo Moskovski has been responsible for the absorption of EU funds under the Transport Operative Program. Over the last few weeks EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev repeatedly praised ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Absorbed 11% of EU Funds for 2007-2013 [Apr 01, 2011] Bulgaria has managed to absorb 11% of the total amount of EU money slated for it for the 2007-2013 period, according to EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Donchev predicted that by the end of 2011 the rate of absorption will reach 20%, and said he expected several payments for large EU-funded projects in Bulgaria in the coming months such as the Trakiya highway and the Sofia Metro. On Friday ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Shoots for R&D Spending of 1.5% of GDP in 2020 [Mar 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Finance Ministry has unveiled a "National Program for Reforms 2015" designed to boost economic and labor competitiveness with a variety of measures within EU's "Europe 2020" strategy. The National Reform Program was presented Monday by Deputy Finance Minister Boryana Pencheva at a public discussion at the Council of Ministers in Sofia, including EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev as ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Reducing Districts from 28 to 6 over EU Funds [Mar 16, 2011] Bulgaria's government is considering removing the 28 administrative districts of the country to set up 6 larger units in their place, according to EU Funds Minister Tomislav Donchev. Donchev spoke at a construction forum on Wednesday, saying that the establishment of only six administrative districts was currently being considered by the government's Council on Decentralization. Thus, the six ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Invites Investors from Northern Ireland [Feb 08, 2011] Bulgarian Minister in charge of EU funds absorption Tomislav Donchev has invited firms from Northern Ireland to do business in Bulgaria. Four construction sector companies were among eight Northern Ireland firms to attend a briefing recently hosted by Invest NI on doing business in Bulgaria, reports 4NI. During the briefing Donchev urged them to seize business opportunities resulting from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seals BGN 107 M in Swiss Assistance [Sep 07, 2010] Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister, Tomislav Donchev, and Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation (l) signed in Bern the frame agreement under the Bulgarian-Swiss program for Cooperation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria EU Funds Minister: Unnecessary Red Tape Is Major Problem [May 22, 2010] Bulgarias Minister for EU Funds Management, Tomislav Donchev, has stated that unnecessary bureaucracy a major problem hampering efforts of the country to absorb EU funding. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls EU Funds Legislation [May 11, 2010] Bulgaria is aiming at having a new law for the use of EU funds by the end of 2010, Minister without Portfolio for the EU Funds Management, Tomislav Donchev, announced Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brussels Pushes Bulgaria to Speed up EU Funds Absorption [Apr 27, 2010] The former EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Danuta Hubner, asked Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister, Tomislav Donchev, to accelerate as much as possible the funds absorption in the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Brussels Pushes Bulgaria to Speed up EU Funds Absorption [Apr 27, 2010] Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister, Tomislav Donchev (r), pictured at the EP Tuesday, admits that 15 Bulgarian municipalities have never applied to use EU funds. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tomislav Donchev Appointed Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 22, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament appointed the Mayor of Gabrovo, Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's new EU Funds Minister. Sofia City Court has sentenced the former director of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund and the SAPARD Agency Assen Drumev to four years in jail. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tomislav Donchev Appointed Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 22, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament appointed the Mayor of Gabrovo, Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's new EU Funds Minister. Sofia City Court has sentenced the former director of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund and the SAPARD Agency Assen Drumev to four years in jail. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tomislav Donchev Appointed Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 22, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament appointed the Mayor of Gabrovo, Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's new EU Funds Minister. Sofia City Court has sentenced the former director of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund and the SAPARD Agency Assen Drumev to four years in jail. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tomislav Donchev Appointed Bulgaria's EU Funds Minister (Novinite.com) [Mar 22, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament appointed the Mayor of Gabrovo, Tomislav Donchev, Bulgaria's new EU Funds Minister. Sofia City Court has sentenced the former director of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund and the SAPARD Agency Assen Drumev to four years in jail. [via YahooNews] More >>