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Bulgaria PM Vows to Revive Near Terminally Ill Health Care [Dec 17, 2011] Bulgaria's prime minister, well known for his populist pledges, plans to assign top priority to the country's struggling health system, plagued by chronic underfunding, brain-drain and a lack of meaningful reform. "The government will push for more money and will help the Health Minister, whom we left high and dry this year," Boyko Borisov told Darik radio on Sunday. ?It is very easy to say that ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Fit to Join Euro Zone - Deputy Finance Minister [Apr 18, 2011] Bulgaria's government has assured fiscal indicators look good in terms of euro-adoption criteria, although entry into the euro zone is no longer dubbed top priority. "Our indicators look good in terms of the euro-adoption criteria," Deputy Finance Minister Boryana Pencheva said in an interview for Bloomberg agency. According to her efforts to adopt the euro will get a boost from joining Europe's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

OTP Bank Says Recovery in Bulgaria Slower [May 03, 2010] Hungary's OTP Bank, which acquired in 2003 Bulgaria's second largest bank, state-owned DSK, said recovery in Bulgaria will be slower and top priority will be assigned to improvement of the services quality. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin: Predecessors Wallowed in Mud [Apr 14, 2010] Bulgaria's center-right government has assigned top priority to tightening the banking supervision and stemming the leaks, the finance minister said. Bulgaria should become the country in the whole of Europe, not only Eastern Europe, which offers the best business conditions. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Euro Craze Dooms It to Recession - German Analyst (Novinite.com) [Mar 18, 2010] Bulgaria has weak chances for joining the bloc's exchange-rate mechanism, the so-called eurozone waiting room, and making this top priority dooms it to a recession, a German analyst has commented. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Backs Anti GM Crops Campaign (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] Bulgaria Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, has again put his voice behind the anti GMO campaigners in the country. Naydenov said Friday, before the 2nd reading of the amendments to the GMO Act in parliament, that ?Tasty Bulgarian tomatoes without GMO are my top priority as Minister.? [via YahooNews] More >>

Business Week: Greek Crisis Dims Bulgaria's Euro Dreams (Novinite.com) [Feb 27, 2010] The government of EU member Bulgaria made adopting the euro a top priority, but then Greece hit the skids. Now membership in the common currency seems far off. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set to Apply for ERM 2 by July (Novinite.com) [Feb 18, 2010] Amid growing fears that Bulgaria's aspirations to join the euro soon may be foiled, the country's finance minister has assured officials from the International Monetary Fund that membership in the Eurozone waiting room remains top priority. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria New European Commissioner: We Need More Faith (Novinite.com) [Feb 05, 2010] eorgieva, who worked as World Bank Vice-President before staging an excellent performance at the confirmation hearting for European Commissioner on February 3, said her top priority will be improvement of Bulgaria's image abroad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Says Euro Bid Top Foreign Policy Priority (Novinite.com) [Jan 22, 2010] Bulgaria's application to join the exchange-rate mechanism, the two-year currency stability test prior to euro adoption, is the top priority of its foreign policy for the next six months, the finance minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>