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Bulgaria to Help Tunisia Create New Constitution [Feb 27, 2012] Bulgaria will offer technical assistance to Tunisia in its efforts to write a new constitution, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced during his visit to the North African country. On Monday, Borisov claimed that he has become the first EU Prime Minister to visit Tunisia since the Arab Spring broke out, adding that he hoped Bulgaria and Tunisia to develop successful bilateral ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Joins First 'Friends of Syria' Meeting [Feb 24, 2012] Some 70 nations and international organizations, Bulgaria included, are holding Friday in Tunisia the first formal meeting of the self-styled "Friends of Syria" group. The group will also bring together Syrian opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group, which was formed to address Syria's crisis outside the UN, is expected to hear Syrian opposition pleas for military ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex President Appointed as Special Rep in Tunisia [Jul 21, 2011] Zhelyu Zhelev, a former Bulgarian President (1990-1997), has been appointed as the Balkan country's special representative in Tunisia, Foreign Minister Nikolay Mlaldenov has revealed. Mladenov is currently on an official visit to the North African state, where he met with its Prime Minister Beji Cadi el Sebsi, as well as his Tunisian counterpart, Mohamed Mouldi Kefi. Zhelyu Zhelev is a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Likely to Draw More Outsourcing over Middle East Unrest [Apr 20, 2011] After Bulgarian summer resorts got overbooked as a result of the civil unrest in the Middle East, Bulgaria is likely to attract outsourcing investments diverted from the region. According to CallPoint New Europe, a major services outsourcing company operating in Bulgaria, European firms that have been using the services of outsourcing centers in Egypt and Tunisia are currently considering ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria sends aircraft to repatriate Sudanese refugees fleeing Libya [Apr 20, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria says it has sent an aircraft to Tunisia to help repatriate Sudanese refugees that have fled the war in neighbouring Libya. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Evacuates 15 Sailors from Libya via Tunisia [Apr 07, 2011] Bulgaria's Embassy in Tripoli, the only functioning EU embassy in the Libyan capital has organized the evacuation of 15 Bulgarian sailors working on different Libyan vessels. The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has announced that the sailors will be evacuated through Libya's land border with Tunisia, and will depart for Bulgaria from there. Two Bulgarian sailors have confirmed in writing to the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Hit Jackpot with Russian Tourists over Arab Unrest [Mar 31, 2011] Bulgaria can expects hundreds of thousands more Russian tourists than it welcomed in 2010 as the unrest in top Mediterranean destinations such as Tunisia and Egypt will redirect their summer holidays. This is the forecast of RATA News, the daily online paper of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry in an article entitled "Bulgaria Awaited Its Moment in the Sun". The paper cites Bulgarian tour ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Warns against Traveling to Yemen [Feb 04, 2011] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has issued a warning against traveling to Yemen as the Arab peninsula country is seeing civil unrest. Yemen has been gripped by what has been described as one of the "revolutions" in several Arab states facilitated through online social network activism ? including Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria. Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry advises against any trips to Yemen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to close 7 of its embassies abroad due to lack of money [Nov 11, 2010] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's foreign minister says his office plans to close seven of its embassies because of a lack of funds. Nikolay Mladenov said Thursday he would make a proposal to the government to shut down the embassies in Sudan, Angola, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Thailand, Mexico and Tunisia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria-Tunisia Business Forum Opens in Sofia [May 20, 2010] A Bulgarian-Tunisian business forum kicked off in Sofia Thursday as part of the Week of Tourism and Culture of Tunisia in Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>