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Bulgaria Warns Turkey, Greece about Overflowing Dams [Feb 06, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has sent a note warning the authorities of Turkey and Greece about the overflowing of major water dams on Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a note this morning, informed Greek and Turkish authorities that the Ivailovgrad water reservoir and the Studen Kladenetz water reservoir will begin to overflow. The volume of water expected to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Four Bidders Said to Eye Bulgaria's Vivacom [Jan 24, 2012] Telekom Austria, Turkey's Turkcell, the head of Bulgaria's Corporate Commercial Bank and Icelandic businessman Thor Bjorgolfsson are interested in the sale of Bulgaria's telecom Vivacom, local media reports say. The potential buyers of debt-laden Vivacom, heir to the state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), will be expected to submit bids in a month, but none of them has ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Turkey to Run for Joint Hosts of Volleyball Euro Cup 2015 [Dec 23, 2011] Bulgaria and Turkey consider coming up with a joint candidacy for the European Volleyball Championship in 2015. The two countries have not decided yet whether they prefer to host the men's or the women's championship, but they are considering both options, president of the Turkish Volleyball Federation Erol Unan has told the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. Sofia will host the final match if the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Tests High-Speed Railway Section to Turkish Border [Dec 22, 2011] Bulgaria's government has made a test run of a newly renovated southern highway railway section where trains can go at 160 km/h. The testing of a section of the Plovdiv-Svilengrad railway line, which runs from the center of Southern Bulgaria to the border with Turkey, was attended by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Pulls Out of Pipeline [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria backed out of a 2007 agreement with Russia and Greece to build an oil pipeline bypassing Turkey's crowded Bosporus and Dardanelles straits after saying it won't work. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Pulls Out of Pipeline [Dec 07, 2011] Bulgaria backed out of a 2007 agreement with Russia and Greece to build an oil pipeline bypassing Turkey's crowded Bosporus and Dardanelles straits after saying it won't work. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Railway Strike Affects 5 International Routes [Nov 24, 2011] Four international trains have been stranded for several hours in Bulgaria as a result of the general strike of the Bulgarian railway workers, which started on Thursday, November 24. The four international train linking Bulgaria to Serbia, Romania, Turkey, Russia, and Austria have been affected by the strike as the syndicates in charge of the protests refused to let them through regardless of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Seals Gas Delivery Deal with Turkey [Nov 19, 2011] Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political agreement to build a gas pipeline connection between the two countries for emergency gas deliveries from Turkey to Bulgaria. During the Black Sea Energy and Economy Forum in Istanbul, Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister, Traicho Traikov, and Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Taner Y?ld?z, have successfully negotiated plans for the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ranked in EU Bottom by Teacher Pay [Oct 04, 2011] Teachers' salaries in Bulgaria are the lowest in the European Union, according to a report which compares the salaries of public-sector teachers and school heads in 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. The data, based on the 2009/10 school year, covers pre-primary to upper secondary education. The report, compiled by the European Commission's Eurydice network, is ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Claims to Be Happy Turkey Got US, NATO Missile Shield Radar [Sep 02, 2011] Bulgaria is satisfied with the agreement reached between the USA and Turkey to deploy in the latter the radar of the US/NATO missile defense system in Europe, Bulgaria's foreign and defense ministers said in a joint statement. Turkey's decision to agree to host elements of the missile shield in spite of its earlier misgivings was announced by a Turkish official early Friday. "This step is part ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Rebuild Cold War Turkey Border Fence 2012 [Aug 24, 2011] Bulgaria will start building its border fence with Turkey no earlier than the beginning of 2012, it was made clear Wednesday. The Bulgarian government had initially intended to have the fence built by October 2011. A total of 21 companies are competing in a public procurement for designing the fence.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Presses With FMD Fence on Turkish Border [Aug 18, 2011] 21 companies have filed documents for a public procurement for designing a fence along the border with Turkey to prevent the spreading of foot-and-mouth disease. Over the spring of 2011, a number of villages in the remote Strandzha region in south-east Bulgaria bordering on Turkey experienced severe outbreaks of FMD, leading to the destruction of hundreds of heads of livestock. Officials said ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria: Migrants' Latest Route to the EU [Jul 16, 2011] from Global Post by Jodi Hilton A narrowly paved road and a rusting fence is all that divides the European Union from Turkey north of the Bulgarian border checkpoint at Kapitan Andreevo. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Opens Bids for Struma Highway Lot 1 [Jul 07, 2011] The bids, which were submitted for a section of the future Struma Highway, connecting Sofia to the border with Greece, will be opened on Thursday, the road infrastructure agency announced. A record number of bidders ? 19 ? applied with offers to build Lot 1 of the Struma Highway ? including companies from Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Germany, and Greece. Regional Development Minister Rosen ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sofia decouples from Nabucco [Jun 27, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 27 (UPI) -- Bulgaria is no longer interested in linking future natural gas connections with Turkey to the Nabucco pipeline, the country's economic minister announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Gives Up on Trying to Make Gas Pipe to Turkey Part of Nabucco [Jun 24, 2011] The Bulgarian government is no longer trying to make the future gas interconnection between Bulgaria and Turkey a section of the EU-sponsored gas transit pipeline Nabucco, Economy Minister Traikov announced. The gas pipeline connecting the natural gas networks of Bulgaria and Turkey could be ready by 2014, and through which Bulgaria could be receiving up to 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Host Elements of NATO Missile Defense if Turkey Refuses [Jun 24, 2011] Bulgaria is likely to host elements of the US/NATO missile defense system in Europe instead of Turkey if Turkey refuses to host them, according to Bulgarian Deputy Defense Minister Avgustina Tsvetkova. Turkey's position about hosting elements of the US and NATO missile shield, most likely its radar system, should be clear by the fall of 2011, Tsvetkova told journalists in Pamporovo Friday ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Ready to Join Schengen, Says European Parliament [Jun 08, 2011] The European Parliament has given almost unanimously its green light for Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen border check-free area. The two countries have met the entry conditions, based on Commission progress reports, the MEPs said on Wednesday, but added that Parliament should be kept informed of additional measures taken in the Bulgaria-Turkey-Greece area to cope with a possible surge ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Railways Contract Turkey's Tuvasas for 30 Sleeping Cars [May 27, 2011] The Bulgarian State Railways BDZ will order the construction of 30 sleeping cars to Turkey's state owned manufacturer Tuvasas after BDZ lost a court battle trying to cancel the order. The CEO of the debt-ridden Bulgarian state railways Pencho Popov and the technical director of the company Georgi Panchev visited the production facilities of Tuvasas in Turkey's Adapazari. During their meeting ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria looks to June signing for Nabucco [May 24, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 24 (UPI) -- A Bulgarian energy company said it plans to join its counterparts during a June ceremony in Turkey to sign off on the Nabucco natural gas pipeline. [via YahooNews] More >>