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Bulgaria Won't Boycott Euro 2012 over Tymoshenko [May 14, 2012] Bulgarian officials will not boycott the Euro 2012 football championship in Ukraine due to concerns about the treatment of jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has said. "Boycott is definitely not the way that we should be following," Mladenov has told reporters in Brussels, adding that the EU should engage in a constant dialogue with Ukraine. "If EU ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Play Friendly with Netherlands on Euro 2012 Eve [Dec 10, 2011] Bulgaria will face the Netherlands in a friendly on May 26, turning thus into one of the last rivals the tulips will clash with before the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine. The venue of the match has not been picked yet. The Dutch team had tough luck during the draw of its rivals in the European Championship.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Netherlands to play Bulgaria in friendly in May [Dec 09, 2011] Netherlands will play Bulgaria in a friendly on May 26 to tune up for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) announced on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Debutant Selin helps Ukraine overcome Bulgaria [Oct 08, 2011] Ukraine 3-0 Bulgaria FC Vorksla Poltava's Yevhen Selin scored on his international debut as Ukraine returned to winning ways after four successive defeats. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ukraine beats Bulgaria 3-0 in friendly (AP) [Oct 07, 2011] Goals by debutante Yevhen Selin, veteran Andriy Shevchenko and Andriy Yarmolenko gave Ukraine a 3-0 win over Bulgaria in a friendly on Friday. The Euro 2012 co-host took the lead in the seventh minute when Selin headed home, before Shevchenko scored the second in the 38th minute. Ukraine battled hard for a third in the second half as Bulgaria dropped ever deeper. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ukraine beats Bulgaria 3-0 in friendly [Oct 07, 2011] Goals by debutante Yevhen Selin, veteran Andriy Shevchenko and Andriy Yarmolenko gave Ukraine a 3-0 win over Bulgaria in a friendly on Friday. The Euro 2012 co-host took the lead in the seventh minute when Selin headed home, before Shevchenko scored the second in the 38th minute. Ukraine battled hard for a third in the second half as Bulgaria dropped ever deeper. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashes in Bulgaria, killing 1, injuring 7 [Jul 07, 2011] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Police say a bus carrying 37 tourists from Ukraine crashed into a ditch alongside a highway near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, killing one passenger and injuring seven. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Polly Genova Fails to Make It to Eurovision Song Contest Final [May 13, 2011] Bulgaria's contestant Polly Genova and her band failed to qualify for the final of the Eurovision song contest after the second semi-final in Dusseldorf Thursday evening. The ten countries out of a total of 19 participants which qualified for the Eurovision final on Saturday, May 14, are Estonia, Romania, Moldova, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Austria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Sweden. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Polly Genova Hits Eurovision Stage in Defiance [May 12, 2011] Bulgaria's contestant Polly Genova and her band will take part in the second semi-final of the Eurovision contest in Dusseldorf Thursday evening amid low expectations of success. The audience will also watch the same day the performers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine, Moldova, Sweden, Cyprus, Macedonia, Israel, Slovenia, Romania, Estonia, Belarus ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Names New Military Attaches to Ukraine, US [Feb 08, 2011] Dincho Karamunchev and Stefan Yanev will be Bulgaria's new military attaches to the Ukraine and the US, the Defense Ministry announced Tuesday. They receive their appointment after the recall of Volodya Tsvetanov and Valentin Tsankov over recent revelations that the two have been agents of the former Communist State Security (DS). The decision for the change had been approved by the Defense ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Recalls Military Attaches from US, Ukraine [Feb 02, 2011] Bulgaria's Defense Ministry is working on recalling the country's military attaches to the US and the Ukraine, Valentin Tsankov and Volodya Tsvetanov. The news was reported Wednesday by the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR. The reason behind the move is the recent revelation that the two have been agents of the former Communist State Security (DS). ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian Press: Bulgaria 'the Problematic' Country for South Stream [Oct 11, 2010] The South Stream pipeline, which is supposed to bring Russian natural to Southern and Central Europe by going around Belarus and Ukraine, is facing some troubles that were discussed by Berlusconi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Russian papep Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes on Monday in an article entitled "Bulgarian Stumbling Block for South Stream." [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Under Threat of Hungary Sludge Flood [Oct 05, 2010] Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine might be affected by the deadly sludge escape from an alumina plant, which killed four people and injured 120 more in Western Hungary. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Opens EU Doors to Allow 500,000 More Immigrants in UK [Sep 24, 2010] Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, which has announced it is giving passports to 500,000 inhabitants of the Ukraine and Moldova. Photo by Getty Images [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Wheat Sales Doubled in 2010 on Russian, Ukrainian Drought [Sep 02, 2010] Bulgaria?s exports of new-crop wheat and barley doubled this year after Russia and Ukraine curbed grain sales as drought and bad weather damaged their crops, said Radoslav Hristov, president of the Grain Producers Association. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Takes Scores of Moscow Children as Smog Disaster Help [Aug 10, 2010] Russia is sending 10 000 children and hundreds of elderly to Bulgaria and the Ukraine to save them from the smoldering heat and overpowering smog in Moscow, the citys Mayor, Yriy Luzhkov, announced Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria with Severe Trade Deficit with Ukraine Despite Positive Trend [Jul 16, 2010] The bilateral trade with Ukraine shows a positive trend for Bulgaria but the latter still faces an enormous trade deficit with the former. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to push ahead with Russia's South Stream [Jul 06, 2010] SOFIA, July 6 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will push ahead with Russia's planned South Stream gas pipeline, which would transport gas under the Black Sea and bypass Ukraine, and will sign a roadmap agreement this week, its prime minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria relaxes visa requirements for Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Moldovans [Jun 07, 2010] Bulgaria has relaxed visa requirements for citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova to increase the flow of tourists to Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has said in a posting on its official Web site. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Ukraine Seal Consultations Plan [May 21, 2010] The Foreign Ministries of Bulgaria and Ukraine have signed a Plan for Consultations for 2010-2011. The document was singed by the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, Marin Raykov, and Ukraine Konstantin Eliseev. [via YahooNews] More >>