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Bulgaria's Trabant Fest Shows Off 'Dinosaurs' of East German Auto Pride [Mar 17, 2012] Dozens of Trabant cars ? the still surviving tiny "dinosaurs", once the pride of former East Germany's car industry ? paraded in the streets of Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo on Saturday. The third annual "Trabant Fest" parade organized by the Veliko Tarnovo Trabant Club as one of the events to honor March 22, the city holiday of Veliko Tarnovo. A unique cabrio Trabant was among the VT Trabant Fest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Jails Medieval Capital Former Mayor [Mar 02, 2012] Rumen Rashev, former mayor of Bulgaria's medieval capital Veliko Tarnovo, will spend three years in jail on charges of power abuse, a local appeals court ruled on Friday. The other defendant in the case, Tarnovo former chief architect Elena Abadzhieva was delivered a suspended three-year sentence. "Of course I will appeal.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Jails UK Citizen for Child Molestation [May 03, 2011] A 53-year-old British citizen has been jailed for fifteen years, initially at a maximum-security prison, for the molestation of a 6-year-old girl in the village of Novo Gradishte, in Bulgaria's Strazhitsa municpality. On Tuesday Veliko Tarnovo District Court found Colin Tucker guilty of the heavy crime, which occurred in the middle of December in 2009. Tucker will also have to pay BGN 60 000 for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's PM Opens Road Junction in Veliko Tarnovo [Jul 28, 2010] Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov has participated in the opening ceremony of the road junction Kachitza in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. The Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov and the Minister for Regional Development Rosen Plevneliev have also participated in the ceremony Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Regional Police Chief Fired for Mafia Ties [May 05, 2010] The Director of the Regional Directorate of the Interior in Bulgaria's city of Veliko Tarnovo, Milen Manolov, has been fired. The order is signed by Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, the Bulgarian news agency BGNES reports Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Regional Police Head Sacked over Alleged Mafia Ties (Novinite.com) [Mar 23, 2010] Milen Manolov, head of the Regional Police Directorate in Bulgaria?s Veliko Tarnovo, has been removed from office over suspicions that he may have mafia ties. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Supreme Judges Mull Expediting High-profile Cases (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2010] The magistrates from Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) are in the central city of Veliko Tarnovo Friday to discuss with judges, prosecutors and investigators the reasons for the notorious delays in high-profile court cases. [via YahooNews] More >>