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Bulgaria Must Participate in Schengen Upgrade ? Bulgarian Vice President [May 02, 2012] A working meeting between Bulgarian Vice President Margarita Popova and Pozzo di Borgo, Chair of the France-Bulgaria Friendship Group at the French Senate, stressed the need for cooperation among Schengen member states for the transformation of the area. Popova is on a two-day work visit to Paris to take part in the Academy of European Law (ERA) conference 'Ne bis in idem as a general principle ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Could Veto Serbia for EU over Bulgarian Minority - VP [Apr 15, 2012] Serbia will not become a member of the European Union until it resolves the issue with its Bulgarian minority, Bulgaria's Vice President Margarita Popova has declared. Popova visited the town of Bosilegrad in Serbia, which is populated by ethnic Bulgarians, not onlike other border regions in Eastern Serbia, which Bulgaria was forced to cede under the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine after World War I ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex-President, Deputy to Explain Decree, Pardoning Scandal [Feb 23, 2012] Bulgaria's former President, Georgi Parvanov, and Vice President, Angel Marin, have called their first conference since their last term in office ended in January. On Thursday, Parvanov and Marin are expected to discuss the decree scandal that recently emerged involving Marin's potential illegitimacy as Vice President and his pardoning of felons. It was recently revealed that Parvanov failed to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New President Embarks on 1st Foreign Visit [Jan 25, 2012] Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will depart Wedesday afternoon on his first two-day visit to Brussels. Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will participate in the delegation, the press office of the head of state said in a statement. Bulgaria's new President will head for Brussels after Vice President Margarita Popova returns from Germany. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Vice President to Get Top State Medal, Too [Jan 09, 2012] Bulgaria's Vice President Angel Marin is joining the ranks of bearers of the Stara Planina ? First Degree order, Bulgaria's highest state medal. Reservist officer Gen.Maj.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Justice Minister to Observe 'Good Traditions' [Nov 30, 2011] Bulgaria's new Justice Minister, Diana Kovacheva, has said that she will put the focus on cooperation and maintaining constant dialogue. "I hope I will meet and boost the high standards set by Popova," she said after Wednesday's oath-taking ceremony. Kovacheva comes to replace Margarita Popova, who was elected Vice President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Quietly Ditches Bill on Illegal Assets Crack-Down [Nov 30, 2011] Bulgaria's government will force outgoing justice minister to quit office as early as December 1 in a bid to quietly backtrack on a number of commitments, including a long-delayed bill on confiscation of unexplained wealth, insiders say. Minister Margarita Popova will have to leave the governmental post now and not in January, when she will officially swear in as Vice President, members of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Parliament to Vote on New Justice Minister [Nov 30, 2011] Bulgaria's members of parliament are expected to approve on Wednesday the nomination of Diana Kovacheva, head of the Transparency without Borders Association, an affiliate of Transparency International, for new Justice Minister. Kovacheva will replace at the post Margarita Popova, who was elected in October as Vice President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB Leads President Vote after 57% Ballot Count [Oct 24, 2011] The nominations for president and vice president of Bulgaria's ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party have the lead in the Sunday vote after the counting of 57% of the ballots. The information was reported Monday by the spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission, CEC, Ralitsa Negentsova. Bulgaria's former Minister of Regional Development and Public ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB VP Candidate Vows to 'Open Up' Judiciary [Sep 04, 2011] Margarita Popova, the Vice President nominee of ruling party GERB, has vowed that the "opening-up" of the judicial system to the citizens will be a major priority for her and her running mate Rosen Plevneliev. Popova, Bulgaria's current Justice Minister, and Plevneliev, the current Minister of Regional Development were nominated to run in the October 23 presidential elections by Prime Minister ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, China Seek to Boost Bilateral Relations [May 14, 2011] Bulgaria's Vice President Angel Marin and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, declared they will put efforts into boosting the ties between the two nations. Economy, trade and investment are among the areas in which Sofia is willing to further enhance its cooperation with the Asian country, according to Angel Marin. For his part, Hu, who is also the CPC chief of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling GERB Mulls 3 Names for Presidential Run [Apr 11, 2011] The ruling, center-right Citizens of European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party is going to announce their nominations for president and vice president in July. The information was reported by the GERB Member of the Parliament and Chair of the Legal Parliamentary Committee, Iskra Fidosova, who spoke Monday in an interview for the Bulgarian National Television, BNT. Fidosova further announced ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria fails to pay debt to Transneft under Burgas-Alexandroupolis project [Mar 21, 2011] MOSCOW, March 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Bulgaria has failed to pay its debt to Russia?s Transneft under the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project, the company?s Vice President Mikhail Barkov said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline to 'Hibernate' as Bulgaria Balks at Paying [Mar 21, 2011] Bulgaria has failed once again to pay its dues to the joint venture for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to Transneft Vice President Mikhail Barkov. On February 17, 2011, a joint general meeting of the Shareholders and the Supervisory Board of Trans-Balkan Pipeline B.V.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Westinghouse Shows Renewed Interest in Bulgaria's Nuclear Plant [Mar 07, 2011] US company Westinghouse has showed renewed interested in investments in Bulgaria's only operational nuclear power plant Kozloduy, according to Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism Traicho Traikov. While on a state visit in Spain over the weekend, Traikov met with Jose Gutierrez, CEO and Vice President for Southern Europe of the US energy giant Westinghouse. Traikov was in Madrid as part of a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Might Kill Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline by Not Paying Dues [Dec 16, 2010] Even though at the last meeting in Amsterdam of the shareholders of the Trans-Balkan Pipeline company, the joint Bulgarian-Greek-Russian venture that should construct and manage the pipe, the Bulgarian government pledged to pay its dues by December 15, 2010, it has failed to do so, revealed Mikhail Barkov , Vice President of the Russian oil company Transneft , as cited by RIA Novosti. [via YahooNews] More >>

70% of Honeywell Bulgaria Operations Serve Clients Abroad [Dec 11, 2010] Bulgaria is an integral part of Honeywell 's global customer development strategy, Edwin W. van den Maagdenberg , Vice President and General Manager, Honeywell Process Solutions, Europe, Middle East & Africa, told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria after the Vietnamese [Oct 21, 2010] Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov , and his deputy Angel Marin , grinning widely, welcomed the Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, a nice lady grinning just as widely. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria hopes to upgrade relations with Vietnam to strategic partnership [Oct 19, 2010] Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin said here Monday that his country hoped to upgrade relations with Vietnam to strategic partnership when meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyun Thi Doan. [via YahooNews] More >>

Vietnam Thanks Bulgaria for University Graduates [Oct 18, 2010] Vietnam's Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and Bulgaria's VP Angel Marin have demonstrated cordial relations. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>