News about Bulgaria

Bulgarian nurses mark first year of freedom from Libyan prison
SOFIA * Bulgaria's AIDS case nurses met for a modest church mass yesterday to mark the first anniversary of their release from eight years in Libyan prisons. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:53:12 GMT

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Bulgaria's opposition parties stated once again the government led by Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev should resign after the European Commission strongly criticized the country over corruption and ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The "Libyan six" a year later
... was commuted to life imprisonment. On July 24, under an agreement for prisoners' extradition, they returned to Bulgaria on the board of the French presidential aircraft, accompanied by the then French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy. Bulgarian President ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:45:19 GMT

Sofia refuse's conspiracy theory
... seemed very strange to him that precisely in the day when the European Commission (EC) would present its report on Bulgaria's progress in the fight against organised crime, all Roma people working in the cleaning companies, did not go to work, Focus ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:45:08 GMT

Date for Bulgaria's sixth no-confidence debate announced
... tabling the vote on July 23 to coincide with the release of severely critical European Commission reports on Bulgaria, said that the no-confidence vote against the Government was motivated by the "material and moral harm" caused to Bulgaria and its ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:57 GMT

Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister was communist-era collaborator
Valeri Tsvetanov, who became Bulgaria's Agriculture and Food Supply Minister in the April 2008 Cabinet reshuffle, was cultivated as an agent by the country's communist-era state security, it emerged on July 24 ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:44 GMT

German-led consortium acquires 70 percent of Bulgarian marine operator
SOFIA, Bulgaria : Bulgaria's government announced Thursday it had approved a deal to sell a 70 percent stake of a state-run merchant marine operator to a German-led consortium for 225 million . Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:04:57 GMT

Seeking closure to an era of hate in the Balkans
... the recent loss of Kosovo and Montenegro. It has had to watch regional neighbors such as Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria join the EU while its European credentials remained beyond the pale. This year the Serbs rejected, admittedly by a narrow margin, ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:15:50 GMT

Sofia Mayor: Bulgaria Socialist Party Is Behind Sofia Trash Problem
... stating "Guaranteed by GERB" (Borisov is the informal leader of the GERB - Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Party) as evidence for his claims that BSP was behind the problem. At the same time some of the BSP activists dressed in red ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:47:13 GMT

Bulgaria Agriculture Minister Has Been Secret Services' Agent
Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Foods Valery Tsvetanov has been an agent of the Communist State Security Services, as announced by the Records Commission Thursday Photo by Yuliana Nikolova Bulgaria's ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:47:02 GMT

Prescription to Kill
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EU freezes millions in aid to Bulgaria over corruption
The European Commission suspended nearly a half-billion euros in assistance to Bulgaria on Wednesday, citing its failure to manage European taxpayers' money soundly and to deal effectively with rampant ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:56:42 GMT

Serbia to reinstate EU ambassadors recalled over Kosovo. © REUTERS/Hazir Reka .
... Karadzic. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said earlier that the return of ambassadors to 11 European states - Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia and Sweden - would allow a step up ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:06:00 GMT

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... have to be complete within two years, Mrkonjiae says. "Corridor 4 which goes between the neighboring countries of Bulgaria and Romania is threatening to take traffic away from us. We have another two or three years thanks to the fact that Romania ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:49:09 GMT

Serbia to reinstate EU diplomats
... KOSOVO Countries that have recognised Kosovo include: USA, Turkey, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria Countries that have not recognised Kosovo include: Russia, China, Spain, Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Greece Serbian ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:18:48 GMT

The Balkans: Karadzic caught
... another problem: that the union is suffering a bad case of enlargement fatigue. This week Romania and, especially, Bulgaria were chastised by Brussels for failing to curb corruption, confirming the view of many that these two Balkan countries were ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:04:30 GMT

Bulgaria, Romania and the EU : Balkan blushes
BY THE polite standards of Brussels, it was quite tough. On July 23rd the European Commission issued critical reports on Bulgaria's and Romania's progress in fighting corruption and spending European Union ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:04:30 GMT

Mixed Messages
... to shore up the economy, stating it would continue to tighten monetary policy should inflation continue to rise. BULGARIA Mixed Messages As internet search on Bulgaria shows, a plethora of websites continue to offer real estate in the country, ... Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

'Lesbian': the word is not an insult
The word 'lesbian' do not define the identity of the Greek island Lesbos' residents, therefore, it cannot be perceived as an insult, an Athens court ruled on July 23, Reuters news agency reported. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:57:38 GMT

Battle on for contract to disassemble Belene debris
... July 30 to dismantle the equipment and other structures on the site of the project mothballed in the early 1990s, Bulgaria's Economy Ministry said. The deadline is set in the building permit issued to the contractor by the regional development ... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:57:28 GMT

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