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Bulgaria under fire for corruption levels
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission is next week to release a report harshly criticising Bulgaria for the way it has been handling EU funds, and suspend payments to two of the country's agencies ...
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Bulgarian opposition plans effort to impeach President Parvanov
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Opposition parties decided on Thursday to launch talks on an impeachment procedure against President Georgi Parvanov for his alleged links to businessman Lyudmil Stoykov.
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A young businessman had just started his own business. He'd rented a beautiful office and had it brilliantly decorated.
Bulgarian President gets involved in OLAF scandal
OLAF report revealed that a net of companies whose leaders are connected to the cabinet and president were involved in the illegal acquisition of SAPARD money, news portal Dnes.bg reported.
Bulgaria to lose 500 million euro in EU Funds - Reuters
Quoting unnamed EU sources, news agency Reuters said the European Commission was likely to strip Bulgaria of 500 million euro in EU funds and would warn Sofia that it might lose future aid unless it fights ...
Sex, equality and the Bulgarian Government's plan
The approval of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy's 2008/2009 plan for the encouragement of equality of women and men on July 17 2008 would lead one to think that such topics are a priority of the ...
OLAF report on Bulgarian officials' 'criminal ties' -political reaction
Faced with the leaking to the media of a report by the European Commission's anti-fraud office that said that a powerful criminal network in Bulgaria had misused millions in European funds, the Government ...
Bulgaria might need to return money to Europe on two Phare projects
Bulgaria might have to return money to Europe on two Phare projects, the Regional Development and Public Works Deputy Minister and Phare program director to the Ministry Savin Kovachev said at a press ...
Bulgaria approves Russian nuclear plant project
Russian nuclear power plant builder Atomstroyexport said on Tuesday it has received approval from Bulgarian authorities for the construction of a plant in the north of the Balkan country.
French Armaris to bid for Bulgarian shipyard -French ambassador
French ship building firm Armaris, which would construct two Gowind corvettes for Bulgarian navy, applied for the privatisation of Defence Ministry's Terem - KRZ Naval Arsenal shipyard in Varna, French ...
Final Concert at Bulgarian Jazz Fest to Be Staged at Mountain Peak
The final concert of July Jazz Smolyan Fest will be staged on 2,191-meter-high Perelik Peak in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains.
Bulgaria: rough around the edges but still a beauty
Up and down the twisting, cobblestone streets of this charming ancient city, hundreds of photocopied leaflets with grainy black-and-white images of the dead are tacked onto trees, utility poles and the sides of ...
Bulgaria Commandos Suspect Warehouse Blasts Were Caused on Purpose
According to the Union of Bulgarian Commandos, Thursday's explosions at a warehouse close to Sofia were caused deliberately to cover violations, or to clear terrain for privatization deals.
Missing club chairman freed, wife taken hostage while paying ransom to kidnappers
The wife of the chairman at football club Litex Lovech has been taken hostage as she paid the kidnappers a ransom to successfully free her husband, the Bulgarian Interior Minister said Saturday.
Bulgaria Allocates BGN 500,000 to Owners of Chelopechene Blasts Destroyed Lands
The owners of the lands, destroyed after the recent explosions at Chelopechene military storehouses will receive compensations set at up to BGN 500,000. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova The owners of the lands, ...
Rice visits Bulgaria to promote bilateral ties
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a brief visit to Bulgaria Wednesday to discuss political and military cooperation at the invitation of her Bulgarian counterpart Ivailo Kalfin, the Bulgarian ...
Bulgaria, China to Cooperate on Nanotechnology Projects
Sunday, July 06, 2008 Bulgaria, China to Cooperate on Nanotechnology Projects BBC Monitoring European Text of report in English by Bulgarian news agency BTA website, Sofia, 1 July: Bulgaria and China will work ...
Bulgarian Company Invests BGN 100 M in Printing Establishment in Kostinbrod
Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Economy Anna Yaneva awarded Thursday the Heatset Company with an "A"-Class Certificate for their investment of BGN 100 M in Kostinbrod.
Sec. Rice At Stara Planina Awards, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 11:33 pm Press Release: US State Department MODERATOR: Welcome to the Republic of Bulgaria president decree number 307.
U.S. Condemns Iranian Missile Test
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has condemned Iran for testing a missile that could hit Israel, saying it violates the country's U.N. Security Council obligations.