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12 May 2012, Issue 294
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Diplomatic Channel
Hashim Thaci: European Union's Delays as Impediment for the Western Balkans

By Hashim Thaci

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are publishing an exclusive opinion article by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashin Thaci on the occasion of May 5, Day of Europe. | read |

Interview
US Director Andrew Volkoff: Bulgarians' Love and Respect for Theater Artists Is Overwhelming

By Maria Guineva

An exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg from New York City with drama director Andrew Volkoff. | read |

Interview
Bulgarian History Museum Director Bozhidar Dimitrov: I Got Many Nice Things Done in Politics

By Evelina Ivanova

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are publishing an interview with Bozhidar Dimitrov, a prominent historian, Director of Bulgaria's National History Museum in Sofia, and a former Minister for Bulgarians Abroad (Diaspora Minister) | read |

Sofia Speaking
Don't Lose Faith in Europe! The May 6 Syndrome Is Dangerous!

By Ivan Dikov

The elections in France, Greece, and Serbia (and some other places in Europe) on May 6, 2012, seem as an indication of the waning of the United Europe idea, and even a more convincing one than the steadily declining turnout at the European Parliament elec | read |

Sofia Speaking
The Mystery of Bulgaria's Mobster Pair

May 3 saw the much awaited sentences of Angel Hristov and Plamen Galev, Bulgarian gangsters more commonly known as the "Galevi" brothers.

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Top Story
Bulgaria to Set Up Company for Construction of Its 1st Hi-Tech Park

Bulgaria's government is about to establish a company that will take care of the construction of the country's first hi-tech park, Sofia Tech Park, Bulgarian Economy Minister Delyan Dobrev has announced.

"As far as Sofia Tech Park is concerned, we are yet to provide it with the necessary shape, but we will establish a company next week in order to fulfill it," Dobrev said during the International Investment Conference "Bulgaria: Business Up" in Sofia on Friday.

He explained that the company will be a subsidiary of the National Company Industrial Zones and will receive all its budget from it.

Sofia Tech Park, Bulgaria's first hi-tech park, will be fully completed in 2015, Evgeni Angelov, Advisor to the Bulgarian President on investment and economy matters, told the conference earlier on Friday.

Angelov revealed that the project company will have a budget of BGN 100 M.

The First International Investment Conference "Bulgaria: Business Up" started in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday.

"Bulgaria: Business UP" is a new initiative designed to analyze and promote Bulgaria's advantages as a foreign investment destination.

The goal of the "Bulgaria: Business UP" investment conference is to present to the international business community the highly favorable investment climate in Bulgaria as well as the variety of opportunities for successful and sustainable business that the country has to offer.

"Bulgaria: Business UP" is organized by Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), the largest Bularian English-language media, and Novinite.bg, a Bulgarian-language news website, together with the InvestBulgaria Agency.
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Bulgaria's Litex Motors, Great Wall Plan 50 000 Cars per Year, Bus Factory

Bulgarian company Litex Motors and its Chinese partner Great Wall Motors plan to produce 50 000 cars per year within five years, announced Anton Dontchev, Litex Motors' representative in China, at the Bulgaria: Business UP conference.

"Our talks for partnership with Great Wall Motors started in November 2009, and we are very proud that exactly three years later the factory started manufacturing in Bulgaria. Our partner Great Wall Motors is the largest private Chinese car producers," Dontchev revealed.

"What we are most proud of are the people working in our plant near the Northern Bulgarian city of Lovech. We currently employ 200 people, and hope to reach 1000 employees after expanding, and these are highly qualified laborers. In fact, our main argument before our Chinese partners was not the cheap labor cost in Bulgaria but the high skills and efficiency of the Bulgarian workers. The experts that we have hired as consultants, and each of whom has some 20-30 years of experience with Nissan, Mann, Fiat, state that these are some of the best people that they have ever worked with," explained Litex Motors' representative in China, who is credited with bringing Great Wall's car manufacturing investment to Bulgaria.

Dontchev did stress that the car manufacturing plant in the village of Bahovitsa near Bulgaria's Lovech is a pilot project designed to convince the Chinese entrepreneurs that such an investment directed at the wider EU market is possible in Bulgaria.

"The produce of the Lovech plant is already on the market in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, and Montenegro. We also have other projects, a project for a bus manufacturing plant, which is in an advanced phase, we hope to have specific results there as well by the end of 2012," the Litex Motors executive revealed.

"All of that is good news for the Bulgarian economy," Dontchev concluded, stating that Litex and Great Wall Motors have already started the second phase of the construction of the plant near Lovech, after in February 2012 the Litex Motors plant successfully completed Great Wall's quality audit, as is also advancing in the creation of the bus manufacturing plant.

The First International Investment Conference "Bulgaria: Business Up" started in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday.

"Bulgaria: Business UP" is a new initiative designed to analyze and promote Bulgaria's advantages as a foreign investment destination.

The goal of the "Bulgaria: Business UP" investment conference is to present to the international business community the highly favorable investment climate in Bulgaria as well as the variety of opportunities for successful and sustainable business that the country has to offer.

"Bulgaria: Business UP" is organized by Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), the largest Bularian English-language media, and Novinite.bg, a Bulgarian-language news website, together with the InvestBulgaria Agency.
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Finance
Brussels Slashes Bulgaria Economic Growth Forecast

The European Commission has revised sharply downwards its forecast for Bulgaria's economy, estimating it is to grow just 0.5% this year.
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Business
1st Investment 'Bulgaria: Business UP' Conference Kicks Off in Sofia

The First International Investment Conference "Bulgaria: Business Up" is taking place in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday.
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Finance

Greece Euro Zone Exit Puts at Risk All Members' Ratings - Fitch

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Warsaw Stock Exchange Key for Balkan Region - Bulgarian Manager

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Brussels Slashes Bulgaria Economic Growth Forecast

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FinMin after IMF Visit: Bulgaria Not Perfect, but Among the Best in EU

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Deputy Finance Minister: Bulgaria Stands Out in Its Region

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IMF Urges Bulgaria to Raise, Not Reduce Fiscal Reserve

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Brussels to Clear Soon Deficit Offender Bulgaria - Deputy Min

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Bulgaria's 2011 FDI to Reach EUR 1.6 B - Agency Chief

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Bulgaria's Public Pension System Anchor in Dire Straits

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Bulgarian Social Minister Forecasts 10% 2012 Wage Growth

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Bulgaria FinMin: IMF Gives Bad Advice to Countries in Crisis

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Environment

Light Earthquake Registered in Bulgaria's Eastern Rhodope Mountains

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Code Yellow Declared for Half Bulgaria over Thunderstorms

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Bulgaria Enchanted by 3 Cute Bear Cubs

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Bulgaria to Broil in July, August, Mercury Up to over 40C

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Bulgarian Oligarch's Defunct Facility Causes Toxic Spill

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Diplomacy

Diplomats Praise Bulgaria's Business Environment, Advise Less Red Tape, Corruption

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Foreign Ministry Renews Calls on Bulgarians to Leave Syria

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Ex PM: Macedonia Must Strike Compromise in Name Dispute with Greece

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Ex PM Georgievski: Ethnic Albanians Will Sober Up Macedonia

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Bulgaria to Sell Diplomatic Property in Copenhagen

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Bulgarian Ambassador to Bosnia Presents His Credentials

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Ambassadors Laud Bulgaria's New Illegal Assets Bill

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Bulgarian 'First Lady' Snubs Husband's US Visit

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Top Bulgarian Socialist 'Happy' with France Elections Outcome

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Bulgarian PM Slams 'Brotherly' Macedonia over Ambassador Scandal

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Business

Bulgaria Needs to Reform Healthcare, Retirement Systems - Unicredit Official

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Economy Minister: Serbia Is Bulgaria's Major FDI Competitor

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IT, Logistics, Agriculture Bulgaria's Most Attractive Investment Sectors - Manager

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Bulgaria's 1st Hi-Tech Park to Be Completed 2015

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Bulgarian Govt Plans New Investment Incentives, Experts Question Them

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Maxim Behar: Bulgaria Could Become Investors' Paradise

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Economy Minister: Low Taxes Top Reason to Invest in Bulgaria

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1st Investment 'Bulgaria: Business UP' Conference Kicks Off in Sofia

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Bulgaria Anti-Mafia Police Raid HQs of Litex Commerce

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Bulgaria's Unemployment Rate Down 0.1 pp in April

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Bulgaria's Exports to EU Down by 8.1% in Jan-Feb 2012

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Bulgaria's M&A Market to See Smaller Number of Deals in 2012 - Report

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ADM Capital, EBRD Acquire Stake in Bulgaria's Prista Oil

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Bulgarian Economy May Recover Soon – Banker

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Bulgaria Invites Israeli Companies to Invest in Infrastructure

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Bulgarian Construction Sector Up March 2012 M/M, Y/Y

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Major Retail Chains Are Extorting Bulgarian Producers – Sociologist

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New Layoffs, Strike Loom at Bulgarian Railroad Co

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Employees of Bulgaria's Lead and Zinc Complex Renew Protests

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Bulgarian PM Pays Surprising Visit to Hwy Works Inspection

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Bulgaria Looming Recession to Deal Heaviest Blow to Exports

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Bulgaria Picks BNP Paribas, HSBC and Raiffeisen to Manage Eurobond Float

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Bulgarian FinMin Vows Cheap State Institutions Relocation

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Energy

Experts, Investors See Bulgaria's Energy Sector as Success-Hurdles Mix

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Project Company Established for Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP

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Power Utility CEZ Unveils Photovoltaic Plant in Northwestern Bulgaria

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Belene NPP Reactor is 80% Ready - Kozloduy NPP CEO

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Gazprom is Delaying Gas Price Discount for Bulgaria – Bulgargaz CEO

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Electricity Prices in Bulgaria to Add 10% from July

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Kozloduy NPP ex-CEO Has No Bad Blood, Explanation for Firing

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Bulgarian Deputy Minister Surprisingly Takes Over Kozloduy NPP

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Loan Payoff Deadline for Bulgaria's Flopped N-Plant Extended

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Defense

Bulgaria Urges NATO 'Open-Door Policy' for Macedonia

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President: Bulgaria Loves and Respects Its Army

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Society

Report Offers Bad News for Bulgarian Moms

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Bulgaria's Villages with Zero Inhabitants Grow to 183

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Bulgarian Policeman Breaks Down, Crashes Car, Takes Hostage

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Soviet Army Monument Painted in Bulgarian National Colors

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Bulgaria's Villages Continue to Die Off

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Bulgaria Celebrates Army Valor on St. George's Day

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2nd Famished Worker Returned from Greece to Bulgaria

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Interview

Bulgarian History Museum Director Bozhidar Dimitrov: I Got Many Nice Things Done in Politics

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US Director Andrew Volkoff: Bulgarians' Love and Respect for Theater Artists Is Overwhelming

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Industry

Amer Sports to Make Bulgaria World's Largest Ski Producer in 2013

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Bulgaria Tries to Privatize Technoexportstroy at Cut Price

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Industrial Production in Bulgaria Stalls in March

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Arab World Hungry for Bulgarian Lamb Meat Exports - Min

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Culture

Days of Bulgarian Cinema in Rome to Feature Hit TV Series, Movies

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Bulgarian Movie Tilt with New US Award

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Bulgaria in EU

EU Cuts the Cost of Europe Calls

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PES Endorses Tadic for Serbia President

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Ukraine 'Committed' to EU, Brussels Snubs Joint Summit over Tymoshenko

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EPP Lauds Robert Schuman's Heritage on Europe Day

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EU 'Delays' Can Spur Worst-Case Scenario in Balkans, Kosovo PM Warns

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Bulgaria Should Prioritize Investing in Job Creation - Commissioner Georgieva

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Bulgaria’s Commissioner in Sofia: Is EU Project Exhausted?

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Bulgaria Salutes Europe Day, Marks 5 Years in EU

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Bulgaria 2nd in EU Dangerous Product Alerts 2011

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EU Leaders Gather for Emergency Summit to Boost Growth

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EC to Scrap Austerity for Growth Following Hollande Victory

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Greece Tries to Form Radical Left, Anti-Bailout Govt

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Bulgaria Has Better Border Control than Netherlands - PM

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Sports

Berbatov Doesn't Fancy Staying in Premier League - Agent

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Bulgaria Through to Semifinal in Olympic Volleyball Qualifier

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Bulgaria's Professional Boxer, Reservist Pulev Gets Defense Ministry Award

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Bulgaria Faces Powerful Serbia after Downing Slovenia

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Bulgaria's Pulev Climbs to 4th Spot in Global BoxRec Ranking

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Sir Alex to Keep Bulgaria's Berbatov in ManU

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Bulgaria's Pulev 'Crowned' European Boxing Champ

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Bulgaria Win 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup

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Bulgaria Wins 2nd Gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup

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Domestic

Average Q1 2012 Monthly Salary in Bulgaria is BGN 731

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Bulgarian PM: Govt Not to Blame for Disappeared Mobsters

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All Bulgarian Elective Office Candidates Should Be Tested for Sanity - MP

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Bulgarian Customs Agency Chief: Many Employees, Job Applicants Fail Loyalty Test

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Bulgaria to Sign Consultancy Contracts Worth EUR 7 M with World Bank

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Bulgaria's Prosecution to Tackle Nationalist Leader's 'Anti-Semitic' Books

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Bulgarian Ex-EU Commissioner to Found New Party Wednesday - Report

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GERB Still Bulgaria's Leading Party Despite Disappointment - Poll

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Former Bulgarian President Withdraws Support from Rightist Coalition

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Ex Bulgarian President Awarded International Drug Smuggler

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Bulgaria's President Demands e-Govt Agency on His 100th Day

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Bulgaria's Biggest Black Sea Cities Vie to Host Fisheries Watchdog

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Bulgarian Vice President Granted 1st Pardon

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Socialist Leader: More GERB Rule Will Ruin Bulgaria

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FinMin: Bulgaria's GERB Plan Long Future in Rule

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Bulgarian President Contemplates Corridors to Togetherness

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Archaeology

Divers Stumble upon Bronze Statue in Bulgarian Black Sea

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Bulgarian Archaeology Museum Gets Unique Thracian Statue

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Tourism

Bulgaria to Officially Launch Summer Tourist Season in May

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Bulgaria's Coastal Resort Mulls Controversial Entrance Fees

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Bulgaria to Renovate Historic Sites with EU Money

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Crime

Great Wall Bulgarian Partner's Son Charged for Role in Crime Gang - Report

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Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecution Presses Charges against 4 VAT Fraudsters

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Bulgarian PM: We'll Nab Vanished Mobsters 'Sooner or Later'

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Convicted Bulgarian Mobsters Fled to Africa Stacked up with Millions - Report

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Key Bulgarian Businessman's Son Busted in VAT Fraud Operation - Report

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Bulgarian Drug Boss Wanted by Interpol Surrenders - Report

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Bulgaria Former Health Fund's Head Faces Corruption Charges

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Bulgarian Finance Minister Vows Arrests after Major VAT Fraud Operation

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Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Optimistic on Capturing of Vanished Mobsters

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Bulgarian Mobsters Use Twitter to Ridicule Police, Refuse to Surrender

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Bulgarian Interior Chief Begs Mobsters to Be 'Reasonable', Surrender

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Bulgaria Busts Suspects over Seized Huge Cocaine Shipment

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Interpol Issues 'Red Notice' for Notorious Bulgarian Drug Boss

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New-Old Suspect in Grisly Sofia Murder Remains in Custody

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Notorious Bulgarian Mobster Pair Vanishes after Jail Sentence

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Fake Bomb Threat Closes Sofia's Central Post Office

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Bulgarian Police Seize Large Amount of Valuable Coins

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Cable Theft Disrupts Bulgarian Security Agency Work

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Bulgaria Busts Cocaine Worth EUR 50 M in Combine Harvester - Report

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Luxurious Prison Awaits Notorious Bulgarian Mobster Pair

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Bulgarian Customs Prevent Cigarette Smuggling from Greece

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Bulgarian Police Bust 'Dangerous' Armed Robbery Gang

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Border Guards Prevent Attempt at Smuggling Kid from Bulgaria

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Rearrested Bulgarian 'Octopus' Collapses in Jail

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Sofia Speaking

The Mystery of Bulgaria's Mobster Pair

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Don't Lose Faith in Europe! The May 6 Syndrome Is Dangerous!

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Lifestyle

Lenny Kravitz Keeps Promise, Back in Bulgaria in Sept

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Selena Gomez's Fans in Bulgaria Ecstatic, Hope to Welcome Justin Bieber Too

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Selena Gomez Tweets from Sofia Pic of Her Film Trailer

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Sex & Health

Bulgarians to Rally against Full Smoking Ban Sunday

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Bulgaria Shies Away from Smoking Ban in Open Public Spaces

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Bulgaria Not Likely to Ban Smoking in Open Public Spaces

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Bulgaria's Full Smoking Ban to Fuel Smuggling - Analyst

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Bulgarian Doctors Union Fined for Setting Minimum Tariff for Paid Check-Ups

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Obituaries

Beastie Boys Star Adam Yauch Dies at 47

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Views on BG

A Traveler In The Foreign Service: Bulgaria Is The Place To Break Down

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Findings of IMF Regular 2012 Staff Visit to Bulgaria

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Eastern Europeans Fly Home - to Avoid NHS Waiting Lists

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Out of Bulgaria and Romania Wave of Immigrants Overwhelms German System

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NATO Summit To Include 1st US Visit For New Bulgarian President

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Bulgarians Turn Petals of the Rosa Damascena Flowers into Liquid Gold

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Diplomatic Channel

Hashim Thaci: European Union's Delays as Impediment for the Western Balkans

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Smile

Bulgarian Shepherd Dogs in Russia

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World

Anti-Putin Protesters Move to 'Occupy Moscow'

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Turkey's PM Boasts FDI Up 76% in 2011 y/y

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Macedonian Govt Building Assaulted in Albanian Protest - Report

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Rescuers Find 14 Bodies on Russian Airliner Crash Site

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British Intelligence Played Key Role in Foiled Underwear Bomb Plot

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Bodies Spotted Near Wreckage of Sukhoi Superjet

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Up to 20 Killed in Damascus Blasts - Report

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No Survivors Found in Sukhoi Superjet Crash

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Obama Officially Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

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Russian Plane with 44 Passengers Goes Missing near Jakarta

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Roubini: Europe Turmoil 'Slow Motion Train Wreck'

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Tymoshenko 'Moved to Ukraine Hospital'

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Portugal Axes Public Holidays in Austerity Drive

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Tymoshenko to End Hunger Strike Wednesday

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Serbia Set to Built World's Largest Solar Park

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Russia Confirms Medvedev as PM

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Ukraine Scraps Summit Boycotted over Tymoshenko

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US Prevent Terror Attack on Passenger Plane

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EU, Germany: Greece Must Keep to Our Terms No Matter What

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Russian President Putin Nominates Medvedev as PM

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Greeks' Vote Fuels Fears of Default, Euro Zone Exit

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Arrests Mar Putin's Inauguration for 3rd Term as Russian President

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Leading Greece Parties Suffer Crushing Elections Defeat

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Tadic with Minor Lead ahead of Serbian Presidential Elections Runoff

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Armenia's Ruling Party Wins Elections - Exit Poll

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Far Left, Far Right Threaten Greece's Pro-Bailout Coalition

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Protesters, Police Clash ahead of Putin Inauguration

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Hollande Triumphs over Sarkozy for French Presidency

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