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Maxim Behar Introduces Bulgaria to The Social Media Bible

Maxim Behar Introduces Bulgaria to The Social Media Bible »

Bulgaria has been included for the very first time in The Social Media Bible, a global bestseller by Lon Safko, thanks to Bulgarian PR guru Maxim Behar. Behar has authored the Chapter on Bulgaria in “The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for...

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Georgia Doubles Number of Permits for Bulgarian Transport Companies

Georgia Doubles Number of Permits for Bulgarian Transport Companies »

Bulgaria‘s government has gotten Georgia‘s authorities to agree to almost double the number of permits for Bulgarian freighters and transport companies, the Bulgarian Transport Ministry announced. After negotiations, Bulgaria and Georgia have agreed to increase the number of universal freighter permits (which are...

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Bulgaria’s Retirement Age for Both Sexes to Match after 2020

Bulgaria’s Retirement Age for Both Sexes to Match after 2020 »

Retirement age in Bulgaria for males and females will be the same after 2020, according to the Minister of Social Policy and Labor, Totyu Mladenov. Mladenov explained Monday that in 2017 retirement age for men would reach 65 while by 2020 the...

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Bulgaria-EU

EU Not Bothered by Assault of Bulgarian Envoy in Skopje »

EU Not Bothered by Assault of Bulgarian Envoy in Skopje

The European Commission has come up with a neutral statement regarding the recent assault against Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Macedonia Ivan Petkov. The issue has to be resolved at...

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Bulgaria to Face ECHR over Death of 15-year-old in Childcare Institution »

Bulgaria to Face ECHR over Death of 15-year-old in Childcare Institution

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) will file a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights over the death of a 15-year-old at a state-run childcare institution. The...

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Bulgaria Interior Min: EU Will Be Angry about Vanished Mobsters »

Bulgaria Interior Min: EU Will Be Angry about Vanished Mobsters

The vanishing of sentenced Bulgarian businessmen known as Galevi Brothers will have a negative effect on the EU‘s July monitoring report on Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan...

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

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

Bulgarian EU commissioner Kristalina Georgieva is in her home country to take part Wednesday in festivities marking May 9, Europe Day. Together with President Rosen Pleveneliev, Georgieva will take...

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Bulgaria 2nd in EU Dangerous Product Alerts 2011 »

Bulgaria 2nd in EU Dangerous Product Alerts 2011

Bulgaria notified RAPEX, a European rapid alert system for dangerous products, a total of 162 times in 2011, thus accounting for 10% of all EU notifications....

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Finance

Bulgaria’s Economy Expands by 0.5% in Q1 2012 Y/Y »

Bulgaria’s Economy Expands by 0.5% in Q1 2012 Y/Y

The Gross Domestic Product, GDP, in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 0.5%, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. GDP remains at the same level compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. These flash estimates were released Tuesday by the Bulgarian National Statistics Institute, NSI. According...

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Bulgaria Registers 3.5% Inflation Y/Y in Apr 2012 »

Bulgaria Registers 3.5% Inflation Y/Y in Apr 2012

The consumer price index (CPI) in Bulgaria in April 2012 compared to March 2012 was 100.2%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.2%. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (April 2012 compared to December 2011) was 1.6% and the annual inflation in April 2012 compared to April 2011 was 1.7%. The data was...

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IMF Upbeat about Bulgaria due to Euro Area Recovery in H2 »

IMF Upbeat about Bulgaria due to Euro Area Recovery in H2

Bulgaria‘s growth continues to slow, mostly reflecting external headwinds, but there is room for optimism due to the expected euro area recovery in the second half of the year, IMF mission chief for Bulgaria has said. “Real GDP growth is projected to reach 0.8% in 2012, which is lower...

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IMF Urges Bulgaria to Raise, Not Reduce Fiscal Reserve »

IMF Urges Bulgaria to Raise, Not Reduce Fiscal Reserve

Bulgaria should prudently increase the fiscal reserve and steer clear of reducing it,IMF mission has concluded at the end of its visit here. “Fiscal buffers need to be raised to safeguard resilience. At this juncture, it would be prudent to increase the fiscal reserve, and to avoid...

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Domestic

Bulgarian Officials’ Returned Bonuses Go to Balkan Wars Tribute »

Bulgarian Officials’ Returned Bonuses Go to Balkan Wars TributeUp to BGN 600 000 from the returned bonuses account will be transferred to the budgets of the Council of Ministries and the Ministries of Defense and Foreign...

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Bulgarian PM Wishes Success to Split Right Wing »

Bulgarian PM Wishes Success to Split Right WingBulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, wished success to the two major parties in the now former right-wing Blue Coalition, after news reports about the latter’s breakup. “Both the Union...

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Diplomacy

Bulgarian, Turkish, Qatari PMs to Meet Friday – Report

Bulgarian, Turkish, Qatari PMs to Meet Friday – Report

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov and Qatari PM Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thaniin Bulgaria on Friday, reports say. Al Thani is to arrive to the Bulgarian capital...

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Interview

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

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

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 of Bulgarians Abroad (Diaspora Minister)...

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Industry

Despairing Bulgarian Lead and Zinc Factory Workers Seek Erdogan’s Help – Report

Despairing Bulgarian Lead and Zinc Factory Workers Seek Erdogan’s Help – Report

Workers at Bulgaria’s largest non-ferrous metal producer, the Kardzhali Lead and Zinc Complex (OTzK), have sought assistance from Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an end to grievous mismanaged by the factory owner, according to a report in a Turkish news site....

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Society

Young Imperial Eagles Hatch in Bulgarian South-East

Young Imperial Eagles Hatch in Bulgarian South-East

The first young eastern imperial eagles in Bulgaria for 2012 have hatched in the wild Sakar and Strandzha Mountains in Bulgaria’s south-eastern corner. In the last few days three of the monitored imperial eagle couples have hatched out their young,...

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Tourism

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach Gears Up for Tourist Influx in end-May

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach Gears Up for Tourist Influx in end-May

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach expects to welcome large groups of Russians, Brits, Germans and Irish in the last ten days of May 2012, according to Elena Ivanova from the Union of Hotel Owners in Sunny Beach....

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Culture

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

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

Hit Bulgarian crime TV series “Pod Prikritie” (i.e. “Undercover“) will be featured in the 2012 edition of the Days of Bulgarian Cinema in Rome, an annual film forum, the Bulgarian National Television announced. The fifth edition...

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Energy

Renewable Energy Prices in Bulgaria to Drop from July

Renewable Energy Prices in Bulgaria to Drop from July

The preferential prices for purchasing energy from renewable sources will be reduced from July 1, 2012, according to Angel Semerdzhiev, Chair of the State Commission for Energy and Eater Regulation (DKEVR). “Analysis is now...

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Sport

Bulgaria Through to Semifinal in Olympic Volleyball Qualifier

Bulgaria Through to Semifinal in Olympic Volleyball Qualifier

Bulgaria‘s male national volleyballteam defeated Serbia in straight sets on Wednesday, booking its spot in the semifinals of the EuropeanOlympic qualifier in Sofia. The Bulgarian team delighted a massive crowd by beating traditional rival Serbia 3:0 3:0 (25-22, 25-16,...

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