Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday, 21 January 2012




   21 Jan 2012 | Issue 278 | Sofia: min -8°, max -1°; Varna: min -2°, max 3°
  Finance | Environment | Diplomacy | Business | Energy | Defense | Society | Interview | Culture | Bulgaria in EU | Sports | Properties | Domestic | Archaeology | Tourism | Presidental & Local Elections 2011 | Crime | Sofia Speaking | Lifestyle | Sex & Health | Views on BG | Smile | Bulgaria in EU | World | Letters to the Editor | In Pictures
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Interview
Varna Architect Kalina Pavlova vs. TIM: Being Brave Is Not Being Fearless, but Act Despite Fears

By Maria Guineva

Meet architect Kalina Pavlova – often called "The Civic Face of Varna. | read |

Sofia Speaking
Bulgaria's New PResident?

By Milena Hristova

How do you call a speaker, mouthing treacly platitudes seconds before the New Year sets in? Bulgaria's outgoing president. | read |

Sofia Speaking
Merkel as Bulgaria's Guardian Angel

By Nikola Petrov

"When the Chancellor speaks, I listen," Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov declared ahead of meeting with Angela Merkel in Germany.

| read |

Sofia Speaking
The Boring End of the "Lukoil - Bulgaria" Opera

By Ivan Dikov

Bulgaria's Customs Agency awarded Monday to the Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Black Sea city of Burgas protocols certifying compliance of its measuring equipment with state requirements. | read |

Sofia Speaking
Bulgarian Police Work - This Is Not CSI

By Maria Guineva

The dead body of a Bulgaria teen, Miroslava Nikolova, 17, was found by the police in the suburbs of the western city of Pernik last Thursday after two months of active search, which involved the information systems of Schengen and Interpol. | read |

Sofia Speaking
Racism in the Media, Yet Another Hot Potato for Bulgaria

By Irina Samokovska

You might have been led to believe that some sort of discrimination scandal erupted in Bulgaria a few days ago.

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Top Story
Bulgaria to Respond to Miners' Strike by Stopping Electricity Export

Commenting on the strike at the state-owned coal mining company, Bulgarian Energy Minister Traicho Traikov announced that Bulgaria would stop exporting electricity at 01 a.m. on Saturday.

Traikov assured, however, that there was enough power to satisfy domestic needs."Blackmail is not the solution to the problem," the Energy Minister told journalists.On Friday morning, protesting miners blocked a train carrying brown coal from the Pernik coal basin for the Maritsa Iztok 2 Thermal Power Plant (TPP).

"They are disrupting the work of their colleagues at the Maritsa Iztok 2 TPP," Traikov stated, warning that a potential act of sabotage aimed at blocking coal supplies to the TPP would be dealt with by the law enforcement authorities.

The Energy Minister argued that the strike had degenerated into a rally promoting corporate interests which had nothing to do with the interests of the workers at the Maritsa Iztok Mines.

In the meantime, the Maritsa Iztok 2 TPP announced that the blockade of the 20 wagons of brown coal would force it to shut down all capacities for an indefinite period of time, which constituted a threat to the entire energy grid.

According to the statement, the miners' protests were preventing some 2400 workers of the thermal power plant from executing their occupational obligations.

The strike at the Maritsa Iztok Mines started on Sunday at 8 p.m.

The 7100 employees of Maritsa Iztok Mines AD insist that they be paid bonuses of BGN 1000 for the record output achieved in 2011 in line with an agreement signed on July 12, 2011.

The syndicates at Maritsa Iztok Mines AD ask that the employer comply with the document regulating the relative share of the wage costs in relation to the company's revenues.

They claim that CEO Evgeni Stoykov withdrew his signature from the agreement despite the anticipated BGN 500 M in revenues of the company, thereby leaving the miners without year-end bonuses.

The management of Maritsa Iztok Mines AD, however, has said that it has fulfilled all of its commitments under the agreement and declared the strike illegal.

Earlier on Friday, it was announced that the syndicates and the governing body of Bulgaria's biggest state-owned coal-mining company had gone back to the negotiating table.
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Bulgarian Govt, Opposition Clash over PM's Ties with Russian Mafioso

Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov has denied accusations that Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has met with Interpol-sought Russian mafia thug Konstantin Tsiganov.

"No meetings have been held between the Prime Minister and the said person. As regards photos taken during football matches, I have to admit that the Interior Ministry does not exercise control over all players on the field or all fans who have come to see the sports event," Tsvetanov said in Parliament on Friday, responding to a question of socialist MP Anton Kutev about the Prime Minister's relations to the criminal.

The question was triggered by a publication in the controversial, anti-government Galeria weekly, released in the beginning of 2012, featuring a photo of Borisov playing football with the Russian Mafioso.

The article informed that the match had taken place on August 27, 2008, when Boyko Borisov was mayor of Sofia.

Tsiganov is said to be the head of the Russian crime group Uralmash and has been wanted by the Russian authorities since 2003 and by the Interpol since 2006.

He was granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2001.

Ten years later, he was expelled from Bulgaria and was banned from re-entering the country for 10 years.

According to Tsvetanov, the Russian Embassy in Sofia had taken steps to implement the expulsion on March 17, 2011.

"Is it true that there was such a football match and is there any connection between the Prime Minister and this person? Given the fact that the person had been expelled from the country and the fact that there have been signals about contacts between him and the Prime Minister, I suppose that the Interior Ministry made the effort to look into the matter," Kutev stated.

Tsvetanov denied claims that any meetings between Tsiganov and Borisov had taken place but took care to remind that the key figure in "the Killers" crime group, Petar Stoyanov-Sumista had been an advisor to the parliamentary group of the left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria.

"As regards relations between organized crime and political parties, I believe that you have quite some experience and some good practices," Tsvetanov sneered.
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Bulgaria in EU
Bulgarians to Reach Greek Incomes in 25 Years - Danish Envoy

Bulgarians will enjoy the same income level as Greeks after 30 years in EU, Danish Ambassador to Bulgaria Kaare Janson assured on Friday.
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Domestic
Outgoing President Blasts Bulgarian PM over Rude Talk

Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, crossed all acceptable boundaries with his public behavior, according to outgoing President, Georgi Parvanov.
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Finance

Bulgarian Banks to Prevail over Foreign Ones - Report

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EBRD's Berglof Raises Alarm over Bank Exodus from Eastern Europe

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S&P Downgrades Europe Bailout Fund

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Bulgaria Got EUR 740 M FDI in Jan-Nov 2011

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S&P: Eurozone Highly Likely to Enter Recession in 2012

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S&P Massively Downgrades Eurozone Credit Ratings

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Environment

Bulgaria Adopts Total Ban on Hydrofracking for Shale Gas in U-Turn Decision

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Bulgaria's Ruling Party Adopts Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration

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Bulgarian Starts New Probe in 'Hollywood-harmed' Bats Case

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Bulgaria's Rulers Promise Shale Gas Ban, Protesters Claim

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Bulgaria Braces for Wind Bringing Cold Wave

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Thousands Protest against Shale Gas in Bulgaria

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Diplomacy

Anti-Bulgarian Propaganda in FYROM Targets Stanishev, Reaches New 'Heights'

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New Bulgarian President's 1st Meeting - with EU Commissioners

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Bulgaria's New President Eager for 'More Europe', Ties with Growing Regions

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WikiLeaks: Bulgaria's Chief Mufti Is Credible Voice

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American Jewish Committee Hails Bulgaria, Israel Defense Agreements

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Greek Border Police 'Had to' Gas Bulgarian Hooligans - Embassy

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Business

Bulgaria Vows to Invest in Poor Northwest Region

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Bulgaria's Construction Output Drops by 10% Y/Y Nov 2011

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Bulgaria Courts Port Hamburg, Munich Airport as Concessionaires

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Bulgaria to Start Paying Back Debt for Siemens Desiro Electric Trains

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World Bank: Brace Up for Crisis Worse than GFC

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Bulgarian Cabinet Slashes State Servants Paid Leave

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Bulgarian Delegation to Discuss Troubled Loan for Siemens Trains in Germany

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Telekom Austria, Turkcell Eye Bulgaria's Vivacom - Reports

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Sofia City Hall Launches Ambitious Sidewalks Project

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Revenues of Bulgaria's Port Burgas Up 37% in 2011

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CEO of Bulgaria's Maritsa Iztok Mines Declares Strike Illegal

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Livestock Breeding in SE Bulgaria in Collapse over FDM

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Workers at Bulgaria's State Mines Launch Effective Strike

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Energy

Ukraine: Trilateral Deal with EU, Russia Only Way to Avoid Gas War

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Bulgarian Socialists Say Govt Protects Interests of Big Business

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Bulgarian Maritsa Iztok Mines Drop Legal Claim against Strike

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Poland Shale Gas Ambitions Undaunted by Bulgarian 'No'

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US Grows More Pessimistic on Nabucco Pipeline

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Bulgarian Govt Will Reverse Shale Gas Ban Within Months � Expert

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German Investors Show Interest in Biomass Production in Bulgaria

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Watchdog Clears E.ON Bulgaria Sale to Energo-Pro

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Strike Day 5 at Bulgaria's Maritsa Iztok Mines

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Major Bulgarian TPP to Switch to Brown Coal over Mining Strike

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Bulgaria Pressured to Invest in Green Energy - PM

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US Ambassador to Bulgaria: Do You Really Want to Chase Away Chevron?

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Bulgaria's GERB Lifts Chevron Shale Gas License

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Bulgaria's Rulers to Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration

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Bulgarian Energy Minister Attributes Shale Gas Worries to Lack of Information

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Bulgaria's Customs Agency Declares Lukoil Refinery Legally Compliant

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Defense

Bulgaria Formalizes Military Ties with Israel

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Society

Sofia International Airport Evacuated over Suspicious Object

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Naked Ukrainians FEMEN to Protest Home Violence in Bulgaria

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Bulgarian Sports Daily Stirs Scandal with Racist Front-Page Title

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Fire Erupts in Sofia Roma Slum

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Bulgaria Happy to Honor St Athanasius Half Past Winter

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Bulgaria's High Clergy Infected with Ex-Communist Spies

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Sofia Driver Commits Suicide before Stunned Passengers

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Bulgarians Honor St Anthony to Scare off Diseases

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Young Mother, 2 Small Children Die in Downtown Sofia Fire

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Bulgarian on Costa Concordia Tells about Harrowing Ordeal

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Novinite.com & Novinite.bg �Personality in the News� 2011 � Final Results

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Novinite.bg Readers Favor Plevneliev, Raychev as 2011 'Personalities in the News'

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M-Tel CEO Mayerhofer Voted Expat 'Personality in the News' 2011 by Novinite Readers

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Deloitte's Raychev Triumphs as Novinite.com Business 'Personality in the News' 2011

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Novinite.com Readers Vote Kuneva 'Personality in the News' 2011 in Politics

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8 Bulgarians on Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy Reported Safe

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8 Bulgarians Were on Board Wrecked Cruise Ship in Italy

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Sofia Launches Bus to Mountain to Appease Skiers

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Interview

Varna Architect Kalina Pavlova vs. TIM: Being Brave Is Not Being Fearless, but Act Despite Fears

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Culture

5 Talented Bulgarian Kids to Join Olympic Choir

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Bulgaria Picks 12 Eurovision Finalists

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Bulgarian Roma Celebrate New Year

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Bulgaria in EU

Final Text of EU 'Fiscal Compact' Completed - Report

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PES President Stanishev: Orban Brings Hungary Down

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Borisov: Sleep Calm, Germany, Bulgaria Guards Your Borders

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Orban Tells EU Not to Worry about Hungary's 'Renewal' Issues

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Belgium Accuses Bulgaria, Romania of Undercutting Its Labor Market

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EU Issues Warning for Hungary over Media Freedom

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Bulgarian PM Insists in Berlin on EU Benefits for Fiscal Discipline

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Bulgarian PM: When Merkel Talks, I listen

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Bulgaria Should Aim for Joining Club of Rich Nations � Ex Foreign Minister

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New EP President Schulz Is 'Friend of Bulgaria', PES Leader Says

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EPP Chief Daul Hails Opponent Schulz as European Parliament President

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Bulgaria Had 3rd Lowest EU Inflation Rate Dec 2011 Y/Y

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Percentage of Employed Bulgarians in Retirement Age on Rise

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Bulgaria to Absorb All EU Funds by 2013 - Minister

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EU Leaders Deplore S&P Credit Rating Downgrade

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Sports

Sporting's Bojinov Punished for Pushing Team Mate Aside

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Bulgaria's Jekova Grabs Silver at Snowboard World Cup Run

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Berbatov Transfer Rumors Denied by Bayer, Agent

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Bulgaria's Pironkova 9th in Bleacher Report 'Sports Hotties' Ranking

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Dimitrov Falls Short of Upsetting Almagro at Australian Open

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Russian Billionaires Anzhi Said to Enter Berbatov Chase

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Bulgaria's Pironkova Kicked out of Australian Open

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Agents Offered Berbatov, Torres to PSG - Coach

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Berbatov Spotted on Plane to Germany, Set for Bayer Return - Report

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Properties

Sofia Sees Highest Drop in Europe's Prime Office Space Rents

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Bulgaria Still in Top Ten on Britons' Property Map - Overseas Portal

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Domestic

Outgoing President Blasts Bulgarian PM over Rude Talk

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Bulgarian PM Stunned by No. of Ex-Communist Spies among Clergy

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Bulgaria's New President Thinks He's PM - Left Wingers

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Outgoing Bulgarian President: My Successor Has Similar Ideas

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Bulgarian PM: New President Must Unite Nation

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Absences, Posters 'Mar' Bulgarian President's Oath of Office

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Plevneliev Pledges to Be 'Pragmatic' Bulgarian President

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Bulgaria's New President: Predecessors Established Democracy

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Plevneliev Sworn In as President of Bulgaria

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Plevneliev Is Bulgaria's 4th Democratically Elected President

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Bulgarian Renegade MPs to Create Yet another Patriotic Party

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Bulgarian PM Faces Libel Lawsuit over Tapegate Scandal

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Bulgarian President's Approval Rating Lags Behind Successor's - Poll

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Bulgaria's Outgoing President Pledges to Help Parties Unite

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Bulgaria Stands Divided in Approval of Ruling GERB - Poll

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Debts of Bulgarian Municipalities Down by BGN 50 M in 2011

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Police Activities Have Made Many Judges Rich � Bulgarian Interior Minister

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Bulgaria's Outgoing President Slams PM, Govt

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Bulgaria's President-elect: I Am Already Working Hard

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Bulgarian Socialists Hail PES Leader Ahead of Election

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Bulgarian Socialist Leader: Coalition with GERB Means Suicide

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Archaeology

Bulgaria's PM Turns Nicer to Archaeologists over Highway Construction

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Tourism

Bulgaria's Sofia Named Major Destination for British Couples

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Hotels in Bulgaria's Bansko Complain of Water Supply Disruptions

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Burgas Named Bulgaria's Most Dynamic Tourist City

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Bulgarian Govt Flies In UK Journalists to Promote Ski Resorts

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Presidental & Local Elections 2011

Bulgaria's '2 in 1' Elections Spared BGN 8 M - FinMin

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Who Is Who: Bulgaria's New Vice President Margarita Popova

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Who Is Who: Bulgaria's New President Rosen Plevneliev

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Bulgarian President-elect to Take Oath of Office Jan 19

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Crime

Bulgarian Ex Deputy Minister Goes to Jail over Car Theft

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Suicide of Bulgarian Teen Murder Suspect Hurdles Trial

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Living Suspect in Bulgarian Teen Murder Charged as Accomplice

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New Car Arson Case Reported in Sofia

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3rd Suspect Emerges in Bulgaria's Teen Murder Case

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Bulgarian Police Nab Gun Wielding Pupil

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Criminal Shot in Downtown Sofia

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Sofia District Court Gripped by Bomb Alert

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Ex Mayor, MP Goes to Jail in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria Softens Illegal Assets Crack-Down to Target 'Real Criminals'

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Bulgaria with New Attempt to Introduce Illegal Assets Seizure

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Bulgarian NGO Slams Police Work in Teen Murder Case

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Prosecutor Contradicts Police in Bulgaria's Pernik Teen Murder

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Mystery Surrounds Suicide of Bulgarian Murder Suspect

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Corrupt Bulgarian Prosecutor Gets House Arrest

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Bulgarian Driver Busted in Austria with 110 kg of Heroin

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Bulgarian Police Bust Crime Group Involved in Metal Theft

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Bulgaria's Pernik Police Chief Probed over Teen Murder

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Expert: Pernik Murder Suspect Not Schizophrenic

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Bulgarian NGO Thinks Murder Suspect Was Killed by Police

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4 Cars Torched in Bulgaria, 2 Owned by Police Employees

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Bulgarian Right-Winger Demands Resignation of High Police Official after Murder

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Bulgarian Border Policeman Busted for Extortion

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Relatives of Killed Girl Distrust Bulgarian Justice

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Sofia Speaking

Racism in the Media, Yet Another Hot Potato for Bulgaria

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Bulgaria's New PResident?

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Merkel as Bulgaria's Guardian Angel

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Bulgarian Police Work - This Is Not CSI

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The Boring End of the "Lukoil - Bulgaria" Opera

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Lifestyle

Miss Bulgaria 2009 Causes New Scandals by Wearing Fur

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Sex & Health

30% of Bulgarian Children Are Overweight

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Bulgaria to Surely Introduce Full Smoking Ban This Time - Minister

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Bulgaria's Stoichkov Makes Dream Come True for Teen Coma Survivor

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Views on BG

WikiLeaks: Credible Voices in Bulgarian Muslim Communities

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Smile

Bulgaria's new tax policy

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Light at the End of the Tunnel Switched Off!

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New Bulgarian President Discovering Secret Weapon

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Bulgarian Cabinet's Dream

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Bulgaria in EU

Bulgarians to Reach Greek Incomes in 25 Years - Danish Envoy

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World

Gaddafi's Chemical Weapons Found in Libya

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Bucharest Rally Marks 8th Day of Anti-Govt Protests in Romania

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Iran Cracks Down on Barbie-Selling Shops

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Rogozin: US, NATO Have 1000 Interceptors for Striking Russian Missiles

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Worries over Violent Romanian Clashes Reach Washington

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Fresh Clashes in Romania, Protesters Demand Govt Ouster

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Croatia Set to Join EU in 2013 - Poll

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US President Obama Calls for Alleviated Visa Regime

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Perry Quits US Republican Presidential Race, Backs Gingrich

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Bulgarian Telegram Discloses Birthday of North Korea's New Chief

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Eurozone on Verge of Recession, Juncker Alarms

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3 Independents Get Enough Signatures to Challenge Putin

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Russia to Do All It Can to Prevent 'Western Attack' on Iran

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RWE May Reconsider Nabucco Participation

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Smoke Bomb Scare Causes White House Lockdown

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Wikipedia Shuts Down to Rescue 'Free, Open Web'

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Swoboda Elected to Replace Schulz as S&D Leader

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Iran Bans 'Decadent' Barbie Dolls

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German Socialist Martin Schultz Elected EP President

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Huntsman Bows Out of GOP Race, Endorses Romney

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Turkey to Fund USD 5 B Bosphorus Bridge with Own Money

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Moody�s Maintains France�s Flawless Rating for Now

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Italian Cruiser Death Toll Climbs to 5, 15 Still Missing

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Russia Worried by America's New Security Law

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Blackout Leaves 20 Million People in Turkey in Dark

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Kosovo Police Clash with Albanian Protesters near Serbia Border

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Scores Missing, 3 Dead in Cruise Disaster off Italy Coast

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Letters to the Editor

Major Water Problems at Bulgarian Resort Bansko

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