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- Bulgarian PM postpones visit to Egypt
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has postponed his visit to Egypt, which had been set for January 17-20, according to a premiership statement on Wednesday. The statement said that the postponement of the visit, which had been in response to an
- Bulgaria threatens to restart nuclear plant
Hit worst by the current Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, Bulgaria is poised to restart one of the nuclear reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the closure of which was one of the conditions of the country's EU accession. Back in 1992, at a G7
- Bulgarian customs officers seize 35.5kg of heroin
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Customs officials seized 35.5kg of heroin Monday (January 5th) in a car with Dutch plates whose driver allegedly planned to cross into Serbia and continue to Western Europe. Authorities arrested the driver, a Turkish national, after
- X-Treme Video offers Drive Thru Box Set, Sofia and more
X-Treme Video offers Drive Thru Box Set, Sofia, more Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 6 January, 2009 : - - Jump on planes, trains and automobiles with Donovan Frankenreiter, Rob Machado, Benji Weatherly and special guests who turn out to be some of the
- Bulgarian nationals arrested over tram thefts
Victoria Police have arrested three Bulgarian nationals in connection with a rash of thefts on Melbourne trams in December. A teenage girl and two women have been charged with attempted theft, handling stolen goods and processing the proceeds of crime.
- Gazprom ceases natural gas supply in Romania and the Balkans
The Russian giant Gazprom reduced drastically the supply of natural gas, through Ukraine, having European consumers as destination, and the deliveries towards Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Croatia and Macedonia were ceased. In Romania, the complete supply of
- Bulgaria presses EU for permission to restart old reactors
News Alerts by Email click here ) Europe World News | Home Sofia - Hit hard by the Russia-Ukraine gas row, Bulgaria on Tuesday stepped up the pressure for permission to re-start its old nuclear reactors, shut down in 2006 amid European safety concerns.
- Russia Cuts Gas; Europe Shivers
The Druzhba thermal power station in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Tuesday after the suspension of Russian gas supplies to the country. MOSCOW - Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly, halted nearly all its natural gas exports to Europe on Tuesday, sharply escalating
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Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, Bulgaria fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a Peoples Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, and Bulgaria began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into the EU and NATO.
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