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Bulgaria, Hungary push Nabucco gas pipeline project
Bulgaria and Hungary appear to be growing impatient with the slow progress of the European Union's flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, with two top officials pressing for action Friday.
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Right Rains On Bulgarian Pride
Bulgaria's gay boys and girls hoped to have their inaugural pride this year. But, as happens, the religious right's raining on their parade : Bulgaria's influential Orthodox Church on Friday called on ...
World Bank: fight against corruption slackens in majority of SEE countries
The fight against corruption has weakened in most of the Southeast European countries, according to a new World Bank report on governance published on Tuesday.
Bulgarian, French police bust sex trafficking ring
SOFIA, Bulgaria : Bulgarian police say they have dismantled a large criminal ring that smuggled women to France and forced them to work there as prostitutes.
Trans-Balkan oil pipeline cost rises to 1.5 bln
The cost of the trans-Balkan oil pipeline being built by Russia, Bulgaria, and Greece has increased to a 1.5 billion from a 1 billion , the project operator said on Wednesday.
RCMP snafu blamed for prison ordeal
RCMP misinformation is a key reason a Canadian businessman has been languishing in prison in Bulgaria for the past 12 years, says the outspoken former head of the RCMP complaints commission.
Bulgaria Fishermen to Be Exempt from Fuel Excise Tax
The Bulgarian government is going to make all fishermen exempt of fuel excise tax, according to Agriculture Minister Valeri Tzvetanov.
Bulgaria Central Bank Director Predicts 7-8% Inflation for 2008
The Director of the Bulgarian National Bank Ivan Iskrov met Friday with Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament.
Poison umbrella murder case is reopened
One theory says the KGB and Bulgarian secret service ordered the assassination of the playwright Georgi Markov in London enlarge Scotland Yard detectives have flown to Bulgaria in a fresh attempt to shed light ...
Bulgaria takes step towards US visa-free travel
A preliminary agreement under the US Visa Waiver Programme was among the deals signed during Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev's three-day official visit to the United States, which ended on Wednesday.
French philologist wins Spanish social sciences prize
French philologist, semiologist and historian Tzvetan Todorov Wednesday won the Spanish Prince of Asturias Prize for Social Sciences 2008.
President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Stanishev of Bulgaria
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, welcome to the Oval Office. It was about a year ago that I had the great pleasure of visiting your beautiful country, and I want to thank you for the warm hospitality you ...
Plane skids off runway in Bulgaria; no injuries
Bulgaria's Transport Ministry says a jetliner belonging to the Russian company Transaero skidded off a runway while taking off from the Black Sea city of Burgas.
EARLY in Bram Stok er's 1897 novel "Dra cula," Jonathan Harker - a real es tate agent sent to Transylvania to meet a client who turns out to be the blood-sucking vampire - speaks of arriving in the city of ...
Gates Calls on NATO Allies to Live up to Pledges
NATO has made significant progress in Afghanistan, and the alliance now needs to deliver on the goals the alliance's heads of state set when they met in April, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
Today's high oil prices could be here to stay
In this May 30, 2008 file photo, Bulgarian truck drivers are seen during a protest against high diesel prices, on the outskirts of Bulgaria's capital Sofia.
NATO defense ministers meet over security missions
BRUSSELS : The U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, joined NATO defense ministers here Thursday in an effort to push forward a design for missile defenses that will protect all alliance nations from a ...
Aer Lingus to begin Sofia route in October
Aer Lingus has announced plans to begin a new route to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, this autumn.
Irishman Hospitalized after Falling from Second Floor in Sunny Beach Resort
The man was found in a helpless condition Friday morning outside Building 16 of the Sunny Day 3 complex.
European scare a blip in nuclear power's advance - Feature
Nuclear power is on the advance worldwide, and a recent safety scare in Europe is highly unlikely to stop it.