Bulgaria

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 1 day ago
Bulgaria's centuries old rose oil industry is used by perfumiers such as Chanel and Dior ...

Source: www.ft.com --- 18 hours ago
The European Commission criticised Sofia and Bucharest for insufficient efforts to root out corruption but rejected views that it had admitted the two countries too soon ...

Source: www.voanews.com --- 1 day ago
Move caused by concerns over corruption and organized crime ...

Source: www.euronews.net --- 1 day ago
Bulgaria defends its action on corruption ...

Source: www.itftennis.com --- 3 hours ago
Boys and girls from Bulgaria dominated the Tennis Europe 12 & Under Development Championships, hosted by Ankara Tennis Club. ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 11 hours ago
During the first nine months of 2007 Bulgaria exported 857 000 hectoliters of wine, which was a 21% increase compared to the same period of 2006 (711 000 hectoliters). Almost 80% of the exported wines were bottled, and the rest were broached. The total wine production in 2007 amounted to 138 milli... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 12 hours ago
Stella Artois Professional Golf Series starts in Bulgaria on July 26 and will continue until October 4, organizers said. During the four months four separate mini-tournaments will take place, provi... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 12 hours ago
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov has already taken some steps for removing Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev form his post, said Friday the mayor of the town of Blagoevgrad Kostadin Paskalev in an i... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 15 hours ago
A 24-year-old Roma was shot at the stomach at a bus station in Bulgaria's seaside city of Burgas on Friday. Sultanka Snezhinova was waiting for a bus in front of the city's prison when an unknown man injured her firing a shot from a car passing by. Police said the weapon used for committing the cr... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 20 hours ago
A 20-year-old Dutch tourist was threatened with knife and robbed by a taxi driver in Bulgaria's coastal resort of Sunny Beach. The foreigner took the taxi to go to a disco club as the driver told him the service would cost about BGN 14. When the destination was reached the driver demanded that t... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 11 hours ago
Bulgaria now can be characterized by decreasing inflation and high economic growth, which creates an extremely favorable economic environment for the country, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stansihev. Stanishev spoke Friday before the Parliament during the three-hours long discussion ... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 15 hours ago
The Bulgarian Parliament approved Friday the ratification of the country's agreement with Russia for the construction of the South Stream gas transit pipeline with the overwhelming support of the governing three-way coalition parties. Of the 189 MPs, who were present, 140 voted in favor, 47 voted ... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 15 hours ago
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev participated in a working lunch Friday with the Ambassadors of the EU member states to Sofia. The event took place in the French Embassy at the invitation of the French Ambassador Etienne de Poncins, and was dedicated to the France's Presidency of the E... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 21 hours ago
Bulgaria's opposition parties stated once again the government should resign after the European Commission strongly criticized the country over corruption and mismanagement of the EU funds in its report, released on Wednesday. "The EC sanctioned our country by depriving two government agencies of t... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 1 day ago
The Guardian David Gow in Brussels The EU imposed unprecedented penalties on one of its members yesterday, freezing EUR 500 M (GDP 400 M) in aid to Bulgaria because of its failure to combat corruption, organised crime and misuse of EU funds. Bulgaria joined the EU just over 18 months ago but a Eu... ...

Source: www.findingdulcinea.com --- 1 day ago
The new EU member’s perceived failure to root out corruption has Brussels pulling as much as €780 million in aid and has led to a push to impeach Bulgaria’s president. ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 1 day ago
Bulgaria's Nationalist "Ataka" (Attack) Party is to leave parliament in protest against the ruling "criminal majority," MP Desislav Chukolov reported Thursday. "We do not wish to become accomplices to the government and the laws and decisions it makes," the party member added in an interview. "We ... ...

Source: www.novinite.com --- 1 day ago
From BBC The European Commission has suspended EU aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros because of concerns about corruption and organised crime. Commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said the EU was also withdrawing the right of two Bulgarian agencies to manage EU funds. Bul... ...