News about Bulgaria

Adjusting the Theory of Just War: Gary Bass's 'Freedom's Battle'
... in order to punish or prevent massacres of Turkey's minority Christians. In Greece in the 1820s, Syria in 1860, and Bulgaria in 1876, Mr. Bass argues, we can find examples of the kind of disinterested intervention that American liberals called for ... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:21 GMT

Creditors appeal Bulgarian steelmaker's insolvency
SOFIA, Bulgaria : Foreign creditors in Bulgaria's insolvent Kremikovtzi steel mill said Tuesday they have appealed a court decision that could jeopardize repayment of a 325 million in bonds. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:14:25 GMT

Eric Margolis: Putin Checkmates Bush in Eurasia
... to Washington. Putin put the US on the strategic defensive and showed that NATO's new eastern reaches - the Baltic, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Caucasus - are largely indefensible. It's a good thing Georgia was not admitted to NATO, as the White ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:29:17 GMT

Bulgaria Local Administration Discusses US Military Bases with US Officials
Lieutenant General Gary D. Speer, the Acting Commanding General for the United States Army Europe and Seventh Army met at the Novo Selo grounds with representatives from the local municipal administrations. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:46:11 GMT

NATO Issues Resolution in Support of Georgia
... in restituting the radar control so that Georgia would resume regular air traffic. Kalfin confirmed that this week Bulgaria was going to send an airplane loaded with 40 tons of humanitarian aid, mainly medicaments. FORUM W T F S S Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:37:58 GMT

50 million for repairs of students' flats
The Cabinet has allocated 50 million leva for the maintenance of University students' accommodation in Studentski Grad, Sofia. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:46 GMT

S/E Europe
... a number of villages in the region, which are notorious for growing cannabis," spokeswoman Gergana Moralieva said. Bulgaria is a major transit point on the so-called Balkan route, which brings heroin and other illicit drugs to Western Europe, but ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:49:25 GMT

Police chief: Sorry, what murder?
Krassimir Dimov, the head of the regional police department in the Black Sea town of Primorsko, told prosecutors he remembered nothing about a murder that allegedly happened in his presence, Bulgarian BGNes ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:55:47 GMT

Bulgarian lead, zinc mines face shutdown
Some of Bulgaria's zinc and lead mines may have to be shut down temporarily if the price of the two metals on global markets continues to fall, the executive secretary of the Bulgarian mining and geology ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:34 GMT

Bulgaria vs Russia at the Olympics
Bulgaria's volleyball team will play against Russia in the quarterfinal of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games volleyball tournament on August 20 2008. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:52:43 GMT

Bulgaria's Chimimport places 65M euro bond to fund expansion
... include the merger of the Lukoil Garant and CCB Sila pension insurance companies and air carriers Hemus Air and Bulgaria Air, Chimimport said back in June. The company also plans to snag banking assets with a solid regional footprint in Russia and ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:51:41 GMT

Greece refused to share the stage with Macedonia
Greece refused to share the stage with Macedonia during the closing of the folklore festival in Burgas, Bulgaria and made a scandalous exit, Bgnes news agency reported. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:22 GMT

Bulgaria Milk Producers to Block Shipka Pass without Permission
Milk producers from across Bulgaria staged numerous protests in the capital city of Sofia in the recent months. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:38:09 GMT

Children Steal Swords, Yataghan from Fortress Museum in Bulgaria
A total of two swords, a gun with silver facing and an yataghan have been stolen by three children from the medieval Baba Vida fortress in Bulgaria's northwestern town of Vidin. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:38:04 GMT

Bulgarian police seize two tonnes of cannabis
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Police announced on Monday that they found more than two tonnes of cannabis around the southwest town of Blagoevgrad, near the border with Greece. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

The Age of $15 Flights
... announced last week that she would back a Senate resolution to radically redraw the country's constitution. BULGARIA The Age of $15 Flights Sofia Airport has reported strong passenger growth for the first half of 2008, as international and ... Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Medalist mom sends gold to son
Rumyana Neykova , winner of Women's Single Sculls of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games rowing event, shows the gold medal on her son's neck at the airport in Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:54:43 GMT

NATO, but not as they know it
... Poland and the Czech Republic were invited to join NATO, which they did in 1999. Seven more ex-Soviet bloc states - Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia - were invited to become NATO members in 2004 and joined in ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:35:58 GMT

Georgia open to peace talks hosted by Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Georgia views Bulgaria's proposal to host future peace talks with Russia on the situation in South Ossetia as a positive one, Deputy Foreign Minister Milen Keremedchiev told Bulgarian ... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:09:31 GMT

Bulgaria to Have First Certified Guide Dog Instructors
This puppy is one of the first dogs in Bulgaria to be certified as a guide dog for the blind. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:23 GMT

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