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Bulgaria appeals for military cooperation
Bulgaria appealed the South Eastern European countries for military cooperation during the annual meeting of the ministers of defense from the region held here on Wednesday. The annual meeting was attended by the defense ministers of the countries which all had the status of observers — Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia. “Because of the financial crisis... »
Roundup: Serbia appeals acquittals of policemen
Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has appealed the acquittals of three former policemen tried for one of the worst massacres of the Kosovo war. Serbia’s war crimes court in April convicted and sentenced four ex-policemen to up to 20 years in prison, but acquitted three others of killing 48 ethnic Albanians in March 1999 in the... »
Bulgaria seizes heroin at border with Serbia
Bulgaria customs officials seized 95 kilograms of heroin Monday at the Kalotina border check point in a Turkish lorry trying to cross the Bulgaria-Serbian border, Bulgarian Customs Agency’s press office announced. The customs officers discovered 182 packets with beige dustlike substance in the reserve tyres of the lorry, which has Turkish registration plates. After being... »
EU Takes Back Bulgaria Subsidies Over Fraud
Experts from the European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office, or OLAF, are claiming back subsidies from over 80 Bulgarian meat and milk processing companies due to suspected fraud, agriculture ministry said Friday. The experts, who arrived in Bulgaria earlier this week, were initially insisting that 98 Bulgarian meat and milk processors should return 140... »
Bulgaria supports visa-free for Serbs
Bulgarian Ambassador to Serbia Georgi Dimitrov said that Bulgaria supports abolishing visas for Serbia’s citizens but the adoption of the measure depends on EU stance towards Serbia. “Bulgaria wants the visas to be abolished as soon as possible, but this depends on both the European Union’s stand and Serbia itself,” Ambassador Dimitrov said. »
Bulgarian steel battle exposes country corruption
Gangsters, assassinations, contracts under duress, machinations, plunder, asset stripping… Kremikovtzi steel plant illustrates corruption troubles plaguing Bulgaria. From Wall Street Journal: Bulgarian Steel Battle Heats Up Murky Court Case Involves the Mittals; The EU’s Quandary By MARCUS WALKER August 4, 2008 SOFIA, Bulgaria — Union workers at the giant, troubled steel plant here recently held managers as virtual prisoners to force... »
Netherlands seeks sanction on Bulgaria
BRUSSELS, Jul 17, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) Dutch diplomats are lobbying the European Union (EU) to impose sanctions on Bulgaria for its failure to tackle organized crime, Dutch paper NRC Handelsblad reported on Thursday. Quoting diplomatic sources, the paper said the Netherlands wants the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, to add measures of... »
Bulgarian exchange student in US dies
July 17, 2008 6:09 AM NEPTUNE, New Jersey-A hospital spokesman says a Bulgarian exchange student who was struck by a roller coaster in New Jersey has died. Rob Cavanaugh of Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune confirmed the death of Stanislav Dragnev to the Asbury Park Press. The hospital says it cannot release more information... »
