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EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, seen here in 2007, urged Bulgaria on Wednesday to step up its fight against crime and corruption, a problem that has already led Brussels to impose sanctions on Sofia.

EU Commissioner Guenter Verheugen urged Bulgaria on Wednesday to step up its fight against crime and corruption, a problem that has already led Brussels to impose sanctions on Sofia.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev promised Wednesday the government was going to allocate money for the renovation of more student dormitories in 2009.

The Vice President of the European Commission Günter Verheugen said Wednesday he believed Bulgaria could make a significant contribution to the position of the EU on the conflict in Georgia.

The sales of portable computers in Bulgaria have gone up 100% during the first six months of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007, according to data of the market research company IDC.

Over 200 milk producers from all over Bulgaria staged a protest rally in downtown Sofia demanding agricultural subsidies, which ended with clashed with the police and several arrests after an unsuccessful attempt to storm the Council of Ministers building.

The state debt of Bulgaria by the end of July of 2008 was EUR 4,705,200,000, according to data published by the Bulgarian Finance Ministry. EUR 1,536,900,000 of them are internal state dept while Bulgaria's external dept amounts to EUR 3,168,300,000.

Bulgaria ranks first in Europe by the rates of the gasification of vehicles in the country, according to the European gas transportation community's magazine, Gas Vehicle Report.

The Republic of Bulgaria reiterated its unconditional support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia in its internationally recognized borders, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dimiter Tsanchev said Tuesday. The decision of the Russian authorities to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is a cause of serious concern, Tsanchev told the reporters when ...

Bulgarian politicians should unite to fight corruption and organised crime and answer criticism by their European Union partners, Bulgaria’s EU commissioner said on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's population is going to drop by 28,2% by 2060 when it will be 5 485 000, according to a Eurostat survey.

The Spokesman of Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Dimitar Tsanchev said Tuesday the country backed Georgia's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.

1300 new, high productivity wheat harvesters have been imported in Bulgaria in 2008, according to Georgi Georgiev, Executive Director of the National Control and Technology Inspection Services.

Tuesday's welcoming ceremonies for the new ambassadors of the USA and the Russian Federation to Sofia were disrupted by extremists from the nationalist and extreme right Ataka party, who have set up a protest camp some 50 meters away from Bulgaria's Presidency.

A short circuit in one of the transformers of the main sub-feeder of Bulgaria's largest steel-maker Kremikovtzi caused fire around 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

Customers of the three companies providing electricity in Bulgaria would now pay the same fees to have their electric power supply reconnected, according to Konstantin Shoushoulov, Chair of the State Commission for Energy and Water Regulation.

Soccer - There is widespread pressure on match officials to manipulate games in Bulgaria, according to two former referees who have been banned for life after making errors in games.

Bulgaria's Customs Agency has raised a total of BGN 812,8 M in July, which is 11% more than the planned BGN 732,7 M. The July 2008 customs revenue is almost 30% more than the BGN 627 M, which were raised in July 2007.

Experts of the European Anti-Fraud Office OLAF arrived to Sofia Monday on a mission to inspect payments to Bulgarian firms made under EU's SAPARD Program.

About BGN 40 M will be invested in the modernization of the airport in Bulgaria's second largest city of Plodviv. The news was announced Monday by the Bulgarian Transport Minister Petar Mutafchiev after a meeting of the governing board of the state owned airport company.