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Bulgarians held for printing fake euro bills — 25 June 2009, 23:26 CET

Seventeen Bulgarians were arrested Thursday in the central city of Plovdiv for allegedly printing fake euro bills worth 400,000 euros, the interior ministry said.

Election holds up key EU fraud trial in Bulgaria — 17 June 2009, 20:02 CET

The trial of nine Bulgarians charged with embezzling millions in European farm aid has been postponed because one of the accused is a candidate in July 5 general elections, the court said on Wednesday.

Bulgarian businessman nabbed while offering bribe — 11 June 2009, 22:30 CET

Bulgaria's state service for national security (DANS) said Thursday its agents had caught a businessman who offered a 100,000-leva (50,000-euro) bribe to a top civil servant.

Bulgarian centre-right party wins EU vote: final results — 12 June 2009, 15:36 CET

Bulgaria's centre-right opposition GERB party beat Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev's governing socialists in European Parliament elections, final results by the central electoral commission showed Wednesday.

Bulgaria set for election headache after EU vote — 08 June 2009, 20:45 CET

Bulgaria's right-wing opposition may have beaten the ruling socialists in the EU vote this weekend, but needs a bigger margin in next month's general election to form a government, observers said Monday.

Bulgarian centre-right GERB party wins Euro vote: official results — 08 June 2009, 09:48 CET

The Socialists of Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev trail the centre-right GERB opposition party in EU-wide elections, partial official results showed Monday.

Bulgarian centre-right ahead in Euro vote: exit polls — 07 June 2009, 23:54 CET

Bulgaria's centre-right opposition party came out on top of the ruling socialists of premier Sergey Stanishev in European elections on Sunday, according to exit polls.

Bulgarian centre-right party ahead in EU vote: exit polls — 07 June 2009, 21:31 CET

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party defeated the ruling Socialists of Premier Sergey Stanishev in Sunday's European election, according to exit polls released after voting closed.

Bogus Bulgarian weather reports beat Euro exit-poll ban — 07 June 2009, 21:03 CET

Bulgarian media beat a ban on the release of exit polls from voting in the European elections by using bogus weather reports as cover to pass on parties' likely standings.

Vote-buying allegations mar Bulgaria's European election — 07 June 2009, 21:00 CET

Accusations of vote-buying including three arrests marred Bulgaria's European elections on Sunday, while media and rights groups launched an unprecedented campaign against the practice.

Accused criminals seek haven in EU election in Bulgaria — 03 June 2009, 18:45 CET

High profile Bulgarian personalities accused of fraud and other crimes are standing in the EU election, holding up their trials, while most politicians are more worried about the country's general election next month.

EU vote a litmus test for Bulgarian general election — 03 June 2009, 13:04 CET

Bulgaria's effort to elect 17 deputies to the European Parliament this week will be a rehearsal for a general election in July.

Bulgaria probes hundreds of farmers for EU money fraud — 02 June 2009, 14:57 CET

Bulgarian prosecutors said Tuesday they have launched probes into "several hundreds" of cases of suspected fraud related to EU farming subsidies.

Bulgaria signs EU fund deals — 27 May 2009, 21:58 CET

Bulgaria signed on Wednesday two agreements with Europe worth more than two hundred million euros which will also improve the way it uses EU structural funds available to the country by 2013.

Bulgaria hails EU decision to unblock road aid — 12 May 2009, 23:52 CET

Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev welcomed Tuesday the EU's decision to unblock 115 million euros (156 million dollars) in road aid to Bulgaria, frozen for a year due to corruption concerns.

EU unblocks EUR 115 million aid for Bulgaria — 12 May 2009, 23:49 CET

The European Commission on Tuesday unblocked 115 million euros (156 million dollars) in aid to Bulgaria, frozen for a year due to corruption concerns.

EU set to unblock EUR 115 million aid for Bulgaria — 12 May 2009, 12:05 CET

The European Commission is set to unblock 115 million euros (156 million dollars) in aid to Bulgaria on Tuesday, frozen for a year due to corruption concerns, an EU spokesman said.

Bulgarian construction sector fears for EU funds — 05 April 2009, 16:16 CET

Bulgaria's construction sector fears that many EU-funded infrastructure projects will be mothballed as the general election approaches and EU aid remains blocked over corruption concerns.

EU suffering 'assistance fatigue,' Barroso warns Bulgaria — 31 March 2009, 23:48 CET

EU Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso has rejected Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev's call for European experts to help combat corruption, warning of "assistance fatigue" among member states.

Police raid Bulgarian ministry in land swap probe — 18 March 2009, 22:46 CET

Bulgarian prosecutors and police raided the ministry of agriculture in Sofia on Wednesday and confiscated documents as part of a investigation into possibly fraudulent land swap deals, prosecutors said.

Bulgaria to appoint EU experts to improve anti-corruption fight — 18 March 2009, 22:56 CET

The Bulgarian government and its board of international counsellors, headed by former French premier Dominique de Villepin, said Wednesday they would call on EU experts to help the country fight corruption more effectively.

Bulgarians growing pessimistic, poll shows — 10 March 2009, 23:41 CET

Bulgarians, brimming with optimism when their country joined the EU in 2007, are growing increasingly concerned that they will be worse off as a result of the global crisis, a new poll showed Tuesday.

Bulgarian air most polluted in Europe — 06 March 2009, 12:49 CET

The air in Bulgaria is the most polluted in the whole of the European Union, the ministry of environment and water found in a new report published Friday.

Romania, Bulgaria fall short of EU justice standards: report — 12 February 2009, 18:17 CET

Bulgaria and Romania still fall short of European standards on justice reform and fighting corruption, and will remain under EU surveillance for the foreseeable future, according to a report on Thursday.

Report on Progress under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism in Bulgaria — 12 February 2009, 18:00 CET

Bulgaria is a candidate country for the European Union