Posted on 25 August 2010.
Two Bulgarians have been arrested in the city of Patra in southern Greece and charged with human trafficking The Bulgaria News Agency (BTA) reported. An unnamed man was arrested along with a Kurdish national during an attempt to smuggle people en route to Italy.
Both men had an appointment with a Bulgarian woman who was driving [...]
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Posted on 14 August 2010.
Bulgaria’s decision to impose a 5 euro border toll on cars with EU license plates when leaving the country has resulted in a negative reaction of Greek and other European motorists. The toll is not imposed on Bulgarian motorists.
The special toll that has been imposed for the past month is valid for one week meaning [...]
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Posted on 11 August 2010.
Bulgaria and Greece signed a development agreement outlining the precise steps and schedules for the development of the 160 km Greece – Bulgaria Interconnection Pipeline (IGB). The pipeline will transport gas from Komotini, Greece, to Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
The pipeline will provide gas supply from the Turkey – Greece – Italy Interconnection Pipeline. It imports gas from [...]
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Posted on 09 August 2010.
All traffic from Sofia towards the Greek border at the K0ulata-Promahon crossing point has been diverted through Radomir, Bulgarian media said on August 9 2010.
The temporary measure will last for the next three months, while construction of the Lyulin motorway is underway, reports said. The detour applies to all traffic from Sofia to Greece, private [...]
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Posted on 30 July 2010.
More than 2,000 Roma from the northwestern town of Lom have emigrated to Italy, Greece, Spain and France. The highest number of Roma work in Italy. There are only three families in France, Nikolay Kirilov, a municipal councilor in the town and chairman of the local foundation Roma.
He thinks the reasons for the emigration are [...]
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Posted on 21 July 2010.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday had telephone conversations with Pimre Ministers Boiko Borisov of Bulgaria and Georgios Papandreou of Greece, the government press service said.
In both cases, the interlocutors made accent on large-scale international energy projects.
“Prime Ministers Putin and Borisov exchanged opinions on the implementation of major international energy projects,” the press service [...]
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