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Country: Bulgaria Population: 1 205 509

Expected Losses under EU Environment Program 'Ten Times Less' Under Current Gov't

Bulgaria runs the risk of having just EUR 22 M under Operational Program Environment locked for 2014, compared to EUR 205 M in the previous year, the country's Environment Minister has said.

Ivelina Vasileva told reporters on Monday Sofia was putting in effort to speed up absorption procedures and to avoid all corrections.

Serbian Armed Forces in Platinum Lion exercise in Bulgaria

SOFIA/BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces troops are participating in the Platinum Lion military exercise in Bulgaria alongside US, Bulgarian and Romanian colleagues.

The exercise, held from January 12 through 23 at the Novo Selo training range, involves 30 Serbian Armed Forces troops, as well as over 300 members of the US, Bulgarian and Romanian armed forces.

Next EU Report on Romania 'Better than on Bulgaria'

The forthcoming EU Commission report under the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM), will be more positive for Romania than for Bulgaria, European sources say.

Bucharest should expect a text suggesting improvement in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the information cited by Mediafax and Romania Insider.

Bulgaria to Host EU 'Energy Summit' - Deputy PM Tomislav Donchev

A summit-level meeting of all EU energy ministers is to be held in Bulgaria in three weeks' time, the country's Deputy PM for EU Funds and Economic Policy Tomislav Donchev announced on Sunday.

Donchev told the Bulgarian National Television the event could produce decisions on the "new energy projects" to be carried out in the bloc.

Protests Over Suspended Trains Continue Across Bulgaria

Hundreds of citizens participated in protests against the suspension of trains and the shortening of railway routes, which the Transport Ministry has been implementing since the beginning of the year.

Despite the promise that no more railway services will be cancelled since February 1, the discontent across Bulgaria continued on Saturday, private bTV station reports.

Bulgaria Celebrates 120th Anniversary of Tourist Movement

Bulgarians are celebrating the 120thanniversary of the tourist movement in the country with an ascent of the highest peak of mountain Vitosha - Cherni Vrah on Saturday.

The participants in the second mass ascent "In the footsteps of Aleko" will also mark the 152ndanniversary of writer and founder of the tourist movement in Bulgaria Aleko Konstantinov, Darik radio reports.

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