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Bulgaria stories: 12 news summaries

Bulgaria Detains Kosovo's Ex-PM on War Crimes Charges

But UN wants ethnic Albanian leader freed

Jun 24, 09 6:05 AM CDT
(AP) - Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request, reports the AP. Agim Ceku, PM between 2006 and 2008, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • Bulgaria • Interpol • Ethnic Albanians

 EU Faces Crisis as 
 Russia Cuts Off Gas 

Spat with Ukraine leaves half of continent short of fuel

Jan 6, 09 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - European nations from Austria to Greece lost most or all of their gas supplies today, as a showdown between Russia and Ukraine imperiled the entire continent. Last night Gazprom, the Russian state gas company, cut its supply by 60% to punish Ukraine for allegedly stealing fuel that should flow through... More »

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Russia • gas • Vladimir Putin • Austria • Bulgaria • Gazprom • Ukraine • shortage • natural gas • gas pipelines

(AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old chariot in good condition at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria. The team found the four-wheel chariot during excavations near the village of Borisovo, around 180 miles east of the capital, Sofia. It's rare to find a chariot of this age in one... More »

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archeology • Bulgaria • Macedonia

TRAVEL

Eastern Europe: Charm for Less

Prague, Poland among adventurous destinations for thrifty travelers

Mar 2, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The ever-pricier euro is sending determined travelers east, past the Eiffel Tower, to overlooked treasures like Prague's Old Town Square. Check out cheaper, Eastern European must-sees as recommended by Forbes:
  1. Peterhof State Museum-Reserve, St. Petersburg, Russia: These palaces and 18th-century gardens rival those of Versailles.
  2. Plitvice Lakes National
... More »

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Russia • travel • Eastern Europe • Poland • Europe • Czech Republic • Croatia • list • Albania • Bulgaria • Hungary • Ukraine • Slovenia • cheap travel

(Newser) - Libya announced details today about the deal that freed six foreign medical workers, as it  officially protested the pardoning of the workers by the Bulgarian government, BBC reports. The group had been imprisoned in Libya since 1999 for infecting 438 children with HIV/AIDS. But international experts say there was... More »

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torture • AIDS • European Union • Libya • pardon • Bulgaria • extradition

Sarko Cuts
Nuke Deal
With Gaddafi

French prez seeks to bolster ties with erstwhile pariah

Jul 26, 07 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy met with reformed outcast Muammar al-Gaddafi today, just one day after Libya released five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor in an effort to shed the country's rogue image. Sarkozy clinched a number of ventures  with the newly open economy, including a deal to build a nuclear... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Condoleezza Rice • Libya • Bulgaria • Moammar Gadhafi

Negotiations With Libya Draw Fire

Human rights groups say payment of millions amounts to ransom

Jul 25, 07 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The negotiations that led to the release of the medics imprisoned in Libya are under fire from human rights organizations, which say the payments to the families of children infected with HIV amount to ransom money, the Times reports. Libya ignored due process, took hostages, tortured and raped them, and... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Libya • Cecilia Sarkozy • Bulgaria

Euro Heat Wave Kills Hundreds

Most victims are elderly; Hungary hit hardest

Jul 25, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 500 people have died in the last week in the heat wave gripping central Europe. Most of the victims lived in Hungary, with some casualties reported in nearby Romania, the BBC reports. The elderly have been hardest hit. Temperatures in some areas have reached 107 degrees; the intense... More »

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Serbia • elderly • global warming • Europe • heat wave • Bulgaria • jet stream • Hungary • Macedonia

Meddlesome Mme. Sarkozy Jeopardized Talks on Medics

First Lady hogged credit after liberation

Jul 25, 07 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of the new French president gatecrashed delicate negotiations to free six foreign medical workers from a Libyan prison, then hogged the credit, Der Spiegel reports. After EU diplomats secured their release, Cecilia Sarkozy flew to Tripoli and escorted them to Bulgaria—making it appear she had won... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Cecilia Sarkozy • Bulgaria • Moammar Gadhafi • Benita Ferrero Waldner

Jailed Medics Freed, Pardoned

After eight years, the nurses go home

Jul 24, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six medics imprisoned by Libya on charges of infecting children with HIV are finally free today. EU officials struck a deal with Libya after years of negotiations, and the five nurses and one doctor were extradited to Bulgaria, where they were immediately pardoned by the Bulgarian president. In return, the... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • HIV • Libya • Bulgaria

Libya Spares Lives of Nurses, Doc in HIV Case

Executions called off after payments to infected kids' families

Jul 17, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Libyan government today spared the lives of the foreign medical workers sentenced to die for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor had their sentences commuted to life in prison after the families of the infected children each accepted $1 million and withdrew... More »

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HIV • Libya • Bulgaria

Top 10 Up & Coming Destinations

Jun 14, 07 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Gdansk, Poland
  2. Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
  3. Nesebar, Bulgaria
  4. San Ignacio, Belize
  5. Antananarivo, Madagascar
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travel • Poland • Canada • list • top travel destinations • Bulgaria • Belize • Madagascar

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