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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Europe Sun.com http://www.europesun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/84a5d823726c203e/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:18:19 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:18:19 -0500 30 Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday named Catalin Predoiu as the country's acting prime minister after Emil Boc stepped down from the post while announcing his cabinet's resignation. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203270796/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203270796/cs/1/ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday paid a short visit to Bulgaria and discussed energy issues and military cooperation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Xinhua reported. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203258718/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203258718/cs/1/ Reuters © Romania's former Prime Minister Emil Boc exits a meeting of his party, the Democrat Liberals, in Bucharest February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Bogdan ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277727/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:43 -0500 West Australian http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277727/ A man sorts through the remains of his home in the village of Bisser, 288 km ( aprox. 180 miles) east of the capital Sofia, on Monday, Feb 6, 2012. A dam in southern Bulgaria collapsed after heavy ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203276952/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203276952/ Romanian Premier Emil Boc, front centre, leaves the headquarters of the ruling Democratic Liberal party in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, after announcing his immediate resignation with ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203276953/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203276953/ Europe's bitterly cold weather has killed 33 more people and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria. Rain and snowstorms lashing southern Bulgaria ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277729/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:57:42 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277729/ Map of the flooded area in Southeastern Bulgaria from the bTV channel. The blue line shows the route of the tidal wave from the Ivanovo water reservoir that hit the village of ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277725/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:54:12 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277725/ The wall of the Ivanovo dam, which collapsed Monday morning and killed eight people in the southern Bulgarian village of Biser, has had cracks which stayed unrepaired for six years. The problem ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277726/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:54:10 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277726/ The staff teams from the World Bank, European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met on 6 February to evaluate the developments in Romania’s economic programme in 2011 and ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203275894/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:53:42 -0500 New Europe http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203275894/ Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned yesterday, giving way to mass protests against IMF-backed austerity measures and joining leaders of other European Union states hampered by soaring ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277734/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:40:41 -0500 Global Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277734/ BUCHAREST, Romania -; Romania's government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277732/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:36:49 -0500 CTV http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277732/ Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned Monday after weeks of public protests against spending cuts and other austerity measures. Boc made the announcement on Romanian television, saying he was ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277733/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:32 -0500 UPI http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277733/ SOFIA, Bulgaria - A dam in southern Bulgaria burst Monday after days of heavy rain, sending an eight-foot-high (2.5-meter) torrent surging through a village along the Greek border. The disaster ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277718/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:38 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277718/ A total of eight persons have drowned in Southeastern Bulgaria as a result of flooding caused by the breaking of local water reservoir dams, the Interior Ministry has confirmed. The death toll ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277719/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:23 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277719/ Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has sent a note warning the authorities of Turkey and Greece about the overflowing of major water dams on Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277720/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:09:19 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203277720/ Bulgarian company Metalstroy AMS has expressed interest in cooperation with Azerbaijani entrepreneurs. The Bulgarian company is proposing to form partnerships or joint ventures in the design, ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272390/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:31:30 -0500 News.Az http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272390/ February 6, 2012 The Romanian prime minister on Monday announced the immediate resignation of himself and his government, saying he wanted to protect the stability of the country. Emil Boc said he ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272382/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:31:11 -0500 NPR http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272382/ The overflowing Kalamitsa River, a tributary of the Maritsa River, has flooded a 300-meter stretch of international road E 80 between the village of Kapitan Andreevo and the Kapitan Andreevo border ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272379/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:31:03 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272379/ The flood at the southern Bulgarian village of Biser, which was caused by the collapse of a dam wall, has taken the lives of five elderly men. Zlatka Varbanova, mayor of the village, told ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272380/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:59 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272380/ Romania is expected to name its new Prime Minister in the following days, as Emil Boc resigned from his post on Monday after his austerity measures resulted in mass protests. President Traian ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272384/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:53 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272384/ BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday, giving way to mass protests against IMF-backed austerity measures and joining leaders of other European Union states felled ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272377/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:05:30 -0500 The Star http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272377/ The U.S. envoy for Eurasian energy is on his way to Sofia to discuss Bulgarian energy initiatives, the U.S. secretary of state said. Bulgarian Prime ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203271046/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:03:23 -0500 UPI http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203271046/ Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will have seven diesel-electric submarines by 2017, the fleet’s commander, Rear Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov, said on Monday. There is only one submarine, the ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272013/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:11 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203272013/ Romanian Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu has been named the country's interim Prime Minister by President Traian Basescu, after Emil Boc resigned earlier on Monday. Predoiu, 43, is a lawyer ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268605/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:36 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268605/ The rescue operation for the population of the flood-hit Haskovo municipality in southern Bulgaria continues despite the fact that the Cougar rescue helicopters are highly unsuitable for severe ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268606/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:33 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268606/ A Bulgarian carrying cocaine capsules in his stomach has died at a hospital where he was taken after being captured at the Salvador International Airport. Earlier reports had suggested that the man ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268609/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:30 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268609/ A brutal Bulgarian gangster, who was caught in London last month on an alert from an investigation of The Sun, claims his human rights will be breached if he is extradited to his home country. ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268608/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:47:27 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268608/ International News: BUCHAREST, Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday after weeks of nationwide protests against the austerity measures brought forward by him and before the ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268611/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:21 -0500 KeralaNext http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203268611/ The official website of Prophon, a Bulgarian music licensing company, was hacked by Anonymous on Sunday due to its recently declared support of the controversial ACTA agreement. "This is ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266514/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:48:20 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266514/ Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar (right) with then US First Lady Hillary Clinton in Sofia back in 1998. Photo by M3 Communications Group, ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266471/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:48:16 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266471/ US Secretary of State Hillary Cinton has agreed with Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov that environmental safety should be the highest priority as far as shale gas research and exploration are concerned, ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266515/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:48:15 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203266515/ Bulgaria's former Vice President Angel Marin has pointed out that he pardoned fewer criminals than his predecessor. It recently emerged that Marin pardoned a total of 533 felons during his two ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203264674/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:33:02 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203264674/ The southern Bulgarian town of Zlatograd is ready to be evacuated due to heavy downpours, while other parts of the country remain under Code Orange because of the severe winter conditions. The ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203264675/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:33:00 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203264675/ The resolution will allow Turkish citizens holding valid special passports to enter and transit through the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria without visas and reside temporarily therein for a ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203259190/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:25:07 -0500 Turkish Press http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203259190/ The head of the IMF mission in Romania has criticized politicians and media for accusing him of misconduct for having attended a party held by government officials at a time of harsh austerity ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203256712/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:45 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203256712/ Goldline - Trusted by gold investors since 1960. Call 1-888-321-9158 today. EU Talks: Leaders Balance Rescue and ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203256713/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:56:48 -0500 Breitbart http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203256713/ International Monetary Fund envoy to Romania Jeffrey Franks gestures during a news conference in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Vadim ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203255672/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:52:17 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203255672/ Sito Rivera admits his Romania side "could even be thrashed" by his Spanish compatriots in Monday's quarter-final but believes they can cause an upset and the holders are certainly ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254412/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:54:13 -0500 UEFA http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254412/ A fresh cold snap with blizzards will set in Bulgaria in the beginning of the new week, after a few days of warm winter weather. Situation was already complicated Sunday, after a deep Mediteranean ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254524/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:47:39 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254524/ The Bulgaria for Citizens movement founded by Bulgarian former European Commissioner Meglena Kuneva might participate in the next general elections 2013. This was revealed by Kuneva herself Sunday ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254523/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:47:36 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203254523/ Bulgaria should lift its recently imposed moratorium for exploration and production of shale gas, argued rightist Union of Democratic Forces at a press conference Sunday. At the same time, shale ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253403/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:13:48 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253403/ Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to protect the environment in pursuing their energy policies at a meeting in Sofia Sunday. Energy was high on the ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253077/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:13:45 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253077/ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Bulgaria for its efforts in integrating its Roma minority, during her Sunday visit to the country. After her official program, which including ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253404/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:13:45 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203253404/ Bulgaria is a success story in the transition from an authoritarian regime to democracy and could help countries in the Arab World, stated US State Secretary Hillary Clinton in Sofia. Sunday ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203252101/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:07:56 -0500 General Sources http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203252101/ The US and Bulgaria have vowed to increase pressure on the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, during US State Secretary Hillary Clinton's visit to Sofia Sunday. Following the failure ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250660/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:10 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250660/ Iran would attack any country which has given its territory to help effect strikes on the Islamic Republic, said Gen Hossein Salami, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. "Any point ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250577/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:05 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250577/ Bulgaria is a key country for the United States in terms of energy strategy, it transpired during US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Sofia Sunday. Clinton vowed to pursue work ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250659/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:02 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203250659/ Bulgaria's top PR expert Maxim Behar, a CEO of M3 Communications Group, Inc. in Bulgaria and a Chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies - Czech Republic, will be defending publicity in the opening ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203249702/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:06 -0500 Novinite http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/84a5d823726c203e/id/203249702/