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  Bulgaria - travel tips
The political parties were suppressed, the economy and the banks were nationalized, the arable land was joined in co-operatives.
At the head of the state and the communist party there stood in succession Georgi Dimitrov, Vasil Kolarov, Vulko Chervenkov, Anton Yugov, Todor Zhivkov.
In 1996 Petur Stoyanov became president of the country.
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 FOCUS Information Agency
It said its motives are related to the fact that Dimitrov used to be a Prime Minister, Bulgarian Permanent Envoy to the UN and ambassador to the USA and he has a rich experience in multilateral and bilateral diplomacy.
Filip Dimitrov used to be a special envoy of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Nominating Filip Dimitrov for EU Commissioner, the UDF want to point to the high level, on which talks for Bulgarian EU Commissioner have to be held.
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 Filip Dimitrov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filip Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Филип Димитров) (born 31 March 1955) is a Bulgarian politician.
He graduated with a law degree from Sofia University in 1977, and then undertook further study in the field of individual and group psychotherapy using the psycho-dynamic approach.
Dimitrov was granted the Truman-Reagan Freedom Award for his contribution to overcoming Communism.
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 Bulgaria - MSN Encarta
Georgi Dimitrov, a former key figure in the Communist International, was elected premier in November 1946.
Under pressure from the Soviets, Bulgaria renounced its treaty of friendship with Yugoslavia after the Soviet-Yugoslavian rift in 1948; relations with the country and its successor states have since continued to fluctuate, as have those with neighboring Greece and Turkey.
Filip Dimitrov, head of the UDF, became the prime minister.
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 Bulgaria HISTORY
Bulgaria's first non-Communist government since World War II was led by Filip Dimitrov, of the UDF; however, most of his ministers were chosen for technical expertise, rather than party affiliation.
Dimitrov undertook an ambitious program of economic and political transformation, although he was somewhat hampered by the necessity to obtain cooperation of the Socialists for any measures requiring constitutional changes, since those changes need a twothirds majority vote of the Assembly.
In late 1992 the Dimitrov government was replaced by a minority coalition of the Socialists and the MRF, with some defecting UDF deputies, led by Lyuben Berov.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Bulgaria-HISTORY.html   (2564 words)

  
 Reporter's Notebook: NATO's Next Applicants Preen, Jostle and Hope
He is an eloquent, bearded lawyer who ignored politics during the Communist decades but caught his nation's eye as the author of a best-selling book, a rewriting of the Arthurian legend seen as a subtle and inspiring parable on the need for political justice.
Dimitrov was carrying an important dispatch from home in his pocket.
It is a fresh ruling by Bulgaria's constitutional court that it would be legal for NATO to use the nation's airspace in its attempt to defend the Kosovo Albanians, who are on the run from the forces of Slobodan Milosevic.
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 Bulgaria Introduction - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Among Dimitrov's structural reforms in the cabinet (reduced from seventeen to fourteen members) was abolition of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, formerly a stronghold of Zhivkovite officials.
Dimitrov, who introduced no formal program when he was appointed, listed ending inflation, raising productivity, and stabilizing the economy as his chief goals.
A central aim of the Dimitrov government was to bring the military under civilian control, to end the separate, elite status that followed the Soviet model, and to make the military an open institution integrated into society.
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 Index Di-Do
Dimitrov had no tolerance for the communists as he was known for not accepting any compromise with the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
Dimitrov failed in solving Bulgaria's most important problems such as the privatization of the state firms, inflation, and unemployment.
Dimitrov made numerous efforts to oust this group from power, but after the 1994 parliamentary elections, in which the UDF lost badly, Ivan Kostov replaced Dimitrov as the UDF chair on Dec. 29, 1994.
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 East European Constitutional Review
(This happened, once, at the end of 1992 after the fall of the first UDF government of Filip Dimitrov.) The president would appoint a caretaker government that rules the country until the new elections are held.
In 1991, Dimitrov allegedly released a suspect from investigative detention.
In a different case, Dimitrov is accused of refusing to refund bail, which is looked on by the prosecution as an instance of corruption, although the complaint does not specifically say so.
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11num3/constitutionwatch/bulgaria.html   (1407 words)

  
 1991, Oct. 13. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The Union of Democratic Forces defeated the Bulgarian Socialist Party by a margin of 1 percent of the vote in the second free election since 1989.
Following the party's victory, UDF leader Filip Dimitrov formed the first noncommunist cabinet and took office on Nov. 8.
Despite the opposition of the Socialists, the government adopted a decree restoring private ownership of land and property that had been nationalized during 1947 to 1962.
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 European Green Parties
After the elections of October 1991, UDF led an anticommunist coalition government and Filip Dimitrov was appointed prime minister.
The Dimitrov government fell at the end of 1992 as its coalition partner withdrew its support.
Filip Dimitrov continued his career as ambassador to the United Nations and, later, to the United States.
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 Anelia Bulgarian Music at music-bulgaria.com
He had heard Anelia singing in a club, where they both performed, and was immediately grabbed by her talent and way of performance.
The next day only they went in Payner Music studio and he introduced her to Todor Dimitrov.
Anelia herself still believes that meeting Todor Dimitrov was the greatest luck in her life.
www.music-balkan.com /artist-106-Anelia   (654 words)

  
 REALITY MACEDONIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Martin Bogatinovski from Prilep, a member of the police forces' reserve, was brought to the clinical center in Skopje due to 3 serious shrapnel wounds and a surgical intervention is in progress.
Filip Dimitrovski from Tetovo was brought in the Plastic Surgery Department of the Clinical center in Skopje with a bullet wound in his hand.
Filip Dimitrov was seriously injured while he was sitting on the balcony of his apartment.
www.realitymacedonia.org.mk /news/a1-2.html   (834 words)

  
 Bulgaria: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dimitrov resigned from the administration in March 1949, and died a few months later.
Virtually alienated from the Social Democrats and the «Greens» - co-founders of the UDF - Dimitrov was chosen because of the support he had from the right-wing of the opposition coalition and the Movement for Freedom and Human Rights (of the Turkish minority).
Dimitrov was replaced by Liuben Berov from the MRF.
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 BULGARIA: parliamentary elections Narodno Sobranie, 1991
As the previous (June 1990) multiparty elections, for a Constituent Assembly, the ruling (former Communist) Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) was mainly confronted by the coalition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), led by Mr.
Filip Dimitrov, which, like much of the opposition, had become fragmented in the months preceding the poll.
Dimitrov called for the restitution of property confiscated by the former Communist régime.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2045_91.htm   (340 words)

  
 A short history of Bulgaria
Bulgaria is ruled by the Bălgarska Komunističeska Partija (Bulgarian Communist Party, BKP) of Georgi Dimitrov.
Dimitrov is succeeded in 1954 by Todor Živkov.
After new elections that year, the SDS becomes the largest party and Filip Dimitrov becomes prime minister.
www.electionworld.org /history/bulgaria.htm   (839 words)

  
 NATO Acad. Forum: Conferences.
In early March 1992, on the eve of former Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov's first visit to the United States,then-Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger was still describing the rise of democracy in Bulgaria as Europe's "best kept secret." But the secret began to unravel rapidly.
An important step toward the former was taken in the summer of 1991 when a wholesale turnover of the general staff was ordered by President Zhelev, including the removal of the chief of the general staff, General Minchev, and the promotion of a dozen younger officers.
Later in 1991, the UDF government of Filip Dimitrov attempted to accelerate such changes when it named Bulgaria's first civilian defense minister, Dimiter Ludzhev, and eliminated many positions in the Ministry.
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 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Assyrian residents of the village of Dimitrov, south of Yerevan, claimed on 24 September that the head of the local Armenian administration has withheld relief aid that they were entitled to receive in the wake of last summer's severe drought, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.
But a government official attributed the Dimitrov case to simple corruption, claiming that Armenian residents in the village have also complained about the local administrator in question.
Filip Dimitrov, who is OSCE Chairman in Office Solomon Pasi's special representative for the Karabakh conflict, concluded his visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan last week by meeting in Yerevan on 23 September with Arkadii Ghukasian, president of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Noyan Tapan reported on 24 September.
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 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The President met for approximately 30 minutes this afternoon with Bulgarian Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov.
The President expressed admiration for the determination shown by President Zhelev and Prime Minister Dimitrov in advancing democracy and human rights, including minority rights, in Bulgaria and in pursuing a bold program of market economic reform.
They reaffirmed their strong support for U.N. peacekeeping efforts in Yugoslavia and agreed that all countries should act with restraint so as to promote confidence and stability in the region.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1992/92030304.html   (171 words)

  
 92064: Romania, Bulgaria, Albania: Recent Developments
The UDF formed a non-communist government headed by Filip Dimitrov, with the support of the third parliamentary party, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) (representing the Turkish minority, which won 7.5% of the vote).
Major differences arose between the UDF (especially former Premier Filip Dimitrov), on the one hand, and the Berov government and President Zhelev (one of the founders of the UDF) on the other.
The emergence of a non-communist government led by Filip Dimitrov was perceived as a particularly important development.
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 [ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
Former SDS Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov published a short statement arguing that after Oresharski's withdrawal, the SDS should not nominate a "secondhand" candidate.
Instead, Dimitrov argued, the party should consider supporting incumbent Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, who was a former ally of the SDS, but now heads his own party, the Union of Free Democrats (SSD).
But in the eyes of Mihailova's supporters, Dimitrov's statement dealt a blow to the party, because Sofiyanski is said to be closer to the governing National Movement Simeon II than to the opposition SDS.
www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/07/5-NOT/not-290703.asp?po=y   (947 words)

  
 Cuba News / The Miami Herald - CubaNet News - Noticias de Cuba / Cuba News
to establish a society independent of the government,'' said Filip Dimitrov, who was prime minister of Bulgaria from 1991 to 1992.
De Miranda, serving a 20-year prison term, is president of the Association of Independent Teachers, an organization that seeks to keep political ideology out of Cuban schools.
Dimitrov -- a lawyer who headed the anticommunist bloc Union of Democratic Forces that won the 1991 election in Bulgaria -- said the award lets Cuban dissidents and their families know they are not forgotten.
www.cubanet.org /CNews/y03/ago03/06e3.htm   (1225 words)

  
 
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Dimitrov cannot, however, be seen as too close to Dogan for fear of alienating the UDF's constituency.
That Prime Minister Dimitrov and Ludzhev later disagreed about ministerial autonomy and the degree of funding cuts and restructuring temporarily slowed civil-military transitions, and led to Ludzhev's ouster in spring, 1992.
Bulgarian parliamentarians accompanying Prime Minister Dimitrov to Washington, DC in March 1992 made this abundantly clear in interviews with the author.
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 FOCUS Information Agency
MP Filip Dimitrov: Ruling out of Bills for Conflict of Interests is Disgrace
However there was no definition in them neither a definition nor limitation of the connected relatives”, Dimitrov commented.
According to him the only aim of these suggestions were to obstruct the restrictions of appointing relatives and the usage of posts for personal favor.
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 Bulgaria - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Nov. 1946 Georgi Dimitrov, communist leader, became head of government and Bulgaria adopted a constitution modeled on that of the Soviet Union.
In 1949 Dimitrov died and in 1950 Vulko Cherenkov came to power, industrialization rose while the country's living standards decreased.
In July 1991 a new constitution was adopted and in Oct. 1991 parliamentary elections were won by Filip Dimitrov of the UDF.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/bulgaria.htm   (1356 words)

  
 BULGARIA
Prime Minister Dimitrov, on a visit to the United States, stated that the country would halt arms sales to the Middle East and other regions where Bulgarian weapons might have a destabilizing effect.
After the demise of Filip Dimitrov’s proclaimed policy of arms export restraint, subsequent governments—which after 1994 were formed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)—undertook to boost arms sales by aggressively promoting the country’s weapons.
At the time, Prime Minister Dimitrov attributed the resignation of his defense minister to a “clash of personalities.” Zhelyazkov, “Bulgaria Admits.” A Bulgarian official interviewed in 1998 concurred that the resignationwas due to political disagreements with the prime minister, not allegations about arms deals.
www.hrw.org /reports/1999/bulgaria/Bulga994-01.htm   (4224 words)

  
 World Homes Network - Bulgaria
In 1946 the monarchy was abolished, and a republic was proclaimed under a communist- leaning alliance, the Fatherland Front, led by Georgi Dimitrov (1882- 1949).
Vulko Chervenkov, Dimitrov's brother-in-law, became the dominant political figure 1950-54, introducing a Stalinist regime.
The general election of that year resulted in a hung parliament and the right-of-centre Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) formed a minority government, headed by Filip Dimitrov.
www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Eastern/bulgaria.htm   (1317 words)

  
 BULGARIA: parliamentary elections Narodno Sobranie, 1994
Zhan Videnov; and the staunchly anti-communist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), the largest group in the outgoing legislature headed by Mr.
Filip Dimitrov but increasingly weakened by splits within its ranks.
Debate during the month-long campaign focused to a great extent on economic issues, the BSP favouring deliberate free-market reforms and vowing to counter the country’s decline in this sector, as well as social policy questions.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2045_94.htm   (421 words)

  
 Condecoran a disidente encarcelado
EL EX primer ministro búlgaro Filip Dimitrov entrega simbólicamente a Lucrecia Rodríguez el premio que le fue concedido a Roberto Miranda, encarcelado en Cuba.
En La Habana, la esposa de Miranda, Soledad Rivas, dijo: ``El peor sufrimiento es que no le tenemos con nosotros para que hubiese recibido este premio, que hubiese dedicado a todos los niños cubanos y a la libertad de nuestro pueblo''.
Dimitrov, de 48 años, fue primer ministro de Bulgaria entre 1991 y 1992, tras la caída del comunismo.
www.canf.org /Noticias/080603noticiasa.htm   (553 words)

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