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	Ivan Kostov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ivan Yordanov Kostov (born December 23, 1949 in Sofia) was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces between December 1994 and July 2001.
		Kostov was elected chairman of the UDF in 1994 and after winning the May 1997 elections became Bulgaria's Prime Minister, his cabinet being the first Bulgarian post-communist government to serve its full 4-year term, despite having to carry with painful economic reforms.
		Kostov resigned as chair of the UDF and eventually left the party to estbalish his own political force, the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivan_Kostov (314 words)

	OMDA\html\bulg\news\personal\kostov
		Ivan Kostov was born in Sofia on 23 December 1949.
		Dogan commented that Kostov was "scared and inadequate", and also that "for the past three years Bulgaria has been plundered like no one else before did".
		In any case, both the UDF and Kostov himself have lost much of their glory and that is why their ratings after the local elections have preserved a downward trend.
	www.omda.bg /engl/personalia/kostov_engl.htm (734 words)

	BG News & Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ivan kostov is one of the first to be questioned, the Prosecution reported.
		Kostov is to start consultations with all parties represented in Parliament on the amendment to the Constitution, under which the Minister of Justice is to take on the post of the Prosecutor General; to be elected independently from the Cabinet and to be nominated by the PM.
		Kostov talks nonsense as usual; he is well-acquainted with the structures of the former KDS, Kevorkyan counterattacked.
	www.online.bg /asp2/s3nArt.asp?media=Standartnews&artno=2&artdate=2004/11/30&CDLANG=ENG (532 words)

	EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Flash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kostov, at which the two leaders were expected to discuss issues related to the Balkans, the crisis in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo and developments in the European Union.
		Kostov agreed that the oil pipeline constituted a plan for private enterprises and interests, which nevertheless was of great importance for both Greece and Bulgaria.
		Kostov expressed satisfaction with the progress of work for the construction of three new border crossings as well as the level of cooperation between the customs authorities of the two countries.
	www.greekembassy.org /press/newsflash/1998/August/nflash0827.html (661 words)

	HOT NEWS, COMING SOON, EVENTS - Prime-Minister Ivan Kostov:" The invitation extended by the EU to Bulgaria has ...
		This was declared by Prime Minister Ivan Kostov at a press conference in Helsinki, given immediately after Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Liponen announced the decision of the EU summit to invite Bulgaria and 5 other countries to start negotiations for membership in February 2000.
		Kostov stressed that we should be able to accomplish the Bulgarian interests within the general European policy for security and defence.
		Ivan Kostov noted that the European Commission maintained a position for a slower pace, because it considered that in a short term, Bulgaria would have difficulties in covering the Copenhagen criteria and mainly those related to competitiveness.
	www.bcci.bg /events/news1214_1.htm (605 words)

	CER \| Bulgaria to introduce a new visa policy
		Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov addressed the principal session of the European Conference of heads of state and government, and ministers of foreign affairs of the EU member states and applicant countries in Nice on Thursday morning.
		Kostov met with a group of 50 Bulgarian students in Nice who went to France to demonstrate in support of the enlargement.
		Ivan Kostov will depart on Sunday 10 December for the Czech Republic, on what will be the first visit to the country by a Bulgarian prime minister since 1989.
	www.ce-review.org /00/43/bulgarianews43.html (1130 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Kostov's surprising pronouncement was also spurred by accusations of corruption leveled against some government figures.
		Kostov further announced his intention to abolish the ministries of trade and state administration; henceforth the Ministry of Economics will hold a monopoly on all decision making related to the economy.
		Indeed, Prime Minister Kostov said little about the dismissals, beyond emphasizing repeatedly that the cabinet had done a good job, and that the ten minis-ters were not replaced because of specific failures but because they had lost the confidence of the public.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol9num_onehalf/constitutionwatch/bulgaria.html (1494 words)

	Bulgaria and the Situation in Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Prime Minister Ivan Kostov said Friday (09.03.2001) in Skopje that apart from the 16 million Deutsche marks of Bulgarian military assistance to Macedonia, talks are currently underway on further aid consisting of ammunitions, equipment and arms for the Macedonian Interior Ministry.
		This is the common stand expressed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and the Chairman of the Democratic Party for Albanians in Macedonia (DPAM), Arben Xhaferi, on Friday.
		The declaration passed on the day when Prime Minister Ivan Kostov was due to return from an official visit to Macedonia and ahead of a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security which is discussing the situation in Macedonia today (12.03.2001).
	www.bulgaria2net.com /about/news/13032001_1.html (1282 words)

	BULGARIA-MACEDONIA-INTERVIEW OF BULGARIAN PM IVAN KOSTOV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kostov stressed the clear message of moral and political support that Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov expressed in connection with Macedonia's efforts to defend its territorial integrity.
		Kostov said that Bulgaria possesses the expertise and necessary equipment for the demining of roads which can be lend to the Macedonian side if the latter requested it.
		Kostov gave high assessment to the results from the summit of leaders of countries participating in the Process for Cooperation in Southeast Europe held last month in Skopje.
	www.bulgaria2net.com /about/news/08032001_1.htm (519 words)

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		For Kostov, who is a stern proponent of the idea that the SDS must remain the only conservative party in Bulgaria, Mihailova's plan to seek coalitions with other conservative parties is out of the question.
		While Kostov's decision to leave the SDS together with his supporters is not a serious problem for the party as such, it could pose problems for the SDS's future parliamentary work.
		Kostov and his followers have yet to decide whether to remain in the opposition coalition United Democratic Forces (ODS) or to form a parliamentary group of their own.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2004/02/5-NOT/not-250204.asp?po=y (981 words)

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		Kostov said that the situation in the region is again far from good, with view also of the latest developments in Albania which mainly affects the economic relations.
		The country is trying to overcome the problem through cooperation, Kostov said and pointed out that an agreement has been reached with Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis for joint actions on the border check-points, including border control involving checks on bank transfers and others.
		Kostov also said that the finance ministries of the two countries are working out joint programmes for tracking down smuggling rings.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-09/sep15.bta (443 words)

	Reading Room - 'One step away from hell' - Features news
		NO-ONE could escape the fact that the only open supporters of Ivan Kostov at last weekend's special national conference of the Union of Democratic Forces were the ones outside jeering, but no delegate attending the conference gave the appearance of letting the background of boycott, drama and dissension get them down.
		Kostov, the 26 UDF MPs who signed a petition last month calling for the resignation of Nadezhda Mihailova as party leader, and about 1000 invited delegates did not attend.
		According to her, the one of the main goals of the conference was to decide whether or not it was going to meet the expectations of people with democratic mindsets about its role in society, or whether it would sacrifice its cause to personal interests and impaired honour.
	www.sofiaecho.com /art.php?id=8912&catid=29&PHPSESSID=aa109d40fce42db305f32fadf70dba09 (846 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Lendl Ivan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lendl, Ivan (1960- ), professional tennis player and three-times winner of both the French and United States opens, who led Czechoslovakia to its...
		He was ranked the world's third-best player in 1992, and in 1993 won the Wimbledon singles championship for the first time as well as the US Open for...
		Meštrović, Ivan (1883-1962), Croatian sculptor, known primarily for his religious works and public monuments.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Lendl_Ivan.html (113 words)

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		Kostov's eroded popularity, which was hurt by high unemployment, low living standards and corruption scandals involving close associates of the prime minister and senior cabinet members.
		Kostov, but also dealt a severe blow to the former Communists after they succeeded in governing Bulgaria for most of the period from the 1989 collapse of Bulgaria's Soviet-style system to the 1997 crisis.
		Kostov, told Reuters on Sunday that a broad coalition was the "best option for Bulgaria." But Dimitar Abadzhiev, the deputy chairman of the executive council of Mr.
	home1.gte.net /eskandar/bulgaria.html (807 words)

	Reading Room - Kostov v Mihailova - Features news
		THE party being formed around Ivan Kostov is expected to have its founding meeting on the weekend of February 28, and to prepare its statutes by Easter.
		The absence of Kostov and his supporters from the UDF conference last weekend was the official stamp on what had become clear in the days immediately preceding: that a breakaway from the UDF, and the formation of a new right-wing party, had become inevitable.
		She also wanted to know whether Kostov was honest when he blamed the National Movement Simeon II (NMSII) for acting without popular support, and whether he was being honest now when he and his new party would sit in Parliament without having been elected to do so.
	www.sofiaecho.com /art.php?id=8909&catid=29&PHPSESSID=9088bcaecc1929c4d091707e606873ef (899 words)

	CNN.com - Bulgaria's PM concedes poll defeat - June 17, 2001
		Kostov told a news conference the main reason was that his government was trying simultaneously to stabilise the country after a grave economic crisis in 1996-1997 and carry out reforms.
		But his aides immediately invited Kostov's camp to join the future government, despite a fierce anti-Simeon campaign by the UDF in the run-up to the poll.
		Kostov, in the run-up to the vote, had dismissed the idea of a broad coalition, saying it would put all parties in power and leave the Bulgarian people in opposition.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/06/17/bulgaria.election.03 (763 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Bulgaria and Ukraine exchange gas for laying pipelines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bulgaria's Ivan Kostov and Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko announced after their talks that supplies will amount to 200 mm cm of gas this year.
		Kostov also voiced concern over the "dramatic contraction of bilateral trade," which amounted some $ 200 mm last year.
		Kostov said Ukraine has shown interest in buying a stake in Bulgarian arms industry firms that are being privatised.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte03392.htm (316 words)

	BG News & Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov was summoned by the prosecutors for yet another interrogation today.
		Ivan Kostov will be giving explanations on Gen. Atanassov's notorious report of 1999, as well as on the latest revelations, made by former Minister of Interior Bogomil Bonev.
		The so-called Report on Corruption of 1999, followed by Kostov's shuffle of ministers, was written in the office of an agent, code-named The Maiden,' Bogomil Bonev revealed.
	www.online.bg /asp2/s3nArt.asp?media=Standartnews&artno=7&artdate=2004/12/8&CDLANG=ENG (611 words)

	Visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov In Moscow Is Far From Political (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As it was expected, the long prepared visit of prime minister Ivan Kostov to Russia which was cancelled a few times released no news.
		The two prime ministers had nothing to tell each other, apart from emphasising on the fact that there were no political problems between the two countries.
		As far as the lack of political disagreements between the two countries are concerned, Kostov thinks that Moscow tolerates Bulgaria's choice to join NATO and its stance in the Yugoslavian crisis.
	www.capital.bg /weekly/99-23/10-23-2.htm (609 words)

	Dnevnik a.m. The news@8
		After he was elected DSB leader among rapturous applause, Kostov proposed the nominees for the 11-seat top flight leadership who were unanimously approved by the delegates.
		Disillusioned by the direction in which SDS was headed under the leadership of Nadezhda Mihailova, Kostov parted ways with the party in February 2004 after her successful re-election bid.
		On his way out, Kostov managed to recruit for his cause 28 MPs from the ODS parliamentary group, reducing it to the third biggest force in the National Assembly.
	news.dnevnik.bg /?y=2004&m=5&d=31 (1690 words)

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		In his view, it is still the old, communist administration which is used to operating in the dark.
		It is Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and not the the opposition party leaders who takes most of the credit for the unification of the oppositon, "Prof.
		In a year and a half, Kostov began to behave "as the king of all Bulgarians and, what is more, as an autcratic owner of the whole state," Draganov writes.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-12/dec23d.bta (1809 words)

	URL for this article is http: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Premier Ivan Kostov, broadcast yesterday "the government position" on the Yugoslav election after a lunch in the Embassy of Germany with the NATO countries’ ambassadors in Sofia.
		Premier Kostov threatened that "there will be very strong reactions on the part of all the European governments in case of election manipulation....In case they are not honest, I admit that the actions will be very categorical," Kostov added.
		Marin Raikov accompanied Kostov at all the meetings that year with the representatives of the Serbs and the Albanians from Kosovo, although they had taken part in the UDF Party building at "Rakovska" 134.
	emperors-clothes.com /articles/doncheva/bulgmed2.htm (2206 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kostov Ivan
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kostov Ivan
		Kostov, Ivan (1949-), Bulgarian economist politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1997-2001).
		Born in Sofia, Kostov was educated at the William...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Kostov_Ivan.html (109 words)

	DPI
		El primer ministro de Bulgaria, Iván Kostov, un doctor en Economía de 50 años que preside un Gobierno de centroderecha, se lamenta de la burocracia que impide a Bulgaria limpiar el Danubio con sus propias fuerzas en sólo 20 días.
		Kostov, que ha concluido una visita a España, recibió a EL PAÍS en su hotel de Madrid.
		Kostov asegura: "Prefiero que nos quiten ayudas y no sufrir las pérdidas que produce la guerra.
	www.unmikonline.org /press/wire/im161200.html (7761 words)

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		Kostov who was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Marim Rajkov, met Sunday afternoon with UNMIK Chief Bernard Kouchner, COMKFOR General Klaus Reinhardt, as well as with Kosovar political leaders.
		Referring to a report by the Belgrade-based Beta news agency, the paper reported that earlier during the day, the Bulgarian Prime Minister had met with leaders of the Serb National Council in Gracanica and asked them to accept their part of the responsibility creating complete peace in Kosovo.
		Before the meetings in Prishtina, Kostov visited Bulgarian troops in Prizren, and he also met with Bulgarian police officers that serve in the UNMIK Police in Kosovo, concluded the paper.
	www.unmikonline.org /press/mon/lmm200300.html (2012 words)

	CEFTA meeting in Warsaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ivan Kostov expressed satisfaction with the consensus reached among the CEFTA countries on establishment of a farm trade subcommittee, which helps overcome difficulties in this sector of trade.
		He expressed his satisfaction that some of Bulgaria's proposals were included in the final declaration adopted at the meeting and in the closing speech of Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek who chaired the meeting.
		During the news conference his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban said that, as it is now, the CEFTA is an organization of the twentieth century and has reached its full "design capacity." Orban called for change to make the organization more effective in future.
	www.cefta.org /meetings/summits/2000/bgreport.htm (521 words)

	CER \| Bulgaria: Power station deal means major investment
		On 31 May, after the cabinet approved the two projects introduced by the Chairman of the State Agency on Energy and Energy Resources, Ivan Shilyashki, Prime Minister Kostov told a news conference that the government believes that the nation's interests are not undermined by the agreements with US companies, AES and the Entergy Corporation.
		On 30 May Prime Minister Ivan Kostov said that Bulgaria expects a fair and just trial of the six Bulgarian medics charged with deliberately infecting Libyan children with the HIV virus.
		During the conversation, Kostov praised Algeria's role in the system of contemporary international relations and especially in eliminating hotbeds of conflict, and in strengthening stability in Africa and the Middle East.
	www.ce-review.org /01/20/bulgarianews20.html (948 words)

	Ivan Kostov Appoints Failed Minister as Head of Insurance Supervision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ivan Kostov Appoints Failed Minister as Head of Insurance Supervision
		Bulgarian premier, Ivan Kostov, chose for this post Peter Boyadzhiev, former health minister who was replaced mostly because of problems related to the health reform.
		The chose of the new head of the Insurance Supervision was expected with keen interest because he will govern the agency that will license the voluntary pension and health insurance funds, as well as the unemployment funds.
	www.capital.bg /weekly/00-01/7-1.htm (423 words)

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