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	Simeon II of Bulgaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simeon II of Bulgaria or Simeon of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born June 16, 1937) is a Bulgarian politician and former king, as the last Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946.
		Simeon is the son of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna (of the House of Savoy).
		Princess Kalina, styled HRH The Princess Kalina of Bulgaria (born 1972).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simeon_II_of_Bulgaria (1439 words)

	PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA SIMEON OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA: BULGARIA ON COURSE FOR NATO, EU MEMBERSHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Prime Minister Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha -- who was until 1947 his country’s monarch -- has made it clear that his country is determined to press for membership of NATO and the European Union.
		The interview took place while the prime minister was visiting Beirut to discuss, among other things, his country’s participation in the summit of the international organization of French-speaking countries, at which he would be leading the Bulgarian delegation.
		Bulgaria is lucky to be an island of peace, an element of stability.
	www.mmorning.com /article.asp?Article=4393&CategoryID=7 (1851 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Bulgaria 2002
		The Prime Minister tells a story about his first trip back to Bulgaria in 1996 when, being driven through the streets of Sofia, he was able to give directions to various landmarks around the city, despite having been away for half a century.
		While the Prime Minister and his government were still settling into office, learning how to coordinate their decision-making efforts and making use of the levers of power, the Bulgarian press, various opposition forces and even a few members of the National Movement began to criticize the pace of change.
		Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg appreciates what membership in NATO would mean to his country in terms of security and stability.
	www.internationalreports.net /europe/bulgaria/2002/bulgarias.html (932 words)

	Features
		During a recent visit to the United States, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Bulgaria was honored and spoke at a November 14th reception hosted by the Lillian Vernon Center for International Affairs.
		The Prime Minister briefly discussed Bulgaria’s role in the Balkans and its aspirations for European Union (EU) and NATO membership.
		The Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Stoyan Ganev, is a former faculty member of the International Affairs Program at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
	www.nyu.edu /alumni/news/AlumSpr02/NewsFeatures/Bulgaria.html (191 words)

	Bulgaria.com - History, Rulers of Bulgaria - Alexander Stamboliyski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A PEASANT LEADER AND PRIME MINISTER of Bulgaria in the strenuous post-war years, from October 1919 to June 1923, Alexander Stamboliyski was one of the very few politicians who steadfastly pursued one definite purpose throughout his life.
		As prime minister of the independent government of the Bulgarian Agrarian Union from May 1920 to the 9th of June 1923 he introduced to Bulgaria an unprecedented approach to state affairs.
		In Bulgaria's post-war development the peasant header was unmatched in the resolution and thoroughness with which he sought solutions to the major unsolved problems of his people and his time.
	www.bulgaria.com /history/rulers/stamboliyski.html (800 words)

	Bulgaria at Caribbean Topfunwebsites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The '''Republic of Bulgaria''' is a republic in the southeast of Europe.
		Bulgaria was a significant European power in the 9th century and the 10th century, while fighting with the Byzantine Empire for the control of the Balkans.
		Bulgaria joined NATO on 29 March, 2004 and is set to join the European Union on 1 January, 2007 after signing the accession treaty on 25 April 2005.
	www.topfunwebsites.com /haiti/bulgaria.html (1585 words)

	News from Bulgaria / Mar 25, 96 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The prime minister said that work is being done to remove illegal aliens from this country and to proceed to liquidating ghost firms making it possible for a large number of foreigners to stay illegally in Bulgaria.
		The Bulgarian Prime Minister recalled that at the end of last year Bulgaria filed an official application for full membership in the European Union and that the Government adopted a decision for the country's active participation in the dialogue on NATO's expansion.
		Bulgaria has suggested that the Balkan-wide meeting of foreign ministers be held by the end of June.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/bta/1996/96-03-25.bta.html (3768 words)

	[02 Oct 1996] GA/9112 : BULGARIAN MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY OF ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER; PRESIDENT ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, Gueorgui Pirinski, departing from his prepared statement, told the General Assembly today that a former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov, had been assassinated this morning in Sofia.
		Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu first said he had opened the tunnel for the purpose of easing the movement of tourists, and then he later claimed that the tunnel had been there for two thousand years and declared that it would remain open forever.
		He said Bulgaria welcomed the expressed commitment of the General Assembly to pursue a comprehensive system of measures to eliminate terrorism, and to continue unequivocally with developing cooperation against transnational crime.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/1996/19961002.ga9112.html (3657 words)

	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - PUPARO’S BULGARIA PIECE
		He was Bulgaria's wealthiest businessman who transformed his former notorious Multigroup corporation (set up in the beginning of the democratic changes in Bulgaria) into MG Corporation to change its shady "grouping" image.
		10 July 2003 was in Bulgaria the serb Nenad Milenkovic arrested he was suspected of being a member of the Zemunclan and was a suspect in the murder in march of the serb president Zoran Djindjic.
		Bulgaria capital Sofia, Krassimir Marinov "Marguin" Krassimir Marinov "Marguin" was involved in november 2003 in a brawl and shootout at the Sofia nightclub Escape that was participated by Konstantin Dimitrov (he had survived a bombattack earlier that year) and drugdealer Anton Miltenov.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /PupBulgaria.html (3885 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Local media reports that Saxecoburggotski was restituted real estate worth millions of dollars have cast a shadow over the prime minister's image as a leader who returned from years in exile to work for the good of the nation.
		The prime minister pledged to improve Bulgarians' poor living standards and uproot corruption, but many Bulgarians feel that, so far, he has failed to keep his promises.
		In becoming prime minister, Bulgaria's former king may be an exception among former monarchs in once-communist Eastern Europe.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/10/01102003152924.asp (913 words)

	Macedonia is far away from fulfilling EU & NATO Standards
		This relation toward Bulgaria is unjustified and will make the transition in EU very difficult when not impossible.
		Bulgaria's Kosloduy plant has six operating reactors that provide 42 percent of the nation's electricity.
		EU and NATO was pressuring Bulgaria in 1999 to accept the Macedonian language as separate language and not as a dialect of the Bulgarian language, what in reality is. This politics was also unacceptable.
	www.macedoniainfo.com /Stanishev.htm (1343 words)

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		Rabin's tragic death is a new warning that terrorist acts and bloodshed are used in the attempt to obstruct the progress to peace in regions with a volatile situation.
		The Israeli Prime Minister's self-sacrifice must become a symbol and efforts must be redoubled to achieve the security and stability desired by millions, the Foreign Ministry's statement says in conclusion.
		In their addresses on the first day of the meeting, the representatives of the various foundations, associations and public centres were categorical that today the civil society is given the unique chance of gaining real autonomy from the state.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/95-11/nov06.bta (3033 words)

	Poland's Prime Minister visits Bulgaria - Pravda.Ru
		Poland 's Prime Minister arrived Wednesday in Sofia for talks focused on bilateral trade and investment, as well as on European energy issues, the government said.
		Poland and Bulgaria are almost entirely dependent on Russian energy supplies, and after last year's Russian-Ukrainian gas price dispute both countries have been seeking ways to diversify supplies.
		Bulgaria, however, has not responded to a Polish proposal for a European energy security pact as a tool to guarantee gas and oil deliveries.
	english.pravda.ru /news/world/19-04-2006/79334-Bulgaria-0 (371 words)

	About Bulgaria: history, geography, culture, economy; Balkans, Europe, Regional Cooperation, Development, Globalisation
		The Republic of Bulgaria is situated at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula in South-Eastern Europe.
		The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and suggests Council of Ministers to be voted by the Assembly.
		The role of Prime Minister in Bulgaria, as in the UK, is very important and influential.
	www.geocities.com /nbulgaria/bulgaria/bginfo.htm (1261 words)

	CNN.com - Bulgaria's PM concedes poll defeat - June 17, 2001
		SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria's Prime Minister Ivan Kostov conceded his UDF party has suffered "a heavy election defeat" in a parliamentary election at the hands of a new movement led by former King Simeon II.
		Simeon was exiled from Bulgaria at the age of nine -- three years after acceding to the throne -- after a rigged referendum abolished the monarchy in 1946.
		Simeon has promised to continue the drive to bring Bulgaria into the European Union and NATO and to pursue reforms but also to raise living standards quickly and to introduce new social benefits.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/06/17/bulgaria.election.03 (763 words)

	Ex-King Simeon II named new prime minister of Bulgaria
		Bulgaria’s former ruling party, the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), led by head of government Ivan Kostov, suffered a bitter defeat in the elections.
		The main opposition movement in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP—successor party to the Stalinist party that ruled until the collapse of the Stalinist regime), won 17 percent of the vote, just behind the UDF.
		He is a descendent of the Hungarian branch of the House of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, and therefore related to Prince Albert, the husband of the nineteenth century British monarch, Queen Victoria.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/jul2001/bulg-j24.shtml (1841 words)

	USATODAY.com - 800 days later, Bulgarians feel betrayed by prime minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Demonstrators protest the Bulgarian prime minister during a rally Sunday.
		Simmering anger over entrenched poverty has thrown into question the future of the prime minister, now known as Simeon Saxcoburggotski, or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a distant relative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and other European royalty.
		It was allowed under a restitution law, but the process typically takes years, and critics have accused the prime minister of using his influence to cut through red tape.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-10-01-bulgaria_x.htm (705 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian Patriarch Appeals to Bulgarian Prime Minister to Resolve Legal Status of Bulgarian Orthodox Church
		Patriarch of Moscow and of all Russia Alexei II appealed to Prime Minister of Bulgaria Simeon Sakskoburggotskii to resolve the question of the legal status of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church during a meeting on Tuesday.
		Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee highly estimated the results of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia held in Kazakhstan.
		Nobody really believed that the prime minister of India and the president of Pakistan would have a personal meeting during the current Asian summit in the city of Alma-Ata (the capital of the republic of Kazakhstan).
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2002/06/05/29813.html (2016 words)

	Bulgaria in the Second World War
		Bulgaria was a province of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th century until support from Russia enabled it to become an autonomous principality in 1878.
		Bulgaria's parliament was elected by manhood suffrage and had the power to veto royal legislation.
		Bulgaria was defeated in six weeks and as a result lost Bulgarian-speaking parts of Macedonia and the coastal region of Dobrudja.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWbulgaria.htm (461 words)

	Greek prime minister travels Bulgaria - Pravda.Ru
		Greece 's Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis arrived in Sofia for talks with top officials focused on bilateral ties and on Bulgaria 's drive to join the European Union, the government said Friday.
		Bulgaria and neighboring Romania aim to join the EU on Jan. 1, and EU member Greece has always supported the bloc's expansion in the Balkans.
		In March, the swelling waters of the Ardas River and the Maritsa known as Evros in Greece and Meric in Turkey flooded thousands of hectares (acres) of land and scores of homes in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
	english.pravda.ru /news/world/14-04-2006/79191-Bulgaria-0 (498 words)

	The Chancellery of the Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Prime Ministers discussed alternative supply sources of energy raw materials for our countries and co-operation in the implementation of a gas project.
		As Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz pointed out, apart from trade, a Polish priority in its economic relations with Bulgaria are direct investments which should be increased.
		The Prime Minister is also due to visit the Boyanska Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Cathedral in Sofia.
	www.kprm.gov.pl /english/402_7884.htm (286 words)

	Anadolu Agency: News in English, 97-12-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bulgarian Prime Minister Kostov said Bulgarian public knew Yilmaz as a defender of peace, stability and cooperation in Europe and also thanked to Turkey's support extended to their efforts to participate in NATO.
		Prime Minister Yýlmaz stressed that the number of Bulgarian tourists who visit Turkey decreased recently and efforts are underway to increase this number.
		Addressing a press briefing in Brussels, Kasel stated that Prime Minister Mesut Yýlmaz and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem were invited to the dinner which will bring the heads of states and governments of all candidate countries together on December 13 when the EU Summit ends the same day in Luxembourg.
	www.hri.org /news/turkey/anadolu/1997/97-12-05.anadolu.html (6686 words)

	CNN.com - Simeon to be Bulgaria's new PM - July 1, 2001
		Simeon to be Bulgaria's new PM Former king Simeon II to be next Prime Minister of Bulgaria
		The former king was exiled in 1946 at 10 years old and returned to Bulgaria in 1996 after the fall of Communist rule.
		But outgoing Prime Minister Ivan Kostov, who resigned last Tuesday, was said to favour a strong opposition role for the UDF in the next parliament.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/01/bulgaria.election/index.html (344 words)

	Bulgaria notables in town to aid society's 75th anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The prime minister of Bulgaria, Bulgaria's ambassador to the United States and four former U.S. ambassadors to Bulgaria will visit Pittsburgh tomorrow night to help the oldest Bulgarian-Macedonian fraternal and cultural organization in the United States celebrate its 75th anniversary.
		On Sunday morning, a new facade resembling Bulgaria installed on the headquarters building of the Bulgarian-Macedonian National Education and Cultural Center, 449 W. Eighth Ave., West Homestead, will be dedicated.
		The easternmost of the Balkan countries, Bulgaria is about the size of Pennsylvania and has a population of 7.5 million.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05105/488628.stm (819 words)

	USAID-Bulgaria Newsletter 9'05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bulgaria’s new Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev, formally took office on August 18.
		Once in office, Prime Minister, Stanishev, was quoted as saying that “though the new government was formed with some difficulty, maybe its difficult beginning will make it stable.” Prime Minister, Stanishev noted that he had received a letter from President Bush congratulating him on his appointment.
		This humanitarian aid comes in the wake of some of the worst flooding Bulgaria has seen in recent years, leaving as many as two million people homeless and in desperate need of water, blankets, clothes, detergents, etc. This assistance was extended by USAID via their partners on the ground, CARE International-Bulgaria.
	www.usembassy.bg /prog/bi_weekly_sept05.html (1227 words)

	USAID Press Release: Prime Minister of Bulgaria and USAID Administrator Agree to Launch "Open Government Initiative"
		Prime Minister of Bulgaria and USAID Administrator Agree to Launch "Open Government Initiative"
		Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios at the signing of the anti-corruption agreement.
		The second goal of the Open Government Initiative is to foster civil society's efforts to promote transparency, accountability and awareness of corruption through work with Coalition 2000, a well-known partnership of a number of Bulgarian NGOs aimed at combating corruption through a collaborative process with government institutions, media and the private sector.
	www.usaid.gov /press/releases/2002/pr020424.html (328 words)

	NATO Update: First visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister to NATO HQ - 22 October 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		First visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister to NATO HQ The former King Simeon II of Bulgaria, H.E. Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, came on his first visit to NATO HQ on 22 October since he has been elected Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
		During a joint press conference with the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Lord Robertson stated that he was encouraging Bulgaria in its application for NATO membership but stressed that Bulgaria as all the other candidate countries, neede to maintain its efforts to meet the standards for Alliance membership.
		Audio file of the press Point by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson and the Bulgarian Prime Minister Mr.
	www.nato.int /docu/update/2001/1022/e1022a.htm (196 words)

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