Bulgaria

Posted by Ahmed.kaka , 26‏/08‏/2010 8/26/2010


Bulgaria


President : Georgi Purvanov
Total area: 110,910 sq km
Language: Bulgarian
Population (2010est): 7,148,785
Capital and largest city: Sofia
Other large cities: Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas
Official religion: Christianity
Monetary unit: Lev

Geography: Bulgaria shares borders with Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Greece, and Turkey. Two mountain ranges and two great valleys mark the topography of Bulgaria, a country the size of Tennessee and situated on the Black Sea. The Maritsa is Bulgaria's principal river, the Danube also flows through the country.


Government: Parliamentary democracy
History: The Thracians lived in what is now known as Bulgaria from about 3500 B.C. They were incorporated into the Roman Empire by the first century A.D. At the decline of the empire, the Goths, Huns, Bulgars

Alexander was succeeded in 1887 by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who declared a kingdom independent of the Ottoman Empire on Oct. 5, 1908. In the First Balkan War (1912–1913), Bulgaria and the other members of the Balkan League fought against Turkey to regain Balkan territory. Angered by the small portion of Macedonia it received after the battle
On July 23, 2008, the European commission suspended about 500 million euros of EU aid to Bulgaria due to suspicion of organized crime and corruption.
A severe energy shortage for several weeks in January 2009 was caused by the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute and created widespread anger towards government energy policies.
During general elections in July 2009, the centre-right GERB party led by Boiko Borisov was the winner, defeating incumbent Sergei Stanishev who had failed to crack down on corruption and organized crime during his four years in office.

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