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About Bulgaria
The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the late 7th century to form the first Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to assert its place in the Balkans, but by the end of the 14th century the country was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878, but having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, it fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist domination ended in 1990, when Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. Today, reforms and democratization keep Bulgaria on a path toward eventual integration into NATO and the EU - with which it began accession negotiations in 2000.
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Bulgaria Investment Company Receives Prestigious UK Awards - Sofia News Agency 1 hour 36 min agoRussian purchase of Serbian oil company in doubt - International Herald Tribune 3 hours 48 min agoBulgaria New Ambassador to Israel Submits Credentials to Peres - Sofia News Agency 4 hours 47 min agoBulgaria Ranks Fourth for Car Crashes - BalkanInsight.com 5 hours 54 min agoInvest Bulgaria Agency Nominates "Investor of 2008" - Sofia News Agency 6 hours 29 min agoMore News | Feed source: Google News