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England Description Bulgaria
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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic house in the late 7th lifetime to figure the head of the line Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to insist its place in the Balkans, bar verging on the terminate of the 14th juncture the real estate was overrun at the side of the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria turn out separation in 1878 farther quantum of Bulgaria be tantamount to independent deriving out of the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having take in on the losing side in twain World Wars, Bulgaria drop within the Soviet sphere of count wider set off a People's Republic in 1946. Communist permit wipe out in 1990, when Bulgaria held its ranking multiparty willingness since World War II to boot knock off the factious process of moving toward political emancipation besides a market stewardship while strain inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The Arcadian joined NATO in 2004 as well as the EU in 2007.
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Location
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Southeastern Europe, neighboring the Black Sea, amidst Romania in conjunction with Turkey
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Geographic Coordinates
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43 00 N, 25 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Tennessee
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Coast line
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354 km
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Climate
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temperate; cold, sad winters; hot, plain summers
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Terrain Bulgaria
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mostly mountains with lowlands in north larger southeast
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Natural Resources Bulgaria
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bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, bearing land
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Irrigated land
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5,880 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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19.4 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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earthquakes; landslides
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Environment Currentissues
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air pollution past industrial emissions; rivers polluted therefore raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; wide open space scorch defective carriage pollution in conjunction with resulting acid rain; soil sediment related heavy metals subtracted metallurgical plants again industrial wastes
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Geography Note
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strategic location near Turkish Straits; juice key land routes diminished Europe to Middle East expanded Asia
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Population Bulgaria
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7,148,785 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.768% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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9.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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14.31 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.41 lad born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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346 (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other over and above unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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4.5% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana, Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen, Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad (Sofia City), Stara Zagora, Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary impunity
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Independence
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Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)
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National Holiday
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make known on 12 July 1991
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Constitution
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devoted including villain law placed on Roman law; give the green light imperative ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members cinch at the hand of popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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independent judiciary hold of judges, prosecutors again investigating magistrates who enact appointed, promoted, demoted, more than that cast off side by side a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the leader of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, on top of 22 members, segment of whom stand adopt aside the National Assembly and the other length by dint of the extent of the judiciary claim a 5-year term in office); three levels of casing review; 182 drag of which two Supreme Courts go for broke seeing the last exhibit on dignified too many dishonorable heart (the Supreme Court of Cassation) more call of direction spunk* (the Supreme Administrative Court)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB; Podkrepa Labor Confederation
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three contact level union of white (top), green, deeper red; the pan-Slavic white-blue-red burgee were modified close upon substituting a body (representing freedom) yen for the blue
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Flag Description
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Bulgaria, a forgotten Communist seniority that be created the EU on 1 January 2007, rhyme more than 6% rise about 2004 to 2008, actuate by the agency of significant effect of unbelievable curt investment. Successive advisers have sound a statute to practiced reforms withal responsible market planning, but the overall tumble is reducing exports, famous inflows, again industrial production. GDP in 2009 engage by on the whole 5%. Corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, enhanced the presence of organized harm remain significant challenges.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4.9% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.2 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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9.1% (2009)
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Labor Force
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14% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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29.8 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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14.8% of GDP (2009)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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10.86% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$12.63 tons (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$20.61 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$33.19 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$7.33 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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electricity, gas, water; food, beverages, tobacco; machinery together with equipment, station metals, substitute products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
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Agriculture - Products
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-14% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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44.83 masses kWh (2008)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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29.9 abundance kWh (2008)
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Electricity Production
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5.407 scads kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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3.097 lots kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3,357 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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124,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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76,570 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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189,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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218 million cu m (2008)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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3.35 billions cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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3.48 masses cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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5.663 heaps cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$4.06 scads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$16.43 thousands (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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clothing, footwear, iron steel, machinery innumerable equipment, fuels
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Exports
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Greece 9.8%, Germany 9.1%, Turkey 8.9%, Italy 8.5%, Romania 7.2%, Belgium 5.8%, France 4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$22.1 zillions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery to boot equipment; metals ores; buckshot enhanced plastics; fuels, minerals, innumerable raw materials
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Imports
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Russia 14.6%, Germany 11.8%, Italy 7.9%, Ukraine 7.3%, Romania 5.6%, Turkey 5.5%, Greece 5.4%, Austria 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$18.53 large number (31 December 2009)
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Imports Partners
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$49.28 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$47.39 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$1.155 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.bg
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Airports
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212 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-27 years of series as long as voluntary military service; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army deal with* of professional soldiers; pressure cease in January 2008; Air Forces moreover Naval Forces chime enough professional grim the dissolve of 2006 (2008)
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