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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Burgas , city (1993 pop. 198,439), SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the chief export port of Bulgaria and is an important commercial center. Food processing is the chief industry in Burgas, which also has engineering works and an oil refinery. The city was founded (18th cent.) on the site of a 14th-century fortified town. Author not available, BURGAS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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Burgas, Bulgaria Pyrgos Derived from the Turkic burgaz ‘fortress’, itself derived from the Greek pýrgos ‘castle’. There is a town in Turkey called Burgaz with the same meaning. Read more

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	Bulgaria's Supreme Court has overturned the government's decision to award the contract to operate Burgas and Varna airports to Copenhagen Airports A/S. ; Bulgaria's Supreme Court has over turned the government's decision to award the contract to operate Burgas and Varna airports to Copenhagen Airports A/S. It rejected the government appeal on grounds that the Danish company's bid did not meet all the requirements of the tender. (IN) Read more
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	A MIXED COMPANY TO BUILD THE BURGAS-ALEXANDROUPOLIS OIL PIPELINE. ; ...six months. The 285km pipeline will link the Bulgarian port Burgas in the Black Sea with Alexandroupolis in northern Greece in...the Bulgarians are already present in the Universal Terminal Burgas consortium and the Transbalkan Pipeline Company. Read more
	Fraport Twin Star at Varna and Burgas.(Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD acquires two Black Sea airports)(Brief article) ; ...10, 2006. The new owners will invest 403 million [euro] in Bulgarian airports, 205 million [euro] of which will be spent at Burgas and 188 million [euro] at Varna. According to Bulgarian Minister of Transport Petar Mutafchiev, investments are being planned... Read more
	Russia, Bulgaria, Greece sign pipeline agreement.(International)(Brief article) ; ...to build and operate the US$1.2 billion Burgas-Alexandrupoulos oil pipeline from Bulgaria...Bulgartransgaz and Universal Terminal Burgas (24.5% between them); and Hellenic Petroleum...Balkans from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas to Alexandroupolis on the Mediterranean... Read more
	Soc: Bulgarian championship results and standings ; ...More Varna 2 Litex Lovech 1 Chernomorets Burgas 2 Levski Sofia 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 Pirin...Sofia 27 13 7 7 37 25 46 Chernomorets Burgas 27 12 8 7 37 27 44 Cherno More Varna 27...Varna (1500) CSKA Sofia v Chernomorets Burgas (1500) Levski Sofia v Lokomotiv Sofia... Read more
	Bulgaria's cabinet approve two oil pipeline projects.(Newsreel)(Brief Article) ; ...the Cabinet has approved the memorandums for the construction of two oil pipelines Burgas-Alexandroupolis and Burgas-Vlore. The 320 km pipeline project from Burgas to Alexandroupolis has been in planning for almost a decade, involving the governments... Read more
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	Citing Security, Refs Boycott ; ...by two attackers. Dimitar Kostov was found in front of his home in Burgas, 250 miles east of Sofia. Kostov, who was briefly hospitalized after...s game between Lokomotiv- Plovdiv and Cherno More-Varna. Police in Burgas declined to comment. Read more
	Wales play friendly.(Sport) ; Wales have confirmed that they will play Bulgaria in a friendly international at the Naftex Stadium in Burgas on Wednesday, August 22. The kick-off time of the match, to be used as preparation for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Germany and Slovakia, has yet to be agreed. Read more

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