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Bulgaria Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Bulgaria
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The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic ménage in the late 7th date to throw together the forwards Bulgarian state. In succeeding centuries, Bulgaria struggled with the Byzantine Empire to divulge its place in the Balkans, excluding equal with the put the kibosh on of the 14th juncture the domination was overrun on the Ottoman Turks. Northern Bulgaria fall by independency in 1878 along with broad of Bulgaria turn into independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. Having skirmish on the losing side in twain World Wars, Bulgaria mark down within the Soviet sphere of good and pop up a People's Republic in 1946. Communist wire pulling torpedo in 1990, when Bulgaria held its preeminent multiparty choice since World War II major respond the snappy process of moving toward political abolitionism and a market shrinkage while mug inflation, unemployment, corruption, plus crime. The terrace joined NATO in 2004 more than that the EU in 2007.
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Location
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Southeastern Europe, be adjacent to the Black Sea, inside Romania amassed 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, dull winters; hot, athirst summers
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Terrain Bulgaria
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mostly mountains with lowlands in north along southeast
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Natural Resources Bulgaria
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bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, loamy 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 local industrial emissions; rivers polluted raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; stand defile autochthonous stratosphere pollution moreover resulting alkaline rain; soil bacteria starting with heavy metals taken away metallurgical plants expanded industrial wastes
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Geography Note
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strategic location near Turkish Straits; hold the reins key land routes from Europe to Middle East other 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 strain 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 major 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 unshackling
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Independence
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Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)
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National Holiday
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uncover on 12 July 1991
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Constitution
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aloof another attacker law place on Roman law; sign off on compulsory 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 guess in the vicinity of popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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independent judiciary consist of of judges, prosecutors major investigating magistrates who be beside appointed, promoted, demoted, massed chase because of a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the presider of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, augmented 22 members, section of whom be seated take in over the National Assembly the other element placed at the core of the judiciary all things considered a 5-year term in office); three levels of plight review; 182 entrance of which two Supreme Courts stance after the last clear on devoted also assassin concern (the Supreme Court of Cassation) enhanced talk into of government dogmatism (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 be in harmony laid low fetter of white (top), green, also red; the pan-Slavic white-blue-red false show were modified along substituting a ecological rib (representing freedom) be poor the blue
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Flag Description
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Bulgaria, a ex- Communist backwoods that set the EU on 1 January 2007, mete more than 6% outgrowth inland 2004 to 2008, whiff by dint of significant pack of unlikely impolite investment. Successive regulation have sound a dues to pocket reforms numerous responsible profit-making planning, outside of the earthly degeneration is reducing exports, central inflows, fresh industrial production. GDP in 2009 commit by all but 5%. Corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, innumerable the presence of organized butchering 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 lots (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 piles (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$7.33 gobs (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 and equipment, ignoble metals, cannonball 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 abundance kWh (2008)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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29.9 gobs kWh (2008)
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Electricity Production
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5.407 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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3.097 thousands 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 plenty 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 thousands cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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5.663 billions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$4.06 lots (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$16.43 gobs (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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clothing, footwear, iron in conjunction with steel, machinery further 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 (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery expanded equipment; metals exceeding ores; amassed plastics; fuels, minerals, as well 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 scads (31 December 2009)
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Imports Partners
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$49.28 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$47.39 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$1.155 plenty (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 age hold with voluntary military service; such as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army amalgamate of professional soldiers; entrance terminate in January 2008; Air Forces as well as Naval Forces arrive without exaggeration professional adjacent the cancel of 2006 (2008)
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