2007 in Bulgaria

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Events from the year 2007 in Bulgaria

Incumbents

• President: Georgi Parvanov
• Prime Minister: Sergei Stanishev

Events

January

• January 1: The Bulgarian political party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, which had only been founded on 2006-12-03 by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov, instantly comes second in a public poll on party support, trailing only the Bulgarian Socialist Party.^[1]

• January 1: Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union.^[2][3]

March

• March 15: Russia, Greece and Bulgaria sign a deal to build a pipeline to transport Russian oil to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis.

May

• May 20: Bulgaria elects Members of the European Parliament for the first time, the three top parties each possibly receiving five deputies. The narrow winner of the elections is the opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria.^[4]

July

• July 10: The Gadhafi Foundation announces a deal has been reached with families of more than 400 children infected with HIV in the case of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor.

• July 11: The Supreme Court of Libya upholds the death penalty for the six Bulgarian medics and one Palestinian doctor accused of infecting children with HIV.

• July 12: Cécilia Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, flies to Libya and visits the Bulgarian medics condemned to death for allegedly infecting children with HIV and also the families of the infected children. She will also meet Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, the President of Libya.^[5]

• July 24: The 5 Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian assistant, imprisoned in Libya for 8 years and that had been sentenced to death, in several trials based on allegations of having inoculated AIDS to children, are leaving Libya and returning to Sofia with Mrs Cécilia Sarkozy who negotiated their liberation.^[6]

• July 27: A Serbian gunman kills at least nine people in the village of Jabukovac in eastern Serbia, near the Bulgarian border.

August

• August 25: On the 132-year anniversary of the first crossing, Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev becomes the fastest person ever to swim across the English Channel.^[7]

October

• October 19: EU leaders agree in Lisbon that the transcription "eвро" (evro) will be used in Bulgarian translations of the euro in official EU documents.

• October 19: Leaders of the European Union reach agreement on the Lisbon Treaty following last-minute concessions to Poland, Italy and Bulgaria.^[8]

Deaths

• April 17 — Steven Derounian (89), Republican Representative from New York state (1953–1965)
• August 1 — Sergei Antonov (59), accused of involvement in attempt by Mehmet Ali Ağca to kill Pope John Paul II

References

1. "Socialists Lead GERB in Bulgarian Politics". Angus-Reid. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
2. "Romania and Bulgaria join EU, bringing bloc to 27 members". IHT. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
3. "EU welcomes Romania and Bulgaria". BBC. 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
4. "Euro vote result a warning to Bulgarian government". Reuters. May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
5. "France airs hopes on Libya medics". BBC. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
6. "Nurses leave after deal on aid, ties-Libya source". Reuters Alertnet. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
7. "Petar Stoychev Becames [sic] Fastest Ever to Swim Across English Channel". Timed Finals. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
8. "EU leaders reach key deals on reform treaty". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 2008-03-02.