Republic of Bulgaria

Area: 110 994 km²
Population: 7.8 million
Capital city: Sofia
Currency: 1 lev = 100 stotinki, 1 euro = 1.96 leva (BGN) (dec. 2005)
National day: 3 March
EU membership: Planned EU membership: 1 January 2007

Head of State: President Georgi Parvanov
Head of Government: Prime Minister Sergej Stanishev
Foreign Minister: Ivaylo Georgiev Kalfin
Government: Coalition: Koalicija za Balgarija (KB, Coalition für Bulgaria, 82 seats), Nationalno Dviženie Simeon Vtori (NDSV, National Movement Simeon II, 53 seats), Dviženie za Prava i Svobodie (DPS, Movement for Rights and Freedoms, 34 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Narodno Sobranje, 240 members, elections every 4 years, 4 % threshold

GDP: €19 459 million (2004)
GDP per capita in PPS: €6 600 (2004, estimate)
Economic growth in real terms: + 5.6 % (2004)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.bg
Head of Government: http://www.government.bg
Foreign Minister: http://www.mfa.government.bg
Parliament: http://www.parliament.bg

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