United Democratic Forces is a right-wing electoral alliance, formed by five parties, led by the ex-President Petar Stoyanov. The core of the alliance is the Union of Democratic Forces whose former leader Ivan Kostov was the first to run the entire four-year government term 1997-2001. Later the union lost position and popularity and in 2004 it split into two parties – the Union of Democratic Forces led by ex-foreign minister Nadezhda Mihailova and Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, led by Kostov. At the 2005 parliamentary elections the United Democratic Forces won 20 seats. After the failure at the European Parliament elections, when none of the Bulgarian right-wing parties won a seat, the United Democratic Forces, Democrats for Strong Bulgaria and other right-centrist political players decided to start talks for unification.
What are your expectations about the levels of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the south-east European countries by end-2008, considering that in the first six months of the year half of the countries in the region registered lower FDI inflow y/y?
Aug 5, 2008
Less FDI will be attracted
FDI will exceed last year’s level
The level of FDI will be almost unchanged
The level of FDI will depend on global business climate
The 45 000 year-old Moustarian Bone Flute is the earliest preserved musicial instrument in the world...
The 45 000 year-old Moustarian Bone Flute is the earliest preserved musicial instrument in the world. It was discovered in the Divje Babe cave in Northwestern Slovenia. In 1995, Drago Kunej and Ivan Turk found a flute-like perforated thighbone of a young cave bear at the Divje Babe cave site in Slovenia. The finding originates from the final phase of themiddle Paleolithic period, about 35,000 – 50,000 years ago. Following the arguments of Kunej and Turk (2000), it seems to represent the oldest bone flute preserved up until now. It is beyond the scope of this paper to go into the discussion whether the finding is a flute or just a bone pierced by a carnivore in an abnormal way (a review on this topic is given in Kunejand Turk 2000).
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