... Asia and Europe. Having a population of only 8 million people, Bulgaria has been going through the process of joining the European Union, which will hopefully happen in 2007. Programs such as SAPARD (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture & Rural Development), PHARE and ISPA (Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession) have been assisting the small Southeast European country to make significant progress in the agriculture, tourism, legislative and production sectors. As soon as Bulgaria joins the European Union the people will feel more confident in investing. Although it will certainly take time, the economic situation will improve, thus making living standard in Bulgaria safer and desirable. Free trade and the Union's requirements for production would allow the producers and their goods to be competitive. Moreover, historical heritage and nature, as being the dearest treasures of the country, will become more popular and visited. The otherwise suppressed and hesitating way, in ...

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