[Oorang]

Thank you very much Cindy. I hope your 2008 is a blessed one as well.

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Update on an apparently ongoing situation in Bulgaria:

Flights Cancelled at Sofia Airport in Last Hours of 2007
31 December 2007, Monday

Several flights to and from the Sofia airport were cancelled on Monday by airlines.

Among the flights cancelled are those from Burgas, Istanbul and Vienna. Planes to Brussels, Amsterdam, London and Paris are also not going to take off.

Passengers could get more information if approaching officials by phone or using the websit of the airport.

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=88957

[Cindy]

http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/flights-to-and-from-sofia-cancelled-for-lack-of-passengers/id_26841/catid_66

NEWS

“FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOFIA CANCELLED FOR LACK OF PASSENGERS”
10:53 Mon 31 Dec 2007 - Elitsa Savova

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A number of flights to and from Sofia Airport were cancelled because of a lack of passengers.”

[Cindy]

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n130508

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A bit of history — Looking back on 2007:

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/features/featuredetail.asp?file=decemberfeatures202007.xml

The world in focus (The Times)

Twelve vivid months. It was a year of conflict, tragedy and natural disaster — leavened by extraordinary glimpses of optimism, seemingly superhuman endeavour, and odd moments of humour.

January

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “January 1: Crowds celebrated the new year in Bucharest and Sofia as Romania and Bulgaria officially became members of the European Union. The two countries, which had applied to join as far back as 1995, became the EU’s 26th and 27th member states.”