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Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev handed Tuesday a candidature for his new deputy to Prime Minister Simeon-Saxe Coburg.
Former Deputy Finance Minister Gati Al-Jebouri announced his resignatin June 1st, claiming that he needed to spend more time w
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Three Macedonian nationals of Albanian origin were detained at Bulgaria's border checkpoint by the town of Kyustendil while they tried to carry over some 25 kilos of hashish. After customs officials seized the drugs the three infringers tried to escape bu
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will appoint new candidate for the post of Sofia mayor by September 5, the party's National Council decided at its meeting Tuesday.
The Council rejected the proposal of UDF leader Nadezhda Mihaylova to convene
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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The president of Bulgaria's oldest and most prestigious university rebuked the government for its policy towards higher education.
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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An elderly man died after a tram had hit him in Sofia. The accident that caused the death of the 77-year old occurred at the Botevgradsko Shosse Boulevard Tuesday morning.
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's new rightist coalition forged by the Democratic and Agrarian Parties and the civil movement Gergyovden will announce the name of its Sofia mayor candidate on Wednesday. This is what the chair of the Democratic Party, Alexander Pramatarski, said
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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A woman was beaten up by three police officers in Sofia some two weeks ago, the Bulgaria National Radio reported. It insisted that the structures of the country's Interior Ministry attempted cover up.
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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The Archeology Museum in Bulgaria's capital Sofia saw the ancient marble and stone slates that decorate its entrance rearranged to render the site more appealing to tourists. This is just one of the numerous steps that the management of the museum have ta
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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The Sofia Court of Appeals will decide today whether Serb Nenad Milenkovic, allegedly a member of the so-called Zemun Clan, would stay under permanent arrest.
Politics | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's politicians should stop seeing science and culture as just another burden for the state budget, President Georgi Parvanov said Monday.
Parvanov's statement came during his meeting with fifty-one academicians from the Bulgarian Academy of Scien
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Members of Bulgaria's Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) won't back the proposal of its leader Nadezhda Mihaylova to hold an extraordinary national conference, UDF Deputy Chairman Emanuil Yordanov said Monday.
The conference was to confirm the ruling polic
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria should speed up reforms in its power engineering legislation, a report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Monday.
IMF experts also recommended that Bulgaria should expedite privatization deals in its energy sector as well as the two m
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgarian GSM operator MobilTel gifted new mobile phones Monday to the Bulgarian team that won the first place in the International Mathematics Olympiad in Japanese capital Tokyo. The team members flied back to Bulgaria on Sunday and also received a congr
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgarian police busted Monday illegal channel for import of Chinese goods to Bulgaria, officials reported. The channel was controlled by Bulgarian controversial businessman Konstantin Dimitrov "Samokovetsa" who survived a bomb attack in June.
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgarian TV-channels and radio stations shouldn't play songs with explicit lyrics between 06.00 a.
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's right-wing opposition party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) formed a coalition with the Agrarian Party and civil movement "Gergyovden" for the upcoming local elections, Aleksandar Pramatarski, MP and leader of the Democratic Party that is part
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Three of the dismissed ministers from Bulgaria's ruling Simeon II National Movement will remain in the executive power, the governmental spokesman Dimitur Tsonev said.
Bulgaria's former Minister Without Portfolio Nedjet Mollov will be councillor of newly
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Croatia would like to join its efforts for entering the European Union (EU) with Bulgaria and Romania, Mate Granic, Chief of Croatia's parliamentary commission for Euro-integration and former foreign minister told the Bulgarian National Radio Monday.
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Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Danube's level near the Bulgarian town of Rousse has dropped by 4cm over the last 24 hours. Hydrologists say that the level of the big river path will continue dropping and could reach 16cm.
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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A car was blown up in the night of Monday at one of Sofia's central boulevards, Goce Delchev Blv. There are no casualties reported.
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's transport strategy should be accepted by the end of 2003,Yordan Mirchev, parliamentary telecom and transport committee head said July 21.
Mirchev also eexplained that in his opinion the fact that Bulgaria's Transport Ministry is now headed by
Politics | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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