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Killer of Exchange Bureau Owner in Sliven Disclosed

Bulgaria's police disclosed that the killer of the 39-year-old Sliven exchange bureau owner was Stefan Stefanov Budakov that was wanted by the police. Budakov has a criminal record.

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Bulgarians in Karbala under Fire, No Injured

A shell was fired Tuesday morning some 300 meters from the camp where Bulgarian soldiers in the Iraqi city of Karbala are stationed. No people were injured in the attack, officials at Bulgaria's Defence Ministry reported.

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Kidnapping of Bulgarian Mayor Daughter "Set Up"

There are speculations that newly elected Velingrad mayor Fidel Beev has staged the kidnapping of his daughter. Beev, one of Velingrad's wealthiest businessmen, categorically denied the claims.

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Bulgarian TV Channel May be Closed Down over "Racial Intolerance"

Bulgaria's state Council for Electronic Media (CEM) launched a procedure for closing down private Den TV channel after a "racial discrimination" scandal was prompted by a Den live broadcast, Bulgaria's Dnevnik daily wrote. The channel's management was al

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Minister Passy Visits the UK

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy leaves Tuesday on an official visit to the UK, including North Ireland, that will continue until November 6. During the tour Passy will meet with the country's top diplomats, including UK's Foreign Secretary Jack

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Bulgaria's Right-Wingers Struggle to Fulfill Tie Up Pledges

Rightist Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski, who won a third term in office, has invited leadership of the hard-line Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) on a meeting Tuesday, Bulgarian media reported. In the crucial mayoral run-off November 2, the UDF backed Sofi

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Bulgarian Mayor's Kidnapped Daughter Found

The daughter of the newly elected Velingrad mayor Fidel Beev, who was kidnapped last week, has been found by police in Sofia on Monday. According to Interior Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov Beev's 20-year-old daughter Dessislava is feeling well an

Politics | November 3, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 842

PM: Bulgaria's Local Elections Victory of Democracy

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg described Monday the two rounds of the local elections as a victory of democratic values and pluralism. The prime minister praised all Bulgarians who exercised their right to vote and elected bodies of the loc

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Exchange Bureau Owner Shot Dead in Sliven

A 39-year-old man, owner of a currency exchange bureau in the town of Sliven, was shot dead in broad daylight Monday in the center of the city. The man was killed while being at the bureau and policemen suggested that its armored door has been left open w

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Ballots-Wrapped Fake Euros Seized at Kalotina Checkpoint

Counterfeit Euro banknotes totaling some EUR 79,000 were seized Monday at the Kalotina border checkpoint, Bulgarian police reported. Customs officers were rather surprised to discover that the fakes were wrapped in ballot papers of the country's ruling co

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Socialists in Bulgarian Town Resign in Wake of Elections Defeat

The defeat the Bulgarian Socialist Party suffered during the local elections in the Danube town of Russe has triggered the resignation of the chairman of the municipal organization of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Ivan Ivanov and all the members of the Ex

Politics | November 3, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 389

Road Police Launches Winter-Preparations Campaign

Bulgaria's road police launches Monday the nation-wide "Light" operation that aims to instruct drivers on how to prepare their vehicles for winter condition that are already setting in. Until November 16, policemen will make checks on whether headlights a

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Hackers Target Bulgaria's Electoral Committee

Hackers have targeted the official website of Bulgaria's Central Electoral Committee (CEC) after Sunday's mayoral run-offs in 189 Bulgarian municipalities, Bulgarian media reported on Monday. One of the attacks is still continuing, the country's Info rad

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Suspect Detained in Connection to 2002 Murder in Sofia

Bulgaria's police detained yet another suspect in connection to the killing of the pharmacist Hritomira Atanassova that took place October 9 at the entrance of 7th Sofia high-school "Sveti Sedmochislenitsi" in downtown Sofia. The man was detained in Slive

Politics | November 3, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 368

"Yet Another Assault" for Newly Picked Velingrad Mayor

The country house of newly elected Velingrad mayor Fidel Beev, whose daughter was kidnapped last week, was set on fire late on Sunday, right after exit poll results from the run-off vote were published. The information came from Beev's pre-election commit

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Karbala Mayor Thankful to Bulgarian Troops

We feel that Bulgarian troops in Karbala are there with only one goal - to help establishing the principles of democracy - and have no ulterior motives, mayor of the Iraqi city Akram al-Yassri said in Sofia Monday, cited by the Bulgarian National Radio.

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France Sent 13 Bulgarian Detainees Back Home

Following a French court decision, 13 Bulgarian detainees in the town of Bordeaux were expelled back to their homeland over the weekend, AFP reported Monday. A total of 27 Bulgarian natives were arrested in October during a police raid against foreigners

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Bulgaria "Hasn't Met NATO's Requirement" for Secret Data Protection

Intelligence services of the US and Western European countries have insisted that new NATO members should implement a stable protection for confidential military information, an article of the Parade magazine says. Upon their entry in the Alliance the ne

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AFP:Bulgarian Socialists Won 6 Municipal Centers in Sunday's Run-Offs

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) won the mayoral posts in 6 municipal centers in the country at the Sunday's run-offs, while the rightist opposition won the municipal vote in the capital Sofia and the second town Plovdiv, an article of the AFP news agency

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8 Bulgarian Municipalities Failed to Elect Mayors

In 8 Bulgarian municipalities mayors were not elected at the Sunday's run-offs as the two candidates garnered equal number of votes. Under Bulgaria's election law new date for elections would be appointed.

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Sofia's Re-Elected Mayor Pledges to Work "Transparently"

Sofia's re-elected mayor Stefan Sofianski told private bTV channel that he and the parties that backed him pledged to work transparently so that is the most important thing he would he would do. He also said that it would take time to find out the common

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