Politics
A new chair of the Bulgaria's Consitutional Court was elected on Tuesday. Nedelcho Beronov, a constitutional judge up till now, will take over the chairmanship of the court which watches over the oservance of the country's main law.
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Bulgaria's influential ethnic Turkish party will back Socialist candidate and former Finance Minister Stoyan Alexandrov in this Sunday's mayoral run-off in capital Sofia.
Politics | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Italy's Defence Minister Antonio Martino, who is currently on a visit to Bulgaria, and his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Svinarov have discussed opportunities for boosting cooperation between the two countries in the fields of national security and defenc
Politics | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Capital Sofia's road traffic almost turned into a chaos after this year's first snowfall came on Monday afternoon. Traffic jams blocked many of the roads in the central part of the city, and some 140 road accident have been reported since the first snowfl
Politics | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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Final results from Sunday's local elections in all settlements across Bulgaria will be known on October 28, local Info radio announced.
Results from the poll in 80 municipalities are still being processed
Politics | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
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The European Commission would allot EUR 95 M to Bulgaria upon the PHARE Program under the financial memorandum signed on Tuesday by Dimitris Kourkoulas, head of the European Commission's Delegation to Bulgaria, and the country's Finance Minister Milen Vel
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NATO's General Staff dispatched a two-member team to Bulgaria to brief local cadets and NGO workers on the Alliance's goals. Colonel-Lieutenant Martin Foos and Lieutenant Virgil McHee are currently delivering lectures in Sofia.
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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A combater from Bulgaria's peacekeeping battalion in Iraq has returned home after he had asked to be dismissed for personal reasons.
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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In many of the bigger Bulgarian cities that are also district centers the final estimates after Sunday's local elections confirmed run-off prospects.
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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"I personally take the responsibility for the Sofia performance of the Simeon II National Movement," said the ruling party's candidate who ran for the mayor's post in the Bulgarian capital. Vassil Ivanov-Luciano, who is also current sports minister in Sax
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The mayoral race in Bulgaria's second-biggest city of Plovdiv came down to a run-off, final results of the Municipal Electoral Commission show.
The rightist candidate and current mayor Dr Ivan Chomakov received 34.
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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This year's first snowfall in Bulgaria came as no surprise on Monday, a day after people in the country honoured "the winter herald" - orthodox saint Dimitar. On Monday afternoon the snow was falling for a few hours and made a thin cover which melted away
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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A governmental spokesman in Sofia affirmed that Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg's resignation won't be discussed at Tuesday's meeting of his party's main body. The comment comes hours after Bulgaria's municipal and mayoral poll in which ruling Simeon II
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Mayors of fifty-five Bulgarian municipal centers - including big cities Varna, Stara Zagora, Russe and Targovishte - were elected on Sunday at first round of the country's local elections.
However, this was not the case in most of the main cities as none
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's biggest meat and cold cuts producers gathered at the special Mesomania (Meat-Mania) international exhibition that kicked off in capital Sofia on Monday. This is the tenth time the event is being held and its popularity among both manufacturers
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After Sunday's local elections in Bulgaria, the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) didn't fall back from its leading position in the country's rightist political spectrum, incumbent Sofia mayor Stefan Sofiyanski, who seeks a third term in office, said on Mo
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Former communist Bulgarian Socialist Party won the local elections in Bulgaria, defeating the ruling Simeon II National Movement (SIINM), radio Free Europe reported.
Bulgarian Socialist Party managed to gather 32% of the votes cast in the entire country
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Legendary football player and mayor candidate in his hometown of Sliven Yordan Lechkov made it to the run-off, the Bulgarian National Radio said. Lechkov ranked second with some 20 % of the votes cast in Sliven on Sunday, while leftist candidate Ivan Slav
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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I see the results from the elections in Sofia as a lost battle, which is not an end of the fight, right-wing candidate for Sofia mayor Nadezhda Mihaylova told for local bTV channel.
She also said that the loss of the elections in Sofia is no tragedy for
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Socialist Party has an advantage in the poll for members of the Municipal Council of capital Sofia, according to official data. The Socialists won 26 %, followed by 23.
Politics | October 27, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's ruling coalition junior partner Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has the chances to expand its positions in the local governing with up to 50%, MRF leader Ahmed Dogan announced in the night after Bulgaria's local elections.
Dogan said th
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