The government of the United States, through the US Agency for International Development, provided over 400 computers, 17 network servers, and other automation equipment worth over USD 1 M on Friday. The equipment will be used by eleven Bulgarian courts.
Sofia hosts the annual jazz meeting of European musicians, starting March 28. This is the first time that the Euro jazz festival will take place under a new name "Sofia Jazz Peak".
Parliament adopted on Friday a declaration on the occasion of the signing of Bulgaria's NATO accession protocol by the ambassadors of the 19 Alliance member countries this week. The text was sponsored by the ruling coalition and rightist opposition United
Stiff Iraqi resistance slows the progress of the US-led forces in Iraq, military officials admitted. Battles continue to rage around strategic towns in the south of Iraq.
Finland's Defense Minister Jan Erik Stam will pay a three-day visit to Bulgaria, starting Sunday. This is the first time a Finnish defense minister visits Bulgaria.
A jeep owned by Regional Prosecutor Nikolay Tsvetkov was destroyed by a blast in Pernik about 2:20 am on Friday. The attack is considered as an attempt to frighten him.
Britain's Ambassador to Bulgaria Ian Soutar will visit Vidin on April 1st. He will meet with the city mayor.
Bulgarians, primarily artists and young people, staged a rally against the war in Iraq March 27 in Sofia. The day for the protest was carefully chosen - World Theatre Day.
The director of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Krassimir Kanev qualified the war in Iraq as illegal in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio. He said that the human rights committee gave negative assessment to the war.
Bulgaria conferred the highest order Stara Planina to US Ambassador Richard Shifter on March 26th for his extraordinary contribution to the Bulgarian - US relations and the development of democracy in Southeast Europe. Elena Poptodorova, US ambassador to
An official from the Bulgarian Energy Ministry ruled out as impossible a peer review of Bulgaria's N-plant review earlier than the middle of 2003. Slavcho Neykov, chief secretary with the Energy Ministry, said that most probably the specific parameters f
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he did not know if Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was alive, dead, injured or unharmed.
Iraqi paramilitary forces in Basra fired mortars and machine gunfire Friday on a "couple of thousand" Iraqi civilians trying to flee city, British military officials said, cited by the Associated Press.
Famous Bulgarian director Tedi Moscov was awarded the Union of Bulgarian Performing Artists Icarus Annual Award - Best Director March 27. Deyan Donkov and Krassimira Vassileva were awarded for best Bulgarian male and female artist.
The Iraqi diplomatic mission poses no danger for Bulgaria. Should such a danger be ascertained, concrete measures will be taken, Foreign Minister Passy said for private national TV channel bTV broadcast "Blitz", reiterating the position announced by Prime
A total of 130,000 more troops were being deployed to the Persian Gulf region in what is said to be a continuation of the Pentagon's plan, the Pentagon announced.
The decision of a five-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court on the Cabinet's decision on Kozloduy Nuclear Units 3 and 4 is expected to be announced today.
Serbian police have shot dead two of the top suspects in the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic as they were resisting arrest late on Thursday night in a Belgrade suburb, BBC reported citing a statement of the Interior Ministry. The two, name
Baghdad was hit by a series of bombing raids early on Friday, the Muslim holy day, as President Bush warned a day earlier that the war in Iraq would be won "no matter how long it takes."
Meeting with Britain's Tony Blair, US President Bush said Thursday that the war will last as "long it takes to win", CNN reported.
Another round of heavy bombardment hit Baghdad in the early evening on Thursday, a week since the start of an American-led war to oust President Saddam Hussein. BBC reported of warplanes and sustained anti-aircraft fire.
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