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FORMER PRESIDENT FOR THE WASHINGTON TIMES:NATO'S MOMENT

Following is a publication by former Bulgaria's President Petur Stoyanov in The Wasington Times. Stoyanov served as the president of the Republic of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002.

Views on BG | March 28, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 429

S&P ASSIGNS BB- TO BULGARIA’S NEW EUROBONDS

Standard & Poor assigned a BB-senior unsecured debt rating to the new euro- and dollar-denominated eurobonds issued by Bulgaria, maturing in 2013 and 1025 respectively. The rating is considered to reflect the government’s record of prudent economic and fi

Views on BG | March 28, 2002, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 606

BULGARIA’S POPULATION DOWN BY 220,000

Bulgaria’s permanent population stood at 7,929,500 people as of December 31,2001. The number of those who live in Bulgaria went down by 220,000 (2,3%) compared to 2000.

Views on BG | March 27, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 546

NATO CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO COOPERATE FOR ACCESSION

Associated Press Leaders of the 10 countries applying for NATO membership pledged March 26 to continue to fight global terrorism and cooperate to bolster one another's bid to join the alliance.

Views on BG | March 27, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 426

INSTABILITY IN BULGARIA, TURKEY AND SERBIA OPENS PANDORA’S BOX

The clashes in the leadership of the governing parties in Bulgaria, Turkey and Serbia opened Pandora’s box, causing a continually growing instability, Greek newspaper Vima wrote. According to the article the escalating destabilization upsets the already a

Views on BG | March 27, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 589

NATO MEMBERSHIP GOAL OF EX-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MEETING IN BUCHAREST

VOA News Roger Wilkison

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 548

REUTERS: U.S. SAYS NATO WITHIN REACH FOR ROMANIA, BULGARIA

By Daniel Simpson BUCHAREST - Washington wants to admit as many new countries to NATO as are fit to join, U.

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 481

NYT:ROMANIA AND BULGARIA EDGE NEARER TO NATO MEMBERSHIP

The New York Times By STEVEN ERLANGER

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 492

NATO MUST ACCEPT ROMANIA AND BULGARIA AS MEMBERS TO ACHIEVE STRATEGY

Following is a commentary of Mark Brzezinski, published in the Comment&Analysis section of Financial Times. Mark Brzezinski was director for south-east Europe on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration.

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 552

WASINGTON TIMES: US LEANS TO LARGER EXPANSION OF NATO

By David R. Sands

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 536

NATO HOPEFULS PETITION IN BLOCS

By Nicholas Kralev THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 495

WASHIGTON POST: WAR BOOSTS NATO HOPES OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service

Views on BG | March 26, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 642

BULGARIA REDUCES DEBT BY $80M

By Theodor Troev in Sofia Bulgaria has reduced its debt by $80m (E91m) after swapping about a quarter of its total Brady debt of $4.

Views on BG | March 25, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 496

GOVERNMENT ENVISAGES 10% INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN 2002

The industrial growth in Bulgaria will go up with 10%, a draft program “Industry 2002” for revival of the industry envisages.

Views on BG | March 25, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 545

ALTADIS EYES PRIVATISATIONS IN BUY SEARCH

Reuters Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis will look at several potential opportunities to buy state tobacco monopolies that are coming up for sale, its co-chairman said in Monday's L'Agefi newspaper.

Views on BG | March 25, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 571

PM: “CERTAIN INTERESTS” MAY BE INVOLVED IN CROWN AGENTS SCANDAL

Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg announced that he expected to receive more information on the internal investigation on the so-called shorthand report, disclosed in Trud daily last week on March 26 the latest.

Views on BG | March 25, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 547

EX-PRESIDENTS OF EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MEET IN SLOVAK CAPITAL

TASR web site, Bratislava The former presidents of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia met at the Primatial Palace in Bratislava on Sunday [24 December] and remembered 1989 in the context of current developments.

Views on BG | March 25, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 643

WEEKLY HOROSCOPE

ARIES (Mar.

Views on BG | March 24, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 500

EU SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO REFORM THE CUSTOMS

“The customs union is one of the most important chapters from the EU negotiations and that is why we support Bulgaria’s efforts to reform its customs,” Michael Leigh, EU Chief Negotiator with Bulgaria told Bulgaria’s bTV. According to him, the purpose of

Views on BG | March 24, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 435

AL-QAIDA PLOT REVEALED IN SARAJEVO

The Associated Press By ALEXANDAR S.

Views on BG | March 23, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 844

CHILDREN- MEANING OF LIFE FOR 67% OF BULGARIANS

Children are the meaning of life for 66.5 percent of the Bulgarians, 11.

Views on BG | March 23, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 507
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