EU GOVTS AGREE TO RAISE FOREIGN AID TO 0.33 PCT OF GDP BY 2006
BARCELONA (AFX) EU governments agreed to raise their average Official Development Assistance (ODA) to developing countries to 0.
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LUKOIL-BULGRIA ROSE FUELS PRODUCTION PRICES
LUKoil - Bulgaria raised the production prices of fuels, starting from March 14, the company announced. The change in prices is prompted by the situation on the oil products market, the company explained.
IMF REPORT: CABINET CONSISTENT IN PURSUING ITS ECONOMIC PROGRAM
The International Monetary Fund expressed approval of the Cabinet’s consistency in pursuing its economic program in its latest report to IMF President Horst Koehler issued at the beginning of March. The report, which presents Bulgaria’s two-year stand-by
SUCCESS OF SKOPJE-SOFIA PROJECTS HINGES ON JOINT LOBBYING
The World Bank will participate in the construction of a Skopje-Sofia railway and other transport communications between Macedonia and Bulgaria with technical assistance, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy said in an interview for Skopje newspaper Vecher, s
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT HAUNTED BY GHOST
The Bulgarian Parliament is haunted by a ghost – the influence of Former PM’s Chief of Staff Stoyan Ganev, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote. According to the article the same ghost roams in the ruling Simeon II National Movement a
INDUSTRIAL EXPORTS MARKED A FALL IN JANUARY
January receipts from industrial exports fell by 11,6 % over the previous year, mainly due to a drop in exports of metals and chemicals, data of the National Statistics Institute show. In January receipts from metals and metal products were down by 23,9%
DEMAND FOR CREDITS ON THE RISE
Demands for credits rose slightly in the last week of February as interest rates fell, data of the Bulgarian National Bank shows. Between February 23 and March 1 the banks extended new credits amounting to BGN 55,5 M, up 7,98% compared to the week before.
GREEK JUDICIARY WILL INVESTIGATE OTE DEAL IN BULGARIA
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece - Judicial investigators will make a full probe of alleged improprieties by Greece's main telecommunications firm to secure a deal for a mobile telephone license in Bulgaria, the government said Tuesday.
INTELLINEWS: BRADY-EUROBOND EXCHANGE RUNS MANY RISKS
The assessment of the planned Brady-Eurobond exchange depends on details, which are yet to be clarified and the success of the deal on the market, Piritta Sorsa, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund, said. She pointed out that IMF su
BULGARIA TO RESTRUCTURE ITS FOREIGN DEBT
The Financial Times By Theodor Troev
THE ECONOMIST: INTERNAL STRESSES EXPECTED IN BG RULING COALITION
“The coalition between the Simeon II National Movement (SNM) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will have a comfortable enough majority to pass legislation, but will increasingly divided over unpopular policy measures increase, “ The Economist
BBC: FORMER FM TO LEAD BULGARIA OPPOSITION
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service Bulgaria's largest opposition party, the centre-right Union of Democratic Forces UDF, has elected a former foreign minister as its leader.
STABILITY PACT COORDINATOR CALLS FOR NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR BALKANS
The Associated Press The head of the EU reconstruction program for the Balkans urged the European Union Monday to draft a new outreach strategy for these eight nations in the coming years, when 10 other East European nations will join the union.
WHO IS WHO: NADEZHDA MIHAYLOVA
Nadezhda Mihaylova was born on 9 August 1962 in Sofia. Married, with two daughters.
BBC: BULGARIA AND ROMANIA DISCUSS NATO MEMBERSHIP
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, who is in Romania for a two-day visit, has discussed the prospects of Nato membership for the two countries with his host, President Ion Iliescu.
PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS –POSSIBLE CRISIS OUTCOME, UDF RESOLUTION READS
“Preliminary elections are the possible outcome from the crisis, “ the political resolution of the thirteenth national conference of the union of Democratic Forces (UDF) reads.
PRESIDENT: POLITICAL STABILITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOW
Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov said that preserving political stability is extremely important since 2002 is decisive for Bulgaria. According to him new political tension would lead to dramatic consequences.
RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA-UNCHANGED, NOVINITE.COM MAJORITY READERS SAY
According to the majority of the readers of the news provider novinite.com Bulgarian-Russian relations are unchanged.
40% OF BULGARIA’S WOMEN SAY THEY SUFFERED HARASSMENT AT WORK
Up to 40% of Bulgarian women have suffered harassment at their workplace, data from a national representative survey conducted by the Agency for Social Research (ASR) show. 2.
OPPOSITION TO ELECT LEADER DURING SECOND DAY OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The thirteenth two-day national conference of the rightist Union of Democratic Forces opened on January 9th. Over 4000 delegates participate.
PRESIDENT: EU AND NATO REFUSAL NOT TO CHANGE BG POLITICAL ORIENTATION
EU and NATO refusal to accept Bulgaria won’t change the political orientation of Bulgaria, President Parvanov said, it emerged after a meeting of his with a delegation of the European Socialists Party. According to Parvanov, if both EU and NATO do not acc
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