World | December 28, 2001, Friday
In a sign that the U.S....
Ten teams of scientists were awarded the annual certificates for significant achievements in research developments. The certificates, handed by the chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Ivan Yuhnovski, raise the overall assessment of applicants at...
A total of about 61 kilograms of heroin worth BGN 5,5 M were seized early in the morning on December 28 by customs officers at Kapitan Andreevo check-point. The drug was found in a Turkish truck, heading for Germany....
20,000 forms for governmental micro credits are being printed, Social Minister Lidia Shouleva announced. The documents that are ready are being sent to the employment agencies and the branches of the banks that will allot the credits....
We are ready to receive invitation for participation in the peace mission in Afghanistan, Nikolay Svinarov, Defense Minister, announced. He said that currently the question is still under debate....
The Macedonian parliamentary speaker Stoyan Andov expressed his condolences on the death of the seven Bulgarian children in the tragic incident in the Sofia nightclub Indigo in a telegram sent to the Bulgarian parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov....
World | December 28, 2001, Friday
OPEC plans to cut its output of oil by 1.5 million barrels per day, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Thursday, in an effort to prop up sagging prices....
The Agrarian Unions of Anastasia Mozer, Georgi Pinchev and Yane Yanev may unite in 2002, leader of the National Association - Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union Yane Yanev said. He pointed out that working groups of the National Association and the People’...
Negotiations between the State Railways Company management and the Trade Unions for increasing the salaries of the employees will continue today, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. The Railways Company director Vladimir Dounchev said that this will ha...
The Privatization Agency /PA/ sold the Summer theatre in the seaside resort of Sunny Beach AD – Nessebar at an open bidding tender. The price of the deal is BGN 1,139,000....
World | December 28, 2001, Friday
The European Union has agreed on a common list of organizations it considers terrorists, singling out radical Basque separatist, Northern Irish and Middle Eastern groups, the Spanish government said Thursday....
World | December 28, 2001, Friday
Japan's jobless rate hit a record high for the third straight month in November as the nation's lurch into recession forced companies to shed more workers....
World | December 28, 2001, Friday
Bush fires burned out of control around Australia's main city Sydney and along its east coast on Friday as cooler, calmer conditions offered some respite but the weather forecast pointed to a problem weekend. More than 5,000 weary firefighters raced again...
World | December 28, 2001, Friday
The International Monetary Fund, in a letter to Argentina's interim president, said it is open to cooperation with the government to find a solution to the nation's economic crisis, the presidential palace said Thursday....
Chimko Vratsa Fertilizer plant is expected to post a loss of BGN 8 M at the end of 2001, BGN 4,747,000 less than last year, it emerged after the general shareholders meeting last week. The loss will be distributed in five equal portions over a five-year-p...