At least seven teenagers have been killed in a stampede at a disco in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. All those who died suffocated, according to hospital officials quoted by French news agency AFP....
A stairway collapsed Friday when thousands of teen-agers tried to get into a disco in downtown Sofia, and the interior minister said at least seven young people died. State radio said some 3,000 teen-agers were trying to get into the disco at the time of...
Seven children were crushed to death by the mob at a tragic incident on December 21 at a Sofia disco and the condition of thirteen more was critical. Initially the death toll was set at eight children....
The hearing of the case against the six Bulgarian medics charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with HIV was postponed again. It took only one minute for the Libyan People's Court decision to be announced....
World | December 22, 2001, Saturday
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights for immediate release. It is the latest attempt by Milosevic to have the International War Crimes Tribunal charges against him thrown out....
Eight teens were killed Friday (seven announced later on - editors' note)night as they attempted to pack into a disco to celebrate the end of classes and the beginning of the holidays, authorities said. The teens -- most of them between the ages of 13 and...
World | December 22, 2001, Saturday
With its economy in tatters and the nation shaken by deadly protests, Argentina's interim president said he was stepping aside. Ramon Puerta, who is the country's Senate leader, had said he did not want the interim position following Thursday's resignatio...
World | December 22, 2001, Saturday
The ceremony for the swearing-in of Afghanistan's new interim leader Hamid Karzai and his interim government began in Kabul on December 21. The move officially ends Taliban rule in Afghanistan and is the first peaceful transfer of power in decades....
Foreign Minister Passy had an hour-long meeting with Mohamed Ali al-Masirati, Secretary of Libya's General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security, on December 21. The relations between the two countries and the improvement of contacts have bee...
Bulgaria ranks 108th in terms of economic freedom, according to the Wall Street Journal rating of 156 counties. Thus Bulgaria classifies in the group of countries with limited economic freedom....
At least eight children are dead after an incident in the Sofia night club "Indigo", the police reported. Others are seriously injured....
Parliament approved at second reading the Personal Data Protection Act. Every person has access to personal data related to him/her, which are about his physical, mental, family and cultural identity....
World | December 21, 2001, Friday
Coalition forces are interrogating about 7,000 prisoners in Afghanistan to determine the level of their involvement in the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, a coalition spokesman said on December 21....
Zemedelie State Fund will file suits against its debtors after January 1, 2002, the Managing Staff of the fund announced on December 21....
The policy conducted by the new Government is positive and warming up of the relations between Bulgaria and Libya can be noticed, Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Parliament Speaker said. According to him that has indirect influence on the trial against the Bulgarian m...