Bulgaria may open the Agriculture chapter of the acquis communautaire by June 2002, EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler said at the Green Week exhibition in Berlin. June 2002 is the date when the Spanish presidency of the European Union expires....
The Currency Board in Bulgaria can be compared to a strait jacket, Krasimir Angarski, economic advisor to the President, said in a radio program. According to him the system is imposed so that the printing of more money for covering social expenses can be...
“We will demand that the Parliamentary speaker Ognyan Gerdzikov pay back the money that was spent on the new system of voting, “Ekaterina Mihailova, leader of the Union of Democratic Forces said at the municipality party conference in Russe. She said it’s...
Sofia Airport opened again and started operating in normal regime. Earlier in the day on January 12 due to the thick mist over the airport some changes in the schedule of the National Carrier Balkan flights were made....
MPs of Anastasia Mozer's Agrarian Union will leave the Parliamentary group of the United Democratic Forces (UDF) and will become independent MPs, the governing body of the Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union – People’s Union decided on January 11. A Parlia...
World | January 12, 2002, Saturday
Israeli missiles fired from the sea early Saturday struck Palestinian naval targets near Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's office in Gaza City, according to Palestinian security sources. The strikes were the latest Israeli military and law enfo...
World | January 12, 2002, Saturday
Twenty Afghan war detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 11 and were led off a C-141 transport plane in shackles by U.S....
World | January 12, 2002, Saturday
The Singapore government has released a chilling videotape it says shows details of a planned attack by a broken terrorist cell on U.S....
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolai Vassilev is to head the Bulgarian delegation that will visit Russia in less than a week. Minister Vassilev pointed out that it is no coincidence that his first foreign visit this year is in Russia, since...
A check-up showed that the janitors at Indigo disco club, where a tragic accident took the life of seven children, have not been registered as licensed guards or members of security companies, representatives of the Interior Ministry announced. Under Bulg...
The village of Tvurditsa in the Burgas district, Southeastern Bulgaria, is still in a state of disaster because of the harsh winter conditions, said Minister without portfolio Nedjet Mollov who also chairs the standing committee for protection of the popu...
The Economic Police has improved its performance from 2000 with a total of 13,698 offences found., the National Police Service announced....
Citizens will be able to check all taxes imposed on real estate property and garbage by phone, tax office representatives announced. The telephone line is to be launched next week....
Ticket collectors on trains will carry gas pistols from now on, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced. The measure aims to decrease the number of people who deliberately don’t buy tickets....
In pursuance of President Petur Stoyanov’s decree Kiril Topalov is to be dismissed as Bulgarian Ambassador to Greece, the Presidency’s press office announced. Stefan Stoyanov has been appointed Bulgaria’s new Ambassador to Greece....