Georgi Hubanov was appointed leader of the Union of Democratic Forces – Sofia on November 28. Kina Andreeva, Vily Lilkov and Nikolay Nikolov are Hubanov’s deputies....
Austrian Salzburger Nachrichten Daily published an article on Bulgaria and its negotiations with the European Union, painting a rather gloomy picture of the Balkan country. The article claims Bulgaria is the poorest country to hold negotiations with the E...
General Atanas Atanassov, Director of National Security Service personally handed in his resignation to the President on November 27. "The most important motive to hand in my resignation from the position Chairman of the National Security Service is the l...
Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army General Miho Mihov left for a one-day working visit to Yugoslavia on the invitation of Gen. Pavkovic, Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia....
Georgi Parvanov, president-elect, came back from Council of the Socialist International that took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 26-27 November 2001. Parvanov participated in the meeting as leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party....
The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) prepare a new program that will be adopted at the National Congress, Ekaterina Mihaylova, UDF leader, said during the meeting of the Union of Democratic Forced with representatives of the Union of Employers on November...
A delegation of the Ministry of Nuclear Power Generation of the Russian Federation arrived in Sofia on the invitation of Milko Kovachev, Chairman of the Bulgarian State Agency for Energy and Energy Resources.Russian Deputy Minister of Nuclear Power Genera...
Bulgaria has great potential for the achievement of stable economic growth if it follows its current policy, the permanent IMF representative in Bulgaria Piritta Sorsa said. She pointed out that the governmental program includes most of the measures, whic...
Parliament adopted at first reading the State Social Security Budget Bill on November 28. The Budget Bill sets the average salary in 2002 at BGN 293 and the unemployment rate - at 17%....
The amendments to the Criminal Code dealing with cyberspace crimes will come into force before January 2002 in case Parliament ratifies the Cyberspace Crime Convention, adopted by the Council of Europe in November 2001. The Convention gives a definition o...
Food and beverage producers will make a proposal to the Finance Ministry for a trial cut of the 20% Value Added Tax (VAT) on their products. The move aims at stimulating local businesses....
The Dutch government will finance a pilot project for the reconstruction of the four-class road network in the municipality of Vratsa, Adriaan de Queer, expert consultant and representative of the Dutch Association of Municipalities announced. NLG 40,000...
Starting January 1, 2002, Bulgarian nationals will be allowed visa-free on the overseas territories of the French Republic – Mayota, Sen Piere and Mikelon, Nova Kaledonia, French Polynesia, the islands of Walis and Fourtouna and the French Antarctic South...
From December 2001 to May 2002, the Bulgarian sugar industry will receive monthly supplies of sugar cane molasses ranging between 4,000 t and 20,000 t under an agreement on purchase of bulk Sudanese molasses of the 2001/2002 harvest, Fides Interconsult L...
Yoghurt Ltd. is the fifth Bulgarian company licensed by the European Commission to export dairy products to the European Union member states, Agriculture Ministry announced on November 27....