The National Service Security (NSS) has not tapped or investigated politicians, officials from the organization declared at their meeting with Boyko Borissov, Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry. At their meeting Atanas Atanasov, the Director of the...
Petur Stoyanov who is running for second mandate as independent candidate met the MPs of the parliamentary group of the Simeon II National Movement. After the meeting, the floor leader of the group Plamen Panayotov underscored that the movement categorica...
In an open letter to the candidate for President Georgi Parvanov, the candidate for Vice President Nelly Kutskova, addressed to him” as presidential candidate who accepted the political support of Tsvetelin Kanchev – a person with enacted reprehensible se...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Nikolay Vassilev will represent Bulgaria at the regular annual meeting of the Prime Ministers of the CEFTA countries on November 16 in Bucharest. CEFTA development in trade and cooperation will be assessed at...
British tour operators expressed willingness to develop high category tourism in Bulgaria, but fear that Bulgaria lacks the necessary potential, Dimitur Hadzhinikolov, Deputy Economy Minister, announced. At the World Trade Market British tour operators ha...
A Swedish delegation, headed by Swedish Ambassador Sten Ask visited Plodiv. Ask together with representatives of 20 Swedish companies met the Mayor of Plovdiv and businessmen from the region....
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg spoke with the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan during the dinner given by the French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine, The lunch, which took place at University Club in New York was in honor of all lead...
Krassimir Stoyanov, Director of union “Izbori” announced that he will file a claim in Court for BGN 600,000 against the decision to terminate the association’s contract for counting the votes at the fist round of the presidential elections. Acording to St...
The privatization program for 2002 was approved on November 15. The program envisages 349 privatization deals to be signed next year....
Iliya Bozhinov, Director of the Civic Initiative for Free and Democratic Elections expressed his concerns that there are possibilities the results from the coming run-offs to be forged. According to him, there is a possibility for mistakes and forgeries d...
A transition period will be allowed before the requirements for hologram stickers and excise duty stamps on packed coffee come into force, Atanas Katsarchev, Deputy Finance Minister, announced on November 14. The period will expire on 1 May, 2002....
The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works is drafting a strategy for Bulgaria's preparations for participation in EU structural funds, Kostadin Paskalev, Regional Development Minister, announced at a press conference on November 14. It was sug...
A total of 1,225,300 ha of land had already been planted with autumn crops, Mehmed Dikme, Agriculture Minister, said during his visit in Russe on November 14. According to the Minister the vast areas of wheat and barley guarantee that the country will not...
The Wall Street Journal wrote in its November 15 edition that Bulgaria is one of the main stops on the “drugs way” from Afghanistan to Europe. According to the newspaper the huge amounts of drugs from the taleban reserves are currently being traded at the...
Society | November 15, 2001, Thursday
The Bulgarian Sfumato Theatre will stage guest performances in Paris at the Theatre de la Tempete, a twin of Theatre du Soleil of Ariane Mnouchkine, a noncommercial theatre space using innovatory language even in its classical works stagings. Afterwards t...