"The United Democratic Forces (UDF) will officially address the Bulgarian voters to support of the presidential candidate Petur Stoyanov," the UDF leader Ekaterina Mihaylova said. The Deputy Parliament Speaker of the Parliament Assen Agov commented that t...
“We insist that the company be privatized at an open tender or on the Stock Exchange,” Zdravko Dessimirov, State Insurance Institute (SII) Executive Director, said at a press conference on the first three quarters of 2001. According to him on the capital...
“Miss Bulgaria 2001” Ivaila Bakalova is the new “ Model of the Universe.” She won the prize in an Istanbul fashion competition....
Bulgarian Press Agency
”Bulgaria has made tangible progress in its preparation for EU membership,” says the annual report on the progress of membership applicants drafted by the European
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According to the European Commission report on the membership applicants, Bulgaria has made tangible progress in its preparation for EU membership. Bulgaria is getting close to achieving a functioning market economy that can in the short-term withstand th...
“The Cabinet will choose its speaker among six or seven applicants for the position,” Dimitur Kalchev, Bulgarian Minister of State Administration, announced at a press conference on November 13. The Minister added that all of them are eminent journalists,...
Society | November 13, 2001, Tuesday
The documentary "The Way of the Harmony," directed by Stephan Komadarev, won Silver Prize on the 45th Competition for Films and Videos on Japan – Tokyo 2001. Silver Prize was given to the film for special recognition....
“There were no Bulgarians among the passengers aboard the Airbus-300 of the American Airlines that crashed after it had taken off from John F. Kennedy airport in New York on November 12,” Elena Poptodorova, spokeswoman of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign...
The concession selling policy will be applied for the first time in the second half of 2002, Danail Papazov, the newly appointed CEO of Port of Varna, announced. It is expected that a bill on naval spaces, inland waterways and ports will be moved to Parli...
The Bulgarian Government is preparing amendments to the Concessions Act, which are to be passed by Parliament by the end of 2001. Almost all concessions for Black Sea beaches in 2001 were cancelled or the contract obligations were not fulfilled....
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg ordered the appointment of a working expert group to inspect the documentation of the hydro power-plants (HPP) Maritsa Iztok 1 and 3.The working group has to inspect the documentation under the projects for construction o...
“The company Demetra will complete the votes’ counting from the first round of presidential elections and will count the votes at the second round, “ the Central Electoral Commission spokesperson Tsveta Markova announced. Demetra will receive 40% of the t...
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg left for New York with a regular flight of the Austrian Airlines. His visit to the United States will last for five days....
“The Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Bulgarian Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov agreed on the need to boost bilateral relations,” a Japanese government official said, quoted by Japanese media. In a brief meeting at the official resid...
Financial Times
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