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Over 300 retirees are protesting in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia calling for increased pensions and a change in the methods of their calculation.
We protest against the lack of attention and care for the social and health needs of the pensi
Politics | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Former national squad coach Plamen Markov has replaced Miodrag Jesic on the helm of CSKA Sofia.
Sports | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
The prepared anti-AIDS vaccine will be initially produced in Bulgaria, the director of the National Centre for Contagious and Parasitic Diseases Bogdan Petrunov revealed.
Earlier in the week Italian Professor Vittorio Colizzi, one of the founders of AIDS
Society | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgarian couples having sex these days have a chance to produce Baby of 2007, organizers of the annual campaign announced.
Next year's first newborn will not only be Baby of The Year, but also Bulgaria's first baby-entrant to the European Union.
Society | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria's MPs applauded the world figure skating champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski.
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski were awarded with plaques of Bulgaria's National Assembly.
Sports | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Miodrag Jesic, the Serbian coach of Bulgarian football champ CSKA Sofia, has quit the job.
Wednesday's media reports said that Jesic has bid farewell with the players.
Sports | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Amnesty International has released a new report exposing a covert operation whereby people have been arrested and transferred to countries where they have faced torture and other ill-treatment.
Politics | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
The market capitalization of companies listed on Bulgaria's stock exchange has grown notably in March, media reported Wednesday.
A month's growth was more than BGN 75 M, or about EUR 38.
Business | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria will be a very good and active member state of the European Union and postponement of its entry until 2008 would be a grave political mistake, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said in an interview for Suddeutsche Zeitung.
Stanishev pointed out th
Bulgaria's senior prosecutor Boris Velchev announced he would call for lifting the immunity from prosecution of several MPs by the end of the week.
He declined to reveal their names, but pointed out that they might not be a part of the list of the Chief
Politics | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
A depot storing sodium hydrosulfate burst into flames at 9:00 pm Tuesday night at a factory near the village of Senovo, north Bulgaria. Firefighters managed to put out the fire no earlier than Wednesday morning, bringing out safely the chemicals and cover
Politics | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
Rising floodwaters have continued to cause chaos across central Europe killing a dozen people in several countries along the Danube river. With more heavy rain expected next week and the Danube reaching record levels in Budapest, the government in Hungary
World | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
The European Union has edged closer to a seven-year budget agreement after MEPs backed down from insisting an EUR 11.4 B increase.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed his strong support for Bulgaria joining the EU as scheduled in 2007.
All rightist formations in the Bulgarian Parliament stand up as one in a move of non-confidence against the government, Peter Stoyanov said.
Politics | April 5, 2006, Wednesday // 00:00
A map of Bulgarian hovels will be worked out by the prosecution to trace the densest locations of paid love.
The move was argued within the framework of efforts to curb human trafficking channels through the country.
Society | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
Fifteen Bulgarian athletes will receive scholarships from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Sports | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
In order for Bulgaria to go through with its plan of abolishing mandatory military service and turning the army into a professional one, about EUR 20-25 M extra would be needed for the sector, reports said.
Next year's budget for defense would have to se
Politics | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has insisted that the UK removes entry visas for his fellow countrymen once the state becomes an EU member.
Politics | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin introduced Tuesday in Sofia a book on the EU, presenting the views of countries candidates for accession.
The scientific collection called "The European Union in 2005: Candidate Countries' Perspectives" includes
Bulgarian teachers plan to go on a strike writing only A-grades, trade unionists announced.
The innovative effective strike strategy has come as a response to "the lack of moral in the state governors failing to listen to teachers", syndical leader Yulia
Politics | April 4, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00
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