The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, the Washington Post reported citing US and foreign officials. The secret facility is part of a covert prison system set up
The Security Council working with the Cabinet of Ministers will debate the opportunities for undertaking joint measures with the Interior and the Finance Ministries for organized crime fight. An evaluation of the recent crime situation in the country and
Rioting has spread to more suburbs of Paris on a sixth night of unrest in the outskirts of the French capital. At Aulnay-sous-Bois, cars were torched as gangs of youths hurled stones at police in riot gear, who responded by firing rubber bullets.
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov will meet European Parliament President Josep Borell, who arrives Wednesday on an official visit to Sofia and the Rapporteur for Bulgaria in the European Parliament, MEP Geoffrey van Orden. The Rapporteur for Bulgaria
Greece ratified the EU accession treaty of Bulgaria and Romania at a ceremony attended by the presidents of the two EU aspirants. Greece invited in October the Presidents of Bulgaria and Romania to attend the solemn plenary session of the Greek Parliamen
A drugs depot has been busted in Sofia Tuesday, the police said.
Every Bulgarian school will have Internet connection as of next year, according to the state administration minister. Nikolay Vassilev said that thousands of teachers are being trained how to work with electronic content.
Bulgaria's Madara Horseman monument, the Assenova Fortress, the Thracian Tomb near Kazanlak, the Rila Monastery and other historical sites were brought to capital Sofia on Tuesday. The shifting was not done by miracle, but by the Bulgaria at Hand Project
Leading British professional golf player Ian Woosnam came to Bulgaria to advertise two new golf course complexes for the total price of EUR 118 M that will be built in the country. During a press conference on Tuesday builders Balkanstroy and Barazh & Co
A group of European industrial leaders have vowed support to Bulgaria's European Union membership. The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) will hold a conference in Bulgaria next March.
Bulgaria's Economy and Energy Minister said Tuesday at a meeting with local tobacco manufacturers that their business had a present and a future within the EU. Ovcharov added that the government wanted to protect local manufacturers from the so-called du
Bulgaria's prime minister has made a sharply critical statement about Boyko Borissov, the leader in the race for Sofia mayor. According to Sergey Stanishev, Borissov's crime-fight image helped him take the lead, especially after the recent killing of mog
The international community has to impose sanctions on Poland, Bulgaria and Ukraine as they have supplied Georgia with weapons. The South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity was cited by the radio "Echo of Moscow" as saying that Georgia is getting ready fo
Sofia City Court ruled that the arrested underworld bosses Krassimir and Nikolay Marinov, charged with plotting three murders, should stay behind bars. The judge said that there was enough evidence that they commited the crime they are charged with.
Bulgaria's Socialist Party announced its plans to urge the Foreign Ministry to prepare a report on the UN's Oil-for-Food Investigation. BSP spokesman Anguel Naydenov explained that the party will ask the Foreign Ministry to undertake all necessary measur
"Flame for Sex" - a national informational campaign on sexual vitality - has begun in Sofia on Tuesday. The campaign aims at supplying Bulgarian patients with complete information on the Erectile Dysfunction disease (ED) often called impotence.
Tishman International Companies, based in Los Angeles, announced a large investment in Bulgaria. The project, named Sofia Airport Center ( http://www.
The Union of the Democratic Forces has always defined itself as an opposition of the Socialist party and we would not like Sofia to have a leftist mayor, UDF leader Petar Stoyanov said, thus vowing support to race leader Boyko Borissov. Stoyanov also exp
A route taxi driver has been arrested in Sofia after shooting with gas pistol at a mother and her son following a scandal. Sofia police reported that the clients and the driver argued where the driver should stop.
The masterpiece of French artists Georges Braque "Still Life with a Bottle" will delight Bulgarian art lovers as of November 1. The masterpiece is part of the collection of the Museum Picasso in Paris.
Rightist organization Gergyovden announced Tuesday that they would back Mayor runner Boyko Borissov in the Sofia run-offs.
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