Bulgarian government considers plans to follow an agreement of the Paris Club of creditors and write off 80% of the USD 1.7 B in Iraqi debt, finance minister Plamen Oresharski announced.
The acting Sofia Mayor Minko Gerdzhikov has signed an order confirming the earlier negotiated October 3 as date for the closure of Suhodol gabage depot.
AstraZeneca's hormonal breast cancer therapy anastrozole (Arimidex) earned the company the prestigious 2005 Pharmaceutical Industry Product of the Year Award. Since its launch in 1995, anastrozole has quickly risen to become the benchmark treatment for e
Bulgarian policemen have exchanged fire with a crime suspect outside Sliven, injuring the man. He and another suspect have fiercely opposed the efforts to arrest them, media said citing witnesses.
The popular real-time chatting program ICQ has released a version in Bulgarian. The new version was created in partnership with Bulgarian e-mail provider Abv.
Bulgaria is up one place in the annual ranking of the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. The document, released on Wednesday, placed the country at number 58.
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry plans to reinstate the use of policemen under cover, especially when investigating cases of alleged corruption, it emerged Wednesday. At a meeting with chiefs of regional police departments, Interior Minister Rumen Petkov put
A unique translation method that allows people to communicate in real time using different mother languages has been invented by a Bulgarian man. Koycho Mitev's invention uses digits to record speech and automatically transfer it into whatever other lang
Bulgaria has come a long way during the past years, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote to Bulgaria's Sergey Stanishev. The extensive partnership between Bulgaria and the UK is delightful, Blair said in a telegram sent to congratulate Stanishev on
Bulgarian lawmakers banned the causing of pain, misery and stress to pets, the national radio reported. The fresh law includes numerous restrictions aimed at making pet care safer, and guaranteeing happiness for the animals.
Nikolay Paslar has won the bronze at free style wrestling in Budapest thus rounding his medal tally to three from the World Championship.
Valentin Pavlov of the Rila Solutions software company has been chosen to receive Bulgaria's John Atanasoff prize. The award was founded in 2003 for special achievements in the field of computer engineering.
Bulgarian police apprehended a fifteen-year-old hacker who infiltrated computer networks in the southern town of Smolyan. The youngster browsed unimpeded through the networks of the municipality, state institutions and private companies.
A Bulgarian man will try to score a world record by running barefoot in the Rila Mountain, local media said Wednesday. Kostadin Marguin, aged 43, is planning to start a 60-kilometer marathon this Saturday.
An Italian rural tourism complex was busted offering paid sex services by Bulgarian women, media reported Wednesday. Policemen have arrested five people at the farm near Rome, Bulgarian media said citing the BBC.
Bulgarians should not give up the Cyrillic alphabet in view of the EU accession, international scholars warned at a conference Wednesday.
Specific talks on the deployment of US military bases in Bulgaria will start October 4, Bulgaria's top diplomat announced. At a press conference on Wednesday Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin said that negotiations would be carried out by the ambassadors of
Bulgarian, Greek and Romanian military will join forces in a European Task Force Group, officials announced Wednesday. Ivan Milanov, chief of Defence Politics Directorate with the Ministry of Defence said that the task force would be led by Greece as a m
The new spokesman of the Foreign Ministry will be Dimitar Tsanchev, who replaces Deputy Foreign Minister Gergana Grancharova on this post.
Bulgaria's Parliament elected the twelve members of its delegation in the Parliamentary committee Bulgaria - European Union.
The fresh Bulgarian acquisition of Atletico Madrid has hit the Spanish headlines more with his temperament than with a good play. The scandal-provocative behaviour of Martin Petrov in the latest matches of his team seems to fail to please the media on th
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