Russe Regional Court allowed the Romanian PRO TV reporter George Buhnici to return home. Buhnici was sentenced on Friday to a fine of BGN 1,000 over charges of illegal usage of special surveillance devices, including a camera and a microphone hidden in h
Bulgarian sergeant died on Monday during trainings at the tank range in Belyakovets, near Veliko Tarnovo. The sergeant was a tank driver, he went out of the machine when a second tank smashed him.
Bulgaria's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy will insist on pushing for a 25% increase in the minimum monthly wage from BGN 120 to BGN 150 before the mission of the International Monetary Fund. The ministry has prepared 20 arguments in defence of the
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy condemned Monday's ETA bombings in Spain. I believe that the international community, including Bulgaria and Spain, can cope with that problem, Passy said after his meeting with his Sp
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov welcomed on Monday France's Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, UNMIK chief Soren Jessen-Petersen and Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis. Parvanov and Barnier discussion Bulgaria's Euro-integration and diffe
The role of NGOs in the implementation of OSCE initiatives for the stability and peace globally has increased over the recent years, former Bulgarian President Dr Zhelyu Zhelev said in a speech to the 12th Ministerial Council of OSCE. Dr Zhelev, who is a
The OSCE Third Secretary Yan Kubis left on an OSCE mission to Kiev to take part in the round table of Ukraine's main rivals in the presidential campaign, following an unexpected decision at Sofia high-profile venue. The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Bulgar
France is committed to the fate of the five Bulgarian women sentenced to death in Libya, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said while in Sofia for the OSCE meeting. France, as EU member, is doing its best to help for the solving of that problem, Bar
A new "Noah's Ark" has been built by the Greenpeace organisation in Buenos Aires as a symbol of mankind salvation from an ecological apocalypse on the Earth, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. A gigantic boat, 30m in length and 8m in height, was b
The Regional Court in Bulgaria's second city Plovdiv decided to extradite the 62-year old Italian P. Borzzoni.
The construction of a national depot for dangerous waste in the region of thermal power plant Maritsa Iztok breaches the law, left-wing politicians claim. Talking at a press conference in the town of Stara Zagora, which houses the plant, MPs from Coaliti
The most important task of Wolfsburg's managers will have to decide on the fate of Bulgaria's Martin Petrov. Thomas Strunz will be the one to say whether to let Martin go if offered the requested price.
The situation in Ukraine will not be included in the Political declaration of the 12th Ministerial Council of OSCE taking place in Sofia, it became known at a press conference given by Boris Tarasyuk, representative of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Y
Seven small bombs have gone off in urban areas across Spain, following warnings from ETA Basque separatists. Blasts were reported in Leon, Avila, Santillana del Mar, Ciudad Real, Malaga and Alicante.
The signing of Bulgaria's Accession Treaty will be among the priorities of the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2005. That was announced by Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn at a conference in The Hague.
Bulgaria's Black Sea coastal land is going cheaper, Bulgarian media reported last weekend. The price for a square meter in coastal land has reportedly dropped by EUR 20.
Sofia has been lingering in an extended weekend, as Monday, December 6, has been pronounced a non-working day for the capital city because of the major OSCE forum taking place in its very heart. Because of the dragon security measures, the traffic in dow
Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russia's Foreign Minister are expected to join the annual OSCE summit in Sofia on Tuesday morning. In one of his last visits before conceding office to newly appointed Condoleeza Rice, Powell will head some
Hungary's double referendum on whether to grant dual citizenship to ethnic Hungarians abroad and whether to stop the privatisation of health care facilities has failed due a low voter turnout, the Central Election Office announced Monday. "The referendum
The presence of foreign affairs ministers, heads of international organizations and high profile officials of so many countries is an evidence of the importance of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bulgarian President said in
A Bulgarian solicitor has criticized the Libyan suggestion for paying cash for the possible repealing of the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses. This seems to be a deal that is unacceptable, Hari Haralampiev told Sofia-based Darik Radio.
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