Bulgaria and China are considering an eased visa regime, it appeared during the official meetings of Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lidya Shuleva in Beijing. China will define Bulgaria as a priority tourism destination, Minister Lidya Shuleva
A pair of Bulgarian designers stirred the attention of Moscow fashion gurus and will be featured in one of major local lifestyle magazines, Dolce Vita. Collections of Virginia Zdravkova and Katya Genova were taken shots dressed up on the catwalk by Arrog
A special campaign for hoisting the Bulgarian national flag at schools started on Tuesday, under the aegis of President Georgi Parvanov. A total of 2,500 children have volunteered for raising funds during the campaign.
Arabic Al- Jazeera TV channel aired a video with the kidnapped woman who heads a British charity in Baghdad. Her documents and ID card were shown in the video.
The Bulgarian men's sumo team ranked second in the Sumo World Championship in Riesa, Germany. Two of the Bulgarians - Galina Ivanova and twice European champion Petar Stoyanov - landed bronze medals at the international event.
Russia's Metrovagonmash will supply Sofia subway with six trains of rustproof steel, as Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofianski and representatives from the company signed the contract on Tuesday. The joint stock Metrovagonmash competed with three other companies f
Evegenia Kalkandzhieva, chief of leading Bulgarian modeling agency "Visages Models", made her acting debut in the "No family resemblance". The movie will be first aired in Sofia on Tuesday night.
Bucharest will table its analysis and opinion report on the impact of the Belene construction project, once Bulgaria picks up the final contractor, according to Romanian nuclear experts quoted by local daily Zaiarul. Romanian Environment Ministry has rep
The Bulgarian teams dropped out of the Chess Olympiad that is taking place at the Balearic Islands. In the fourth round of the world competition, the women's team were defeated by Vietnam, and men's suffered a blow to Israel.
Bulgaria's sale body has shortlisted four bidders for acquiring 95% stake in the state film center Boyana Film EAD. Ealing Studios Enterprises, Nu Image Bulgaria, Dragon International Studios, Bulgaria Limited and Bavaria Film are the four bidders picked
Bulgarian weightlifter Alan Tsagaev faces a two-year ban after a positive drug test.
Sofia will not dismiss the air force staff chief, it emerged a day after he was denied access to NATO secret information by the Bulgaria's State Information Security Commission (SISC). Bulgaria's Chief of the Air Staff will not quit his post, Bulgaria's
Bulgaria has taken the lead in credit growth among countries in Central and East Europe, according to a survey of Bank Austria Creditanstalt. Over the last three years, bank credits in Bulgaria marked a 49% increase.
The British charity Care International has reported that its head of operations in Iraq has been kidnapped. A spokesperson said Margaret Hassan, who had been working for the charity in Iraq, was taken on Tuesday morning.
MoneyGram signed Tuesday BTC, the US-purchased Bulgarian telecom, to operate the new MoneyGram call center. The center will handle money transfers from the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine.
Amid surging tourism revenues this summer Bulgaria has turned into a paradise for foreign tourists with humble incomes, Romanian "Evenimentul Zilei" newspaper writes.
Four people were killed and at least 80 wounded in a mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard base north of Baghdad on Tuesday, a Defence Ministry official said. The attack took place Tuesday morning and targeted a National Guard base in al-Mashaheda area
Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria honour Tuesday the famous hermit St Ivan Rilski, known as the Miracle Worker and also celebrated as the patron of Bulgaria. St Ivan Rilski founded the Rila Monastery some 1,000 years ago.
The US President George W. Bush has an advantage of 8% over Democratic Senator John Kerry, according to the most recent pre-election opinion polls.
The successful Bulgarian movie "Mila from Mars" will be among the participants in the Bulgarian Culture Festival in London in November, the National Film Centre announced. The film, directed by Zornitsa Sofia, is believed to be nominated for an Oscar awa
The car of Bulgarian athletics sensation Ivet Lalova has been swiped in capital Sofia, according to local newspapers. The theft reportedly took place on Monday night.
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