The heavy weightlifter Ivan Stoitsov (77kg) swept the Gold medal in the European Weightlifting Championship for youths held in the coastal city of Burgas. The young talent garnered the winning score of 337.
The best Bulgarian novel published in 2003 will be selected from six short-listed authors rivaling for a prize of USD 10,000 and a translation in English language. The works of Hristo Karastoyanov (Utopia: The Other Way to Hell), Stefan Kisyov (The Execu
The best beer draughter from a contest held in a popular bar in downtown Sofia already packs his luggage for a trip in Belgium. In a hot rivalry with actors, producers, journalists, and in the presence of Belgium's Ambassador to Bulgaria Philippe Beke, t
A new sightseeing service around Bulgaria's Valley of the Kings, near the town of Kazanlak, is expected to kick off within days. Kossyo Zarev has told Bulgarian news agency the program envisages a Thracian-valley-round tour guided by an archeologist from
The International Road Transport Union awarded for the first time a high-rank official with its supreme sign Golden Star decorating Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg. The head of the ruling coalition government received the international recog
The entrance of an ancient sanctuary was revealed by the archeological expedition of Georgi Kitov, the discoverer compared to movie-hero Indiana Jones for his historic findings over the last couple of months. The Thracian sanctuary was found Friday in th
Residents of Brussels got the unique opportunity to take a closer look into Bulgarian language and letters on the Day of European Languages, September 24. Bulgarian mission in the EU capital has shown an exhibition dedicated to the Balkan language and vi
With the perspective of progressive decrease in Bulgarian population, health experts are discussing various ideas to fight the problem. Gynecologists have tabled a proposal that the state finances the in-vitro pregnancy, which would give a chance of havi
The SOFIX index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia slid by 4,78 points (0,82%) to 578,85 points on the back of falling Bulgartabac shares. The price of the tobacco giant shares went down by 4,34 %, reaching BGN 47,81.
Bulgaria is likely to prefer Russian-made to Canadian-produced units to put to operation in its second nuclear plant in Belene, according to the chief of the construction project Krassimir Nikolov. The US Parson consultants of the project has advised tha
Bulgaria's first commercial real estate expo opened doors in Sofia, bringing under the same roof bankers, entrepreneurs, investors and broker agencies. More than 70 Bulgarian companies display residential, administrative or commercial projects during the
The French tour operator Plein Van plans to invest USD 1 M in Bulgarian tourism to establish a Francophone club in the Albena resort, the investor.bg online edition informed quoting wmaker.
Ford is planning to open a local office in the northern Bulgarian town of Pleven, the company's Bulgarian representative has said. Karl-Heinz Pfohe has met with Pleven mayor Nayden Zelenogorski to discuss the possibility for the office to rise on municipa
The new head of the Bulgarian state television BNT Uliana Prumova was an anchor of the new emissions "Dnes" and "23" at the BNT and the BNT's Second Channel. Prumova, was editor of BNT's new emissions.
Bulgaria invited a tender for the concessions of airports at the Black Sea coast cities of Varna and Burgas. All candidate concessionaires for the airports will be required to deposit a EUR 300,000 bank guarantee and present an investment rating from an
A bust-monument of Bulgarian Apostle Vassil Levski was inaugurated Friday in front of Bulgarian Consulate in Greek's town of Thessaloniki. The sculpture is a replica of the apostle's monument in Bulgarian town of Tchirpan and is made by Ivan Blazhev.
Representatives of Nokia, Nike and Gucci gathered at a Bulgarian checkpoint to watch the incinerations of fake goods bearing those trademarks. The mobile phone accessories and watches were seized in July at the Zlatarevo border checkpoint.
Bulgaria's media watchdog elected Friday a new director general of state television BNT. Uliana Prumova, whose candidature was backed by the Union of the Bulgarian Journalists, garnered five out of nine votes.
Bulgaria will hold two tenders for 3G mobile network licenses at the end of this year, or at the beginning of 2005. October 26 was set as the deadline for potential bidders to notify their interest.
Bulgaria will participate in financing a research on a new vaccine for HIV together with Italy, Deutsche Welle radio reported. Prof.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg will present to Spain the Thracian mask found recently near the Shipka Peak in Bulgaria. Special leaflets with photo of the mask will be handed out during Saxe-Coburg's visit to Spain, which starts September 2
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