The Bulgarian Cabinet set March 10th as the Day of the Holocaust Victims. On that day in 1943, the country's leaders halted the implementation of a governmental decision dispatching the first groups of Bulgarian Jews to fascist death camps.
Two members of the Caliphate, an Islamic organization banned in Germany and Turkey, were detained in the Roma neighbourhood of the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik.
The left - wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) called for the resignation of Foreign Minister Solomon Passy referring to his position on the crisis in Iraq. In his words there is a fundamental contradiction between the official view about seeking a peac
The 60th anniversary since the rescue of 48,000 Bulgarian Jews was commemorated with a number of events in many Bulgarian towns Sunday. Rallies were organized in Bulgaria's second-biggest town of Plovdiv and Kyustendil.
The current account deficit, which includes foreign trade with goods and services, totalled USD 678,7 Mat the end of 2002, preliminary estimates of the Bulgarian National Bank show. This accounts for 4,4% of the country's GDP.
Deputy Economy Minister Nikola Yankov and deputy executive director of the Privatization Agency (PA) Iliya Vassilev are the strongest candidates for the post of PA executive director. The parliamentary group of the ruling party Simeon II National Movement
Bulgaria's position on Iraq is based on the idea that all opportunities for peaceful political resolution must be exhausted, Vice-President Anguel Marin said in Plovdiv.
Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and Minister of Euro Integration Meglena Kuneva left urgently for Brussels on March 9. They are scheduled to meet European Commissioner on EU enlargement Guenther Verheugen.
The newly formed parliamentary group National Ideal for Unity called for the resignation of Interior Minister Petkanov, following the murder of Bulgarian businessman Iliya Pavlov.
President Parvanov delivered his condolences to Iliya Pavlov's wife Darina in a telegram March 9.
The gunman who killed Iliya Pavlov has been in a perfect position to fire his only shot at the prominent businessman, police says, quoted by 24 Hours Daily. The Bulgarian billionaire and president of the biggest Bulgarian industrial company, MG Corporati
The second demonstrative murder within a few months makes me feel very uneasy, Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski commented the murder of the billionaire Iliya Pavlov. Sofia mayor Sofianksi referred to the death of the Supreme Prosecutor Nikola Kolev, who was
The murder of Bulgarian billionaire Iliya Pavlov will have an extremely negative effects, Minister of State Administration Dimitar Kalchev said while paying a visit to Turkey.
The murder of Bulgarian billionaire Iliya Pavlov changes Bulgaria in some way, Angel Naydenov of left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, said. Bulgarian society needs to hear in Parliament the Government's report on concrete measures, undertaken not only in
Sevdalin Stratiev, business partner of murdered Bulgarian businessman Iliya Pavlov, declined to comment police investigation of a link between the murder of MG Corporation president and the shooting at his car late on Friday night in the Black Sea city of
Interview of the Bulgarian National Radio with Pavel Najdenov, father of murdered Iliya Pavlov Q: Have you ever thought this could happen?
Sofia Investigating Service has instituted a case upon the murder of Iliya Pavlov, Bulgarian prominent billionaire and president of the biggest Bulgarian industrial company, MG Corporation. A special unit's headquarter has been formed in charge of carryi
Two US military helicopters Black Hawk landed March 8 at Burgas airport in Eastern Bulgaria as part of preparations for a possible war against Iraq. The helicopters have departed from a base in Romania.
There is no evidence of Iraq's active cooperation, which can make us change our position on the crisis, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy stated March 8. He underlined that Bulgaria stated its position on Iraq on February 7 when the Parliament agreed to all
Stepan Rubakov, a Moldavian national with Bulgarian citizenship, 39, has been killed near hotel Ambassador in Sofia suburbs. The man has a criminal record.
A piece of evidence has been found by the police during the second inspection at the site where Iliya Pavlov, prominent billionaire and president of the biggest Bulgarian industrial company, MG Corporation, was shot dead last night.
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