Politics
Bulgaria's Cabinet lifted the ban on the completion of Belene Nuclear Power Plant. The project for the construction of Belene N-plant near the Danube port of Belene, 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Sofia, was shelved in 1992 after pressure from en
Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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First and second units of Bulgaria's N-plant Kozloduy will be switched off the energy system of the country by December 31st this year. That was decided by the Council of Ministers at their regular weekly meeting.
Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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The former Bulgarian presidents will receive 75 percent of the salary of the acting head of state, will have a car and a driver of the National Security Service. The state will secure for them an office in a Bulgarian city.
Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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The businessman Karo Akopovich, 41, was killed late on Wednesday in a village near Bulgaria's seaside city Varna, private news agency BGNES reported. He was having dinner with a friend.
Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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The Russian authorities demanded with a note on Wednesday the return of the Russian properties in Bulgaria. The note was delivered in the Bulgarian embassy in Moscow.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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An investigation has been launched against the owners of Veliko Turnovo-registered Stroex company over trade of potential dual-use goods, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. At the beginning of 2002 the police in the town of Veliko Turnovo received inf
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Financial decentralisation kicks off in Bulgaria with the start of 2003. The process will be geared under governmental control.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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The Bulgarian government gave up its aspirations to transform the current agreement with the International Monetary Fund into precautionary one. That transpires from an interview with Deputy Finance Minister Katev for the Bulgarian news agency.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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In 2007, Bulgaria's economy will experience uplift, predicted Bulgaria's Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov while on a visit to China. In a meeting with his Chinese Counterpart Li Peng, he exchanged views on economic processes stressing that Bulgaria is
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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First and second units of Bulgaria's N-plant Kozloduy will be stopped between December 20th and December 30th, Energy Minister Milko Kovachev announced. Bulgaria has a commitment to the European Commission, according to which the two units have to be deco
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Border Police will become wholly professional in days, National Border Police Service Chief Valeri Grigorov announced at a press conference. Currently there are a total of 324 conscripts in the Border Police, who will be discharged till Decembe
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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A hand-made bomb went off at Wednesday's early hours in Sofia's quarter Lozenets. No one got hurt by the blast.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Forty-four year-old man was killed and two other got injured by an explosion in a kindergarten in Northern city Veliko Turnovo. The children escaped injury.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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A number of instruments that can be used in implementing the reforms in the judicial system stand idle. Foreign Minister Solomon Passy commented thus the idea for holding a referendum on reforms in the judicial system, voiced in a declaration of Simeon II
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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The Supreme Judicial Council demanded the resignation of Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev over abuse of his powers. 13 magistrates voted in favor, 9 against and one abstained.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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10 were injured in a train incident at the Sofia Central Railway Station Wednesday morning. The machine-driver of a train arriving in Sofia from Pernik at 8.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Changes in Bulgaria's National Intelligence Service can be expected by the end of the year, given that our actions are consistent, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg announced in Parliament December 18. He denied media reports that National Intelligence Se
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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The lawmaker from the ruling party Simeon II National Movement is the new Bulgarian Regional Development Minister. His nomination was approved by Parliament with 122 votes in favor, 57 against and 24 abstentions.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Repairs at the Bulgarian Church of St. George in Edirne are to start in spring, Turkish paper "Turkiye" reported, cited by the Bulgarian News Agency.
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Libya's Foreign Minister Abd Al-Rahman Shalgam and Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Al-Masirati confirmed that the trial against the six Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting 400 Libyan children with HIV, will be fair and flawless. The minist
Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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