Bulgaria's Parliament ratified Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on the abolishment of death penalty in all circumstances. The Protocol was approved by the Cabinet on August 29.
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) denounced the government saying it would try to blame the opposition for a possible bad news for Bulgaria at the EU Copenhagen summit. The statement of the left-wingers comes after government spokesman Dimitur Tsonev said o
The European Commission will extend by one year the term for the already allocated funds under the SAPARD program for Bulgaria, Kaj Mortenson of the EC's agricultural directorate, announced in Sofia. He pays a visit for the monitoring of the program's imp
I am fifty percent optimistic about the outcome of the Copenhagen summit this week, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said. He explained that the texts being negotiated change every day and pointed out that the long-term and not the momentary success is impo
The parliamentary group of rightist United Democratic Forces insisted in Parliament Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg to release Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov, Finance Minister Milen Velche
Nikos Tsolas has been appointed Executive Director of Bulgaria's second GSM operator Globul under the agreement signed between COSMOTE, OTE S.A.
"I pray Bulgaria not to take part in a conflict that could have a negative impact on our traditionally good relations," Yahya Salih, Iraq's charge d'affaires in Sofia, said in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
Challenges to regional security in Southeastern Europe, the activities of the Multinational Peace Force in Southeastern Europe next year will be on the agenda of the annual meeting of Defense Ministers from Southeastern Europe in Rome, to be attended By B
The Black Sea port of Burgas was opened at 9 a.m.
Bulgaria has to spent USD 720 M to shut down units one and two of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The head of Bulgaria's Agency for Nuclear Regulation Emil Vapirev said that for Bulgarian National Radio quoting the estimates of experts from the Internat
Nearly 35% of the poorest Bulgarians would vote for the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Coalition for Bulgaria, data of the Social Democratic Institute, shows. The ruling party Simeon II National Movement would garner no more than 23% of the votes, while th
The two doctors monitoring the health of the six Bulgarian medics tried in Libya leave for Tripoli to make new checks. Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said that after a meeting with the doctors.
Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov is the guest of honour during grand celebrations in Bulgarian Northern city Pleven. On the second day of his visit to Bulgaria, the Russian politician will mark with the locals the 125th anniversary since the battle by Pleven du
Bulgaria and Croatia's strategic priorities of EU and NATO membership were in the focusof the talks between Bulgaria's Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov and his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Tomcic and Prime Minister Ivica Racan. A parliamentary delegati
Some of the EU members are skeptic regarding Bulgaria's accession in 2007, according to the spokesman of the Cabinet Dimitur Tsonev. Bulgaria hopes that the EU members will decide to set 2007 as final accession date for Bulgaria at the Copenhagen summit a
Bulgaria's President Parvanov will pay an unofficial visit to Russia in the second half of January. That emerged after the meeting of the president with Moscow Mayor Yurii Luzhkov who pays a three-day visit to Bulgaria.
Energy Minister Milko Kovachev visited Nuclear Power Plant Temelin in the Czech Republic. The director of the N-plant acquainted the minister with the construction work of Temelin.
Ruling party Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) counts on the support of opposition parties to push through changes in the Constitution. Plamen Panayotov, chair of the SIINM parliamentary group, said that during a visit to Pernik.
In financial terms Bulgaria's chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to be assumed in 2004, will range between USD 3 M to USD 5 M, Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Ivanov said. As a comparison he noted that the Dut
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry issued a special statement to demand that "authorized institutions" launch checks in connection with the wire-tapped phone calls of Justice Minister Stankov. Recently, media published revelation that Stankov was tapped while t
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