Two devices, containing radioactive materials, have been stolen from Kremikovtzi steel plant near Sofia, the Agency for Nuclear Regulation announced. The devices have been installed in measurement equipment, dismantled and stolen without the protective co
Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger will visit Bulgaria next March. They are invited by the Jewish organization Shalom on the occasion of the 60th anniversary since the saving of the Bulgarian Jews.
Bulgaria is among the countries with highest mortality rate from cardiac diseases in Europe, according to Professor Svetla Torbova. She participated in a congress on cardiology in the capital.
Bulgaria can play a critical role in NATO because of its geography and history, Dr. Daniel N.
Only eight percent of the Bulgarians are pleased with their life, a major survey of global public opinion by the US-based Pew Research Center shows. 38,000 interviews in 44 countries were made.
Bulgaria's Energy Minister Milko Kovachev said that six months would be enough to prepare the EU peer review in the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. Kovachev expects the review to take place in the middle of next year although he made the stipulation that th
Bulgaria's application for the 2004 chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will be considered during the annual meeting of the Council of Ministers of the organization in Porto, Portugal. Foreign Minister Passy wil
Bulgaria will host the second meeting of culture ministers from Slav countries in 2003. The proposal came from Bulgaria's Culture Minister Abrashev during an informal meeting with his Slav counterparts in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana December 3-4.
The Economist Intelligence Unit expects divisions within the SNM to deepen, possibly forcing the government to try to reach an accommodation with other centre-right groupings in order to stay in office. The British analysts do not expect that either the r
Vassilka Paplomatas, Bulgaria's Ambassador to Spain (1998 - 2002), was awarded with the order of Isabella the Catholic at a special ceremony in the residence of Spain's Ambassador H.E.
Croatia will most probably join Bulgaria and Romania in the 2007 accession wave of the European Union, EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen said, quoted by radio Free Europe. Verheugen said that during a conference of Economist magazine in Vienna.
The rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will propose an action plan for Bulgaria's oncoming membership in NATO. The party's leader Nadezhda Mihaylova consulted U.
The charge d'affaires of Bulgaria's Embassy in Iraq Svilen Bozhkov has handed in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry an official note, insisting for an agreement for the return of the Iraqi debt to Bulgaria. That was announced by Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of the
Vlado Vladov, former executive director of the Turgovishte arm of the Terem defense plant, was arrested by the national security service on charges for illegal arms export and could be sentenced to six years in prison. Vladov is allegedly involved in the
Bulgaria will introduce official passports in the summer of 2003 to ease the travel formalities for state administrators. These documents are meant for high-ranking officials though the government has not yet given a clear definition to the target group.
A three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court left without consideration the appeal of the Supreme Judicial Council against the governmental draft budget 2003 in its judiciary section. The supreme magistrates wanted the funding for the judicial
Garbage collectors in Sofia went on strike Wednesday since the municipality cut by half their wages for the last three months. Sofia municipality explained the cut with lack of funds.
Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the Union of Democratic Forces, is to leave for her visit to China December 5 at the invitation of China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jiaxuan Tang. Bilateral relations, cooperation in the United Nations, important issues for
Bulgaria's application for the 2004 chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will be considered during the annual meeting of the Council of Ministers of the organization in Porto, Portugal. Foreign Minister Passy wil
President Parvanov said he was against a referendum regarding the closure of nuke units three and four. Experts and politicians have to decide the fate of the N-plant, he said.
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