Italy's Parliament will ratify promptly the treaty for Bulgaria's membership in NATO. Parliament Speaker Pier Ferdinando Casini assured Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy that the MPs would vote the project without delay after the government tables it in t
"We need Bulgaria and Romania so that we can achieve stability in South-Eastern Europe," EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said at a conference organised by the Economist magazine in Vienna. Speaking of the first-wave enlargement, the commissio
Moscow's reaction to NATO invitation to Bulgaria was normal but in my opinion Russia should have joined the Alliance before Bulgaria, said the head of Russia's leading liberal party Boris Nemtsov of the Union of Right Forces. Bulgaria was invited to acces
"Today's leadership of the Union of Democratic Forces is a hostage of its previous leadership, previous leader," President Parvanov said in Burgas. He hosted the seminar "Bulgaria's road to EU - the accession challenges" with participation of Western dipl
Bulgarian students get the right to work in Austria for three months in the year. The liberalized regime starts January 1, 2003, Bulgaria's Ambassador to Vienna Elena Kircheva said.
Denmark's Prime Minister Fogh Rasmussen said he hoped the summit in Copenhagen would give Romania and Bulgaria a "clear signal of support" for their efforts to join the EU in 2007. The Danish prime minister, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidenc
General Nikola Kolev, Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, started a two-day visit to Belgium on Monday. General Kolev will attend the 11th meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Military Committee at the defence chief level in Brussels
The participants in the rally in favor of N-plant Kozloduy demanded a referendum to decide the fate of the nuke units. "We want to make the government consider the will of the people, we want referendum, we want the Council of Ministers to take serious, r
Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov met with workers of the Turgovishte arm of the Terem defense plant to ease their unrest. Workers insisted to meet the minister to be informed about the future of their troubled plant, which doesn't have enough orders.
The Integrated Customs Information System already covers 100% of all customs documents in the country, the chief of the Bulgarian Customs Agency Assen Assenov told local Darik Radio. Assenov forecasted that the on-line control over transport in the countr
Yoannis L, 56-year-old Greek national, and Svetla Nedkova, 30-year-old Bulgarian, have been detained in an attempt to export arms through Novo Selo border check point. The attempt was foiled in a joined raid of customs officers and policemen.
Three Bulgarian girls, aged 11, 21 and 25, were detained for picking pockets at Stuttgart Christmas bazaar at the end of the week, German newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten reported. The Bulgarians entered Germany as tourists.
Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov will meet today with workers of the Turgovishte arm of the Terem defense plant. Workers insisted to meet the minister to be informed about the future of their troubled plant, which doesn't have enough orders.
Varna-East Port and the adjoining channel sea-lake were closed over raging wind reaching 12 to 14 m/s. The headwind force in the Varna Bay is 4-5 on the Beauford scale.
Deputy Economy Minister Kaloyan Ninov is to visit Monaco for the election of a host for the world exhibition Expo 2010. South Korea, Russia, Poland and Mexico apply to host Expo 2010.
The Japanese bank for International Cooperation is to lend USD 230 M for the construction of a 700 MW facility at Maritsa Iztok 2 thermal power plant. Japanese corporation Mitsui has sent a letter of intent for the reconstruction of four Maritsa Iztok 2 u
The experts from the Bulgarian Atomic Forum BULATOM are categorical that the safety level of nuke units three and four of Kozloduy is so high as to use the units till their resources are exhausted. Evgeni Balabanov, chair of BULATOM, said that there was n
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, on a three-day visit to Italy, had a private dinner with his Italian counterpart Berlusconi on Sunday evening. Today, the prime minister will meet with the management of the Association of the Industrialists from the northern L
A rally against the closure of nuke units three and four of N-plant Kozloduy will take place in downtown Sofia today. A march will start at noon from the National Palace of Culture and will end in front of the building of the Council of Ministers.
One man died in a fire that could not be extinguished for over five hours on Sunday in the town of Silistra. The top floors of a thirteen-store block in the town were on fire for hours.
"We are now examining the technical conclusions of the American experts regarding the Terem case," Foreign Minister Passy said upon his departure for Rome. He added that these conclusions had to be added to the Bulgarian investigation results to see who h
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