Politics

Caritas Opens Two Charity Centers in Bulgaria

Caritas Bulgaria officially inaugurated two centres in the Danubian city of Russe and in Rakovski (Southern Bulgaria) on Sunday, when the Day of Caritas was marked in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian news agency reported. The charity day-care centre in Russe will

Politics | November 11, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 427

Bulgarian Documentary Gets Greek Film Prize

Bulgaria-produced documentary "Green Card" was awarded the Silver Olive Prize in ate the Kalamata Film Festival in Greece. The film directed by Eldora Traykova and produced by Bulgarian National Television tells of the "green card rush" in a remote mounta

Politics | November 11, 2002, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 367

New Chimco Management Plans to Restore Production

Nikolay Vuzev, the new chair of the managing council of fertilizer plant Chimco, said he intended to do his best to restore production of nitrate fertilizers. He was quoted by the Bulgarian news agency.

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Sofia, Bucharest Coordinate NATO Integration Efforts

Sofia and Bucharest will coordinate joint initiatives within the process of NATO integration during the visit of Romania's Defence Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu to Bulgaria. Pascu who is to arrive on Tuesday and Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Svinarov will di

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Iraq Resolution in Line with Bulgaria's Multilateralism

Bulgaria expressed satisfaction with the fact that the UN Security Council Resolution of Iraq of November 8,2002 confirms the central role of UN Security Council in the decision-taking process. An official statement of Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry underlin

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Passy: Bulgaria "Exports" Stability

Trafficking in small arms fuels local conflicts thus scaring away investors. Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy said that at the first preparatory seminar on the economic impact of trafficking in small arms and light weapons of the Organization for Securit

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Patrick Cox Guest in Popular Bulgarian TV Show

The European Parliament will invite as permanent observers MPs from the EU aspirants only after each of the candidate countries sign its accession contract. This will be announced in Sofia by Patrick Cox, President of the European Parliament, who arrives

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Survivors on Wrecked Yacht Back in Sofia Tuesday

The two members of the crew on the Bulgarian yacht Yosif and Anna, that was wrecked off the Algerian coast, are coming back to Bulgaria on November 12, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lyubomir Todorov said. The two rescued Bulgarians are no longer in hospital,

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Ethnic Turks Party against Cabinet Changes before Prague

The junior ruling coalition partner Movement for Rights and Freedoms does not favor structural changes in the Cabinet before the meeting in Prague. Bulgaria hopes to get an invitation for membership in the Alliance at the key summit that will take place i

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 310

Credit Card Draining Ring "Robbed" Nationals from Three Continents

The criminal ring, busted by police last week, has drained money from credit cards of some one thousand people. That emerged after the visit of Secret Services in the town.

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 445

Novinite.com Poll: PM Should Not Give Deputy PM Chair to MRF

Fifty-six percent of the novinite.com readers think that Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg should not give the empty chair of deputy prime minister to the junior coalition partner Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 309

Bulgaria to Sign Cooperation Agreement with Secret Services

The American Secret Services will sign a cooperation memorandum with the interior ministry and the prosecutor's office, local Darik radio reported. The negotiations are expected to wrap up before Christmas.

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 390

New Regional Development Minister Known till Thursday

The future regional development minister to replace Kostadin Paskalev will be appointed as soon as possible according to the governmental spokesman Dimitur Tsonev. He expressed the hope that this would happen before the visit of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 275

Justice Minister to Pay Visit to Russia

Justice Minister Anton Stankov leaves on a visit to Russia on Monday. He announced that for Info radio.

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Over Thousand Micro-credits Granted in 2002

One thousand and seventy-one micro-credits were granted under the micro-credits project launched in the beginning of 2002. That was announced by Atanas Kirchev, head of the micro-credits fund with the social ministry.

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Steady Public Support for NATO in Bulgaria

There is steady support in Bulgaria for joining NATO according to sociologists from the National Center for Research of the Public Opinion (NCRPO) as well as from polling agencies MBMD and Alpha Research, the Bulgarian news agency reported. According to a

Politics | November 10, 2002, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 351

Two Bulgarians Missing after Yacht Accident Near Algeria

Two Bulgarians have disappeared and two others are recuperating in a hospital after their yacht sunk in the Anaba gulf, Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of the foreign ministry, told novinite.com.

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Opposition Won't Back Draft Budget 2003

Both rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces and leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party will not vote in favor of draft budget 2003. UDF will not support draft budget 2003, the spokesman of the party Nikolay Mladenov said for the national radio.

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Two Bulgarians among Billionaires in Central and Eastern Europe

Two Bulgarians are among the twenty-five billionaires in Central and Eastern Europe according to the Polish magazine Wprost. Every year, the magazine ranks the richest Polish businesmen.

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France Won't Re-introduce Visas for Bulgarians

"I don't fear that France will reintroduce visas for Bulgarias," Bulgaria's Ambassador to Paris Marin Raikov said. He commented on this week's scandal with the Bulgarian illegal immigrants in Bordeaux.

Politics | November 9, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 544

Four Cases of Mobile-Phone-Bombs in Bulgaria

Four attemts for activating bombs upon mobile phones' ring have already been made in Bulgaria. Gen.

Politics | November 9, 2002, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 388
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