Municipal company Zoo compassion, which is in charge of controlling the number of stray dogs in the capital Sofia, beats the dogs to death, representatives of NGOs for animal protection alarmed in a statement. The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office has
Several foundations are allegedly training young people in Jihad, Info Radio reported, citing former Chief Mufti Nedim Gendzhev. In his opinion the Islam fundamentalism is penetrating mainly the Western part of the Rhodopes mountain, being on the border o
In my opinion the Bulgarian Socialist Party will focus even more its efforts on distancing from the incumbent government, because this is its only chance to present itself as an alternative governance, Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the rightist opposition
The degree of organization in crimes increases, Director of the National Service for Organized Crime Control, Rumen Milanov, said, citing results of an analysis. In the words of Milanov however this is a trend typical of the criminal world everywhere, bei
Israel offers to buy out the entire production of seed varieties, and is interested in resort facilities construction and the purchase of mineral water, it transpired during the visit of representative of Israel's Knesset. Yair Peretz, who heads the Israe
Bulgaria's gendarmerie will become entirely professional by the end of 2004. Each next draft will feature 300 people less, in whose place professionals will be employed, Interior Minister Petkanov said in Razgrad where he attended the oath-taking ceremony
Parliament brought Maritime and River Shipping Regulation together into a Commercial Navigation Code in passing amendments to the Maritime Commercial Navigation Code at the end of the week. According to the revisions, the title of the Code will be changed
Bulgarian-born Canadian sportsman Metodi Igorov won shooting gold medal at the Commonwealth Games at the Bisley National Shooting Center west of London. Igorov retained his title in the men's 25 meters rapid fire pistol with a total of 669.
Gamekeepers will be guarding the game whose management is assigned to hunting association, Parliament resolved, passing conclusively the last revisions of the Hunting and Gamekeeping Act at the end of the week. State forestry boards and game-breeding cent
One-Stop Shop Service Center opened in Venets Municipality near the town of Shumen with the support of USAID, which provided BGN 28,000 for computers. The Venets municipality put up some 17,500 for the centre.
The experimental destruction of parts of the missile systems will have a very limited effect on the environment in the epicentre, said the independent ecologist, Assoc. Prof.
The multinational naval on-call peace task force called "The Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group" (Blackseafor) will be activated for the second time from August 5 through 28 in the western part of the Black Sea. The ceremony of the group's activation
The time of left-wing governance comes because we are wiser and more competent, Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev said at the mountain peak of Buzludzha during the celebrations of the party’s 111 th anniversary. He pointed out that the people’s a
Sellers of vegetables do not expect higher prices after the establishment of the new higher import duties on Monday, Info Radio check shows. The dealers said Bulgarian planters were enough to meet the market needs.
Bulgaria's first GSM operator Mtel, beer Kamenitza and washing powder Dero were ranked first as the most effectively and successfully advertised products in Bulgaria for June in a representative survey of polling agency Alpha research. The ads of Mtel and
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg leaves on working visits to Lebanon and Jordan August 5. He will be accompanied by Transport Minister Plamen Petrov, Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Petkov and Radi Naydenov, Prime
The most resolute fight against corruption is in the Interior Ministry, Interior Minister Petkanov said in the town of Dobrich. In this sense he noted that cases of corruption now exceed the number during the previous year.
Five inland customs squads start operation on August 15th. The squads are vested with the authority to pull over all types of vehicles for inspection under terms and conditions laid out in a manual jointly prepared by the interior and finance ministry.
Plans for abolishing the National plan for Regional Development were announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development Minister Paskalev August 2. Following a decision of the Cabinet a day earlier Finance Minister Milen Velchev was appointed in
Bulgaria won two bronze medals and two certificates at the 33th International Physics Olympiad held at the end of July in Indonesia. The medallists are two secondary-school students from the Mathematical Secondary School in Gabrovo and the Foreign Languag
Deputy Culture Minister Rumen Dimitrov was dismissed with a decision of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg of August 2, to come into effect August 5. The decision for the dismissal has been taken at the proposal of Culture Minister Bozhidar Abrashev under
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