Bulgaria has made considerable progress over the last two years, Turkey’s Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said after at his meeting with Foreign Minister Passy. Minister Cakmakoglu is on a three-day official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of h
UNICEF seeks to strengthen its presence in Bulgaria, including the opening of a representative office, it transpired at the meeting of Foreign Minister Passy with the Director of UNICEF Regional Bureau in Geneva Stephen Woodhouse and Deputy Director of UN
After the three cases of anthrax in the Shumen region (Northeastern Bulgaria), the National Veterinary Service took all necessary measures to contain the spread of the disease, officials from the service said.
Ankara’s unequivocal support for Bulgaria’s NATO bid was expressed by Turkey’s Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu at a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Svinarov. Turkey’s Defense Minister arrived on a three-day official visit to Bulgaria at the
One of the biggest Greek dairy company Mevgal will invest EUR 4,4 M in a production line for durable milk, a Greek newspaper. Mevgal was reported to be in talks to buy a dairy company in the Velingrad region.
EnergoPro Bulgaria, owned by Czech parent company EnergoPro, acquired the Koprinka hydro facility, consisting of two power plants – Stara Zagora and Koprinka, Dnevnik Daily reported. Earlier in the year they bought Sandanska Bistritsa three-plant hydro ca
The second edition of the European Union Training Seminar for Southeast Europe began on Monday in the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG). The seminar is organized by AUBG and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, in partnership with the Council of
There is no tension between ruling party Simeon II National Movement and its coalition partner the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Plamen Panayotov, floor leader of Simeon II National Movement, said before the meeting of the leadership of the parties' p
At a meeting on Monday the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) decided to organize a national protest against the spreading poverty in the country. The protest will be against the higher electricity, heating prices as well as aga
The Stara Zagora structures of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces declared that they want a report to be made on the environmental hazards that might ensue from the demolition of the SS-23, Scud and
Bulgria’s Foreign Minister Passy presented on Monday the new Burgas district governor Ivan Vitanov. Vitanov, 45, is a lawyer and former prosecutor.
The Privatization Agency signed the contract for sale of “Toplika” hydropower electric power station for BGN 1,040,000. Bidding was opened at BGN 400,000 in increments of BGN 40,000.
More than 200 hides from the sealed store in Yasenovets village near the town of Razgrad will have to be tested, following the positive results of a check, prompted by the suspicions of anthrax. So fat the five persons have had access to the store and the
The Zrunkov family, transported around the country for two weeks now, have decided to go back to their native Vidin. The family, involved in the Roma feud, which stirred emotions in the Roma neighbourhood in the town of Vidin and left two people dead, is
National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB) is to set up an office in Brussels till 2004, Dobrich mayor Luchezar Rossenov, announced. The town of Dobrich has been invited to join a network of EU aspirants and member states,
MPs should not be dependent on environments that could influence their decisions, Steven Mark, secretary of the foreign policy committee and member of the standards committee in the British parliament, advised his Bulgarian colleagues during the Ethics in
Tax policy of the government over the period 2003-2005 will be discussed at a general meeting between members of the government and of the parliamentary groups of Simeon II National Movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
The bringing out of exploitation of sixth unit of Bulgaria’s Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy begins at midnight on July 9. Planned annual repairs of the unit and refuelling with fresh nuclear fuel will be carried out.
Foreign Minister Passy is to meet today Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani, who is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria for regular political consultations.
Turkey’s Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu arrives on a three-day official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Svinarov. Bulgaria’s NATO bid will top the agenda of the visit.
Each member of the Association of Fishermen in Kavarna is to pay USD 20 in an effort to raise funds for the USD 800 bail of the two skippers held in Constanta, Romania. Four Bulgarian fishing vessels were arrested off Constanta on May 4 for illegal fishin
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