Bulgaria wrapped up negotiations on three more chapters on Monday : social policy, economic and monetary union and institutions. Bulgaria has closed seventeen out of thirty-one EU chapters so far.
Decommissioned armaments and military equipment in Bulgaria’s ground and air forces will exceed by 30% - 40% those envisaged in the plan for military reform till 2004, Defense Minister Svinarov said at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels A
US President George Bush recommended that Bulgaria continue its efforts in the preparations for NATO entry till the summit in Prague, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said after his half an hour meeting with the US President at the White House. In the wo
Peng Peiyun, deputy speaker of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress and president of the All-China Women's Federation, met in Beijing on Tuesday with a Bulgarian women's delegation. The delegation was headed by Emilia Maslarova, Bu
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev met with Bulgarian students in Beijung, the Economy Ministry announced. The meeting took place in the Bulgarian Embassy there.
Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme presented the governmental strategy for subsidizing the agriculture producers to the parliamentary groups of the Simeon II National Movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. The strategy envisages higher aid for
Some BGN 1,5 B will be allocated for modernization of the Bulgarian army till 2007, Deputy Defense Minister Georgi Paskov told reporters. The plan for the modernization is expected to be approved in the coming few days.
The Bulgarian Diyan Pankov (35) was arrested near the Italian port Bari, carrying 7 kilograms heroin, radio BBC reported.
Bulgaria’s defense and foreign ministers will participate in today’s meeting of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest governing body in Brussels. The format of the meeting will be 19+1 ( the nineteen member states and Bulgaria).
On the 22nd of April the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria, Baroness Henriette Van Lynden, visited Dobrich. She had talks with Regional Governor Ivanov and with Dobrich Mayor Rossenov.
Bulgaria and the Republic of South Africa are willing to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, it emerged after a meeting between Deputy Economy Minister Nikola Yankov and Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Jannie Momberg, who is based
Several hundred jobs for laid-off military officials will be created in four pilot projects of the Defence Ministry and the Tolerance Association, said Efrem Radev, programme director with the Resource Center Foundation, which coordinates the projects. R
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister who pays an official visit to the United States will meet with US President Bush today, the meeting is expected to begin at 10.40 pm Bulgarian time.
China’s State Councilor Wu Yi said that China will, as always, strengthen its friendship and cooperation with Bulgaria in various fields. She said that at a meeting with Nikolay Vassilev, Bulgaria's deputy prime minister and economy minister who pays an o
Bulgaria’s former President Petur Stoyanov,will speak at the American Bar Association on April 24. Stoyanov is expected to address the challenges facing transitioning democracies in the region, as well as Bulgaria's efforts to be admitted to NATO, and U.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said in Washington that Bulgaria is prepared to make a significant contribution to NATO if invited to join later this year. Saxe-Coburg addressed a luncheon gathering at the Heritage Foundation.
Over 50 TV stations, among which CNN and Euronews, will cover the visit of Pope John Paul II in Bulgaria (www.popeinbulgaria.
Tsarigradsko Shosse, Sofia’s main road, which links the central part of Sofia with the eastern and southern neighborhoods as well as Sofia airport closed for repairs till May 20 the earliest. The southern lanes between Orlov Most and Aleya Yavorov are clo
Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of Bulgaria’s rightist opposition Union of Democratic Forces insisted President Parvanov to veto the Classified Information Act at a meeting on Monday. The UDF National Council on Friday decided to ask the President for the veto
Guenter Verheugen, EU Enlargement Commissioner declared after his meeting in Brussels with Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy that Bulgaria is the "negotiations champion for the last year." "We opened all EU chapters, today (April 22) will be closed three
Stefan Sofianski resigned from the position chairman of the Managing Council of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in the beginning of the general meeting of the fund on Monday.
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