Bulgarian companies will participate in the privatization of Albania’s biggest enterprises, Albanian minister of Transport and Communications Maqo Lakrori said at a meeting of the intergovernmental Bulgarian –Albanian commission for trade and economic coo
Bulgaria expects to open today the last two chapters from the EU negotiations - “Agriculture” and “Economic and Monetary Union”. So far the European Commission refused to open the talks on these chapters.
An agreement between Consult Team, a Bulgarian human resources agency, and the world famous William Mercer consultancy will expand operations in southeastern Europe under a planned bilateral agreement. Services in the filed of human resources will be offe
Bulgaria should realize that it won’t be invited to join EU with the first ten applicant countries, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said upon his arrival from Brussels where he attended a meeting of the agriculture ministers of the member and applicant
The recently established state agency for communication and information technology development will encourage companies with high tech production. The Agency intends to maintain the contact between potential investors and Bulgarian companies.
280 touroperators and tourist companies will participate in the 19th edition of the Fair of Tourism and Leisure, which opened in Varna March 20. A Jordanian tour operator company will participate in the exhibition for the first time.
Coal miners halted work for one hour on Wednesday in protest against the liquidation of mines. The Energy Ministry responded that problems should be solved with negotiations and instead of with protests.
The United Democratic Forces will demand the act on child allowances to be vetoed by the president, Rossitsa Totkova, MP from the rightist opposition announced. According to the MPs from the United Democratic Forces the new act has stripped rights of fami
Foreign Minister Passy will most probably join the next Antarctic expedition, which is to start in November this year, it transpired after the meeting of Foreign Minister Passy with the Bulgarian Antarctic expedition, which returned to Bulgaria last week.
Over 12,000 people are expected to participate in the national demonstration against the bad economic and social conditions in Bulgaria on March 22. The organizers from Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) reported that.
Only 33 percent of Bulgarians are satisfied with their lives, compared to 61 percent in Poland, 64 percent in the Czech Republic, 72 percent in Hungary and 85 percent in Slovenia, a survey by the European Union's statistics service Eurostat carried out in
Milen Keremedchiev was appointed deputy economy minister with a decree of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg. So far he has been Chief Secretary with the Economy Ministry and will keep his position till the appointment of another person.
“We believe that Bulgaria should not turn into a territory for political actions against any neighboring state, “ Foreign Minister Passy declared, commenting on the demand on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to let Kurdish protestors on the Bulgaria
The party Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) will be constituted on April 6, it was confirmed after a meeting of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, the ministers and the MPs from the Simeon II National Movement. Before the 2001 general elections the SIINM was d
Bulgaria’s EU Chief Negotiator Meglena Kuneva leaves today for the first plenary meeting of the newly established European Convention in Brussels. The meeting will debate on the future of the European Union.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg leaves on his first official visit to Austria March 20. An Austrian-Bulgarian business club is expected to be inaugurated during the visit, which will end March 22.
General Miho Mihov, Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, disapproved of the idea the retirement age of senior officers to be lowered. The proposal was made after the first reading f the Act on Armed forces and aims to dismiss more quickly
Bulgaria is willing to share with Croatia its experience and explain its decisions, concerning the EU entry, Meglena Kouneva, Chief Negotiator with the EU said at the meeting with Croatian Minister of European Integration Neven Mimica. Administrative stru
The Bulgarian authorities will not let the line of buses organized by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party on Bulgarian territory, the Bulgarian Foreign and Interior Ministry said in a joint declaration. The organization of the protests on the Bulgarian-Turkish b
By the end of 2002, the European Commission will prepare the so-called road map for Bulgaria and Romania that will outline the criteria that need to be fulfilled until EU accession, Guenter Verheugen, EU Enlargement Commissioner, said in Brussels during t
Romania let hundreds of Kurds to cross its territory, in order to join a demonstration on the Bulgarian-Turkish border March 20, AFP reported. The demonstration is organized by the Kurdish Working Party under the slogan: "The Kurds in Europe are heading f
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