President Parvanov and representatives of the parliamentary groups said they are perplexed by the Defense Minister Svinarov’s idea to disband the parliamentary groups and set up a parliamentary group in the runup to the Prague summit for the realization B
The Foreign Ministry denied the reports in Macedonian newspaper Vecher that during the recent visit of NATO Secretary General George Robertson the future use of local military bases in a possible attack against Iraq has been negotiated. The reports were c
The rightist opposition constantly puts obstacles in realizing Bulgaria’s top priorities - EU and NATO entry, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said in Smolyan. In his opinion the state priorities and commitments are still not cle
Anguel Minev was appointed Deputy Energy Minister March 4. He was one of the deputies of Milko Kovachev at the State Energy Agency, current Energy Minister and former Chairman of the State Energy Agency.
Three Bulgarian companies – Nutrim, Biogame and Atletik, produce special foods for athletes, competitive with the imports on the local market, mainly produced by US-based Universal, MLO, Sciteck Nutrition, California Fitness, Australia’s Musashi as well a
The agreement for relaxed visa regime between Bulgaria and Russia will be signed March 5 in Sofia by Foreign Minister Passy and Vladimir Titov, Russia’s ambassador to Bulgaria, the Foreign Ministry announced. The agreement aims to boost business contacts
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg will pay a working visit to Romania March 9 - March 10 at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart Adrian Nastase. The visit is in response to the visit of the Romanian Prime Minister to Bulgaria last August.
Kiril Gotsev was appointed General Director of the Bulgarian National Television March 4. Five out of eight members of the Council on Electronic Media voted for his candidature by secret ballot.
Fires continued to rage on the territory of Bulgaria over the last 24 hours, the destroyed forests reached a record-high figure of 500 decares. The worst-hit regions are Sofia, Plovdiv, Vidin, Montana, Lovech and Blagoevgrad.
Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov leaves for Tirana March 4 to attend the two-day 3rd Conference of Southeast European Parliamentary Speakers March 4-5. On the following two days the parliamentary delegation will pay an official visit to Tirana.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications might split into two separate ministries by the beginning of June in an effort to boost its efficiency, Dnevnik Daily reported. The proposal for the separation has been introduced at the end of last year by a g
Bulgaria’s history shows that we win when we are together, Prime Minister said in his address on National Holiday March 3 at mountain top Shipka, which brought together President Parvanov, Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerzhikov and Prime Minister Simeon S
There are no injured servicemen in the Bulgarian contingent in Kabul, following Sunday earthquake shook the capital, Defense Ministry announced. The contingent has been contacted right after the first reports of the earthquake.
British company Lifton Industries will invest more than USD 1 M in its Russe-based daughter company Lifton Bulgaria for the construction of workshops Boryana Manolova, president of the Bulgarian company, announced. Lifton Industries produce hydraulic tool
Good political climate is a prerequisite for good business relations between Bulgaria and Russia, Russian State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov said in his lecture before the forum Bulgaria-Russia. He pointed out that trade between Bulgaria and Russia and
Macedonian Foreign Minister Slobodan Casule arrives on a brief working visit in Sofia March 4 at the invitation of his counterpart Minister Passy. The two official are expected to sign a joint letter on building a link section for the Sofia-Skopje railway
Hilton Sofia with Richmond Productions will present the London and Broadway smash-hit romantic comedy Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell on March 4 and 5 at Hilton Sofia’s Moussala Ballroom. Tickets are BGN 150.
National Carrier Balkan Airlines plane Tu-154 M, heading for London, made an emergency landing in the afternoon of March 2, after crossing the Serb air border. No casualties have been reported.
Russia will extend financial aid for the third time to gild the domes crowning the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, located at the foot of the Balkan Range near Shipka, Russian State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov announced before he paid tribute to t
"This is one of the most significant dates in Bulgaria's history," President Parvanov said in his congratulating speech on National Holiday March 3. He underlined that Bulgaria's liberaiotn was result of the efforts of Russian and Western intellectuals.
Bulgaria is against the two-wave formula of EU entry and will insist that the terms of EU negotiations are kept unchanged, the stand Bulgaria will defend in the European Convention on the Future of Europe reads. The five representatives of the Bulgarian P
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