Checks of the air concentration in the region around Zmeevo firing ground, where the warheads of its SS-23 missiles are destroyed, showed the environment indicator has been within normal range over the past two weeks. The checks have been conducted by the
By September 30, Bulgaria will decide on the demand of the United States concerning the International Criminal Court. The United States want Bulgaria to sign an agreement not to hand over American military personnel to the court.
Foreign Minister Passy, Euro-integration Minister Kuneva and Energy Minister Kovachev asked a mandate from Parliament for negotiations with the European Union on the closure of N-plant units 3, 4. They informed the MPs that today the Cabinet will take a
The government decided to grant supplementary subsidies to several hospitals so they could pay off some of their outstanding liabilities. Among those to obtain supplementary funding are the high-tech surgery practicing St.
According to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry the detained truck with Bulgarian registration in Kosovo transported one hundred and forty small-caliber rifles for illegal trade but not military weapons. That was announced by Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of th
The paper mill in the town of Kostenest will be injected EUR 12 M. The investment aims to replace the old machinery that runs since 1992.
A new commission will replace the now existing three bodies for financial control of insurance companies, pension funds and capital market. The commission is to be launched January 1, 2003.
"I hope that Bulgaria will soon have special equipment for monitoring Internet since most of the drugs in the country are already being traded via Internet," the Chief Secretary with the Interior Ministry Boyko Borissov said upon his return from Bavaria.
The foreign government debt and the state guaranteed debt combined at USD 8,535 B which marks a USD 13,4 M month-on-month increase. The foreign debt amount to 51 percent of the 2002 full-year GDP projection of BGN 30,783 M which is based on the equivalent
Bulgaria will destroy the last warhead of its SS-23 missiles at the Zmeevo firing ground on Thursday. U.
Former policeman in Sliven was arrested with 179 doses of drugs. He is detained for 72 hours.
Stability Pact Special Coordinator Erhard Busek hopes that the construction of Danube Bridge 2 will kick off in 2003. While speaking to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy, he hailed Tuesday's meeting of Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia's fist diplomats in
The claims of Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev concerning Bulgaria's Middle East policies are groundless, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Todorov said. "Bulgaria conducts balanced policy on the Middle East and doesn't harm the interests of the Arab
Inspections in more than fifty hospitals and other health care institutes found malpractices in almost all of them, Health Minister Finkov said. According to him, some of the cases are really striking.
The parliamentary group of "Coalition for Bulgaria" demanded the floor leaders of all parliamentary groups to meet for urgent consultations on the proposal of the government concerning the closure of third and fourth N-plant units. Bulgaria will agree to
The demolition of the SS-23 missiles' engines will start in mid-October, MP prof. Zheko Ganev said while visiting Stara Zagora.
It will be known in weeks whether the Bulgarian initiative for an expert assessment of N-plant units 3 and 4 is acceptable to the European Union. That was announced by Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.
The second meeting of the Bulgarian tourism and environment protecting centres kicked off in Smolyan. The organizers are the German corporation for technical cooperation GZT and the joint Bulgarian-Swiss program for sustaining of biodiversity.
The Constitutional Court rejected the demand of MPs from the Union of Democratic Forces on the Classified Information Protection Act. The judges remained divided on the issue whether the text concerning the closure of the records commission and couldn't t
Azerbaijani Defence Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev arrives Wednesday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Svinarov. The two officials will sign a bilateral agreement on military cooperation between th
Some one hundred and thirty Bulgarian illegal immigrants arrested over the past few days in Amsterdam will be put on a charter plane back to Bulgaria today. Police in Amsterdam on Tuesday announced the arrest of 210 illegal immigrants from the Balkans.
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