Bulgaria Awards Macedonians Helping in Ohrid Tragedy
The Macedonian citizens, who have helped rescue Bulgarian tourists after the sinking of the ship "Ilinden" in the Ohrid Lake, will be awarded with State orders.
The Macedonian citizens, who have helped rescue Bulgarian tourists after the sinking of the ship "Ilinden" in the Ohrid Lake, will be awarded with State orders.
Japan's government is going to provide JPY 46,5 M (about EUR 345 000) of aid to Bulgaria's National Art Gallery.
The race to lead the UN's culture and education agency UNESCO kicks off Monday amid expectations that Egypt's Faruq Hosni, who caused a scandal with his anti-Israel comments, will secure the top job.
The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office began its own investigation of the tragic incident in the Ohrid Lake in Macedonia, in which 15 Bulgarians died Saturday.
The Interior Ministry of Macedonia pressed Sunday official criminal charges against Sotir Filevski, owner of the ship that sunk in the Ohrid Lake Saturday, killing 15 Bulgarian tourists.
The Bulgarian state has exhausted all means in trying to influence Macedonia about the case of Spaska Mitrova, the jailed Macedonian with Bulgarian passport.
The Bulgarian nationalist party VMRO has called for imposing a veto on Macedonia's NATO accession over the case with the jailed Bulgarian citizen Spaska Mitrova.
Macedonia's President, Gjorge Ivanov, has refused to pardon the Macedonian holder of Bulgarian citizenship, Spaska Mitrova, who has been jailed over a divorce settlement.
Former US Ambassador in Sofia Nancy McEldowney has officially assumed her current position as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, the State Department announced.
Macedonia has declined participation in the folk fest "Land Called Bulgaria" organized by the Plovdiv City Hall.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov drove his Russian counterpart to despair during their first meeting in Poland Tuesday.
Russia's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has called upon his Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borisov, to make a decision on the joint energy projects as soon as possible.
The mother of Bulgarian Spaska Mitrova, who is in jail in Macedonia, has received a letter from Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov stating that he has not received the clemency request for her daughter.
Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is coming to Bulgaria for an official visit in October 2009.
Bulgaria's Prime, Boyko Borisov, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, are going to meet in Gdansk, Poland, on September 1, 2009.
Ariana Hoxha-Zherka has been appointed Kosovo's ambassador to Bulgaria, New Kosova Report agency said.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, are going to have their first meeting on September 1, 2009, in Gdansk, Poland.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday.
Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, confirmed in Sofia Thursday that Bulgaria would be able to buy 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year from his country.
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is currently on an official state visit to Bulgaria, he arrived in Sofia on Wednesday.
A special panel, investigating Romania's communist-era police files, has exposed the country's current envoy to the Bulgarian capital Sofia as collaborator of the Ceausescu-era intelligence service Securitate.
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