Billionaire investment guru George Soros has said that it is "impossible" for Britain to reject adoption of the euro. Mr Soros, whose currency investments have earned him a formidable reputation, warned that there were still concerns over Europe's single
Long queues have again formed at polling stations in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, as people vote on the second day of the country's presidential elections. Some voters spent the night in the open, wrapped in blankets, waiting for the polling stations to re
President Bush Saturday signed a stripped-down version of an economic stimulus bill that extends unemployment benefits for displaced workers, but doesn't contain the tax cuts the president originally supported. "We're seeing some encouraging signs in the
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he favors lifting the ban preventing Yasser Arafat from traveling outside Ramallah so the Palestinian Authority president can attend the Arab League summit. Sharon's comments come a day after two back-to-bac
A flurry of new international peace efforts failed to slow Mideast violence Saturday as Palestinian militants unleashed two major attacks — a shooting at a seaside Israeli hotel and a bombing at a crowded Jerusalem cafe. At least five Israelis were killed
The makeover is now complete and the Hubble Space Telescope is flying free again. After five spacewalks to upgrade it, the telescope was redeployed early Saturday.
Citing a classified Pentagon report, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that The Bush administration has told the Defense Department to prepare, on a contingency basis, plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries.
Unknown attackers have exploded a grenade on an approach road to the Mont Blanc tunnel just hours before the scheduled reopening of the road link from France to Italy. The blast - believed to have been caused by a device used to start avalanches - damaged
Israel has kept up its attacks on Palestinian areas, launching new helicopter raids after the worst day of bloodshed in 17 months of violence. Despite the continuing clashes, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he will hold talks with the Palesti
Long queues of voters have formed in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, and in the country's second city, Bulawayo, for the most fiercely contested presidential election since independence in 1980. Tempers flared among voters waiting in long lines at polling
Kmart, the US discount retailer that filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said it would cut 22,000 jobs - some 10 per cent of the total workforce - and close 284 stores as part of its initial Chapter 11 financial review. The group said it would tak
Slobodan Milosevic brandished what he said was an FBI document showing al Qaeda backed Muslim fighters in Kosovo as he insisted Friday that Albanian separatists were the true villains in the war-torn province. Sparring with a Kosovo human rights activist
Any lingering doubts about the depth of Japan's economic troubles were washed away on Friday with news that the economy shrank throughout the last nine months of 2001. Only once in two decades, in 1993, did that happen, the government said.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave Congress a more optimistic appraisal of the U.S.
Irish voters have narrowly rejected a move to strengthen the predominantly Roman Catholic country's abortion law, final results show. The referendum, held on Wednesday, focused on a legal loophole that allows women to have an abortion if they claim to be
Israeli troops swept through Palestinian-ruled Bethlehem Friday as the United States prepared to follow a long trail of bloodshed with a new truce mission by its Middle East envoy. At least 34 Palestinians, including a general and a nine-year-old boy, had
The astronauts Jim Newman and Mike Massiminowho started an extensive series of upgrades Monday on Hubble, installed a new camera on the telescope on Thursday. Called the Advanced Camera for Surveys, or ACS, the camera is expected to greatly improve Hubble
A video of an American missionary couple held hostage by Abu Sayyaf rebels in the Philippines has been released, showing them reading a statement from their captors. The statement read at gunpoint by Martin Burnham criticizes U.
The United States has no time frame for the operation in eastern Afghanistan, where al Qaeda and Taliban fighters have waged a fierce battle against allied fighters in the past several days, an Army spokesman said Thursday. "It'll go as long as the Taliba
Greek Ambassador: Bulgaria is our Most Important Economic and Trade partner in the Region #AmbassadorTalks
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
