The United Nations children's agency, Unicef, urged the international community to prioritise youngsters made orphans by the tsunami disaster. Unicef head Carol Bellamy made the plea ahead of a donors' meeting on Thursday.
Bulgarian art experts confirmed that the precious canvas found in the southern city Stara Zagora was painted by Italian Baroque Era Painter Lodovico Cigoli, local 24 Hours newspaper reported. The canvas was found in a private house in Stara Zagora on Oct
Bulgaria's Social Minister Hristina Hristova will hold talks with representatives of the trade unions and the National union of the Bulgarian Municipalities. They are set to discuss the recent decision of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy to cut o
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov has made a personal financial donation for survivors of December's earthquake-tsunami disaster in Asia. The President wrote down words of condolences in the special book opened in the Indonesia Embassy in Sofia.
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka arrived late on Tuesday in Libya on a two-day official visit. Belka will be welcomed by the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.
Bulgaria's Solomon Passy is about to become the country's first acting foreign minister ever to visit the Antarctic. The Minister, who is visiting Chile, is expected to arrive Thursday at the Eduardo Frei Chilean Antarctic Base and then proceed to the St
Two earthquakes rattled Indonesia early on Wednesday, including one off the coast of devastated Sumatra Island. The first quake struck at about 1:26 a.
Revenues of international tourism to Bulgaria have totaled the record high EUR 1.601 B just for the first ten months of 2004, Economy Ministry reported.
All debts of third world's countries to Bulgaria has been settled on bilateral grounds with the respective states and never through third parties, Bulgarian Finance Minister Milen Velchev said denying earlier accusations of the socialists. The leaders of
Police in the town of Pleven has arrested Nick Stein, German-descended TV anchor of Bulgaria, who was announced for nationwide search in allegations of numerous frauds in the country. Nick Stein triggered a racial discrimination scandal in November 2003
Bulgaria's National Framework Health Agreement took effect on Tuesday, as the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), the Bulgarian Medical Association and the Union of Dentists in Bulgaria, and by the Health Minister Slavcho Bogoev managed to sign it Dece
Bulgaria's official institutions will lift the national flags at half mast on Wednesday in remembrance of those killed in the Asian tsunami disaster. Tens of millions of people across the UK and Europe are expected to observe the three-minute silence sug
Seoul has shown interest to see Bulgaria's Thracian gold treasure and the unique exhibition will probably drop in at the South Korean capital in May, along with its visit to Japan. A Bulgarian delegation headed by Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov is
The mobile leader on Bulgarian market MobilTel has applied at the state telecom watchdog for a license to erect a fixed telecommunications network and provide fixed voice services.
A helicopter with three people on board has crashed near Everest peak in Nepal.
Burgas regional court has released on BGN 10,000 bail the nephew of former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, Yahya Murat Demirel, who was arrested December 31 along with two other Turkish citizens by the border authorities in the coastal city of Burgas.
A gold treasure dated back to the times of Troy, which was recently unearthed at an unquoted location near Karlovo's "Valley of the Kings", has already taken its place among the exhibits of National History Museum. The set of 450 gold artifacts and jewel
Notorious Israeli businessman Michael Chorny has reportedly decided to cut all costs for Bulgaria's Levski FC, which the Russia-born man currently owns. The move could leave the club stony broke, as it has already faced a serious financial crisis.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called Israel "the Zionist enemy" for the first time on Tuesday after an Israeli tank killed seven Palestinian youths in a Gaza strawberry field. This statement was certain to stir concerns in Israel where images of Abbas
The Bulgarian Kalotina Checkpoint at the Serbian border is in a completely different condition than it used to be, said Tuesday the Sofia District Governor Olimpi Katev.
Sofia marked Tuesday 127 years since its liberation of Ottoman yoke with a special mass service in the Sveta Nedelja Church. On January 4, 1877, Russian troops entered the city, which later was proclaimed capital of the free Bulgarian state.
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