Bulgarian experts have nabbed a group involved in a series of value added tax (VAT) siphoning crimes. Members of the gang acted simultaneously in Burgas and Plovdiv cities, Sliven, Yambol, Stara Zagora and Haskovo towns and managed to drain over BGN 50
Libya will not execute the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor sentenced to death earlier this year for infecting more than 400 children with HIV in 1998, according to a son of the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi. The New York Times re
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov will head on Thursday for Tirana to take part in a meeting dedicated to the ethnic and religious dialogue. Parvanov will speak at the opening ceremony of the forum.
Bulgaria will decide after the Iraqi elections planned in January whether to keep its troops in the embattled Gulf country, Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov said in an interview for AFP. Svinarov said he was analyzing the Bulgarian deployment in Iraq "t
The mostly probable date for Bulgaria to sign the Accession Treaty with the European Union is May 9, 2005, according to MEP Catherine Guy-Quint, who is also co-chairing the joint parliamentary committee Bulgaria-EU. The statement, which is the first from
Paul Haviland* is a coordinator of the Bulgarian Medics Solidarity Project (www.nishand.
Romania has put an end to its pre-accession negotiations with the European Union, the country's Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana announced in Brussels. "The pre-accession negotiations has ended.
The management of Italy's Lecce announced plans not to participate during the winter transfer due to open in January. Lecce's sporting director Pantaleo Corvino told journalists on Wednesday that he had talks with any of his team players and none of them
President Georgi Parvanov enjoyed the opportunity to remember his studentship days, as he was invited by the Union of Students to join their disco party on the Students' Day, December 8. Georgi Parvanov expressed his belief in the usefulness of the fresh
Sofia will greet an acquittal of the Bulgarian medics by the Supreme Court of Tripoli and surely then discuss any efforts, under the EU umbrella, to help the AIDS-diseased children and their families, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said while on a visit t
Sweden will submit its bid for the 2014 Olympics, in a seventh attempt of the Scandinavian country to hold the Winter Games since 1984. The Swedish Olympic Committee announced Wednesday it prepares an application for the cities of Ostersund and Aare.
Sofia rejected paying any indemnity to Libya, which is one of the three conditions it listed for dropping charges against the five death-sentenced Bulgarian nurses. Bulgaria is adamant in its position that the Bulgarians, who were found guilty of causing
Bulgaria believes to be able to license an anti-doping laboratory within the next two years, prior to the start of the Torino Olympic games in 2006. I hope that Bulgaria would join even more effectively the fight against doping and re-establish the fair-
The Chief of Bulgarian Army Staff General Nikola Kolev greeted the defense attaches accredited to Bulgaria at a pre-Christmas venue organised on Wednesday. The meeting was joined by deputy army staff officials and chiefs of staff of Bulgaria's different a
Cisco Systems, world's leader in Internet network solutions, marked twenty years since the establishment of the company and the creation of the first router, as well as five years on the Bulgarian market. Over the last year Cisco organized the first ever
The Employers Association of Bulgaria (EABG) appealed for abolishment of corporate tax arguing that a zero-ground profit tax would give a strong impetus to the economy and serve as premise for higher living standard. The employers insisted that a zero pr
Austrian company EVN, which recently acquired a 67% stake in Southeast Bulgaria power utility pool, declared interest in the sale of three thermo-electric power plants. The news came just weeks after Bulgaria's sale body invited open public biddings for
China's number one computer maker Lenovo has bought IBM's PC hardware division, it was announced on Wednesday. IBM will receive USD 650 M, together with an 18.
The investor of largest contribution to Bulgarian economy will be awarded with the newly established prize "Investment 2004". The award project is developed by the Economy Ministry and the BulgariaInvest Agency and organises the competing investors in th
The bill envisaging amendments to Bulgarian Constitution in the light of the country's EU accession has been deposited in Parliament for further voting. The milestone draft bill, which provides for basic rights and power restructuring concerning the EU m
Bulgaria takes the ninth place in the list of Central-Eastern European countries, which have attracted largest number of investments, according to a recent survey of the French Finance Ministry, published in Brussels. The total amount of investments in t
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