The potential for Czech investors and business companies in Bulgaria is much larger than the current level, which is focused primarily on the privatisation of Bulgaria's electricity distribution companies, hydro power plants and the energy sector, accordi
Hungary plans to send troops to Iraq next summer under a NATO training mandate, Defence Minister Ferenc Juhasz said Monday. The Hungarian parliament last week voted against extending the mandate of the 300-strong contingent after the end of the year, but
Bulgarian journalists announced plans to initiate court proceedings against the Libyan torturers of Bulgarian medics sentenced to death in the Jamahiriya. The Novinar daily deposited Monday a request for initiation of penal trial against the Libyan men w
Bulgaria's transport minister hosted Monday a working breakfast for ambassadors of the EU member countries. Minister Nikolay Vassilev introduced the envoys to major transport infrastructure projects.
As the Formula 1 is looking to stage two more grands prix in Eastern Europe, both Romania and Bulgaria have expressed interest in welcoming the traveling circus on their land. In 2005, only Hungary will represent the region on the grand prix calendar, th
The Prosecution Office has officially suggested the repeal of the death sentence of great Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov, sentenced and killed by firing squad by then ruling fascist regime on July 23, 1942 in Sofia.
One of the Bulgarian capital's most famous monuments - the St Alexander Nevski Cathedral - starts Monday celebrations of 80 years since it was inaugurated. A vigil starts at the cathedral the same evening, led by Russia's Metropolitan Bishop Valentin and
The Rousse Prosecutor's Office filed on Monday charges of illegal usage of special surveillance devices (SSD) for collecting information against the Romanian reporter George Buhnici. The 23-aged Buhnici was arrested last Tuesday on the Danube border with
Medical files give no clear cause of Palestinian President Arafat Yasser's death, his nephew says.
The fourth unit of Ukraine's nuclear plant Rovena was shut down automatically due to technical emergency at 20:40 local time on Sunday, RIA Novosti news agency informed. The state Energoatom nuclear company announced in a press statement that the radiati
Three new trainer planes were officially added to Bulgaria's Air Forces Monday, at a ceremony near the town of Pleven. The contract for delivering the machines was signed with Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus last December.
Bulgaria's anti-trust body imposed a BGN 100,000 (approx EUR 50,000) fine on the United Bulgarian Bank (UBB) over illegal credit card promotion. During the campaign in June, the bank offered free trips to Athens as well as photo cameras and MP3-CD player
Bulgarian workers will be off duty on December 24, 25, 26 this year as well as January 1, 2005, it was announced Monday. There will be no need of extra work to catch up after the holidays, as Christmas happens to take place over the weekend, officials sai
Pursuers of Bulgaria's fresh football sensation Valeri Bojinov will have to wait, his coach at Italian Lecce FC said last weekend. "If someone wants to sign him, they will have to wait until the end of the championship," Zdenek Zeman was cited as saying.
Two Britons have been arrested after an Iraqi person was killed in a shooting incident in Baghdad, local police have reported.
Protesting Bulgarian teachers pitched camp in front of the Parliament edifice in Sofia, insisting for boosted education funding. The protesters demand more money for kindergartens, as well as for providing free books and transport for pupils and for trai
The former Head of the Bulgarian National Security Service, who was moved Saturday under home arrest in a malfeasance in office case, said his failure to pay his bail came in protest against Bulgaria's prosecution "high-handedness".
The European Union will pay EUR 6 M for building an artificial lake complex at Sofia Airport, a Bulgarian deputy minister has said. The funds will be allotted under the ISPA program, one of the Union's financial instruments for aiding candidate countries
Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych took the lead in voting from yesterday's run-off presidential election, while his challenger Viktor Yushchenko claimed the poll was marred by fraud. With about 74 percent of ballots counted, Yanukovych leads with
The deadline for touring five of Bulgaria's slated for sale thermal power plants expired on Monday. The government approved the procedure for the sale of the thermal power plants in the towns of Lovech, Pleven, Gabrovo, Veliko Turnovo at the end of April
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