US forces in Iraq say they have seized a "senior leader" in the militant group headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The military says it captured the man - who has not been named - along with five others in a pre-dawn raid on the restive city of Falluja.
The aid agency Care International has appealed to the captors of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan to release her. Care's secretary-general, Denis Caillaux, asked them "to understand she is an Iraqi and to release her to her family and the people who love
Four Bulgarian shooters will take part in the world shooting finals in Bangkok.
The outgoing European Commission President Romano Prodi pledged that he would personally work for the solving of the case with the five Bulgarian nurses sentence to death in Libya. In an interview for local Darik radio Prodi pledged that he would soon me
The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro gathered for a meeting in Kalafat, Romania. Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, his Serbian colleague Vuk Draskovic and their Romanian counterpart Mircea Geoana discussed trans b
Chinese authorities say the confirmed death toll from a coal mine explosion this week has risen to 66, with another 84 miners still missing. Officials say the chances of finding any more survivors of Wednesday's blast in central Henan province are growing
Bulgaria's Mila from Mars will compete with movies from 49 countries for nomination for the foreign-language prize of February's Academy Awards. The film directed by young director Zornitsa Sofia swept the top award, with a purse of EUR 25,000, at the Sa
For a second successive year Bulgaria's disabled people have enjoyed their special annual ball under the auspices of President Georgi Parvanov. Friday night's event organised by the Centre for Psychological Researches welcomed Miss World Wheelchair 2003 L
Slovenia's capital Ljubljana welcomed newly arrived Bulgarian Ambassador Vladimir Atanassov who handed down his credentials to President Janez Drnovsek. Atanassov was a former minister of education and sciences in the incumbent cabinet of Prime Minister S
The death toll from Japan's worst typhoon in a quarter century rose to 77 with 14 people still missing, as the devastation forced the government to consider emergency funds and new safety measures. Typhoon Tokage, which ripped through Japan on Wednesday,
Opposition MPs have asked finance ministry to explain the reasons and ways that government has eventually recorded an unprecedented billion surplus. Finance Minister Milen Velchev is due to submit his ministry's report by November 15.
Alexander Andreev is a Bulgarian national who is now editor at the Bulgarian section of Deutsche Welle, Germany's national broadcaster. His career as a journalist started at the Bulgarian National Radio before he joined the Deutsche Welle team in 1991.
A Bulgarian archeological team came upon a stunning find of over 400 tiny gold jewels dating back 5,000 years, BBC announced Friday. The archaeologists had unearthed gold rings, beads and jewellery inlaid with tiny pearls, the head of Bulgaria's National
If Parliament passes at second reading the billed reduction of VAT rate from 20% to 18% without making up for that through other taxes, it will send an alarming signal to the International Monetary Fund, according to James Roaf, IMF Resident Representativ
British aid worker Margaret Hassan, kidnapped in Iraq, appeared in a video aired by Arab TV station al-Jazeera asking British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops. The director of CARE International pleaded to the British people for help to secur
By Ivelina Puhaleva Names of Bulgarian companies alleged in illegal arms trading in violation of embargo to countries declared sponsors of terrorisms have previously appeared as well in official statements of US Department.
A team of 70 Bulgarian dancers, singers and musicians will perform in a show in the London Royal Albert Hall November 1.
The US State Department has sanctioned two Bulgarian companies for arms trade with two countries included in the US "black list" of states supporting global terrorism. The decision was announced in an official US department statement released on Friday a
No cases of Mad Cow disease were found in Bulgaria, officials from the National Veterinary Service announced Friday. Besides the daily control for disease prevention, every year experts from the National Veterinary Service analyze the results of the "Mad
Residents of the central-Bulgaria town of Klisura celebrated a unique potato holiday Friday, with potato exhibitions and a contest for sculptures made of mashed potatoes. The root crops cultivation has been the main occupation for many of Klisura's people
A bomb explosion destroyed a car south of Baghdad, killing four people. The bomb exploded while a US patrol was passing through the village of Latifia.
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