Varna-based TIM Group, owner of Bulgarian air company Hemus Air, has declared interest in the sale of Viaggio Air airlines, the official Bulgarian carrier for the national Olympic delegation. None of the companies would comment the reports, citing unname
Bulgarian archeologists disclosed the oldest altar in Europe. It was found in a mound located near the Bulgarian village Kapitan Dimitrievo.
Adriana Davidova is a Bulgaria-born actress living and working in Spain. Sindrome, a movie of Adriana Davidova and her husband, will represent Spain at the major Locarno festival.
Thousands of hotel workers in the Greek capital Athens are staging a one-day strike calling for a big pay rise just days before the Olympic Games. They say they are ready to take further action unless their salaries are doubled ahead of this month's games
The Court of Appeals in Plovdiv confirmed the verdict of the jailed Bulgarian rapper Ivan Glavchev, known as Vanko 1. Still, the Court of Appeals revised Vanko 1's twelve-year sentence to ten years.
The Olympic Games will start in Athens with half-empty stadiums as Greek organisers admitted that they have sold less than half the tickets. Seats were still available for the opening ceremony on 13 August, traditionally the hottest ticket in world sport
By Matthew Beard The Independent
A part of the BBC documentary that stirred a major international bribe scandal was aired by the Bulgarian National Television early on Wednesday. Bulgarian Ivan Slavkov has reportedly been secretly filmed by the BBC's Panorama programme discussing how th
The radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia has kidnapped 18 Iraqi police officers, apparently to force authorities to release detained militants. The kidnappings took place as Sadr's aides accused authorities of trying to arrest officials in the cl
Pakistan has arrested two high-level al-Qaeda terrorists of African origin, one with a multimillion dollar US bounty on his head, in a widening a sweep against al-Qaeda's vast web of operatives. The suspects are believed to be linked to a militant already
Georgi Lazov, the Bulgarian hostage killed in Iraq, will be buried later on Wednesday in his native town Kocherinovo. Lazov's body was transported to Bulgaria July 29 but was subjected to some specific tests.
A female US soldier told army investigators that photos of prisoners being abused in Iraq were taken "for fun". Private Lynndie England faces a number of charges, ranging from abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail, to having photos of them in humiliating p
The Social Investment Fund awarded its first agreements at a special ceremony in Sofia. A total of 48 projects for strengthening municipal infrastructure and employment creation worth over BGN 10,5 M have been approved so far.
A special mass was served for the Bulgarian sportsmen that will take part in the Olympic Games in Athens. Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg as well as the President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Ivan Slavkov came to wish good luck to the s
The BBC faced the threat of being sued in court over the scheme that accuses Bulgarian IOC member Ivan Slavkov of "inappropriate conduct" in the 2012 Olympic bidding process. Bulgaria's National Olympic Committee is said to be implicated in a vote-purcha
London's bid team cannot be accused of any wrongdoings in the IOC cash-for-votes scandal that implicated Bulgaria's top sports official, according to the BBC.
An IOC member has agreed to help a fake bid to bring the 2012 Olympics to London for cash, the BBC's Panorama reports.
Bulgaria's top sports official, the IOC member accused of "inappropriate conduct" in the 2012 Olympic bidding process, declined to comment his controversial meeting with fake English business consultants before BBC airs the allegations. I cannot tell you
A total of 529 women dealing with prostitution have been registered in Bulgaria during a major police operation. The police operation called "Mirage" aimed to disclose women victims of sexual exploitation.
US military experts are exploring Bulgaria's bases. The US experts are to decide whether the Bulgarian bases are suitable for the American forces.
Bulgaria will boost its efforts for the preparation of a law against produce and export of pirated optical disc media. The serious problem was discussed at a special meeting initiated by Deputy Economy Minister Valentin Parvanov.
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