The International Monetary Fund warned Bulgaria against giving up the currency board arrangement. This is not a good idea, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission to Bulgaria, Hans Flickenschield, commented in reaction to the proposal o
Madrid hosted Wednesday a state memorial service for the 190 people confirmed killed in the commuter train bombings on March 11.
More than 80,000 Swedish tourists will visit Bulgaria in 2004, the Swedish ambassador to the Balkan country Bertil Roth forecasted. Some 70,000 Swedish tourists came to Bulgaria in 2003.
In a bid to calm down recent ethnic tensions in Kosovo, Bulgaria's OSCE Chairman Solomon Passy undertook a diplomatic shuttle in the region. No act of ethnic cleansing will be tolerated in South Eastern Europe, Solomon Passy stated during his talks with
Italian businessmen have declared their interest in the market of the Bulgarian Black Sea region. Bulgarian Kavarna municipality and the Italian Ravena have already made the first steps to boost bilateral cooperation in that field, Tsonko Tsonev, Kavarna
A month after a Bulgarian Viktor Krum was chosen, producers are still keeping his name secret and teasing journalists and fans' curiosity. Some assumed that producers are keeping his name veiled in mystery in an aim to arouse even greater interest for th
More than 700 Bulgarian and foreign companies will take part in the special Stroiko 2000 Expo - the biggest commercial exhibition for architecture, construction, and furnishing that opened doors on Wednesday in Sofia. The steadily increasing number of par
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) issued a special coin to mark Tsvetnitsa-Vrabnitsa (Palm Sunday) holiday that is widely celebrated in Bulgaria. The coin has weight of 15g and diameter of some 34.
Fears increase that a delay in amending the Judiciary Act would put Bulgaria's EU entry in 2007 at serious risk.
Kosovo marked the fifth anniversary of the start of a NATO-led bombing campaign on Wednesday even as the alliance tracked down suspects behind recent violence that has deepened ethnic hatreds in the province. Harri Holkeri, UN top official in Kosovo appea
Three civilians were killed and another three were wounded as insurgents attacked a US patrol in Fallujah early Wednesday. The fighting came hours after assailants shot at a van carrying police recruits south of Baghdad, killing nine, while gunmen killed
A suspected guerrilla rocket attack has triggered Wednesday a huge blast in Baghdad's Sheraton hotel. No injuries have been reported in the Ishtar Sheraton hotel used mostly by foreign businessmen and journalists.
Two drug dealers from the northern town of Pernik were seized last night. Svetoslav D.
Mars was once a much warmer, wetter place, with pools of saltwater that sometimes flowed across the surface, NASA scientists reported. Analysing findings from rocks explored by the rover Opportunity, the scientists said the rocks now appeared to have form
Iliyan Evtimov, born in Sofia and raised in France, was included in France national basketball team. At present the Bulgarian is part of the North Carolina State team.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission to Bulgaria, Hans Flickenschield, arrived in Bulgaria on Wednesday. The mission will continue until April 13.
A total of 75 % of the managers of different Bulgarian companies fear that their firms might suffer economic loses after Bulgaria joins the European Union (EU) in 2007. The news was broken by eminent Bulgarian economist Marin Marinov, who is also among t
Footballer Hristo Stoitchkov's trial against Sofia tax collectors was put off Wednesday. The legendary player lodged the appeal after being imposed a BGN 18,000 sanction.
The new local leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas came to power with a call to arms, urging followers to unite in teaching Israel "a lesson". Israelis "will know no security", said Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, the man named on Tuesday as Hamas' Gaza chi
Bulgaria's world-famous violin player Vasko Vassilev swept the Musician of 2003 Award of the state radio. He was handed the statuette by its designer Hristo Haralampiev, at Tuesday evening's ceremony.
The US embassy in the United Arab Emirates was closed after receiving a terror threat. Media reported that there has been a specific intimidation, but no further details were disclosed.
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