Malaysia's new prime minister on Wednesday called early national elections that will pit his secular government against a fundamentalist Islamic opposition. The vote will be Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first electoral test since taking over in
A total of 15 people, including four thought to be Iranian, were arrested in connection to the devastating suicide attacks against Shiite Muslim pilgrims in Baghdad and Karbala. Authorities were trying to sort out the number of dead in Tuesday's near-simu
The Danish catwalk beauty Helena Kristensen is going to make a special photo session of Bulgarian Golden Shoe Hristo Stoitchkov, TRUD Daily informed on Wednesday. FIFA has selected the top model, along with 11 other photographers, to take pictures of the
There is still no information on the name of the boy that was elected to play the part of Viktor Krum in the next Harry Potter movie, Bulgarian 24 Hours daily wrote on Wednesday. Late on February 24 it was announced that Bulgarian boy who is currently li
The Macedonian authorities have asked Sofia to house some of the planes of the world leaders that will attend the funeral ceremony of the late Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, Bulgarian 24 Hours daily wrote. The main reason for that decision was th
Extract from the book "Bulgaria Illustrated History" The Turkish atrocities that accompanied the April uprising illustrated to the whole world the true face of the Ottoman state and its barbarity.
An additional 1,000 tickets will be available at Sofia's Vassil Levski National Stadium for the fans of the Levski-Liverpool match, which is to take place on Wednesday night. The meeting is a return game of the Bulgarian and British clubs in the UEFA Cup
The Mirror, UK By David Maddock in Sofia
John Kerry has cemented the Democratic presidential nomination, driving rival John Edwards from the race with a string of Super Tuesday triumphs that catapulted the Massachusetts senator into an eight-month struggle to oust President Bush. Under the motto
A numbed Iraq, shocked and shaken by Tuesday's string of bomb attacks in Karbala and Baghdad, is observing three-days of mourning. Amid rage and grief over the death of 180 people in the coordinated blasts, US-appointed Iraqi leaders called for calm, pati
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, who is also Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, attended the solemn ceremony of hoisting the national flag in front of the Unknown Soldier Monument in Sofia on the occasion of 126 years from the
A record 194 groups and individuals have been nominated for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said Tuesday, including world leaders and UN officials. The number of candidates beat a record of 165 last year when the award went to Iranian lawy
Mars rover Opportunity has found evidence that the Red Planet was once wet enough for life to exist there, but the robot has not found any direct traces of living organisms, NASA scientists announced. A study of a fine, layered rock by the rover detected
Two Turkish military planes crashed late on Tuesday killing the four pilots. Unofficial information says that the accident took place near the city of Konya.
A billion-euro European spacecraft began a decade-long quest to hunt a comet in the depths of the Solar System and shadow it around the Sun in a bid to tease out secrets of how life began on Earth. The three-tonne probe Rosetta powered into space atop an
The condition of Bulgarian soldier Georgi Milev from the unit in Karbala, who got accidentally wounded by a mate on February 19 is improving. The Bulgarian private is undergoing a special treatment in a US military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany.
As Shiites marked the solemn holy day of Ashoura, a series of blasts in Karbala and Baghdad killed 143 people and wounded many more. The Karbala blasts were a coordinated attack involving a suicide bomber and other devices.
A total of 112 deaths were confirmed by Karbala officials, after several bomb attacks rattled the city Tuesday morning. Other 240 people got wounded, as huge crowds of pilgrims had flocked on the streets to celebrate the last day of Ashoura, one of the mo
Bulgaria is already enthusiastically preparing for the National Holiday marked March 3. The country's flag could be seen at each street.
Tanya Endzhova, Visages Models 2001 winner, is the new face of the fashion house "Princess".
Pope John Paul II sent a congratulating telegram to Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov on the occasion of the National Holiday of Bulgaria marked March 3. May the Bulgarian nation keep on strengthening the relations of unity and solidarity, the telegra
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