An Iraqi translator working for the Americans was killed and a US soldier wounded Saturday when gunmen ambushed three civilian cars in Haswa, 30 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of Baghdad, the US military and witnesses said. American civil affairs officer
As the European Commission urged Romania to accelerate the pace of reforms to get in shape for EU membership, Bulgaria's northern neighbor will strain its efforts to the utmost, so that to present a positive EU bid till end of 2004, EUBusiness.com wrote o
Known as the world's biggest party, the five-day pre-Lent bash started Friday with the ceremonial handing of the key to the city of Rio to the symbolic "fat king." The highlight of Rio's festival, the biggest of all the carnival festivities in cities acro
Israel will begin tearing down part of a barrier being built in the West Bank on the eve of World Court hearings over the legality of the controversial project, Israeli officials said on Saturday. Work to remove an eight km (five mile) section of the barr
An interview with Vishwanathan Anand by India's Rediff Radio Indian Grandmaster and World 2 Viswanathan Anand started 2004 with a convincing victory at the Corus chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
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Sofia's National Palace of Culture is hosting a two-day national summit, during this weekend, held by the biggest Bulgarian right-wing party UDF. This is the first extraordinary, 14th national conference in the nearly 10-year-long history of the UDF to be
Greece rejected a new NATO request on Friday to boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan because it needs military personnel at home to provide security at the upcoming Olympics. It was the second time in four months that Greece turned down such a req
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Associated Press Breaking a two-year deadlock on a landmark privatization deal, the government on Friday sold a 65 percent stake in the state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Company for USD 353 M to a U.
Parents of Libyan AIDS infected children dispose of new evidences in support of the charges that the infection of their children had taken place in 1998, when Bulgarian medics were already working in the Benghazi Al-Fatah hospital, Bulgarian news agency B
Libya used technology and know-how acquired through the black market to process uranium into plutonium, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Friday. Diplomats citing a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the country was a
China will launch its second manned space mission next year, state television said Saturday. The Shenzhou 6 will be launched with two astronauts aboard some time in 2005 and will remain in orbit for five to seven days, according to China Central Televisio
The Bush administration is abandoning the core idea of its plan to hold regional caucuses for an Iraqi provisional government, and will instead work with the United Nations and Iraqis to develop yet another plan for the transfer of political power by June
The biggest oil consortium in Bulgaria Russian-Bulgarian LukOil Neftochim was awarded taxpayer of 2003 on Friday night with its total of BGN 1.5 B paid to the state treasury.
Viva Ventures is firmly set to develop the country's third GSM mobile operator by beating the world record of nine months for putting the network into operation, Joanna James, Advent International Managing Director Central and Eastern Europe, said after s
The long-drawn-out EUR 230 M sale deal for 65% stake in Bulgaria's telecom operator BTC was concluded on February 20 after nearly two years of procedural problems, legal and political battles.
The new Tourism Act, adopted by Bulgarian Parliament on Friday, provides for easier regulations for tour operators and tourist agencies operating on Bulgarian territory. It replaces the licensing requirements with registration procedure.
The Nine O'Clock Daily, Romania PNL President Theodor Stolojan saluted Emma Nicholson's decision of only asking for a re-orientation in Romania's joining strategy instead of a halt in the negotiations.
The Ziua, Romania by Sorin ROSCA-STANESCU
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