Two people were killed and five others injured early Saturday when an explosion went off at a food shop in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk, AFP reported. Three children were among the injured of the blast that occurred at 5:30 A.
Bulgaria's Parliament decided that people producing spirit, wine distillate or spirit drinks, including the traditional Bulgarian "rakiya" drink, without being registered will be fined. The fines vary from BGN 30,000 to BGN 100, 000 if a natural person p
Seventeen Bulgarian sailors were among the crewmembers aboard the Cambodian-flagged Hera cargo ship, which sank near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Friday, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy announced.
Bulgaria and Turkey will boost their cooperation in the fight against international terrorism, organized crimes, drug smuggling and human trafficking, Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov and Ankara's Governor Yahya Gur stated following their meeting in Sofi
Cautious optimism at UN headquarters in New York as Cypriot negotiators, Greek and Turkish sit down for a third consecutive day to try to thrash out a deal over the divided Mediterranean island. If the tentative hand-shake was anything to go by then a dea
Romania's application to join the European Union in 2007 may stumble over rising crime rates, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday in a commentary feature over Austria's plans to build a prison of extradited nationals in Romania. Calling it a way to save
Deustche Welle Calling it a way to save taxpayers' money, the Austrian government plans to build a prison in Romania and deport Romanian criminals immediately to their home country.
Two survivors from the Cambodian-flagged Hera cargo ship, which sank near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Friday, were found on a raft at about 5:00 p.m.
Bulgaria's leftist Coalition for Bulgaria has deposited Friday a bill of moratorium on actions with real estate and movables owned by family members of former Bulgarian kings Ferdinand II and Boris III, respectively grandfather and father of current Bulga
Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to resume full negotiations next week on reunifying Cyprus, with a comprehensive settlement by late March. The agreement to restart talks beginning Thursday was the result of three days of negotiations, including a marath
International conference dedicated to the IT technologies used in tourism will take place in Sofia on February 16. Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister Dimitar Hadzhinikolov will attend the opening ceremony.
Athens Games organisers have asked nearly 1,000 Olympics officials to accept being relocated to rooms other than those they have already booked for the August 13 to 29 Games, the organization committee ATHOC announced on Thursday. The move comes after or
Bulgaria slapped ban on imports of Chinese poultry meat and products after the burst of bird flu in the country.
In expectation of impending bad weather all across the Balkans region, the local countries are getting ready to meet the icy cold and blizzards. Bulgaria's Black Sea ports of Varna and Burgas have been closed on Friday due to the stormy weather.
Nineteen Bulgarian nationals were among the crewmembers aboard the Cambodian-flagged Hera cargo ship, which sank near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Friday, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced, confirming earlier media reports.
American consortium Nour, which won the tender to supply the Iraqi army with arms, will approach Bulgarian companies in search of producers, who would deliver equipment to that country, Poland's Warsaw Business Journal reported on Friday. Companies from
Bulgaria's General Consul in Istanbul Rusko Georgiev confirmed 18 or 19 Bulgarian marines were among the crewmembers aboard the Cambodian-flagged Hera cargo ship, which sank near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Friday. 19 Bulgarians were reported earlier
A drug dealing gang that also produced counterfeit Euro banknotes was busted Friday in Sofia, police officials announced. A total of 500 grams of amphetamine pills and a kilogram of heroin were disclosed during the special police operation.
The supplement energy facilities at Bulgaria's major T-plant Maritza Iztok-1 will be built either by the US company AES, subcontracted by Alstom, or by the Japanese Mitzui in partnership with Italy's Enel, Bulgarian Energy Minister Milko Kovachev stated o
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