MPs from Bulgaria's rightist opposition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have suggested for a special parliamentary committee to be formed to investigate alleged oil bribes from ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to Bulgaria's leftist Socialist Party (SP)
The European Union has reached a deal, which will allow the creation of EU-wide 'blacklists' of unsafe airlines, BBC reported. The EU deal was unveiled at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday, where it was billed as a major step forward in safety.
Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua has denied claims that he received gifts from Saddam Hussein in return for supporting his regime, BBC reported. The name of Charles Pasqua was on the list of foreigners who, according to the Iraqi newspaper a
By Philip Delves Broughton in Paris and Jack Fairweather in Baghdad The Daily Telegraph
Flu epidemics have been declared in 15 Bulgarian municipalities, the country's Health Ministry announced. A total of 25, 738 flu cases have been registered last week in Bulgaria.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to seek American backing on two major foreign policy issues of strategic importance to Turkey, during his visit to the United States. A Cyprus deal by May 1 and the future shape of Iraq are the sough
The slippery roads almost closed the traffic in the Bulgarian municipalities Lovech, Pleven and Veliko Tarnovo. Lovech mayor declared crisis situation due to the icy roads in the region.
Ruling party defector Marianna Assenova announced on Wednesday she was leaving the parliamentary group of Bulgaria's National Ideal for Unity (NIE) to become an independent member of parliament.
A judge has cleared British Prime Minister Tony Blair of dishonorable behavior in the death of a British expert on Iraqi weapons, a newspaper said Wednesday, citing what it called leaked details of the closely guarded verdict. Lord Hutton, a senior appeal
Israeli forces killed thirteen Palestinians including at least three members of the Islamic Jihad, and wounded six others during a raid near Gaza City, Palestinian sources said. The Israel Defence Forces confirmed its soldiers hit several armed Palestini
Hereward Ventures, the British gold miner, who announced a new joint venture on gold mining in Bulgaria's Rhodopes Mountains, stirred Tuesday's stock markets globally, rising shares 0.5 p to 4.
The construction works on Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant in the town of Belene will be launched in 2005, and three years later the first 1000 MgW unit will be started, the local Yantra Dnes newspaper reported, citing engineer Vassil Bandov, deputy-
The crisis over elections in Iraq is destabilising the north of the country, the British Guardian read on Wednesday. Thousands of Kurds were campaigning for the right to remain autonomous amid fears they would be "sold out" by the coalition authorities.
There is a full index-record of documents revealing which political parties globally have received Iraqi oil in return of political support for the once regime of Saddam Hussein, Iranian journalist Mohamed Halaf stated at Bulgaria's private bTV channel on
Bulgarian sailor Petar Popov, who is suspected of killing two fellow crewmembers onboard of Bulgaria-flagged Elena ship in December 2003, was declared mentally irresponsible for his actions by the an experts commission at the Varna mental health instituti
Fears of a global health threat grew yesterday when the World Health Organisation said it was highly likely the bird flu sweeping Asia could be transmitted by humans as well as chickens. Health experts warned against a chance that two flu viruses, that of
Bulgarian metallurgical plants demand that the ministries of economy and environment revise the commitments Bulgaria had taken with the closure of the Environment Chapter of the acquis communautaire, PARI Daily wrote on Wednesday. The Bulgarian companies
The English company shooting the blockbuster Harry Potter is searching for a kid to play the 17-year old Viktor-Krum in the successive part of the film about the young magician. One of the casting directors contacted Bulgarian producer Victor Bozhinov as
The Libyan virus professor Saleh Al-Agiri, who was set to testify on behalf of Bulgarian medics' defense in the Benghazi trial, is ready to comment only scientific data on the AIDS case, solicitor Osman Bizanti told Bulgarian news agency BTA. Saleh Al-Ag
US four-terms Senator John Kerry, a Vietnam War veteran, has scored a second win over Democrat rival Howard Dean in the New Hampshire primary to boost his chances of challenging for the White House. A surprise winner of last week's caucus in the midwester
Vietnam confirmed on Wednesday that two sisters who died last Thursday from severe respiratory illnesses had tested positive for bird flu, thus raising the death toll of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza to eight in the Asian country. Meanwhile, internat
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