President Fidel Castro of Cuba has accused his US counterpart George Bush of plotting to assassinate him. Speaking at the end of a regional meeting against the North American Free Trade Agreement on Friday, Castro said the assassination was aimed at overt
A court has found former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe guilty of involvement in a party funding scam in Paris in the 1980s and early 1990s. Juppe, one of President Jacques Chirac's closest allies, immediately appealed against the conviction.
After the joy over Israel's release of more than 20 Lebanese prisoners, a day of sadness has followed with the return of the bodies of 59 fighters killed during the Israeli occupation. The Red Cross handed over to Lebanese authorities and the Hizbollah mo
Bulgaria's Economy Minister Lidya Shuleva and EU Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva were awarded for Minister of Year 2003, at a special Friday ceremony organized by the National Experts Convent. The award has been established upon initiative of the Nationa
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov was defiant over the claims that Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) had ever received donations from abroad during his party chairmanship, as he stated on Friday that the real boom of companies applying at the UN Sanction
The official ceremony marking the completed rotation of the first and second Bulgarian units in Karbala took place in the city on Friday, Bulgaria's Defence Ministry announced. The fist Bulgarian infantry battalion was deployed to the holy Shia city in t
Bulgarian men give in to suicidal affects twice as often women do, according to experts at the country's Men's Health Association.
The Privatisation agency, Bulgaria's sale body, has invited top bidder Viva Ventures to sign the contract for the sale of 65% stake in Bulgaria's dominant telecom carrier, the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), by February 20, it emerged January
Bulgarian chess superstar Vesselin Topalov, 28, will match wits with India's Viswanathan Anand in Sofia on Sunday. Anand, aged 34, is a former world champion, now No.
One of the four people that were wounded in a shootout in Sofia late on Thursday died at hospital hours later, local media reported.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg came up with a qualified approval of President Parvanov's proposal that all Bulgarians have their say on Bulgaria's accession to the European Union in a referendum. It is always a good idea to hold a referendum, provided
Bulgarian officials as well as members of non-governmental organizations and company managers from the tourism business presented Friday the country's new National Ecotourism Strategy and Action Plan for future development in this sector. The draft was i
A German self-confessed cannibal was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter for killing and eating a man he claims was a willing victim. The court in the central city of Kassel rejected state prosecutors' call for a conviction on m
Opet/Aigas Bulgaria will receive a EUR 32 M credit from the EBRD to construct a total of 60 petrol stations in Bulgaria. The news was broken after representatives of the two institutions signed the contract on Friday.
The third year since ruling party Simeon II National Movement swept into office is marked by a critically low public approval, a nationally representative survey of ASSA-M polling agency shows. Asked about the role of the junior coalition partner the Mov
Bulgaria's pupils rank fourth in the International literacy survey, recently released in Berlin. The survey was carried out in 2003 among students aged 10 in 39 different countries.
Hundreds of BBC employees staged protests at the resignation of the British Broadcasting Corporation's director general Greg Dyke in wake of Lord Hutton's damning verdict. Some 400 staff took part in the protest at BBC headquarters in London in what was d
Whatever happens with the oil bribes scandal that recently erupted, it would not affect Bulgaria's relations with NATO or the US, Bruce Jackson, President of the US Committee on NATO Enlargement told Darik radio. Jackson explained in his opinion no US of
Democrats running for the US White House united in condemning President George Bush over the war in Iraq and pledged to rebuild overseas alliances damaged by the conflict. Largely putting aside their own rivalries during a televised debate, the seven cand
There is a second list with names of politicians that have been bribed by the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraqi journalist Mohamed Halaf told private bTV channel. Halaf declined to reveal whether the names of any Bulgarian politicians are menti
Four people were wounded in a shootout that took place late on Thursday night at the Sofia Simeonovsko Shousse Blvd, police officials reported. The shootout was caused by scandal that erupted after alcohol usage.
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