Bulgaria will focus on a new security strategy during its chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the country's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said in his speech in Vienna, outlining Bulgaria's programme for its Cha
The Bulgarian soldiers in Karbala did everything possible to protect the India base on December 27, 2003, Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army Gen. Nikola Kolev said Thursday.
An earthquake with preliminary estimated magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale shook southeastern Japan on Thursday, the country's Meteorological Agency reported. The quake's epicenter was at about 100 kilometers beneath the seabed, just off the Kunashiri i
Tens of thousands of Iraqi gathered on a demonstration in the city of Basra to demand direct elections, opposing US plans for any transitional government to be selected by regional caucuses or meetings. More demonstrators are said to flock to the mosque i
Bulgarian officials disclosed packages of harmful hospital waste near the road connecting Bulgaria's capital Sofia and the country's second city Plovdiv. The hospital waste amounted at 4 tones.
Carol Moseley Braun, former Illinois senator and the only woman among the US Democrat's presidential hopefuls, is set to quit the race, offering support to another nominee of the Democrats, Howard Dean. This makes only eight Democrat candidates left in th
The first session of Bulgaria's parliament for the new political season was cancelled as the number of MPs present in the room was 90 out of all 240. The Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov initiated the quorum check.
The German SPL company voiced its intentions to construct 6 cargo-carrying ships in cooperation with Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Pari daily reported. SPL announced its willingness for the cooperation in December 2003 when a contract between the Bulyard
South Korea's foreign minister resigned Thursday, a day after President Roh Moo-hyun accused ministry officials of criticizing his foreign policy. Roh accepted Yoon Young-kwan's resignation, saying the Foreign Ministry was not fully backing his administra
The soldiers and the commandment of the Bulgarian unit in Karbala reacted adequately to the December 27, 2003 attack that claimed the life of 5 Bulgarian soldiers and wounded many others, the country's Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov told private bTV ch
US soldiers in Iraq are killing themselves at a high rate despite the work of special teams sent to help troops deal with combat stress. Meanwhile, about 2,500 soldiers who have returned from the war on terrorism wait for special medical care.
By the end of the month a contract for a business center construction by the Bulgarian "Vassilevi Brothers" Company on the Iraqi boarder with Jordan will be signed, the Chairman of the Employers Union Vassil Vassilev told private bTV channel. Vassilev ad
Michael Jackson will face the court on Friday and will get a chance to answer to a series of child molestation charges that could see the one-time "King of Pop" jailed for more than 20 years. He will be formally arraigned on nine counts in a court in Sant
US President George Bush unveiled plans for a US return to the moon as early as 2015, saying a lunar base would be a launch pad for manned missions to Mars and "across our solar system." Bush sought to preempt concerns about the initiative's potential mil
The first group of Bulgaria's Iraq-bound main unit left early on Thursday morning amid stepped-up security. One hundred and fifty peacekeepers took off from the military Krumovo airport nearby the country's second city Plovdiv.
Twenty Chinese activists have set off on two fishing boats bound for the disputed Diaoyu island chain, claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan, state media reported.According to the Xinhua news agency, the activists from Chinese companies and a non-governmenta
Some planes of Bulgarian airline Hemus Air have been banned from landing at Switzerland's territory over safety concerns, world media reported. Aircrafts operated by Silk Way of Azerbaijan/Belgium, JR Executive of Lebanon/US, Premium Air Shuttle of Niger
The Bulgarian office of Formula Telecom Solutions (FTS) successfully completed deployment of a prepaid / postpaid Billing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution for an Indonesian telecom operator. Over August-December, 2003, FTS 'experts, wi
Islamic militant group Hamas used a female suicide bomber for the first time, killing four Israelis in the Gaza strip. The bomber was in her early 20s, with two children.
Dimitar Petrov, director of Bulgaria's national Health Insurance Fund, was dismissed from his post on Wednesday following the decision of the Fund's managing committee. When approached for comment, Petrov said he felt rather relieved.
In response to the UN Flash Appeal on January 13 the Government of Japan has decided to extend a contribution of USD 500,000 to protect the cultural heritage of Bam city in South Eastern Iran, which sustained large-scale damage from the earthquake that oc
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