The robotic probe Spirit has sent back its first colour images of Mars. The pictures of the dusty and rocky surface are the most detailed ever obtained by a lander on the planet.
The pay of the Bulgarian troops that patrol the Iraqi city of Karbala will be increased to USD 80, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov said after a meeting with President Parvanov. The proposal will be tabled to the Cabinet on Friday.
The nomination of Colonel Kircho Kirov, who is now acting chief of the National Investigation Service, was approved by the Cabinet on Thursday. He will also receive a higher military degree of brigadier general.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has warned that the longer it takes to find a deal on the future European constitution, the harder it will become. Mr Ahern, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency for the next six months, has said he would meet
About BGN 100 M losses from electricity thefts have been registered in 2003, Deputy Minister of Energy Angel Minev announced Thursday. Average losses account for some 6-7 percent of distributed energy.
A new checkpoint will be opened at Bulgaria's border with Turkey in a bid to ease the border crossing regime. The decision was announced by Transport Minister Nikolay Vassilev after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
As Bulgaria prepares to send more troops to Iraq, the nation is still trying to come to terms with the deaths of five of its soldiers in Iraq. Amid the grief, criticism of the war and of the upcoming membership of Nato are beginning to surface.
The state shirks responsibility in leaving it up to the Bulgarian medics to decide whether to ask for a new expert examination in the HIV trial against them in Libya, Ivan Nenov, husband of one of the five nurses, defendants in the case, told the Bulgaria
A list of airlines from eight countries, which are banned from flying in UK air space has been published, BBC informed.
A strike by Italian air traffic controllers has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. More than 22,000 passengers are expected to be affected by the eight-hour stoppage over pay and conditions.
The Olympic Games that will take place this year in Greece are a tremendous advantage to all neighbour countries, Nikolaos Dimadis, President of the National Greek Tourism Association, said Thursday at Third International Conference on Tourism "Bulgaria D
Bulgaria is the fastest growing tourist destination for 2003 and an example for success in the field of tourism among the EU countries, Jaime Ruiz, Executive Director of the European Tourism Commission (ETC) stated on the first day of the Third Internatio
By Daniel Johnson The Daily Telegraph
A 57-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of Iran's earthquake, barely conscious but still alive because he had a source of water during the 13 days he was buried, a doctor and a hospital official said Thursday. A magnitude 6.
Bush administration officials "systematically" misrepresented the danger of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs, which were not an immediate threat to the United States and the Middle East, a report from a U.S.
Nikolaos Dimadis, President of the National Greek Tourism Organization, was born 1940 in Thessaloniki. After graduating the Thessaloniki University, he studied economics in Paris, France.
A postcard mailed from Bulgaria in 1988 has reported finally reached its Czech destination 15 years late. The daily Dnes newspaper reports that the postcard was sent from the Black Sea resort of Nessebar by a Czech holiday-maker in the final months of co
Some 100,000 people, sportsmen and visitors from 20 countries are expected to come to Greek capital Athens for the Olympics 2004, Deputy Minister of Economy Dimitar Hadzhinikolov stated in his opening address at the Third International Conference on Touri
Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca Bulgaria donated life-saving medicines worth BGN 7 500 to the Children's Nephrology Clinic in Sofia. The donation supports the Bulgarian Christmas initiative and the charity concert "Give hope to the children in ne
Government and business in Bulgaria have to go hand in hand to further boost the steady growth of Bulgarian tourism sector, former governor of US state of Nevada (1989-1999) stated in his opening address at the Third International Conference on Tourism "B
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