Four Iraqis died and nine people were hurt, when a bomb exploded in the centre of Basra, AFP reported. A second blast echoed over dowtown Basra about midday (0900 GMT), an AFP correspondent reported Tuesday, but it was not immediately known if there were
A 18-year old Bulgarian national was arrested in Greek town Komotini and was indicted of traffic in women, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry announced. He tried to sell a 23-year old Bulgarian girl at EUR 1,000 to the owner of a Greek bar.
Recent Interior Ministry's complaints of legislative loopholes hampering the fight against underworld groups were harshly criticized on Tuesday by Vladimir Donchev, chair of the parliamentary domestic order and security committee.
The port at Bulgaria's biggest coastal city Varna was closed over the strong wind. Five ships are waiting for it to abate and cast their anchors.
The project for the construction of the Sofia Airport terminal by Austria's Strabag has stumbled over new difficulties, it emerged at a meeting of Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Nikolay Vassilev and with three of the company's top
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to meet political rival President Chandrika Kumaratunga, but flatly rejected her proposal for a unity government, a spokesman said. Wickremesinghe also accused the president of damaging the peace p
The security company guarding at Escape disco club has been stripped of its license after conducting a check in the company, Colonel Pavlin Dimitrov, deputy director of the National Police Service announced on Tuesday.
Two activists of the opposition bloc Saakashvili-National Movement went on hunger strike in one of the wings of the Georgian parliament's building demanding the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, ITAR-TASS said. A protest rally continued throug
The people of Iraq will have poorer health for generations as a result of the war, according to a report of Medical charity Medact. The report points destroyed immunisation programmes and water systems, environmental degradation and smoke from oil fires a
Several political formations from the center and right-wing section of the political spectrum joined their efforts to form a majority in Sofia Council under a political agreement signed Tuesday morning. The leaders of the biggest rightist opposition party
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov starts today a two-day visit to Serbia and Montenegro in a bid to boost bilateral relations, increase trade and improve cooperation in terror fight. This will be the first visit of Bulgarian head of state to the neigh
Some of Bulgaria's top journalists received Monday evening the special Chernorizets Hrabar Awards at a long-anticipated ceremony in Sofia, opened by the country's President Georgi Parvanov. Winners in four categories were selected by the 25-member jury f
Investigation on Sofia's 2001 drama in which seven children died at the Indigo discotheque will be resumed, Sofia prosecutor Slavcho Kardzhev told private bTV channel on Monday. Evidence was given to the prosecutors on today's afternoon, but until that m
Bulgaria's Social Ministry started November 10 recruiting students who want to find a job in Germany. A total of 250 people will be given a job in the western European country, of which 65 would have to had worked in Germany before.
Lee Boyd Malvo, at the age of 18, the younger of two men accused of last year's sniper killings near Washington has pleaded not guilty at his first trial over the attacks. His lawyer told the judge in Chesapeake that he would argue his client was not guil
No changes are expected to be made in Bulgaria's cabinet, the country's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg has said in a statement that governmental spokesman Dimitar Tsonev presented Monday. Such reshuffle is possible only given the country's ruling Sime
Experts at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose delegation will make a review on Bulgaria's economic development this week, expressed concern with rapid credit increase in the country. This tendency also leads to growth in imports to the country,
An Iranian state official announced in Moscow that Iran was temporarily suspending uranium enrichment, handing a letter to the United Nations agreeing to sign the so-called Additional Protocol. The paper allows closer inspections of Iran's nuclear facilit
Bulgarian football legend Yordan Lechkov, who is also the freshly-elected mayor of his hometown of Sliven, pledged to grant his salary to orphans and talented children. Salary was not my main motive to run for this post, Lechkov said.
A selection of masterpieces from the collection of UniCredito Italiano will be displayed at an exhibition "The glitter of Baroque", to be opened November 12 at the National Gallery for Foreign Art. The exhibition is organized by the Italian Embassy and th
Bulgaria's state Council for Electronic Media should hold a public discussion and make clear its motives for revoking the registration of Union Television, operator of the Den TV Channel. The drastic measure has been prompted by a comment that German-desc
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