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Sofia Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

"Breast Cancer Can Be Defeated" is the motto that unites members of the International Women's Club in Sofia and twenty more companies and organizations in their intention to raise public and health profession awareness, prevention and cure of the disease

Society | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Socialist May Win Mayor Race in 18 Main Bulgarian Cities

Mayor candidates nominated by Bulgaria's Socialists Party are likely to win in some 17-18 of the country's main cities, data of the ASSA-M agency, cited by local 24 Chasa newspaper, show. Experts from the agency predicted poor results for the country's r

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Heart-Ill Bulgaria Pins Hopes on Drug Tested in Europe

In a bid to draw attention to rampant heart disease in Bulgaria, a top Bulgarian cardiologist presented the four-year "Europa" study based on medicament Prestarium in Sofia's high-profile St Ekaterina hospital.

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Mayor Candidate Delivered a Baby amid Pre-Election Fuss

Candidate for the mayor post in Bulgaria's main coastal city of Varna Kremena Yordanova, aged 32, gave birth Monday to a baby girl. Yordanova, who is the youngest one among nominees for the post, is said to get back to preparations for the October 26 poll

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Belgium's Royal Couple Visits Bulgaria First Time

Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and his wife Zorka will meet Wednesday with His Majesty Albert II, King of the Belgians, and Queen Paola. The Royal Couple arrived in Bulgaria for the first time, on a three-day visit at the invitation of Parvanov.

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Bulgaria-Turkey Power Supply Talks Set for Oct 15

Postponed talks between Bulgarian and Turkish experts on the cut energy supplies from Bulgaria to its neighbour on the south will take place Wednesday. The talks, which were originally scheduled for October 13, were put off as requested by the Turkish si

Business | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Police-Protesters Clashes in Bolivia Killed 15

At least 15 people have been killed and other 100 injured on Monday in Bolivia in clashes between police and protesters who demanded for the removal of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Still, Lozada, a US ally in the anti-drug war, refused to step dow

World | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

NATO-Led Peacekeeping Mission in Afghanistan Expanded

The United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution enabling NATO-led international peacekeepers to operate beyond the Afghan capital Kabul. The fresh measure allows the 5,300-strong peacekeeping forces to deploy in a number of provi

World | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Israel Started Another Gaza Raid

Some 40 Israeli tanks entered the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, in a follow-up to the operation launched in the area last Friday. An operation in Gaza is under way, Israeli military forces confirmed, after Palestinian witnesses said that

World | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Police Hunt for Exchange Bureau Attacker Still On

Police hunt for 35-year-old Sandanski resident Nikolay Stankov who barged Monday into a currency exchange bureau in the town and murdered with a knife a young woman that worked there, continues. As he left, the attacker also injured one of the guards, an

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Bulgaria's Ex-PM Pushed into "Dirty Cash" Scandal

Bulgaria's former Prime Minister and ex-leader of rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) Ivan Kostov was pushed into a "dirty money" scandal after popular Trud daily wrote Tuesday that Kostov had received in 2001 some USD 200,000 from controversial Isr

Politics | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Egyptian Twins Well on First Night Apart

Two-year-old Egyptian twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim who were separated by US surgeons in a 34-hour operation are in "good shape" after spending their first night apart, doctors said. The two boys, who were conjoined at the crown of the head, are current

World | October 14, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

Levski Siconco with a Tough Draw for the Champions' League

By Nikolay Markov Exclusively for novinite.

Sports | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Forged Renoir, Van Gogh Masterpieces Displayed in Sofia

As exciting as they were from the brushes of Degas, Renoir, and Van Gogh, the Masterpieces recreated by the world most famous art forger Daniele Donde were displayed at Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan in Bulgaria's capital. Some 100 pictures are shown in the

Society | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

US Greenlights Bulgaria's Proposal in Fresh Iraq Resolution

The United States has included Bulgaria- proposed text in the amended resolution on Iraq, redrafted to win international support for peacekeeping and reconstruction in the country, Bulgaria's Ambassador to the United Nations Stefan Tafrov told Bulgarian j

Politics | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Arrests over Baghdad Blast, Death Toll Rises

Several people had been arrested in connection with Sunday's attack outside the central Baghdad Hotel, the coalition spokesman Charles Heatly announced on Monday, one day after the blast. The death toll rose to eight, including at least one suspected suic

World | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Libya Set Next Hearing of Bulgarian Medics Case Oct 20

Court in the Libyan town of Benghazi set October 20 as the next date for hearing the case against the six Bulgarian medics accused of deliberately affecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV at a Benghazi hospital. The delay was requested by lawyers of

Politics | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Roma News Agency Protests against Media Ignorance

The De Facto Roma news agency in Bulgaria complained Monday that the rest of the country's media - except the Bulgarian News Agency and leftist Duma newspaper - treat the agency with ignorance. The agency's chief Toma Nikolaev protested that news which it

Politics | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Wine Company Sale to Belvedere Bulgarian Arm OKayed

The Supervisory Board of the Privatisation Agency greenlighted on Monday the sale of a 100% stake in Sofia-based wine company Vinimpex to the Bulgarian arm of the French drinks group Belvedere. The price of the deal is BGN 2.

Business | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

September's Customs Revenues Hit BGN 272 M

Bulgaria's customs revenues for September 2003 hit almost BGN 272 M, official data show. This sum is up by some BGN 48 M as compared to September last year.

Politics | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Bulgarian Soldier Injured in Iraq, Recruitment Problems in Sofia

A soldier from Bulgaria's stabilization force in the northern part of Iraq's holy city of Karbala, has been slightly injured on Sunday as a car broke through a security barrier at a high-speed, paying no heed to the control post of the Bulgarian contingen

Politics | October 13, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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