Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov might visit Russia on a working visit in September, the Deputy Chair of the Kremlin administration said Wednesday. The eventual visit of the Bulgarian president was announced when the international program of the Russ
Unique Bulgarian actor and director Marius Kurkinski was awarded the prestigious annual art prize of the Apolonia foundation. The award is given for contribution to Bulgaria's culture.
NATO Secretary General George Robertson will be awarded with Stara Planina Order, First Degree on September 5. Robertson will be awarded for his special merits for the reforms in Bulgaria's armed forces as well as for his personal contribution to the acti
Improving Bulgaria's image abroad was set for the major task of the trade attaches of the country, Bulgaria's Economy Minister Lidiya Shuleva explained that the successful execution of this task depends on increasing Bulgaria's trade exchange and the fore
The eleventh festival for Roma music, songs and dances will take place from August 6 till August 8. Over 400 singers and dancers, as well as orchestras from India, Serbia and Macedonia will take part in the festival.
Political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Bulgaria and Kazakhstan start to conclude on August 7. The talks will be held by Deputy Foreign Ministers and will focus on the prospects for development of bilateral relations and international is
Firefighters gained the upper hand over the deadly forest fires, which have swept across Portugal over the past week but remained on high alert as forecasters warned temperatures were set to rise and the death toll from the blazes climbed to 14. The coole
The other part of Bulgaria's Iraq-bound peacekeeping battalion will leave for their mission next week, the country's Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said Wednesday. The first thirty soldiers from Bulgaria's peacekeeping battalion left for Kuwait in the
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva defeated Russia's Lichovtseva (6:3; 6:3) in a game from the second round of Los Angeles USD 635 000 tournament.
Four Dutch nationals attended a gathering of skinheads in Bulgaria, local police reported. Officers busted a meeting that attracted skinheads from across Bulgaria to the city of Pazardzhik, 109km south of capital city Sofia.
Changing the level of the tax burden or specific preferences is not crucial for attracting foreign investments, newly appointed Deputy Finance Minister Stamen Tassev said at his first meeting with journalists.
Profit tax for companies will be reduced by 1,5% in 2004, Finance Ministrer Milen Velchev announced.
Spanish police arrested eight Bulgarian nationals, alleged members of a criminal ring specialized in traffic in people, according to Madrid newspaper El Pais. The Bulgarians were nabbed in Alicante, one of the cities, along with the capital Madrid and Val
Following the scuffles over Bulgartabac in the spring of 2003, the unsuccessful privatisation of the national telecommunications company BTC questioned again the trust in the government and its ability to conduct structural reforms, Bank Austria Creditans
The recently set-up flag carrier Bulgaria Air will launch regular flights to Algeria, Portugal and Ukraine under bilateral accords with the governments of the three countries.
The explosives and methods used in a bomb attack on a luxury hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday were similar to those used in the Bali bombing last year, Indonesian police say. Investigators sifting through debris for clues about the cause of the blast, which ki
Israel is preparing to release about 340 Palestinians later as a goodwill gesture aimed at helping the peace process to advance. But the number is lower than the 540 given last week - a disappointment to the Palestinians.
The Stone of Hiroshima will be displayed Wednesday at the Earth and Men National Museum in Sofia. Thus the museum marks the Global day of Compassion held to commemorate the victims of H-bombs, wars and terrorism and promote people's efforts to live in har
Some 6,000 German tourists can be counted each day in the Bulgarian coastal resort Sunny Beach through tour operator Thomas Cook, the Free Europe radio reported. By the end of the busy season, the number of the Germans will leap to 170,000 which is 50 per
The mayor of Hiroshima in Japan has marked the 58th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack by criticising the world's pursuit of new nuclear weapons technology. "The world without nuclear weapons...
A cutting-edge technology park in Sofia is expected to absorb investments worth BGN 87 M. This is one of the five pilot programs for implementation of Sofia's new urban plan greenlighted by the city councilmen on Wednesday.
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