Vassil Bozhkov, chairman of Vuzrazhdane business club, is not adviser to President Parvanov, and is a member of none of the counselling bodies with the Head of State, the President press office said in a statement circulated to the media Sunday afternoon.
Bulgaria has registered 439 HIV-positive persons, most of them aged between 20 and 29, officials announced. Thirty-nine HIV-positive patients have been registered in Bulgaria since the beginning of 2003, their number is expected to go up to 70-80 by the
Over 300 dancers and singers opened the International Folklore Festival "Vitosha" Saturday evening as they passed along Sofia main streets starting from the capital main shopping Vitosha boulevard. Sofia citizens had the opportunity to borrow a national c
A moderate earthquake rattled southeast Turkey on Sunday, causing no significant damage or casualties. The earthquake measured 5.
The withdrawal of Plamen Oresharski from the competition for Sofia mayor reflects negatively on the public confidence in the right-wing opposition, Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski told a broadcast of the private national channel bTV on Sunday. Plamen Oresha
Bulgaria's telecoms operator BTC faces serious rivalry on the market and may even collapse should its main line of business be taken over by another company, said Sunday a consultant with Viva Ventures, wholly owned unit by Advent International. At the b
Over 500,000 of techno music fans flocked to the German capital Saturday for the annual Love Parade. Under this year's motto "Love Rules," the parade culminated at the city's landmark Victory Column, close to the Brandenburg Gate, with programs running la
The Italian tourism minister, Stefano Stefani, has offered to resign from the Italian government after coming under fire for comments he made about German tourists. Stefani had described Germans as loud hyper-nationalistic blondes and arrogant beer guzzle
The worst flood since 1991 in southeast China has killed 569 people, displaced 2.29 million people and damaged 23.
Russia is falling behind schedule with the repair works of Bulgaria's MiG-29 fighter aircraft, national private TV channel bTV reported Saturday, two days before the deadline for completing the repairs of the first six of a total of 20-member fleet expire
Bulgaria is ready to live up to competition pressure and market powers in the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said in the report that he presented at the Cabinet Saturday meeting in the coastal town of Varna.
Many citizens of Sofia flocked to the garden in front of the National Theatre to enjoy classical music pieces during the open-air concert of Sofia Brass Orchestra. The concert has already turned into a tradition and organizers are set to keep it.
A Philippine parliamentary delegation started its visit to Bulgaria with a visit to Veliko Tarnovo, the old Bulgarian capital in Northern Bulgaria. The delegation is headed by Senate President Franklin M.
Approval rate of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg is plunging rapidly with 60% of Bulgarians declaring they do not trust him any more, shows a survey, conducted in July by opinion agency MBMD. According to the results of the poll pessimists prevail over
The bill on extending concessions for Varna and Burgas airports will be tabled again in Parliament and must be put to the vote before the end of the current parliamentary session, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said in the Black Sea town of Varna.
Bulgaria may not enter the European Union (EU) in 2007, the country's Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said Saturday for local radio Info. Her statement came after EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said Thursday that amendments to Bulg
North and South Korean negotiators have failed to agree on a format for talks to resolve the dispute over Pyongyang's suspected nuclear threat. But the two nations on Saturday agreed to a vaguely worded statement pledging to pursue "appropriate dialogue"
The recent disappearance of a Boeing 727 along with a resurgence of terror activities near the Horn of Africa have spurred the United States to add new combat power to the region, the senior U.S.
There are no current negotiation talks concerning reshuffle in Bulgaria's ruling Simeon II National Movement (SIINM) between US and Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, Roderick W. Moore, Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Sofia s
Bulgaria's Cabinet has managed to handle most of its assigned tasks and has the will to find the best solutions for the remaining problems, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said in the coastal city of Varna, where the Cabinet held an extraordinary meetin
I was certain to win the Sofia mayor post, Plamen Oresharski, former candidate for Sofia mayor that was to run on the ticket of the right wing party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), said Saturday. He said that the weak results of some public polls could
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