The US will cover part of the expenses of Bulgarian troops that will leave on a mission to Iraq, Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev said Thursday. Bulgaria will decide what sum to count off for the troops per year, Velchev said.
Bulgaria's relations with the US and EU nations remain healthy despite row over the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Bulgaria's Foreign minister Solomon Passy said Tuesday. Bulgaria joined June the firm stand of all fifteen European Union
Protesters burned Tuesday the Chinese Communist Party flag in Hong Kong as Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao tried to reassure people in the territory that their rights and freedoms would be protected. More than 100,000 Hong Kong people are expected to t
A massive explosion in a mosque in the Iraqi town of Fallujah killed at least five Iraqi civilians and injured four other, officials said Tuesday. The blast that took place just before 11 p.
If Bulgaria enters the European Union in 2007, the country could accept the euro no earlier than 2009, Bulgaria's Deputy Finance Minister Krassimir Katev said Monday. Katev denied speculations that EU member nations press Bulgaria to accept the Euro earl
Speech delivered by Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy at a ministerial meeting in Albania's capital Tirana After Copenhagen, Prague and the recently held Thessaloniki Summit of the EU our old continent has never been so close to attaining its big
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that, despite the security agreement with the Palestinian Authority, Israel would not turn a blind eye to the shooting attack in the Northern Gaza Strip, in which a Bulgarian laborer was shot and killed, Haa
Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg met Monday with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Medgyessy in Hungary's capital Budapest. During his visit in the country Saxe-Coburg also met members of the Bulgarian community in Hungary.
Vladislav Slavov, chairman of the Supreme Administrative Court, was elected Constitution judge by the General Assembly of the Supreme Administrative Court and the Supreme Cassation Court. The candidacy of Slavov has been nominated by the chief of the Supr
Foreign investments to Bulgaria January-April 2003 amount to some USD 281 M, data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) shows. This makes USD 71 M more than foreign investments over the same period in 2002.
Bulgaria's national championship for synchronous swimming kicked-off in capital Sofia Monday. After the competition Bulgaria's Bogdana Zlateva will leave for Barcelona to take part in the World Swimming Championship in July.
A Toronto health care worker aged 51 died of SARS, Canadian town of Ontario's Health Ministry confirmed Monday. It is not yet known whether the victim who worked at Toronto's North York General Hospital is a man or a woman.
A Bulgarian national has been killed Monday in the northern West Bank, the first fatality since the declaration on Sunday by four Palestinian militant groups of a three-month ceasefire. There was a terror attack near Yabed in the northern West Bank and a
An Israeli motorist was seriously wounded Monday after being shot while driving near the West Bank city of Nablus, Israel Radio reported. The motorist was shot in the head, the radio said.
Krassimir Katev, Bulgaria's Deputy Finance Minister, warned Monday against too great expectations about the remittance of Iraq's USD 1,7 B debt to Bulgaria. Still Minister Katev conceded that Bulgaria would eventually receive its debt but the timing woul
Bulgaria must close pre-accession talks with the European Union (EU) in 2004, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday. Italy takes over the rotating EU presidency July 1st and will chair the EU by the end of 2003.
Bulgarian gangs control car smuggling in Spain, data of Spain's Interior Ministry shows. The information was published by a Spanish newspaper Monday.
The project for the construction of Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline will be presented to US potential investors by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Valentin Tserovski, who started a working visit to the United States Monday. Meet
The third round of the National Mountain Championship for car racers finished Sunday. The rally arrived near the city of Gabrovo in the Balkan range.
Bulgarian cosmetics company Rubella denied Monday industrial espionage charges brought against employee Gabriela Antonova. Antonova was arrested last week under suspicion of spying on rival cosmetics producer Aroma.
State-owned Hemus Air establishes regular flights from the capital Sofia to the Black Sea town of Burgas starting from July 4. The flights will be conducted three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays by TU 154 M and Yak 40 aircraft.
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