Bulgaria marked June 26th the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking with a procession in the town of Plovdiv. The event was initiated by young volunteers from Bulgaria's Red Cross.
The US will provide a compensation of USD 130 M to Bulgarian firms, which suffered damages during the war in Iraq, Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev said Thursday. The US is likely to fulfil the repayment by oil deliveries from Iraq.
General assembly of the Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders (AAYPL) will start in Bulgarian capital Sofia Thursday. Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy will join young politicians from fourteen countries at the opening of the assembly.
Hollywood stars Matt Dillon and William Dafoe are expected to arrive in Sofia in August, US company New Image shooing in Bulgaria announced.
Two Hamas militants were killed in the Gaza Strip, but hopes of a breakthrough in the 1,000-day-old intifada were on the rise as a truce by hardline factions and an Israeli-Palestinian security deal seemed near. Two gunmen from Hamas' armed wing -- the Ez
President Bush reacted skeptically Wednesday to a reported agreement by Palestinian militants to halt attacks on Israelis for three months. "I'll believe it when I see it," Bush said.
Bulgaria will be welcomed as full NATO member in end-May 2004 in Istanbul. According to Turkish officials and Alliance reps, the summit that will celebrate the big-bang expansion will be hosted by Turkey.
A former bank branch chief suspected of a fraud was nabbed Wednesday after three years of hiding.
In what is seen as a sensational defeat, Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva was defeated in the second round by 36 seed Argentina's Paola Suarez 6:2, 2:6, 3:6. Thus 12-seed Maleeva was knocked out of the USD 15.
On the second day of his visit to Britain, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila, toured Edinburghin a bid to restore historic ties between the Scottish capital and his home city of Saint Petersburg. Accompanied by Prince Andrew, the seco
Representatives of one of the biggest Portuguese construction company MSF presented a draft for building a golf course in Bulgaria at their meeting with Deputy Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev and his deputy Dimitar Hadzhinikolov. The Portuguese company
Bulgarians tend to work more now than back in 1988, a statistical survey on time budgets showed. People currently spend almost eight hours a day on the average at their main job compared to the 6 hours and 52 minutes registered fifteen years ago when the
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva already won EUR 16,000 after her victory over Anca Barna (Germany) in women's singles first round match at the USD 15.54 M Wimbledon grand slam tournament.
Bulgarian parents sounded alarm that some high schools in the country lack the new certificate forms needed by university applicants who wish to study abroad.
A German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry is to be set up to assist Bulgarian and German entrepreneurs in their business contacts in the other country. Germany's Ambassador to Bulgaria H.
The US Department of State announced that 3,482 Bulgarians won in the 2004 green card lottery. The results of the famous Diversity Visa Lottery were announced June 24.
Customs guarantees for the transportation of goods along the Danube River, as well as the requirement for customs escort are cancelled as of June 25, the Transport and Communications Ministry said. The control over transportation of goods along the Danube
Croatia's Foreign Minister Tonino Picula and his Bulgarian counterpart Solomon Passy discussed the results of last week's Thessalonica summit of the European Union, as both countries are willing to join the club. At a tete-a-tete meeting in Sofia, the top
US Senator Hillary Clinton agreed to pay a second visit to Bulgaria after a meeting with Sofia's Finance Minister Milen Velchev in Washington. The senator also backed the amendment that was tabled in the US Congress to permit treatment of Bulgaria as equ
British forces gave civilian leaders in the Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir 48 hours to hand over gunmen who killed six British military police after a violent demonstration that left four Iraqis dead, AP reported, citing a municipal official said Wednesday
A handmade explosion blasted Wednesday morning the "Opera" restaurant in Bulgaria's second-biggest city of Plovdiv, 160 kilometers southeast of Sofia. No injuries have been reported.
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