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A bomb ripped through a restaurant area at Indonesia's main international airport, injuring 11 people in what officials called a terrorist attack. The blast near a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant -- the second explosion in three days in the country -- m
World | April 27, 2003, Sunday // 00:00
Ireland's Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche, T.D.
Politics | April 27, 2003, Sunday // 00:00
The resignation of General Boyko Borissov will not affect the stability of the ruling party and the government, Defense Minister and deputy chair of the ruling party Simeon II National Movement Nikolay Svinarov said on Saturday.
Politics | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgarian Energy Minister Milko Kovachev is to meet his Turkish counterpart over Turkey's decision to cut Bulgarian electricity supplies.
Business | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
The Bulgarian women's party organized in 20 Bulgarian towns the traditional for Easter coloring of eggs. Over 4000 eggs and 4000 kozunatsi will be distributed to disadvantaged children and elderly people.
Politics | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev opened the fourth meeting of the "Bulgarian Easter" initiative on Saturday, which takes place this year under the motto "Bulgaria's image abroad and in Bulgaria".
About 400 successful young expa
Politics | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Reuters
One of Bulgaria's top civil servants and arguably the country's most popular official handed in his resignation to the prime minister on Friday, the government's press office said in a statement.
At least five Iraqi civilians were believed killed and many badly wounded in a series of huge blasts at an arms dump on the outskirts of Baghdad on Saturday, local witnesses said, cited by AP.
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Politics | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Over 100 participants joined the Balkan Fitness & Bodybuilding Tournament, hosted this year by Bulgaria.
Sports | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
BY PHILIP WEBSTER, TOM BALDWIN AND MICHAEL EVANS
THE TIMES
The Bulgarian Easter traditions are a variant of Orthodox Easter traditions and here egg cracking is good for more than just eating the egg. The bright red colored egg is the symbol of Easter for the Orthodox Christians all over the world.
Society | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Iraqis must unite to create an Islamic state was the message that resounded across Iraq on the main day of Muslim prayers, as clerics spoke about the need to come together after the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Some urged the United States to leave Iraq.
Politics | April 26, 2003, Saturday // 00:00
Farouk Hijazi, former operations chief for Saddam Hussein's intelligence service is in custody of US forces.
Officials confirm that Hijazi was detained Thursday evening near the Syrian border.
Politics | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Soldiers from 409th Expeditionary Air Base Group start their return in stages in McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, the press-officer of the detachment announced.
Politics | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
General Boyko Borissov was born June 13, 1959 in the town of Bankya, a few kilometers from capital Sofia.
In 1982, he graduated from the Interior Ministry's special academy as a lieutenant and a fire technique and safety engineer.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg telephoned the country's President Georgi Parvanov to notify him about the resignation of Chief Secretary with the Interior Ministry Gen. Boyko Borissov.
Politics | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
The News, 19 April: Car Explosion in Sofia Connected to Organized Crime
The blowing up of the Mercedes on Tsarigradsko highway in central Sofia April 18 leads to links with the organized crime, said Interior Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov in the
Part of the employees at the Bulgarian embassy in Beijing will be send back to Bulgaria over the expansion of SARS infection, the Bulgarian National Radio reported.
Mainly administrative and technical employees and their families, some 13 people, are exp
Politics | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
The Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary Gen. Boyko Borissov resigned.
Politics | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
This year, April 25 is Good Friday for orthodox Bulgarians. It is the Friday before Easter and it is believed to be the day Jesus has been crucified.
Society | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
The preferred buyer of Bulgaria's telecom - Viva Ventures - expects the decision of the supervisory council of the country's Privatisation Agency that would greenlight the signing of the contract till May 7.
Business | April 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00
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