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Cabinet Considers Unfreezing Belene N-plant Today

Bulgaria's Cabinet will consider today a proposal for lifting the ban on the completion of Belene Nuclear Power Plant, to be moved by Energy Minister Milko Kovachev. The project for the construction of Belene N-plant near the Danube port of Belene, 250 ki

Business | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Court in Venezuela Rules against Chavez

Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered embattled President Hugo Chavez to hand back control of Caracas police force to the capital's mayor. Chavez had ordered the military to take over police stations in the capital on 16 November, seizing power from one o

World | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

State to Secure Privileges for Ex Bulgarian Presidents

The former Bulgarian presidents will receive 75 percent of the salary of the acting head of state, will have a car and a driver of the National Security Service. The state will secure for them an office in a Bulgarian city.

Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Privatization Appraisal of Telecom USD 350 M

The privatization appraisal for a hundred percent stake of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company is USD 350 M, Apostol Apostolov, head of the Privatization Agency, said. He added that due to the delay in the sale procedure, the appraisal needed to be u

Business | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgarian Businessman Shot Dead in Varna

The businessman Karo Akopovich, 41, was killed late on Wednesday in a village near Bulgaria's seaside city Varna, private news agency BGNES reported. He was having dinner with a friend.

Politics | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Tobacco Holding May Go to Prosecution over Named Buyer Disqualification

Austria's consortium Tobacco Holding GmbH, one of the failed also-rans for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding, insisted that the Privatisation Agency (PA) comply with the ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court five-member panel, which con

Business | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Russia Insists on Return of Its Properties in Bulgaria

The Russian authorities demanded with a note on Wednesday the return of the Russian properties in Bulgaria. The note was delivered in the Bulgarian embassy in Moscow.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Trade of Potential Dual-Use Goods Investigated in Bulgaria

An investigation has been launched against the owners of Veliko Turnovo-registered Stroex company over trade of potential dual-use goods, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. At the beginning of 2002 the police in the town of Veliko Turnovo received inf

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Bush Orders Deployment of Missile Defence Shield

President George W.Bush has ordered his military to begin deploying a national missile defence system, to be operational starting in 2004.

World | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

France Arrests Terrorist Suspects amid Chemical Fears

French anti-terrorist police have seized chemicals from the home of suspected Islamic militants. Three men and one woman, all of North African origin, have been arrested and tests are being carried out on the liquid and powder substances found in their ap

World | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Bulgaria Gears Financial Decentralisation

Financial decentralisation kicks off in Bulgaria with the start of 2003. The process will be geared under governmental control.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Bulgaria "Gave Up Precautionary Agreement with IMF"

The Bulgarian government gave up its aspirations to transform the current agreement with the International Monetary Fund into precautionary one. That transpires from an interview with Deputy Finance Minister Katev for the Bulgarian news agency.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Economic Uplift Predicted in Bulgaria for 2007

In 2007, Bulgaria's economy will experience uplift, predicted Bulgaria's Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov while on a visit to China. In a meeting with his Chinese Counterpart Li Peng, he exchanged views on economic processes stressing that Bulgaria is

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Bulgaria's N-plant Oldest Units Closed by End-December

First and second units of Bulgaria's N-plant Kozloduy will be stopped between December 20th and December 30th, Energy Minister Milko Kovachev announced. Bulgaria has a commitment to the European Commission, according to which the two units have to be deco

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Border Police in Bulgaria Wholly Professional as of Dec 20

Bulgaria's Border Police will become wholly professional in days, National Border Police Service Chief Valeri Grigorov announced at a press conference. Currently there are a total of 324 conscripts in the Border Police, who will be discharged till Decembe

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Bomb Went Off Near Lozenets Restaurant

A hand-made bomb went off at Wednesday's early hours in Sofia's quarter Lozenets. No one got hurt by the blast.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

One Killed in Kindergarden Explosion

Forty-four year-old man was killed and two other got injured by an explosion in a kindergarten in Northern city Veliko Turnovo. The children escaped injury.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

FM: Means for Bulgaria's Judicial Reforms Stand Idle

A number of instruments that can be used in implementing the reforms in the judicial system stand idle. Foreign Minister Solomon Passy commented thus the idea for holding a referendum on reforms in the judicial system, voiced in a declaration of Simeon II

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Supreme Judicial Council Wants Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor to Resign

The Supreme Judicial Council demanded the resignation of Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev over abuse of his powers. 13 magistrates voted in favor, 9 against and one abstained.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Ten Slightly Injured in Train Incident in Sofia

10 were injured in a train incident at the Sofia Central Railway Station Wednesday morning. The machine-driver of a train arriving in Sofia from Pernik at 8.

Politics | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

German Court Stops Highly-Skilled Immigration Wave

A controversial German immigration law designed to bring in thousands of highly-skilled foreign workers has been struck down by the country's highest court. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of a group of conservative-led states, that had argued that the

World | December 18, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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