A EUR 60 M loan contract between Bulgaria, the European Investment Bank and the National Electricity Transmission Company for the Energy 2 project will be discussed to day at the Cabinet's meeting. The contract for financing energy sector rehabilitation w
Bulgaria ranks third in ISPA grants utilization with nearly 11% of ISPA grant total by the end of 2002. The country lags behind Poland and Romania with 33,4% and 23% of utilization rate respectively.
Bulgaria is a privileged country in tourism, a strongly developing area, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said in his opening address at the second International Conference on Tourism "Bulgaria Dream Area" (www.bulgariantourism.
Bulgarian minority in Serbia has diminished by some 6,000 people over the last eleven years. This shows unofficial data from a population census conducted in the Yugoslav republic in 2002, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency reported quoting Belgrade media.
The possible introduction of relieved visa requirements for Turkish nationals who visit neighbouring Bulgaria was discussed by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev and Turkey's Tourism Minister Guldal Aksit. Bulgaria was visited by
President Parvanov summons the Consultative Council on National Security today. Bulgaria's readiness for NATO membership negotiations will be top on the agenda of the meeting.
"An American, Japanese, Western European tourist who comes to Greece, would love to visit Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania also. A program offering trips in the Balkan countries is much more attractive than that offering trips in only one Balkan country," Dimitu
Bulgarian embassy in Tel Aviv denied the information that another Bulgarian was killed in Sunday's bombings. Sofia's Ambassador Prof.
A three-member jury of the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the decision of the Privatization Agency regarding the choice of Viva Ventures for preferred buyer of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company was legal. The court rejected the protest of
A Turkish Airlines commercial passenger plane carrying 71 passengers and five crew has crashed in Turkey. The RJ-100 jet was travelling from Istanbul to the south eastern city of Diyarbakir when it reportedly crashed in a military area near the airport.
Mr. Hadzhinikolov is Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister, responsible for tourism.
The chief prosecutor demanded the immunity of MP Nikola Nikolov stripped so that a lawsuit can be brought against him, the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office announced. In his request to the Parliament, the prosecutor said that Nikolov should be pursue
Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said Bulgaria would most probably close its negotiations with the European Union in 2004 before the entry of the new members. She outlined Bulgaria's priorities during the Greek presidency of the European Union on
Official checks found nothing illegal about the arms trade in Kintex case, Bulgaria's Interior Minister Petkanov said. He pointed out that the checks launched by the ministry already yielded final conclusions.
The Privatisation Agency invites an open bidding tender for 78,400 shares of Hemus Air EAD January 9. The shares account for 49% of the company's capital.
The alleged bank fraudster Ivan Mironov presented in Bulgaria's embassy in Skopje the release order of the Macedonian court that freed him from custody. According to Bulgarian Ambassador Alexander Yordanov, Macedonian authorities took steps to secure Miro
As a scientist I don't believe cloned babies were born unless proofs are presented, which has not been done yet, Prof. Rumen Tsanev, founder of the Bulgarian Institute of Molecular Biology, said for novinite.
A commuter plane with 19 people on board crashed upon departing at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The plane was Air Midwest Flight 5481 and was on its way to the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport in South Carolina.
The extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Bulbank AD (majority-owned by Italy's Unicredito) which took place on January 8in Sofia approved changes in the composition of the supervisory board of the bank and changes in the management of the
Theoretically it is possible for the Turkish consortium Koc Holding/ Turk Telekom to be named preferred buyer for a 65 percent stake in Bulgaria's telecom. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev after a meeting w
Strategic review of Bulgaria's defense was recommended by the former NATO supreme allied commander Europe Gen. Jeremy McKenzie who pays three-day visit to Sofia.
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