Bulgaria's Economy Ministry will announce today its conclusions after the inquiry launched into trading company Kintex over illegal arms export allegations. US on-line edition "St.
Currency fluctuations and the tailspin of the US dollar made Bulgaria's external debt swell by USD 4.5 M in November 2002 to USD 8.
Danish company Carlsberg Breweries paid BGN 74 M to boost its stake in Blagoevgrad-based brewery Pirinsko Pivo. Thus, it increased its stake from 67,17 percent to 94,5 percent.
Sofia-based brewery Ariana will be delisted from the local register of public companies after 80 % of minority shareholders approved that on January 3d. Ariana is owned by Cyprus-registered Brewmasters Holding Ltd.
Patriarch Maxim, head of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church, delivered a special ritual for the colors and the elite squads of Bulgarian armed forces in front of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. The religious-military ritual is to bring health and success to
No representatives of the Bulgarian Embassy in the United States have been contacted for comment by American on-line edition "St. Louis Today", which accused Bulgarian trading company Kintex of trying "quietly" to enter the American market with an arms im
A double suicide bombing has killed at least 19 people and wounded 100 others in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. The explosions went off in quick succession in an area crowded with people, many of them foreign workers, at the end of the working day.
The Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) is to invest BGN 300 M in 2003 for digitalisation of its network, BTC Executive Director Boyko Dimitrachkov said. About one third of the company's investment program will focus on investments in Bulgaria's se
A man who threatened to crash a light plane into the European Central Bank building landed safely at Frankfurt's airport Sunday after speaking with U.S.
An armed Turkish man has been held by border police at Svilengrad. Erol T.
Foreign Minister Passy will pay an official visit to Burgas district on January 6 and 7, 2003. The minister will take part in the traditional church celebrations and ceremonies on Epiphany or St.
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva starts her participation in the USD 565,000 women's tournament in Sydney Adidas International January 6. In the first round Maleeva, seeded eighth, faces Silvia Farina Elia (ITA).
Weathermen forecast snowy and cold winter in the coming months, after thunders and lightning struck Western Bulgaria January 4. Roads across the country remain slippery, while fog makes visibility poor on the territory of Black Sea town of Burgas, Karnoba
France's western coast is increasingly being affected by pollution from the sunker tanker, Prestige. A series of oil patches has started to appear, washed ashore by strong winds from the Atlantic.
Current head of state Valdas Adamkus is widely predicted to win today's second round run-off vote for the presidency of Lithuania. The 76-year-old's popularity rests on his succesful negotiations for EU and NATO membership.
The News Department of the Bulgarian National Television launches new broadcasts for the Bulgarians abroad on satellite channel TV Bulgaria. The first will be seen on January 6.
Two women have been killed and 20 others injured when part of a Spanish express train was derailed on Saturday evening. It was travelling from Madrid to Carthagene when it ran into trouble around the region of Albacete.
The Interior Ministry did not break the law in the surveillance operation codenamed "Gnome", Deputy Interior Minister Boyko Kotsev told the Bulgarian National Radio. The comment comes days after Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) announced violations of the M
Two police officers have been shot and wounded during further violent protests in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. A male officer was hit in the thigh and a female officer was hit by fragments when a bullet ricocheted off a wall.
An Israeli delegation will try to secure an emergency aid package worth $12bn in Washington. Israel's economy is suffering from one of the worst crises in the country's history.
A tourist was found after over one-hour rescue work by the Mountain Rescue Service at Aleko base in the mountain of Vitosha near Sofia. Milko Stoimenov, 59-year-old, got lost in the mountain in the evening of January 4.
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