Many people enjoy today the assets of civilization, including computers and television, which definitely have many advantages but in many cases they have negative influence on our health. Most of the people who live and work in the city spend hours in fro
Over 2002, the race to build the world's most powerful scientific supercomputer gained momentum. In April, Japan's Earth Simulator at the Marine Science and Technology Center in Kanagawa was crowned as the new supercomputing world champion when tests prov
Ingredients: 1 chicken (about 1 kg), 100 ml vegetable oil, 1 onion, 2 tomatoes, 1 celery, 1 ? tablespoons flour, 1 glass of white wine, 2-3 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon paprika, black pepper, 1 bay leaf and salt to taste. How to cook: Run salt on the outsid
Hundreds of relatives and friends bade last farewell to prosecutor Nikolay Kolev in Sofia's church Saint Sofia January 2. Nikolay Kolev, prosecutor at the Supreme Administrative Prosecution Office and former chief military prosecutor, was shot dead around
Investigating proceedings for murder have been launched on the death of Vladimir Dimov, Economic and Investment Bank (EIBank) Deputy Security Chief. The 44-year-old man was found shot dead in Sofia district Geo Milev in the morning of December 30.
A military TV channel will broadcast via satellite to Bulgarian contingents taking part in peace-keeping missions. The channel will be launched on January 7.
The Economist Intelligence Unit expects divisions within the ruling Simeon II National Movement to deepen, possibly forcing the government to try to reach an accommodation with other centre-right groupings in order to stay in office. Although the governme
Ms Elena Georgieva is Chief Director of "Corporate Policy" department in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company. She has worked in the company since 1984.
Foreign Minister Passy was named Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Nedelino at an official ceremony on January 2. Passy was declared Nedelino citizen of honour with a decision of the municipal council of December 19.
The rotation of Bulgaria's guard squad within the Stability Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be carried out in stages January 3 through 20. Bulgaria took over the guarding mission on January 2 and will dispatch the first special echelon a day l
A man died in an accident at a Veliko Turnovo-based company early in the morning on January 2. Georgi Georgiev, thirty-year-old, opened the elevator's door and fell into the eight-meter pit.
Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for new thinking on Turkish policy in Cyprus, saying the future of the divided island needs to be settled quickly. Mr Erdogan criticised the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and called on him to negotiat
Greece has extended by six month the deadline for immigrants who want to obtain one-year stay permits, local Darik Radio reported, citing Eleftheropitia newspaper. In order to obtain the permit the immigrant is required to present identity card or other p
China hopes to become the third country to put humans into space, launching its first manned spacecraft later this year. According to the semi-official China News Service the launch would take place in the second half of 2003.
France faces an environmental crisis as high winds push oil slicks from the sunken tanker, Prestige, towards its southern coast. The oil is expected to hit the coast in the coming weeks and its size is said to be enough to cover New York City.
Five Bulgarians were killed in Spain as their car collided with a fuel tanker late on Monday afternoon on a main road in the province of Segovia, north of Madrid. The spokesman of the Bulgarian foreign ministry announced that the car entered the opposite
Sofia policemen conducted an operation against drug dealers on New Year's Eve, the Interior Ministry announced. Seven drug pushers were detained for 24 hours.
The five-year governmental Program for Developing Alternative Agriculture in the Rhodopi is stirring much more interest than the EU pre-accession SAPARD fund. Hassan Azis, deputy district governor of Kurdzhali (the host-district of the new project) said t
The national health information center opened a free phone line on Thursday. Ten experts will answer to questions concerning the patients' rights, the services and the medicines that will be covered by the Health Fund.
Bulgaria's judicial system is paralysed by scandals, Varna Appellate Prosecutor Vassil Mikov said in an interview for local TV channel Nova Televisia. The statement comes several days after the murder of Prosecutor Kolev and Mikov's allegation that the fo
The Ukrainian barge that capsized on Wednesday in the Danube section between Bulgaria's Russe and Romania's Gyurgevo port will stay in the river for a few more days. In spite of the wrecked vessel, the traffic in this section is normal.
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