German health authorities were examining a suspected case of the potentially fatal bird flu that has killed at least 12 people in Asia, in what could be Europe's first case of the illness A woman who returned from Thailand on Saturday with symptoms simila
US President George Bush announced an inquiry into pre-war intelligence that said Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. He told reporters he would set up an "independent, bipartisan" panel.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg will order a check into the claims that a total of 30 Bulgarian top officials have bought luxury apartments in Sofia at privilege prices using state intercession. Regional Development Minister Valentin Tserovs
One of Bulgaria's two companies that offer e-signature certificates Information Servicing is cutting down the prices by 26%. The price of the yearly subscription for already issued e-signatures will be decreased by 56%.
Journalists from the Bulgarian National Radio broadcast Horizont offered their support to their BBC colleagues. Many of the BBC employees staged protests after some key figures from the corporation resigned after the Hutton verdict.
Five companies submitted offers in the contest for privatisation consultant of the sale deal for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac before the deadline expired on February 2. These are SG Corporate Finance Advisory, Paris; JP Morgan Plc, London; a co
Some 2.5 M Muslims are expected to pass through the holy Shia city of Karbala for the pilgrimage that started February 2, the Polish command announced.
Swedish company Teligent announced further achievements in the Eastern European market with an order from the Bulgarian mobile operator MobilTel of an advanced Content Mediation Platform to be delivered within the second quarter of 2004, PrimeZone Media N
Most of Russia's major petrol companies are on the list of the bribed by the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, media reports Monday. The list that was published just a week ago at the Iraqi newspaper Al-Mada was translated in English at the Internet s
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Bulgaria and Romania will not be marginalized after the EU enlargement takes place with 10 new members on May 1, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Jean Lemierre told the French Daily La Tribune. He estimated that th
China will begin training astronauts next month for its second manned space flight, according to state media. It plans to select two people out of a team of 14 for the mission on board the Shenzhou VI spacecraft.
Completing nominally the Maastricht macroeconomic criteria would be insufficient for Bulgaria to become a member of the European economic and monetary union, it became clear after the second day of discussions at the conference Through Economic Growth Tow
ProMobile, official importer of Renault and Dacia for Bulgaria, expects to double its sales in 2004 as compared to the previous year, representatives of the company announced at a press conference on Monday. The projections are part of the company's ambit
The EU is politically not sufficiently prepared for May 1, EU Commissioner on Enlargement Gunter Verheugen commented Monday to German Daily Der Standard about the enlargement of the European Union just three months away. The Commissioner, who played a cr
The EU has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize along with US President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, AFP informed.
Russia is putting pressure on Brussels to ensure access to its markets in Central and Eastern Europe after enlargement next May, according to the Financial Times. It has also said that it will only support May's enlargement if Brussels agrees to a list of
The former chief of state healthcare fund Dr Dimitar Petrov, who was dismissed earlier on January, is going to sue the Fund's Governing Body for illegally ruling his resignation, Bulgarian news agency BTA informed. He will claim in court denouncing his re
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he had ordered a plan for the evacuation of all Jewish settlers from Gaza, according to Israeli Haaretz Daily. He intended to relocate all "problematic" settlements in Palestinian territories.
A decision for further downsizing the army will be taken on the basis of an assessment of the state of the Bulgarian army and possibilities for its modernization by March 1, it emerged on February 2. The assessment will be prepared by parallel groups from
Russia's Trade and Industry Chamber (TIC) is interested in intensifying the trade relations with Bulgaria, including larger distribution of Bulgarian goods on the Russian market, Evgenii Primakov, President of TIC stated after meeting with Bulgarian Deput
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