The signing of the trilateral memorandum on the construction and exploitation the trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas –Alexandroupolis might be postponed, Bulgaria’s Deputy Regional Development Minister Hassan Hassan said. The memorandum was about to be sign
Sofia city court allowed the creditors of Bulgaria’s flag carrier Balkan Airlines to review the rehabilitation plan of the carrier, which had been prepared by the receivers of the debt-ridden company Hristo Mollov and Olga Milenkova. The general meeting o
The UK Parliament returned early to allow politicians pay their respects to the Queen Mother. Prime Minister Tony Blair led the tributes at the special sitting on Wednesday, saying the Queen Mother "loved her country and in return, her country loved her.
Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh has ended a five-day visit to China with increased economic cooperation high on the agenda for improving bilateral ties between the two Asian giants. In a move aimed at softening their often strained political relatio
As thousands of war veterans looked on, President Eduardo Duhalde insisted Tuesday that Argentina would one day reclaim the Falkland Islands through diplomacy -- not by waging war. Argentina contends it inherited the remote islands, populated by about 2,2
The Bulgarian army has already reached the standard required for receving an invitation for NATO entry, Miho Mihov, Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, said. Commenting the number and qualities of the Bulgarian generals – a total of 42-
The Cabinet is discussing measures, which will save Bulgarian fertilizer plants, Nikolay Vassilev, Economy Minister, said at the roundtable on Bulgarian fertilizer industry. The Cabinet also expressed readiness to introduce protective six-month duties for
The largest donors for small and medium-sized businesses in Bulgaria are PHARE program, the US Agency for International Development, as well as the British Know-How fund, Alexander Babinov, Chief Secretary of the Agency for small and medium-sized enterpri
Pope John Paul II will visit Bulgaria from May 23 to May 26, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced. Pope John Paul II will visit Azerbaijan and Bulgaria in May, the Vatican also confirmed Wednesday.
The case with the Crown Agents contract is not considered by court, Finance Minister Velchev said. He confessed that he was provided with a statement of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office, according to which the contract with Crown Agents to reform the Bulgari
Villa Philadelphia - an American-Bulgarian family-run inn, which is situated in Bulgaria’s beautiful sea resort Sinemorets welcomes guests from all over the world. So far, guests have come from twelve countries, besides Bulgaria, including USA, England,
Socia District Court postponed yet one more time the case on siphoning Mineralbank because the witnesses did not turn up in court. The four witnesses, who were summoned to court, failed to give statements, since they were out of the country.
Parliament rejected at first reading the anti-discriminatory bill, which was tabled in Parliament by MPs of the rightist opposition United Democratic Forces. The bill, which is considered to be important for Bulgaria’s EU bid, envisaging equal opportuniti
Stanley Fischer, former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who was appointed economic adviser to the Cabinet of Simeon Saxe-Coburg in mid- March arrives in Bulgaria today. Fischer is to hold meetings with Prime Minister Sax
The first British combat troops have arrived in Afghanistan, BBC reported. About 110 Royal Marine commandos arrived at Bagram airbase just outside Kabul under the cover of darkness.
An automated system for control of foreign-trade deals in arms, goods and technologies with dual use Tracker has been installed at the Economy Ministry. The system, donated by the United States, ensures centralized automatic access to information relating
The Bulgarian and Czech experience in the EU accession talks was discussed by Chief Negotiator with the EU Meglena Kouneva and her Czech counterpart Pavel Telicka. Problems in the free movement of people, of transport, energy, tax policy and farming were
The Privatization Agency announced on April 2 a tender for Incoms-Telecom Holding. An announcement for that was published in the State Gazette.
The Bulgarian contingent in Afghanistan has been assigned a new task, to ensure the supply of water to a refugee camp near Kabul, the Defence Ministry announced. The inspection of the performance of the Bulgarian unit, part of the British contingent, esta
Large expanses of the world's forests are in rapid decline and could be lost much sooner than expected, a new report by an environmental research group says. Mining, roads and other developments are destroying huge numbers of trees, the Washington-based W
Israeli forces have extended their military operations in the West Bank, with columns of tanks sweeping into the towns of Jenin and Salfit, near Nablus. There was heavy shooting as at least 30 tanks headed for the centre of Jenin early on Wednesday morni
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Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
