"Bulgaria welcomes the adoption of a new Constitution of Afghanistan on Jan 4, which is the key element to implementing the political process of building a stable and democratic country," reads the official statement of Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. Afghan
The first six months of 2004 will be marked with the EU Presidency of Ireland. Not only will Ireland be the first EU member state to preside over a Union of 25 member states, it will also have to try and kick-start the failed talks on the new European Con
The claims that the Bulgarian soldiers in Karbala have been betrayed by the Polish command are unfeasible, Poland's Defence Ministry spokesman announced refuting the allegations that there has been a "bargain" between the Polish command and the Iraqi shei
Bulgarian PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg welcomed a delegation of 16 top French businessmen, who came on a working visit to Bulgaria. On Sunday they had official talks in the residence premises of Vrana, the governmental press office announced.
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva started the new season with a victory over the Czech Denisa Chladkova with 6-1, 6-1 in a game of the first round of the Australian women's hard-court championships Gold Coast. The USD 170,000 tournament at R
The Turkish national Murat Aihan, 32, was extradited from Bulgaria on Monday. The man was sentenced to 5 years in jail by a Romanian court.
Iran is seriously considering moving the capital away from Tehran amid fears of a major earthquake, Hassan Rohani, the country's top security official, told national television, cited by BBC. Tehran lies on a major seismological fault and experts have lon
Four of the Bulgarian soldiers who were injured in the December 27, 2003 attacks in Karbala were released from the Military-Medical Academy in Sofia on Monday. At first, it was announced that six of the young men would leave the Academy on January 5.
Overgas cut the price of natural gas for home usage with 5%, making it cost BGN 0.55/kWh.
There was money of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein deposited in Bulgarian banks, a publication of the Sunday Express reads. Reportedly, Saddam hid GBP 35 B with the Queen's banker Coutts and Co and 17 other London banks.
An unknown Islamic organization, self-named Ansar el-Hak or Justice Partisans, has claimed responsible for the "attentat" against the Egyptian charter jet, which crashed over Red Sea on Saturday. The anonymous man, who called at the local AFP section in C
Airport in Bulgaria's coastal city of Burgas closed on January 5 as snowfall continues to fall over most of the country. At Sofia Airport, however, no flights have been cancelled, although some planes are expected to arrive past schedule.
A bomb letter has exploded in the EU Parliament in Brussels, world agencies informed, cited by the Bulgarian agency BTA. No dead or injured persons are reported.
HIV epidemic at the Benghazi hospital was not caused by the six Bulgarian medics, it started before they took on the jobs there, Italian Professor Vittorio Collizi told Bulgarian radio NET on January 5. Collizi was approached for comment on the fresh rep
The main source of investments into Bulgarian economy is personal savings, stated the economic expert Georgi Stoev at a local Bulgarian radiobroadcast.
Bulgaria's winter resorts have entered the New Year with lower prices. Hotels in Pamporovo offer 50 % discounts till the end of the season, where double rooms cost between BGN 30 and BGN 130, including breakfast, fitness, swimming, sauna, jakouzi and hea
Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer took over as NATO's top official Monday pledging to unite the alliance as it prepares for a wider military role in the most troublesome sites on the world. Arriving for his first day as secretary general, De Hoop Scheffer sa
Negotiations over composing the new Serbian government have started Monday. The winner of last month's parliamentary elections, the Serbian Radical Party, declared its will to hold talks with the Democratic Party only, though the former had earlier declin
None of the flights at Sofia Airport have been cancelled, despite heavy snowfall over most of the country. Some of the planes, however, might arrive 15 to 20 minutes past schedule.
The Arabic television channel Al Jazeera aired an audiotape on Sunday purported to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in which he mentioned the arrest of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein by U.S.
A Chinese man was confirmed to have the SARS virus, prompting a decision of the Guangdong Health Bureau to close down all local wild animal markets. "We will seek to seal and block all civet cats from other provinces and take action to kill civet cats in
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