The first round of the National motor race took place in the Danube town of Russe. Following a fierce competition, the Valentin Antov seized the first prize despite a an engine failure.
Unilever will invest USD 11 M over a five-year period in the plant for margarine production, that was officially opened Wednesday in the town of Dobrich, about 500 kilometres northeast of Sofia. Unilever, an international manufacturer of leading brands i
US Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to pay a one-day visit to Bulgaria May 15, Bulgaria's Ambassador to Washington Elena Poptodorova told local Darik Radio.
US President Bush announced Wednesday the appointment of L. Paul Bremer III, a retired diplomat and counterterrorism expert, as his special envoy to Iraq, making him the senior civilian in charge of rebuilding the country's government and infrastructure,
The latest opinion polls in Bulgaria show that the most popular public figure remains the Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary Gen. Boyko Borissov.
Laboratory tests carried out under the Geneva-headquartered WHO's multi-centre collaborative network have shown that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus can survive outside the human body for weeks. The World Health Organisation tried to al
Poland's defense minister will tell Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld at a meeting today that he wants German and Danish troops to join Polish forces in a mulitnational security force that will patrol one of three zones in Iraq, the Washington Times wr
An Australian newspaper announced it had been handed an audiotape purported to have been recorded by Saddam Hussein inside Iraq earlier that day. The Sydney Morning Herald said its correspondent in Baghdad was given the tape by two men because they had b
Bulgaria is seeking Indian investments, Indian news provider Keralanext reported noting that it is one of the countries that hope to join European Union in next four years. The publication quotes the ambassador and minister-counsellor of Bulgarian republ
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy described the ratification of the country's NATO accession protocol by the US as the "highest hurdle" on Bulgaria's road to membership. Speaking late on Tuesday shortly before leaving for the US, the minister exp
Russia will repay USD 14.5 M of its debt to Bulgaria by supplying goods, Bulgarian Finance Minister Milen Velchev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin agreed in Moscow.
DEAR READERS, After a long break during the national holidays in Bulgaria (May 1 - May 6), The News online daily newspaper is back again to deliver to you coverage of all significant and interesting events from Bulgaria and abroad seven days a week, roun
Coventry-born Panjabi MC drank champagne in Sofia's disco club Double Vision following the successful party he staged in Sofia Land amusement park Saturday evening. He has had chart success with his bhangra-infused track Beware of the Boys - Mundian To Ba
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Jay Garner, US civilian administrator for Iraq, headed back to Baghdad following a new warning that coalition forces must do more to restore security in the country. AFP cited the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenb
Bulgaria's defense minister will table in the Council of Ministers Wednesday a proposal for dispatching a Bulgarian battalion to Iraq. The cabinet is expected to discuss it on Thursday so that the Parliament could debate it and decide conclusively.
Rightist opposition in Bulgaria should push for a non-confidence motion against the Cabinet and should work for early elections according to newly set civil committee December 14 led by influential right-winger Edvin Sugarev. In adeclaration, the committe
The Supervisory Council of the Privatisation Agency (PA), Bulgaria's sale body, is expected to reject or approve May 7 ratified by PA Executive Council draft contract for the sale of a 65-percent stake in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company. The dea
A woman was killed and four injured in a car accident on Trakiya highway near Bulgaria's second-biggest town of Plovidv. The car was heading from Chirpan to Plovdiv when it speeded into a hole on the highway and the driver lost control over the car.
There is more to the reforms in the army than its down-sizing, President Parvanov said following the parade on the occasion of the Day of the Bulgarian Army May 6.
The Russian and US space agencies have agreed to co-operate on a joint unmanned mission to Mars and expand the development of other joint interplanetary probes. The announcement came after talks in Moscow between the heads of the two agencies, Nasa admini
Bulgaria Ranks Second in the Balkans at Paris 2024 Olympics, 26th Overall
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