Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg confirmed the country's commitment to shut down the third and fourth units of Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant Kozloduy in 2006. Following a meeting with his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern Saxe-Coburg state
Turkey has tightened security measures near the US, UK and Israel's embassies in Istanbul following the two deadly blasts on Thursday. It has also imposed stricter control at all airports in the region.
Pop superstar Michael Jackson is expected to give himself up to the police obeying an arrest warrant, which charges him with multiple cases of child molestation. Police have set a deadline for Jackson to show up and hand them his passport.
Bulgaria has imposed harder safety measures at its border with Turkey where within a week four deadly explosions took place, the director of the Bulgarian border police Colonel Valeri Grigorov said Thursday. He explained that the stricter safety measures
I would like to express my most sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims from all the countries and to the Turkish people for these terrible outrages, the Foreign Minister, Solomon Passy, said.
A man called the semiofficial Anatolia news agency claiming that Al-Qaida and the Turkish Islamic militant group IBDA-C jointly claimed responsibility for Thursday's attacks, which shook Istanbul Thursday morning.
US President George Bush once again stated his support to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose attitude towards the Iraqi conflict provoked sharp reaction among the British society. Tens of thousands of anti-war protestors gather for a march on Parliament.
Two explosions shook downtown Istanbul on Thursday, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank and another in front of the British consulate, Turkish government said. It confirmed the death of 27 people, while more than 450 were in
The case against Bulgaria's most notorious man Ivan Todorov dubbed Doktora (The Doctor) and his accomplice Todor Dishliev starts Thursday in Haskovo's District Court. The two men are charged with robbery and kidnapping of Miloslav Krastev, a businessman f
Two explosions shook downtown Istanbul on Thursday, including blasts in front of the Turkish headquarters of HSBC bank and another in front of the British consulate, Turkish government said. It confirmed the death of 5 people, while the Anatolia news agen
A Bulgarian delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Lidiya Shuleva, is attending the Annual Meeting of the government leaders of the Central European Initiative (CEI) member countries in Warsaw on Thursday and Friday. During the meet
Conclusions that thugs in the European Union (EU) aspirants are the biggest threat to the Union are free interpretation of Europol's report, according to an official statement of the organization issued to refute recent media claims. On Monday an article
Bulgaria seeks reassurance from the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern that his country will back efforts to close the accession negotiations with the European Union (EU) by the end of 2004, so that the country would be able to join EU in 2007. Ahern, who
Bulgaria ranks first in the world in terms of number of smoked cigarettes per person, Health Ministry officials announced on the International Non-Smoking Day, which is always celebrated on the third Thursday of November. A Bulgarian smokes an average of
Xinhuanet Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that the Bulgarian special reaction force has braced itself for possible terrorist attacks, although there is yet no specific warning of such attacks.
Lieutenant General Inigo Perez Navarro, NATO Commander Joint Command South West, opened the Cooperative Associate (CAS) A1-2 exercise at the G.S.
Bulgaria's parliament holds a first-reading discussion of the 2004 budget bill today.
Bulgaria police have launched major tax checks into the activity of companies allegedly linked to the underworld. That was announced after the Parliamentary commission dealing with the safety in the country was presented the criminality report prepared by
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously endorsed the so-called road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The stalled peace plan was drafted by Russia, the United States, the United Nations and the European Uni
A British newspaper reporter infiltrated Buckingham Palace ahead of US President Bush 's state visit, using a fake reference to get job on the royal staff, and was assigned to serve members of Bush's party in an embarrassing breach of security revealed We
The Vice President Commercial and Distribution Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, Edzard Overbeek arrived Wednesday in Bulgaria for the first time. Overbeek shared his opinion for
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