Bulgaria's environment minister threatened she would stop urban plans if they do not provide for bike lanes. Minister Dolores Aresenova said it is very important to boost awareness of the impact of transport on environment and popularize other options.
Over BGN 1.315 B is the overall amount of unpaid taxes in Bulgaria, the Chief Tax Directorate announced on Monday.
The United States occupies the sixth place among investors in Bulgaria but this position will be bettered as Washington has the ambition to lead the ranking, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said following his meeting with the US Ambassador to So
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission counted 151 political parties and coalitions that submitted papers for registration before Monday's deadline. These forces project participation at the oncoming municipal and mayoral elections to be held on October
A rejected by NATO former intelligence chief will be appointed by Bulgaria's prime minister coordinator of special services with the Interior and Defense Ministries in the political Cabinet.
WTO delegates headed home after talks aimed at galvanizing momentum toward a new multilateral trade accord failed, ravaged by a rift between rich and poor countries. The World Trade Organization (WTO) played down what it termed a "setback," the US blamed
A truck filled with explosives blew up Monday outside a government security building in a southern Russian region bordering Chechnya, killing two people and wounding 25. The explosion shattered all the glass in the Ingushetia regional headquarters of the
Swedish police have identified the suspected killer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh by name, according to the on- line edition of the Swedish evening newspaper Aftonbladet. The report quoted one of the officers involved in the investigations as saying: "I
The traffic in the central Sofia boulevards Slivnitsa, Vassil Levski, Patriarch Evtimii and Hristo Botev will be cut on September 22 because of the Mobility Week. Only pedestrians, cyclists and cars of the city transport will be allowed to pass through th
Twelve Bulgarian companies will participate in the world's leading sales and marketing IT forum for the global outsourcing industry OutsourceWorld New York under the motto Bulgaria - The Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe.
Bulgarian wrestler Serafim Barzakov won a silver medal in the category up to 66kg at the World Free Style Wrestling Championship for Men and Women taking place in New York. Barzakov was defeated at the final 1-3 by Russia's Irbek Farniev.
Bulgaria and Singapore should create joint agricultural ventures, Bulgaria's Agricultural Minister Mehmed Dikme suggested at the meeting with Singapore's President Sellapan Rama Nathan. Sellapan Rama Nathan met with the Bulgarian delegation headed by his
Libya denied American claims that it had tried to procure weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), AFP reported. The official news agency Jana cited foreign ministry official Hassuna al-Shaush as calling the allegations "no more than an invention".
Bulgaria's kayak team-Bonka Pindjeva and Delyana Dacheva-- won a silver medal in the world canoe/kayak championship in Gainesville, US. Pindjeva and Dacheva finished second in 500 meters.
Stanimira Koleva, a top model of Bulgaria's Visage Model Group agency, landed on the cover of Italian fashion journal Vogue Pelle's last issue, spokesman of the agency said.
Aaron Michael Hammer, aged 24, was arrested Monday by Los Angeles policemen in connection with the killing of the oldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, Yetunde Price. The woman, aged 31, died in hospital on Sunday following a confrontat
Customs officers are Bulgaria's most corrupted state officials, survey of the Alfa Research agency shows. This result is no different from those of the agency's previous corruption studies, which are held once in three months.
Technical equipment worth BGN 100,000 has been stolen from Bulgaria's trade office in Moscow, the Bulgarian National Radio reported The body of 25-year-old guard Borislav Chalkov, a Bulgarian national, was found in the office Sunday morning around 10:20 M
Estonians voted in favor of joining the EU next May, with 67 percent of Estonians have voted yes, while 33 percent said "no" in Sunday's referendum, where turnout exceeded 60 percent. Supporters, including the government and business groups, warned that E
Some 65,000 Bulgarian children stepped over school thresholds for the first time as the new school year opened on September 15. However, capital Sofia saw a 7 percent-decrease in the number of new school kids this year.
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