The six Bulgarian medics that will stand before the Benghazi Criminal Court Monday are optimistic about its decision, the Bulgarian National Radio reported September 7. This is the fourth time that the court convenes to hear the HIV trial against the Bul
"I would back Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Gen. Boyko Borissov is he would run for the post of Sofia mayor," Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev said September 7.
One woman died and 15 people were rescued when a boat capsized on UK's River Severn. The craft, carrying a private party, got into difficulties at Stourport-on-Severn marina, Worcestershire, on Saturday.
Writer Lyuben Dilov Junior, who was nominated to run for the post of Sofia mayor by coalition forged by the Democratic and Agrarian Parties and the civil movement Gergyovden, will launch September 25 a fundraising event to support his campaign. Funds will
Bulgaria failed to complete some 28 of its scheduled privatization deals for the first half of 2003, Bulgaria's Dnevnik daily newspaper wrote September 7. The main reason for the miscarriage is reported to be lack of potential investors' interest toward
Some of Bulgaria's most eminent sports journalists faced popular television stars in an amateur football match at Bulgaria's National Sports Academy Sunday. The game was a warm-up for people who came to watch the finals of amateur Fan Cup organized by the
Funds that the European Union (EU) PHARE program will provide for Bulgaria in 2004 are some EUR 157 M, which marks a 66 percent increase year-on-year, Bulgaria's Darik Radio said Sunday citing Finance Minister Milen Velchev. The funds will be used to sup
Illegal imports from Turkey to Bulgaria caused some 1,000 Bulgarian light-industry firms to go bankrupt over the last year, Chairman of Bulgaria's Chamber of Commerce Bozhidar Bozhilov said Sunday. Imports of large number of non-licensed goods from Turke
Spain's policemen detained a 30-year-old Bulgarian from the town of Krivodol, Bulgaria's Darik Radio said Sunday. The man was wanted for a series of car thefts and legal proceedings against him have been started in courts of the Bulgarian towns of Montana
A US military plane taking off from Baghdad airport came under attack from two surface-to-air missiles on Saturday. However, the heat-seeking missiles had no chance of hitting the transport plane, which was flying at an altitude of 4,000 metres at the tim
It is unlikely for new charges against the six Bulgarian medics in Libya to be raised, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said Sunday.
Bulgaria will start building its second bridge over the Danube River in June 2004, Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Bulgaria Milen Keremedchiev told the Bulgarian National Radio on Sunday. Funds for building the bridge -- between the Bulgarian port
Two firemen were injured while trying to put out blaze that destroyed a confectionary in the town of Silistra, the Bulgarian News Agency reported on Sunday. The fire -- which intensified after a couple of gas cylinders exploded -- also damaged the near-by
Israeli security forces are on a heightened state of alert for reprisals by Palestinian militants after Israel tried to kill the spiritual leader of the radical Hamas movement Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The militant group has vowed to avenge an Israeli air stri
Bulgaria's ruling Simeon II National Movement will nominate its mayor candidates for capital Sofia and the cities of Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas on Monday, Bulgaria's Dnevnik newspaper wrote September 7. So far SIINM has nominated two preliminary candidate
Bulgarian policemen detained late on Saturday Yane Yanev, leader of the Agrarian Union, who had accepted the responsibility for the firework attack against a conference of right-wing Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) earlier the same day. The meeting in t
Bulgaria's Economy Ministry almost worked out a new strategy for the privatization of the country's telecom operator BTC, Economy Minister Lidiya Shuleva told the bTV on Sunday. The fresh plan will be introduced to the Cabinet next week and its implemen
Bulgaria's national football team won a 2-0 victory over Estonia's in a qualification match for the next European Championship. Young Bulgarian football stars Martin Petrov and Dimitar Berbatov scored for the national team, which obviously outclassed its
Russia is ready to carry out repair works on Bulgaria's nuclear units 3,4 and receive USD 150 M in return, Russia's Predident Vladimir Putin said Saturday. The suggestion came during a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov in Russia's Bl
Israeli helicopters fired missiles in a strike on Gaza City on Saturday and reports claim the target was Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, co-founder of the radical Palestinian Hamas group. Hamas officials said the group's spiritual leader was injured in the hand and
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