Libya began Wednesday to transfer the USD 2.7 B compensation that the country agreed to pay to the families of those killed in the Lockerbie airliner bombing, US officials said.
Bulgarian state official in the town of Silistra was captured Wednesday while receiving a bribe, the Bulgarian National Radio said. The 33-year-old man works at the Labour Inspection Agency in Silistra, the radio claims.
The US Helsinki Committee criticized Bulgaria's religious legislation claiming that it didn't provide enough freedom for different religious groups in the country. Bulgaria doesn't comply with the religious freedom standards set by the Organization for S
Bulgaria's Red Cross launched Wednesday United Nations (UN)-backed project for preventing sexual and domestic violence in refugee groups in the country. This is the first time such project starts in an East or Central Europe nation.
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister asked Libyan officials to help secure visas for the main witnesses in favour of the six Bulgarian defendants in Libya's HIV case. Minister Passy got on the phone his Libyan counterpart, Abd al-Rahman Shalgam, on Wednesday to i
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg appointed Prof. Kamen Vesselinov Deputy Education Minister on Wednesday, officials said.
Bulgaria has considerable potential to use alternative power sources, report of the country's Energy Ministry showed Wednesday. The report also suggested that power obtained from sun radiation, wind or hot mineral springs could reach some 7 percent of Bul
Workers of troubled plant Energocabel protested on Wednesday in Sofia. The rally was staged, as the employer has not allowed them since the end of their compulsory leave on August 4.
Sofia's Atlantic Club will mark in September 100 years of Bulgaria-US diplomatic relations with a special conference, members of the Club said Wednesday. The conference will take place September 18-19 and will be joined by former Governor of the state of
The number of foreign tourists that visited Bulgaria in July increased by some 22 percent as compared to July 2002, data of Bulgaria's Economy Ministry show. The number of foreign tourist that the country welcomed January-July 2003 also went up by some 1
Bulgarian soldiers that will take part in Iraq's peacekeeping are safe and healthy as they continue to move toward the country, officials from Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said Wednesday. The troops haven't been involved in any accidents since they left B
Bulgarian archeologists study the remains of a mediaeval customs where the Byzantine Empire has paid the taxes it owed to the Bulgarian tsars for more than 200 years. The site is in the vicinity of tiny town Debelt, 14km into the mainland from Bulgaria's
The possibilities for establishment of US military bases in Bulgaria are still at a stage of preliminary inquiry according to Senator James Inhofe. The senator who leads a delegation to Sofia stressed in an interview for Radio Free Europe that he is not a
The withdrawal of the resignation of Finance Minister Milen Velchev is a positive development and it comes as no surprise for me, Stanimir Ilchev, floor leader of the ruling Simeon II National Movement, told local Darik Radio right after the news broke on
Police in Bulgaria outlined suspects in the investigation of the killing of arms trader Phillip Naydenov - Fatik, Interior Chief Secretary Gen. Boyko Borissov said.
By filing his resignation Finance Minister Velchev sought to put Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg under pressure so that he may restore certain positions in the government and the ruling majority that he seemed to have lost, said former Finance Minister
The decision of the Finance Minister to wthdraw his resignation is a result of the meeting and talks he held over the last two weeks with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, the leader of the junior coalition partner the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ah
Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev has withdrawn his resignation, the governmental press office announced on Tuesday. The move comes after he held consultations with the prime minister.
Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev has withdrawn his resignation, the governmental press office announced on Tuesday. The move comes after he held consultations with the prime minister.
The low waters in the Bulgarian section of international river Danube cause losses of thousands of euros for Bulgarian ship owners. River hauliers brace for even worse times as forecasts warn the critical situation will continue for at least a month.
Two Bulgarian divers aged 41 and 54 drowned near Bulgaria's Black Sea of Sozopol because of fault in their compressor. The two men were diving for seashells at a depth of 15m when the compressor stopped working.
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