Winners of Bulgaria's "Green Tree of Hope" national essay competition were awarded Thursday at the National Theater Ivan Vazov's cafe. More than 200 high-school students from sixty Bulgarian cities and four villages vied for the prizes and were assessed
The Standard & Poor's rating agency raised again Bulgaria's long-term rating two days after the government successfully sold the last sate-owned bank. The long-term local currency sovereign credit rating was upgraded to (BB+) from (BBB-), and the foreign
Bulgarian-flagged sailing boat Kaliakra started Thursday its tour around Europe, organized to promote Bulgaria and commemorate the 100th anniversary since the birth of John Atanasoff, the inventor of the computer. John Vincent Atanasoff and his assistant
Strong wind caused black-outs in some fourteen villages in the regions of Vratsa and Mezdra on Wednesday evening. Fourteen heavy crashed were reported over the night, claiming the life of three persons.
Bulgarian officials will hold talks today with representatives of the Turkish Electricity Trade and Contracting Inc. TETAS, their first meeting since Turkey suspended power supply from Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Cabinet approved the dispatching of a 500-strong battalion with the armament and combat equipment for the participation of the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. The proposal will be tabled in Parliament to endorse it conclusively.
The Bulgarian National Bank launched into circulation Thursday a copper- nickel coin with a children's painting engraved on it. The coin depicts the emblem of the Bulgarian National Bank on the obverse, while the reverse of the coin has the picture of a c
Bulgaria's rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) tabled a non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Thursday. The motion was tabled a day earlier than expected.
The threats that Bulgaria's Finance Minister Milen Velchev claimed to have received were inspired by the suspension of some duty free shops he has ordered. This is what Velchev himself stated in an interview for local Info radio on Thursday.
The French president has called for lower eurozone interest rates, in a speech ahead of the G8 summit in France next month. "Interest rates are low and can continue to fall," President Jacques Chirac said on Wednesday in what is seen as a clear reference
The United States has voiced its concern to Qatar over the broadcast by the al-Jazeera satellite television channel of an alleged message from a senior al-Qaeda leader. US Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the broadcast unfortunate and said that givi
Bulgaria will vote in favor of a new resolution of the United Nation that is to lift the sanctions on Iraq. The news came from Bulgaria's permanent representative to the UN, Stefan Tafrov.
South Korean national Kim Jung-hoon, Interpol-wanted son of International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kim Un-yong, has been detained at Sofia Airport on May 18 at the request by the US office of Interpol. This was announced by Bulgaria's Interior Mini
Ian Traynor, East Europe correspondent The Guardian
Bulgaria may soon close the Transport Chapter from the pre-accession negotiations with the European Union. The country's Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced that on Thursday.
The Vatican is turning over a church in Rome to Bulgarian Orthodox believers in an elaborate ceremony Saturday, Ohio-based news provider The Respiratory said quaiting the AP. This is part of efforts by Pope John Paul II to improve relations between Cathol
Bulgarian Parliament voted down a motion for stripping right-wing MP Nikola Nukolov of immunity.
An office of the information center "Bulgaria and Iraq" is expected to open in Baghdad no later than July. The center will be run under a Bulgarian humanitarian aid project for war-torn Iraq.
US backed plan co- sponsored by Britain and Spain that will put an end nearly 13 years of U.N.
The twin evils of corruption and privatisation blunders have damaged Bulgaria's image and will make it more difficult to attract much-need foreign direct investment, Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Steve H. Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and a columnist for Forbes Magazine.
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