Light Earthquake Shook Southwestern Bulgaria
A light earthquake with a magnitude of 2,7 on the Richter scale rattled Southwestern Bulgaria at 04:35 on Monday morning.
A light earthquake with a magnitude of 2,7 on the Richter scale rattled Southwestern Bulgaria at 04:35 on Monday morning.
Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court should announce June 5th its decision about the scrapped sale of a 65-percent stake of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) to US firm Advent. We believe that our offer is the most favorable and intend to wi
The traditional beer festival in Bulgaria's capital was the main attraction for Sofia residents during the weekend. Performances of Bulgarian musicians entertained the visitors.
Starting from June 1 the social pension in Bulgaria reaches BGN 50. So far the pension was some BGN 46.
Bulgaria's Cherno More football team will challenge the UEFA Intertoto Championship, the team's administrators announced Sunday. The first rival of Cherno More at the championship will be Hungary's team.
Single digit increases in the number of SARS cases in Taiwan and China is prompting cautious optimism the crisis may be turning the corner. Canada, however, is battling an unexpected resurgence of cases.
The Israeli government has lifted its closure of the West Bank and Gaza ahead of peace talks with the Palestinians next week, a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces said. The closure was lifted at midnight Saturday, the spokesman said.
Bulgaria's Kalotina border checkpoint officers foiled an attempt for export some EUR 30,000 fake bills Sunday. They found the bills inside a chips-pack carried by Bulgarian named D.
The Russian and US presidents say the Iraq crisis strengthened their partnership despite disagreements over the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George W Bush were speaking at a joint news conference after talks in St Petersburg - th
Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund launched four new health insurance programs that will provide free medicine for 15 thousand Bulgarians in 2003. One of the programs is developed to help patients who underwent cardiac or brain surgery.
Bulgarian children started painting a 2,222 meters long picture in the center of Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The event was organized to celebrate Sunday's International Child's Day and has ambitions to enter the Guinness Word Record book.
Bulgaria's firms are among the most favored candidates for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq according to The US Agency for International Development (USAID), Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev said Sunday.
Bulgaria's controversial businessman Konstantin Dimitrov nicknamed "Samokovetsa" survived a bomb attack Saturday. Some 15 kg of explosives blew up on a road about 20 km of Bulgaria's capital Sofia when Dimitrov's Mercedes jeep passed over the detonator-
Bulgaria's Deputy Finance Minister Gati Al Jabouri who resigned Friday denied claims that he abused his power. I will lodge a complaint against those who spread such speculations, Al Jabouri stressed Saturday.
Bulgaria's best tennis-player Magdalena Maleeva beat Italy's Rita Grande 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Saturday and entered the French Open's 1/8 finals. The extremely dynamic match went on for almost three hours.
US private equity firm Advent International offers EUR 260 M for a 65-percent stake in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), Advent's leadership stated Saturday. We can even raise our bid up to EUR 280 M and totally revise our offer, Advent lea
Bulgarian children joined a celebration in the capital's Sofia Land amusement park Saturday. The event was organized by Bulgaria's biggest GSM operator MobilTel to mark Sunday's Internetional Children's Day.
The US is committed to a strong Nato, despite divisions over the war in Iraq, US President George Bush said Saturday during his official visit in Poland. Bush called for the US and Europe to confront terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and announced
Discussions on Ankara's cut power supplies from Bulgaria will be held in Turkey May 9-10, Bulgaria's Energy Minister said Saturday. Talks had to be postponed over Thursday's vote in Bulgaria's Parliament on the non-confidence motion against the country's
Two hundred and twenty Bulgarian firms tabled their applications for taking part in the post-war reconstruction of Iraq, Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremidchiev said Saturday. Leaders of US companies that already signed contracts for going
Software giant Microsoft has agreed to pay USD 750 M to settle a lawsuit claiming it used its dominance to crush competition. The case involved Netscape Communications which now belongs to the AOL group.
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