One of the renowned microbiologists who testified in favor of the Bulgarian defendants in Libya's HIV case, Vittorio Collizi, said there is a breakthrough in the trial. He declared his readiness to repeat the testimony before another instance.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Lidya Shuleva and Oscar de Bruyn Kops, the World Bank Country Manager for Bulgaria, signed Thursday an agreement for a USD 455,000 grant to Bulgaria that will help the preparation of the Second Programmatic Ad
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburd hailed Thursday rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) leader Nadezhda Mihaylova who was nominated for the post of Sofia mayor earlier on the same day. Mihaylova deserved to be nominated, the prime minister
The European Union allotted some EUR 19,500 for building a purifying facility in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzik, some 109 kilometres south of capital Sofia. The initiative is part of the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) program
Bulgarian Cabinet greenlighted Thursday Penal Code changes, which provide for more severe penalties for a number of crimes. The fresh amendments set harsher penalties for those who break state secrets, profit of illegal logging or start forest fires.
Settlements with population of over 250 residents will restore automatically their mayoralty status on September 15, which entitles them to elect mayors at the elections on October 26, under legislative amendments, Parliament adopted unanimously Thursday.
German unemployment has flattened out, boosting hopes that the government attempts to reform the labour market might be having an effect. Adjusted for seasonal factors such as July's surge in school leavers joining the job market and rising agricultural h
A second person is being investigated in Romania in connection with the MSBlast virus that caused havoc online in August. Romanian police confirmed they have a suspect believed to have released a modified version of the virus.
It was a difficult decision for me, leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and candidate for Sofia mayor on the ticket of the right-wing party, said after the news of her nomination broke.
Bulgaria is negotiating power exports to Romania through the neighbour's company Elektrika, Romania Libera newspaper reported on August 4. The company also signed a power-import contract with Moldavia after previous provider -- a Montenegrin power plant
IBM Vice President Andreas Kerstan and Bulgaria's State Administration Minister Dimitar Kalchev pledged to work together for building Bulgaria's e-government, which will provide online administrative services.
Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of the United Democratic Forces, have been chosen to run for Sofia mayor on the ticket of the right-wing party, it was announced on Tuesday.
By Glenn Frankel Washington Post
A total of 9,7 billion lev deposits have been placed by the end of the first half of the year in Bulgaria, data of the central bank show as of July 30. Lev deposits prevail over foreign currency savings, which stand at 1.
The 22-year old male patient who underwent heart transplantation in exemplary Sofia hospital Saint Ekaterina died Thursday morning due to excessive blooding, Mariana Konteva from the hospital announced. She underlined that in technical terms the operation
The six Bulgarian medical workers, tried for deliberate infection of nearly 400 Libyan children with HIV, cherish the hope to come back to their homes by the end of the year.
Most of the prostitutes arrested in Germany in recent police raids come from Russia, Lithuania and Bulgaria, DPA reported.
Bulgaria's right-wing Union of Democratic Forces is due to announce today its candidate to run for Sofia mayor, who, in the words of spokesman Nikolay Mladenov is "surprising but competitive".
The Privatisation Agency will trade against compensation notes stakes in fifty state-owned companies, Iliya Vassilev, the agency's Executive Director, announced. The stakes put up for sale on the stock exchange are expected to absorb compensation notes wi
Florida executed by injection anti-abortion militant Paul Hill on Wednesday, who became the first person executed in the United States for murdering a doctor who performed abortions. Paul Hill, 49, was condemned for the July 29, 1994, shooting deaths of D
The prime minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen is due to arrive today in Sofia to pay an official visit at the invitation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg.
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