Todor Tagarev, expert from the Bulgarian Academy of Sceinces, was appointed Thursday chairman of the Board of Directors at Turgovishte-based defence plant TEREM, replacing Colonel Dimitar Ivanov. Lyubomir Todorov is the new Executive Director of the compa
US President George W Bush is facing fresh charges that he exaggerated the threat of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction to win support for the war. In a strong attack on Bush's administration, Democratic Senator John Kerry accused the president mi
Bulgaria will switch to long-term planning to absorb the pre-accession funds allocated by the European Union under the PHARE program. The move was announced by Bulgaria's Deputy Finance Minister Lyubomir Datsov Thursday.
It has never been by chance that Bulgaria enjoys a religious tolerance, one of the moral qualities with which Bulgaria enters united Europe, Foreign Minister Passy said in his address to the international two-day conference on anti-Semitism, which opened
The symbol statue of Bulgaria's capital Sofia shines majestically as workers remove the scaffold after they had laid gold backing on it. The monument erects near the capital city's central department store TSUM.
Speleologists from across Bulgaria protested Thursday in front of the Council of Ministers in Sofia against the plan to give out the caves in the country to concessionaires. The protestors cordoned the exit of the governmental building to meet Bulgaria's
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva entered the quarter finals of women's pre-Wimbledon tournament after a 3:6, 7:5, 6:3 victory over Russia's Elena Lihovceva Wednesday. This is the seventh victory of Maleeva's uninterrupted headway at the to
Bulgaria may issue yen-denominated Samurai bonds if the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) gives the country an investment-grade rating and if it needs financing, Finance Minister Milen Velchev announced.
European Union (EU) Leaders will praise Bulgaria's progress at their summit in Greece, spokesman of the European Commission Reijo Kemppinen told Bulgaria's National Radio June 19th. Thirty EU leaders will gather near the Greek town of Thessaloniki at Thu
Amateur bomb exploded around midnight in Bulgarian capital Sofia's Krasna Polyana suburban quarter. Bulgarian Assen Daskalov, aged thirty-eight, who made the bomb was seriously hurt and has been taken to hospital.
Bulgaria's parliamentary energy committee approved Wednesday the German company RWE Rheinbraun as strategic investor in the Maritsa East mines. The German company insisted to get permission to produce electricity as it presented the project for the mines
European Union (EU) leaders gather near the Greek town of Thessaloniki Thursday for a summit which focuses on two of Europe's most controversial issues - the EU's proposed constitution and UK proposals to toughen up European asylum policy. Other areas on
Bulgaria got access to NATO's classified information with a decision of the alliance's Council this morning. June 17 was the last day from the 90-day transition period over which the seven NATO invitee countries had to tackle the final security issues co
A suicide bomber killed himself and an Israeli man in northern Israel Thursday, reports say. The attack happened at a grocery shop in a small village a few kilometres from the Palestinian-run West Bank.
The Italian parliament approved a controversial immunity bill that would allow Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to avoid an embarrassing corruption trial just days before Italy takes over the presidency of the European Union. Members of lower house, where
An Iranian woman who set herself on fire in Paris in protest at a French crackdown on the Iranian armed opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen, has died of her injuries, AFP reported. Marzieh Babakhani, a political refugee living in Paris, had suffered
The chief of Varna Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department has been attacked and severely beaten up by two unknown attackers Tuesday night, the Customs Agency said Wednesday. Nikolay Butchvarov, assaulted in front of his house in Varna, has suf
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The meeting between Bulgarian and Turkish officials, scheduled for June 19 to discuss problems concerning the export of electricity to Turkey, failed, it emerged a day earlier.
Nearly 1000 workers at Turgovishte-based defence plant TEREM resumed work after they were assured money has been transferred to the plant's bank account. The workers staged a series of protests over BGN 1, 6 M of outstanding wages.
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