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Renovations at Kostenest Paper Mill

The paper mill in the town of Kostenest will be injected EUR 12 M. The investment aims to replace the old machinery that runs since 1992.

Politics | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

New Supervisory Body for Insurers, Pension Funds

A new commission will replace the now existing three bodies for financial control of insurance companies, pension funds and capital market. The commission is to be launched January 1, 2003.

Politics | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgaria May Get Equipment for Web Monitoring Soon

"I hope that Bulgaria will soon have special equipment for monitoring Internet since most of the drugs in the country are already being traded via Internet," the Chief Secretary with the Interior Ministry Boyko Borissov said upon his return from Bavaria.

Politics | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgaria Set Minimum Bond Swap Prices

Bulgaria has set the minimum price for the securities included in its Brady bonds swap as follows: 91 percent of face value for Brady bonds, 89,125 percent of face value of IABs, 91,375 percent of face value for FLIRBs. In exchange of the new instrument,

Business | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

August Foreign Government Debt Up

The foreign government debt and the state guaranteed debt combined at USD 8,535 B which marks a USD 13,4 M month-on-month increase. The foreign debt amount to 51 percent of the 2002 full-year GDP projection of BGN 30,783 M which is based on the equivalent

Politics | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Bulgaria Destroys Last SS-23 Warhead Today

Bulgaria will destroy the last warhead of its SS-23 missiles at the Zmeevo firing ground on Thursday. U.

Politics | September 26, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Gunmen Kill Seven Christians in Karachi

Two gunmen have burst into the headquarters of a Christian charity in Karachi in southern Pakistan killing seven people and wounding two. All the victims were Christians.

World | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Former Policeman Arrested with 179 Doses of Drugs

Former policeman in Sliven was arrested with 179 doses of drugs. He is detained for 72 hours.

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Schroeder Goes to London

No doubt with Iraq in mind, and the possibility Tony Blair will act as a go-between with Washington to help repair German-US relations, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder broke with post-war tradition and made his first foreign visit, after his election, to Lon

World | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Iraq Attempts to Prove Blair's Dossier is Wrong

Attempting to prove that Britain's dossier of evidence is nothing more than a pack of lies, Iraq has taken journalists to two of the plants which figure in the report to show they have nothing to do with the production of weapons of mass destruction.The a

World | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Construction of Danube Bridge 2 Expected to Kick Off 2003

Stability Pact Special Coordinator Erhard Busek hopes that the construction of Danube Bridge 2 will kick off in 2003. While speaking to Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy, he hailed Tuesday's meeting of Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia's fist diplomats in

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Foreign Ministry Denies Claims on Bulgaria Not Being Balanced in UN

The claims of Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev concerning Bulgaria's Middle East policies are groundless, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Todorov said. "Bulgaria conducts balanced policy on the Middle East and doesn't harm the interests of the Arab

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Malpractices Detected in Bulgarian Hospitals

Inspections in more than fifty hospitals and other health care institutes found malpractices in almost all of them, Health Minister Finkov said. According to him, some of the cases are really striking.

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Russian Defense Minister Joins NATO Counterparts in Warsaw

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has joined his Nato counterparts on the second and final day of their informal talks in Warsaw. Moscow's participation in the talks - the first such meeting held in a former Soviet bloc country - comes as a result of

World | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Berlusconi Backs Bush on Iraq

Italy must support U.S.

World | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Socialists Demand Urgent Consultations on N-plant

The parliamentary group of "Coalition for Bulgaria" demanded the floor leaders of all parliamentary groups to meet for urgent consultations on the proposal of the government concerning the closure of third and fourth N-plant units. Bulgaria will agree to

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

SS-23 Engines' Demolition to Start October

The demolition of the SS-23 missiles' engines will start in mid-October, MP prof. Zheko Ganev said while visiting Stara Zagora.

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Netherlands Deported Over One Hundred Bulgarians

The arrested over the past few days one hundred and twenty-six Bulgarians in Amsterdam were brought back to Sofia by a charter flight. Two children aged six and eight years are part of the group.

Business | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

EU Stand on Bulgaria's N-plant Units 3,4 Proposal Known in Weeks

It will be known in weeks whether the Bulgarian initiative for an expert assessment of N-plant units 3 and 4 is acceptable to the European Union. That was announced by Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Reps of Tourism Centres Meet in Smolyan

The second meeting of the Bulgarian tourism and environment protecting centres kicked off in Smolyan. The organizers are the German corporation for technical cooperation GZT and the joint Bulgarian-Swiss program for sustaining of biodiversity.

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Constitutional Court Rejects UDF Demand on Classified Info Act

The Constitutional Court rejected the demand of MPs from the Union of Democratic Forces on the Classified Information Protection Act. The judges remained divided on the issue whether the text concerning the closure of the records commission and couldn't t

Politics | September 25, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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