Following protests against the ecclesiastical bill tabled in the Parliament, Director of the governmental Department of Ecclesiastical Matters Ivan Zhelev said the bill is "the best possible." He admitted that the law in project is aimed at dispatching Bu
Rosbulgartabac will continue its participation in the privatisation procedure for 80% stake in state-owned company Bulgartabac Holding, Tihomir Trendafilov, representative of the consortium told local Darik Radio. The comment comes a day after a five-memb
Lower tariffs for international calls were forecasted by marketing experts at Bulgaria's landline monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company. The telecom's price lists have not been re-balanced and prevent new players from entering the market, Elitsa S
The trolleys in Bulgaria's second biggest city Plovdiv did not work on Tuesday morning, private BGNES news agency reported. The municipality owes BGN 312,000 to the electricity company.
Projects implemented by the Transport Ministry over the year are worth over BGN 1 B, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov told private national TV channel bTV. According to Minister Petrov the biggest challenge during 2002 was the selection of teams to handle
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The UK Ambassador to Libya has sent a letter to the six Bulgarian medics tried in Libya. The diplomat said that the Bulgarians were not forgotten and the European Union will do its best to see them free and back home.
Municipalities' outstanding liabilities will tower at BGN 100 M at the end of the year, while deficit will exceed BGN 300 M in 2003. Venelin Uzunov, chair of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB), said that after d
Association "Parents" and magazine "Parents" launched a campaign "It's later than 9pm, do you know where your children are?." Leaflets with the above question on it are being distributed by parents who have been interviewed by the magazine.
Bulgaria and China agreed to create a joint trade association to assist cooperation of businesses from both countries. The association was geared during a Sino-Bulgarian economic forum opened in Beijing by Bulgaria's Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov.
National campaign for tolerance towards the people who live with HIV/AIDS that kicked off on November 15 ends today. Then Health Ministry, the national committee for prevention of HIV/AIDS and Coalition "Antispin" will announce the results from the campai
The chief of Venezuela's army has condemned the two-week general strike that has crippled the country's oil industry. General Julio Garcia Montoya said the action led by the opposition amounted to sabotage.
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its key rebel opponents have signed a power-sharing agreement in Pretoria, South Africa, to end more than four years of war. Representatives of the country's main political parties and civil society g
President Bush could announce the formal US response to Iraq's declaration of its weapons programmes in a few days' time, White House officials have said. In his first public comments on the issue, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said there were proble
Bulgaria's Parliament holds debates on the 2003 draft budget at second reading today. The bill raised much controversy as both left and right opposition parties attacked its scheme for different reasons and the mission of the International Monetary Fund t
Bulgarian tour operators and hotel chains will offer free vacation for child survivors of Moscow terrorist siege in end-October. Bulgarian Ambassador to Russia Iliyan Vassilev announced that during a Christmas fund-raising dance party at the embassy.
The chief executives of the eight branches of defence plant TEREM will be barred from signing contracts with foreign partners for some time. The ban cames as a part of deterrent value measures introduced by Bulgaria's Cabinet in the wake of the arms scand
The Sofia City Court will hear the two claims of Israeli businessman Gad Zeevi, owner of 75% of Bulgaria's bankrupt flag carrier Balkan Airlines. In February 2001, he brought a suit for USD 230 M against the Privatisation Agency for breaching the privatis
A five-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court confirmed the decision of the three-member panel of the same court on the lawsuit filed against the choice of buyer for an 80% stake in state-owned company Bulgartabac Holding. In its October 29 ruli
The positions of the International Monetary Fund and the Bulgarian government come closer. That was announced by Jerald Schiff, head of the IMF mission to Bulgaria upon his arrival in Sofia.
The international rating agency Moody's raised Bulgaria's rating outlook from stable to positive. The agency left Bulgaria's foreign and local currency ratings at B1, leaving them two notches below the corresponding scale of S&P and Fitch.
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