Valentin Tahchiev, former director of defense plant Terem, was detained late on Tuesday at Sofia airport, the border police announced. The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office asked Tuesday Interpol to declare wanted the former plant director and the own
Custom officials seized over ten kilograms marihuana on Danube bridge. The drugs were detected in a car with Bulgarian registration.
The low temperatures in Northern Bulgaria hit an all-time record on Tuesday and Monday morning. The thermometer went down to - 16.
Some 26 percent of the small and medium enterprises in Bulgaria are owned by women, according to a survey presented at a round table about female entrepreneurship and child care, quoted by private news agency BGNES. Female entrepreneurship is concentrated
The Tongan-flagged ship Sanni that ran aground near the Bulgarian village of Rezovo has sunk. On Tuesday, the ship split into three.
The Research Institute of Forensic Sciences and Criminology with the Bulgarian Interior Ministry boasts the world's largest palmprint database, the head of the institute Prof. Kostadin Bobev told media.
Sofia Mayor Stefan Sofianski is in Strasbourg to attend the first meeting of a working group of local and regional representatives of Southeast Europe with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. He was elected chair of the working group, which i
"Bulgaria must be ready for news from the Copenhagen European Council different from our expectations," Irina Bokova, chair of the Board of Trustees of the European Policy Forum said at the press launch of a third book in a series "Monitoring of the Proce
Bulgaria and Czech Republic's energy sectors were found to face similar difficulties that could be overcome with joint efforts. This was the conclusion that Bulgarian and Czech energy ministers derived from their meeting in Prague on Tuesday.
The Supreme Judicial Council will hear seven persons on the accusations of Edvin Sugarev, former deputy chairman of rightist Union of Democratic Forces, against the Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev. Sugarev accused Filchev of exercising pressure on politic
International terrorist groups could get hold of lethal biological weapons from Britain's universities and other research bodies, MPs have warned. The influential Commons foreign affairs committee is urging the government to introduce stronger controls ov
Denmark's Prime Minister Fogh Rasmussen said the EU should boost support and aid for Bulgaria and Romania so that they could prepare for membership in 2007. He warned the countries from the first wave of enlargement against "gambling away" the 2004 entry.
The parliamentary majority voted against the proposal of rightist opposition United Democratic Forces Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg to explain in Parliament the recent developments regarding the wiretap scandal. 117 MPs voted in favor, 93 - against.
In Hungary, the authorities have announced that they have received an official request from the US Government for permission to use a US-run air base in the south of the country to train Iraqis for a possible war in their country. The exact nature of the
A passenger train has derailed in central Cuba, and officials say at least 13 people have been killed. The accident happened near the city of Matanzas, as the train was on its way from the capital, Havana, to Santiago de Cuba.
Two hundred thousand tons of tobacco have been purchased by slated for privatization local monopoly Bulgartabac since the beginning of the year. CEO Georgi Kostov said that for local NET radio.
United States experts are examining a ship in the Arabian Sea after it was stopped by Spanish warships and found to be carrying concealed Scud-type missiles. Officials said that although the vessel's final destination was unclear, it was believed to be bo
Bulgarian fuel and oils retailer Petrol projects to construct a EUR 30 M laboratory for quality tests in 2003. This will be the best equipped facility of this kind on the Balkans.
The case regarding the complaint of eleven MPs from leftist "Coalition for Bulgaria" against the governmental decision on nuke units three and four will be heard today by three-member jury. The case draws the attention as the government is to present in c
A Christmas Book Fair, organized by the Association of the Bulgarian publishers, the National Center of the Book with the Culture Ministry and the National Palace of Culture, opens its doors December 11 till December 15. The program includes presentation
The control over exports of potential double-use goods will be of crucial importance for the ratification of the agreement on Bulgaria's NATO entry by the American Congress and the Senate. This was underlined by Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary in the
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