A family of four died in Sofia district Slatina as a fire burst out in their apartment. A man, 50 years old, his wife, 58 years old, their 18-year-old daughter and her grandfather died in the flames.
Twenty-six MPs from the ruling Simeon II National Movement want an urgent meeting of the parliamentary group today at 11 am. They demand the meeting to discuss how to present the proposed by the majority amendments to the privatization and post-privatizat
Former US Vice President Al Gore has decided not to run for the White House in 2004. In a television interview, Mr Gore said that although he wanted to contribute to changing the Bush administration, he did not believe that running for the presidency was
The mission of IMF, led by Jerald Schiff, and the experts from the Finance Ministry renew the negotiations on the fiscal policy of the government today. The mission will stay in Bulgaria only four days.
More ski runs and lifts will be built in the Rhodopi winter resort Chepelare. The three-year project, worth EUR 11 M, envisages the construction of new runways for cross country biathlon and alpine skiing, roads, four lifts and tows.
The majority of the novinite.com readers (57 percent) who voted in the latest poll of the news provider say they start their Christmas shopping in mid-December.
The Interior Ministry launches special patrols to counteract road robbers. The first patrols will start work in two months on the territory of six Bulgarian districts.
The ruling Hindu nationalist party has won a landslide victory in assembly elections in the western Indian state of Gujarat, scene of terrible communal violence earlier this year. An indefinite curfew was imposed in the state's Baroda district after clash
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested three men suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack against US diplomats in the southern city of Karachi. Police chief Kamal Shah said the men were found with 10 kg (22 lb) of explosives in a Volkswagen car with whi
New political party that will work for the integration of minorities was founded on Sunday in Sofia. The Movement for Social Model of Equality was started by 1,500 delegates.
Bulgaria's telecom preferred buyer Viva Ventures was accused by rightist opposition party Union Democratic Forces to have planned massive paid publications in the country's media against Bulgarian judiciary. According rightist MP Assen Agov, the holding s
Bulgaria's previous government failed to control the privatisation deals through the judiciary. These allegations come from present Economy Minister Vassilev who blamed bad deals such as that of busted Balkan Airlines or Plama oil refinery on loose contro
Nearly 3,000 new luxury cars on board a carrier ship which sank in the English Channel are almost certainly write-offs, salvage experts have said. The multi-million pound cargo of vehicles, including BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, is lying on the seabed inside t
One hundred and one orphanages in the country will be presented with Christmas trees by the Agriculture Ministry. Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme will personally surprise the children with sweets and fruit.
With billion and a half euros of EU pre-accession funds to pour into Bulgaria over the next five years, the Bulgarians should put their shoulder to the wheel of quality spending. The country's foreign Minister Solomon Passy appealed to the nation to get t
Big financial malfeasances in Bulgaria's busted flag carrier Balkan Airlines were found by the State Internal Financial Control Agency. The check spans a period before the privatization of the company as well as the time from the sale to the bankruptcy.
The Parliament okayed the social security budget for 2003 as well as the budgets of the Central Bank and the National Health Insurance Fund during his extraordinary sitting on Sunday. The consolidated social security budget envisages revenues of BGN 3.
One of the most notorious Chechen rebels, Salman Raduyev, has died in jail in Russia, prison sources say. Raduyev was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and terrorism, in December, 2001.
Bulgaria's President Parvanov and first lady Zorka Parvanova will host a charity evening in the National Palace of Culture on December 17. The invitees are businessman, ministers, politicians, publishers and editors-in-chief of Bulgarian media.
The MP from ruling party Simeon II National Movement Valentin Tserovski confirmed that he had talks with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg about the vacancy in Bulgaria's cabinet. However, Tserovski declined to specify whether the consultations concerned
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