Kostadin Yankov, a Bulgarian student at the University of Oxford, died in an English hospital after an accident, the Bulgarian National Radio reported. According to initial information he was 28-year-old, member of an extreme sports club with the Oxford U
India has held Pakistan responsible for violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, which has left 14 people dead. Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani said the attacks on two temple complexes in the territory followed the release last week by Pakistan of the chi
Funerals are taking place on Monday in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna following violence between Christians and Muslims in which more than 200 people are known to have died. Calm has returned to the city after four days of disturbances linked to the
United Nations weapons inspectors are heading back to Iraq for the first time in four years, with a sweeping new mandate to search suspect sites. The 18 specialists have left Cyprus for Baghdad, where they will prepare for their first field mission, sched
The resolve of the European Union to fight organized crime on the Balkans should be supported by Balkan countries if they want to ease the process of coming closer to the EU. Foreign Commissioner Javier Solana said that at the international conference on
There will be legislative and normative changes in Bulgaria's Intelligence Services, which could be accompanied by a structural reshuffle, President Parvanov said at a briefing November 25. Taking up a question the president said at his meeting with the a
The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) praised thirty-two Bulgarian hospitals for their exemplary service of patients send by the general practitioners. The assessment of the health institutions that signed contracts with the NHIF spans the months from
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An exhibition titled "Bulgaria's Way to NATO" opened in the Museum of Armed Forces History. A special ceremony attended by Defense Minister Svinarov marked the opening.
Bulgaria's joining the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation must be viewed in the context of the country's major foreign policy priorities, Euro-integration Minister Kuneva said in the Hague November 25. Minister Kuneva le
Roma Future Association, an organization involving people from Bulgaria's biggest and most discriminated minority - the gypsies, will apply for a license to establish a Roma radio. According to the association's leaders, the radio should prove that "gypsi
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the first school of higher education in Bulgaria, today marks its Patron's Day.
Sofia' mayor Stefan Sofianski enjoys the highest rating in November overtaking the president who was the chart-winner last month. Bulgarian politician's ratings were measured by polling agency Mediana just before this month's big news of NATO's invitation
Angry French lorry drivers began blockades across the country after pay talks between employers and trade unions collapsed without a deal. The blockades began on Sunday night, and there are now about 20 across the country, including at the headquarters of
The left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party will garner 18% of the votes should parliamentary elections take place now, a representative survey of polling agency MBMD shows. The results show a 3% increase in the support for the socialists.
A team of specialists will test school children in the Southern town of Kurdzhali for heavy metal concentration in their blood. Till November 29, some hundred children aged between seven and eleven will undergo tests with several indicators.
Every fourth Bulgarian woman has fallen victim to domestic violence, show statistics, released on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Usually the abused women run away back to their families or friends without
If the opposition does not succeed to avert the Cabinet's decision about the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in the Parliament, it might take to the streets in a later stage of the public debates on the N-plant . Luben Kornezov, deputy chair of the parliamen
Bulgaria's negotiations with the European Union on Agriculture Chapter will be high on the agenda of Finland's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Koskinen and his Bulgarian counterpart Mehmed Dikme. Minister Koskinen arrives in Bulgaria today on a
The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria will award twelve individuals, both Bulgarians and foreigners, for their contribution to Bulgaria's NATO bid and to the "Atlantic" philosophy. Bulgaria was extended invitation for NATO accession talks November 21.
Former Ecuadorian coup leader Lucio Gutierrez has won the country's presidential election run-off. With nearly all results declared the ex-army colonel polled 54.
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