Canada and the European Union have joined Australia and closed indefinitely their diplomatic missions in the Philippines after receiving information about an "imminent" terror attack. The move came after Australia said it had received "credible and specif
There is no doubt that the EU Copenhagen summit will name January 1, 2007 as Bulgaria's reference entry date. Parliament speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said that upon his return from Brussels where he attended a meeting of the European Parliament President Pat
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) re-opened its office in Sofia after seven years of absence. The agency first came to Sofia in 1989 and left later over fading business opportunities in the former communist country.
The Parliament called off the regular meeting of the MPs with the Cabinet over today's debates on the two non-confidence motions lodged in less than a week by both the right and left opposition. The leftist opposition, the ruling party Simeon II National
Three members of the Supreme Administrative Court will sit on the appeal of the Supreme Judicial Council against the governmental decision approving draft budget 2003 in its judicial power section Thursday. The supreme magistrates want the funding for the
The six Bulgarian medics tried in Tripoli expect the Libyan criminal court to schedule the next hearing of their case in December or early January, one of the detainees, Dr Zdravko Georgiev, told Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) Wednesday. Dr Georgiev added
Bulgaria and Slovakia could team up in their efforts to meet NATO requirements, Bulgarian President Parvanov emphasized after talks with his Slovak counterpart Rudolf Schuster. Schuster arrived in Sofia November 27 on a one-day working visit.
A suggestion for a golden share of the state in the Bulgarian tie-in for Burgas- Alexandroupolis pipeline was presented by Acting Regional Development Minister Hassan Hassan at his meeting with representatives of the companies to be involved in the pipeli
ADIS EOOD became the first Bulgarian real estate company that acquired the prestigious certificate for quality management ISO 9001-2000. ADIS' certificate carries the signs of the multi-accredited company Moody International, the logo of the German Accred
An agreement with the international engineering and management consultant on the project for the construction of a second bridge across the Danube river at Vidin-Calafat was signed in Sofia November 27. The contractor is a tie-in between British Scott Wil
A total of 2,737 Bulgarians have applied for asylum in foreign countries earlier this year. The figure was cited at the Fifth Round Table within the framework of the 10 anniversary of the Bulgarian State refugee institution and the opening of UNHCR's Offi
United Nations weapons inspectors say they were given full access by the Iraqis to sites they wished to see during their first field visit for four years. "The team was able to complete the inspection work as it planned with the co-operation of the Iraqi
Osama Bin Laden said there would be an attack on the US which would leave thousands dead more than a year before the 11 September attacks, a witness told a German court on Wednesday. Shadi Abdallah told the Hamburg court he had briefly been a bodyguard to
An Italian plane has been hijacked by a mentally ill man claiming to be a member of the al-Qaeda network. The plane landed at Lyon in France where the man surrendered and passengers were freed unharmed, the national police service told BBC News Online.
By Max Boot The Washington Times
AFP Inheritors of collectivist economies, the former communist countries of southeastern Europe are rather slowly adopting "shareholder" culture, essential to attract much-needed foreign investments.
The profit in the energy sector marked a rise of nearly BGN 140 M for the first ten months of 2002 over the same period in 2001, Energy Minister Kovachev said. He attributed the profit to the rise in investments in the sector and the updated prices.
Bulgaria's foreign trade for the first nine months of the year amounted to USD 9,5 B or BGN 20,5 B, the National Statistical Institute reported. The exports totalled USD 4 B, while the imports - USD 5,4 B.
The National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) approached Vratsa court to seek the insolvency of Vratsa-based urea maker Chimco. The outstanding liabilities owed by the company to NETC tower BGN 33,4 M.
Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Ivanov will lead the Bulgarian team in the country's negotiations for NATO entry. NATO Deputy Secretary-General Guenter Altenburg will lead the negotiations on behalf of the Alliance.
A strike of workers from the National Railway Infrastructure Company forced a one-hour stoppage of passenger and cargo trains on November 27 from 9 a.m.
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