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In a sharply critical speech just before the start of the political season, President Parvanov said that people's trust in the state institutions and the authorities was "melting." "We cannot afford to simulate stability," he said aiming his criticism at
Business | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Turkish Daily News
It is reported that Iranian natural gas will be transferred to Bulgaria with a pipeline which will be passed through Turkey.
Two planes will transport four tons humanitarian aid from Bulgaria for the people who suffered by the floods in the Czech republic. The plane leaves tonight from Burgas Airport.
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
The Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Officials from Bulgaria and Iran on Thursday discussed the proposed construction of a gas pipeline to Europe and other projects aimed at boosting bilateral economic ties.
A quake with magnitude of 2.8 on the Richter scale was registered seventy kilometres southwest from Sofia.
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
National Forestry Company is to be established in the near future. It is hoped to solve the problems in the forestries, Deputy Agriculture Minister Meglena Plugchieva said.
Business | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
BGN 160,000 has been provided for reconstruction works in the disaster-hit Sofia district. Heavy hailstorms and torrents have affected the region this summer causing landslides and sewerage failures.
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Five inland customs squads start operation September 1. That was announced by Finance Minister Velchev.
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The fifteen foreign ministers of the EU countries gather for a two-day informal meeting in the Elsinore Castle in Denmark. The conditions under which Bulgaria and Romania are to join the EU will reportedly be discussed on Friday.
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
French President Jacques Chirac has become the latest Western leader to speak out against an American attack on Iraq. He condemned US threats to attack Iraq unilaterally, saying that a United Nations mandate should be sought for military action.
World | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
A man has been charged with trying to hijack a Ryanair flight from Stockholm to Stansted, outside London, after allegedly being caught trying to board the plane with a gun. Swedish police say the man - who was born in Sweden to Tunisian parents - was with
World | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Nato-led peacekeepers and UN police in Kosovo have come under fire from gunmen, in what is seen as the most serious attack since the UN mission arrived in the Yugoslav province in 1999. The trouble started when a group of Serbian farmers, and UN police of
World | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
The Agriculture Ministry forecasts a 14 percent y/y increase in domestic catch and production of fish to 9,547 tons. The catch of marine fish is projected at 2,500 tones, of freshwater fish at 3,500tons, of marine invertebrates at 3,500 tons and of migrat
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Amendments empower the Fair Competition Committee to raid under court-ordered authority the offices and premises of corporations suspected of involvement in pricing cartels or of abuse of market monopoly if the latter is not willing to cooperate. The Coun
Business | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
The Council of Ministers approved a new concept for broad decentralization of work on projects financed by the Phare and ISPA programs. It will result in the creation of four executive agencies with the ministries of regional development, environment and
Business | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Raising the quality of life and shrinking the gap between Bulgarians' average income and that of EU citizens are said to be the number one priorities of the Cabinet till 2005. Finance Minister Milen Velchev announced this agenda after the Council of Minis
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Delay in the September deadline for the final bids for Bulgaria's telecom monopoly is not envisaged. Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said that after the regular weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday.
Business | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
Japanese investments will increase once Bulgaria joins EU, making use of Bulgaria's comparative advantages such as cheap and qualified working force, Japan's Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E.
Politics | August 30, 2002, Friday // 00:00
"Meaningful improvements" in both technical and operational terms is what the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found in the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNNP). Eight nuclear connoisseurs conducted a one-week inspection end-June in
Business | August 29, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
"The American Jewish Committee supports Bulgaria's NATO bid," Executive Director David Harris said after his meeting with Foreign Minister Passy. Thus the country will take a place in the Euro-Atlantic structures that has already been deserved, he pointed
Politics | August 29, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
Germany's biggest insurance companies said losses associated with the flooding in Germany and central Europe could total about 1 billion euros ($990 million). Allianz, Europe's biggest insurer, said on Thursday its net losses would total 550 million euros
World | August 29, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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