Parliament rejected the proposal of leftist Coalition for Bulgaria to halt the privatisation deal of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) according to local Darik radio. The majority also declined the proposal of the left-wingers to take over the pr
The Turgovishte District Court is to rule today whether the dismissed director of TEREM defense company, Plamen Petrov, is to stay in custody. Petrov was arrested after Bulgaria's Defense Minister Svinarov ordered the managing council and the executive di
Strong winds and rough seas are hampering efforts to tackle the ecological disaster in north-west Spain after a tanker laden with sticky fuel oil broke up and sank. The giant oilspill from the Prestige has prompted urgent international calls for tighter c
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry asked Libya for speeded up proceeding of visas for families of the six Bulgarian medics tried in the African country. The director of the Middle East and Africa Section in the ministry, Petko Dimitrov, met Libya's Ambassador Fa
The management of the Frankfurt Airport has prepared an investment project for Bulgarian Krumovo Airport. Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev who is on a visit to Germany broke the news after a meeting with the prime minister of German state Hessen, Roland
The Privatization Agency organizes today a meeting with the trade unions and Viva Ventures Holding, the preferred buyer for the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company. They will discus the social aspects of the BTC deal.
US President George W Bush has said he hopes NATO will join the United States in the event of a war with Iraq. Speaking on his arrival in Prague for a NATO summit, President Bush urged members of the alliance to unite against Iraq should the need arise.
The European Parliament will vote today EU Enlargement resolution. Bulgaria and Romania have achieved significant progress, which needs to be accelerated, in order the two countries to join the union in good terms.
The International Monetary Fund is finishing its second performance review for this year under the SDR 240 million two-year standby agreement with Bulgaria. Draft budget 2003 and the tax amendments were discussed during the visit of the IMF mission.
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg announced upon his departure to Vienna that the government had provided BGN 100 M for Christmas bonus pensions. The decision was taken by the leadership of the ruling coalition.
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, on a visit in Germany, met with representatives of Commerzbank and Germany's cooperative bank. During the meetings he invited both Western banks to participate in the privatisation of DSK Bank.
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All four bidders for 80% stake in Bulgaria's tobacco giant Bulgartabac extended the validity of the offers by sixty days November 19. Several days earlier the Privatisation Agency sent letters to the four bidders, asking for confirmation of the validity o
Bulgarian students graduating abroad encounter great difficulties if they decide to return and work at home. Radostina Kovacheva from the Association of Bulgarian Students in France said that during the working meeting titled "Bringing High Qualified Emig
The three-member Board of Directors of Bulgaria's new flag carrier Balkan Air Tour was elected for a period of three years November 19. These are Lyubka Manova, Hristo Todorov, Tsvetan Manchev.
"We rely on the support of the European Parliament to find a fair solution regarding the Bulgarian nuclear energy sector via a peer review under the aegis of the Council of Ministers," Parliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said in his speech in the Europea
The closure of the Energy chapter actually predetermines the fate of units 3,4 of N-plant Kozloduy, President Parvanov declared Wednesday. In his opinion, the peer review couldn't revise Bulgaria's commitment but only to control how this commitment is ful
The result from the peer review in N-plant Kozloduy will show whether the European Union will re-negotiate with Bulgaria extension of the deadline for closure of units three and four, Jean Luc Dehaene, vice president of the European Convention, said in So
Rosbulgartabac, one of the four bidders for Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, announced the consortium will confirm its offer. We did not update the offer, since the Privatisation Agency asked for extending the validity of the bid, Tihomir Trendafi
Portugal's roads are among the most deadly in Europe. With road accidents rife, traditional methods of combating the problem are clearly not working which has prompted the government to come up with a new solution, using the latest technology.
Bulgaria could only re-negotiate extension of the deadline for closure of N-plant Kozloduy units three and four from 2006 to 2008, Foreign Minister Passy said upon his return from Brussels. On Monday evening, he led the Bulgarian team at the EU-Bulgaria A
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