Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has narrowly survived three no-confidence motions which threatened to bring down his fragile government. Opposition parties failed to muster enough support from Knesset (parliament) members after the ultra-nationalist N
Commenting on the recent resignation in Bulgaria's government, President Parvanov said that there are no grounds for "alarming conclusions". "A way out of this situation is going to be found," he pointed out.
Bulgaria's President Parvanov gave high assessment to the Interior Ministry for its work in the combat with crime during the last couple of months. At a special ceremony, he handed the General's epaulette four officials from the ministry.
A Bulgarian national was arrested at the Bulgarian-Serbian border as he carried in his luggage Kalashnikov gun and two pistols. The man was traveling to Spain by bus.
"There are no data for the presence of a killer flu. We have exact information from the World Health Organization that there is no such a thing," Professor Anguel Gulubov, director of the microbiology institute with the Bulgarian Academy of Science said f
The Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AK) has won a crushing victory in Turkey's general elections, enabling it to end 15 years of coalition government. The recently-founded AK party secured a clear majority in parliament with 34.
Bulgarian Big Brother Awards become a part of the worldwide network for "awarding" the biggest achievements in violating people's privacy. Annually, the organisation Privacy International and mounting number of privacy groups present their Big Brother Awa
The national association of the mayors expressed their concern over the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development Minister Paskalev. "Mr.
Russe shipyard schedule for next year is complete, while the orders received for vessels construction will be executed during the first quarter of 2004, Wolf Dieter Grossmann, Executive Director of the Russe shipyard, said on the occasion of the professio
Police checked gambling halls throughout the country in a grand-scale police operation. Task forces scrutinised 228 halls - 14 casinos and 28 bingo halls among them.
Six suspected Muslim militants - including an alleged top member of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation - have been killed in an explosion in a car in Yemen, security officials said. The explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday morning in the n
Police busted a criminal ring for traffic in women in Bulgaria's second biggest city, Plovdiv. The operation that led to several arrests started after 23-year old woman disappeared on October 31.
"I am convinced that your country will manage to fulfill the requirements that will be listed in the 2007 EU accession road map that Bulgaria will get in Copenhagen," Denmark's Ambassador to Bulgaria Christian Faber-Rod said. He opened Monday a conference
Bulgaria will gear a system for consumer protection that incorporates EU standards till 2004. The concept features establishment of an independent agency not subject to the Economy Ministry control.
The Prosecutor's Office in the municipality of Pleven is starting checks into the technical conditions and utilities in Dolna Mitropolia -based Shrotex oil-factory. Four people died at the end of last week in a blast at the private company.
International conference on life-long learning will take place November 6-9 in Sofia. The event will feature discussion and analysis of Central and Eastern European country's achievements in the field.
"Self-governance on a regional level - opportunities and challenges" encompasses the themes to be discussed at a national seminar, to be opened November 5 by acting Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Hassan Hassan. The seminar aims to brief
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy met with Veselin Nedkov and Yuri Gabrov - the two Bulgarians who were among the hostages in the Moscow Theater. Their doctor in Sofia said that the first medical checks have shown that they were healthy.
Finance Minister Milen Velchev left on a three-day visit to Brussels where he will participate in the informal meeting of the EU applicant's finance ministers and with the EU finance ministers (Ecofin). Bulgaria will be a formal host of the meeting of the
Valeri Zapryanov is publisher and editor-in-chief of the weekly sociopolitical magazine Tema. After twenty-three years of successful career in journalism, some of them in Standard daily and the Bulgarian National Television, he took the challenge to creat
Foreign Ministry urged extra vigilance to Bulgarian nationals who stay in the Philippines or intend to travel in this destination. The warning is based on expectation for possible terrorist assaults during Christmas and New Year's celebrations.
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