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BUILDING OF DOWNTOWN SOFIA MALL TSUM MORTGAGED

The building of TsUM AD has been mortgaged, the company announced. The rents in the central Sofia mall are lower than those for similar premises in downtown Sofia where all retail locations are rented.

Business | August 14, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

PAINT MAKER ORGACHIM POSTS H1 NET PROFIT OF BGN 6,5 M

Russe-based Orgachim, Bulgaria's biggest paint and varnish producer, reported a net profit for the first half of 2002 of BGN 6,5 M because of a fifteen percent rise in sales of paints and an impressive fifty percent jump in sales of chemicals. Orgachim's

Business | August 14, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

ICE CREAM MAKER DELTA SEES 15 % GROWTH FOR 2002

The Greek Delta Ice Cream expects a fifteen percent growth for 2002. That is due primarily to production units in Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia.

Business | August 14, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM OF POLITICAL SHOWMANSHIP, PRESIDENT BUSH TOOK A B...

Democratic criticism of political showmanship, President Bush took a break from his Texas vacation Tuesday to host a forum on the U.S.

World | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

NEW CONCEPT FOR ISPA, PHARE PROJECTS MANAGEMENT MULLED

The Finance Ministry will propose a concept for an enlarged decentralized system for the projects under the PHARE and ISPA programs at the coming meeting of the Council of Ministers this Thursday. Under the concept, the national projects chief will be fin

Business | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

FINANCIAL INSPECTORS TO MONITOR BUDGET EXPENDITURES

Financial inspectors are to monitor the budget expenditures under draft amendments and supplements to the Act on state internal fiscal control to be discussed by the Cabinet on August 15. The financial inspector will be appointed in the first-degree distr

Business | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

FM DISCUSSED ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH LIBYAN COUNTERPART

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy had a phone conversation with his Libyan counterpart Abd Al-Rahman Shalgam. The two high-ranking diplomats talked about the bilateral relations of Bulgarian and Libya and especially discussed ways to enhance economic coop

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

BUDGET SURPLUS OF BGN 415,733,000 RECORDED JULY 31

The cash utilization of the budget under the Consolidated Budget produced a surplus of BGN 415,733,000 at the end of July 31, 2002. The revenues, earned under the program, amount to BGN 7,204,940,000, the expenditures amount to BGN 6,789,207,000.

Views on BG | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

PRESIDENT PARVANOV SIGNED A DECREE ON THE PROMULGATION OF THE AMENDMEN...

President Parvanov signed a decree on the promulgation of the amendments to the Hunting and Gamekeeping Act, adopted by Parliament August 2. In the opinion of the president the act rationalizes the legal regulations and fill in omissions, but also has its

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

OFFICIALS FROM THE TWO KOREAS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN TH...

Officials from the two Koreas are reported to have made progress in their talks in Seoul, their first cabinet-level contact in nine months. The two sides were reported to be preparing a joint communiqu? to be issued at the end of their talks on Wednesday,

World | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

US POSTAL INSPECTORS INVESTIGATING THE ANTHRAX MAILINGS LINKED TO FIVE...

US postal inspectors investigating the anthrax mailings linked to five deaths last autumn have found a post-box testing positive for traces of the bacteria. The mailbox, found in Princeton, New Jersey, and has been sent to an army facility in Maryland for

World | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

AMERICAN AIRLINES, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRLINE, IS TO CUT 7,000 JOBS, ...

American Airlines, the world's biggest airline, is to cut 7,000 jobs, scrap orders for new planes and spread flights more evenly through the day. The company hopes the cutbacks will save it more than $1.

World | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

PARDEW: NO CONSEQUENCES IF BULGARIA DOESN'T AGREE FOR CRIMINAL COURT

"There will be absolutely no consequences for Bulgaria if its does not sign the bilateral agreement with the United States on the International Criminal Court that allows the two countries' not to send its citizens to the court," US Ambassador to Bulgaria

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

THREE PALESTINIAN RELATIVES OF SUSPECTED MILITANTS HAVE APPEALED TO TH...

Three Palestinian relatives of suspected militants have appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court against a ruling expelling them from the West Bank to Gaza. The expulsions would represent a new Israeli tactic for discouraging Palestinians from carrying out a

World | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

PRIVATISATION AGENCY EXPECTS METATABAK'S SALE EXIT DOCUMENTED

The Privatisation Agency expects Metatabak's decision to exit the Bulgartabac privatisation procedure to be documented officially with a letter to the Agency, it transpired August 13. It is only then that the team of the Privatisation Agency will be able

Business | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

THE AVERAGE SALARY IN JUNE UNDER LABOUR CONTRACTS HAS GONE DOWN BY BGN...

The average salary in June under labour contracts has gone down by BGN 5 to BGN 264, data from the National Statistical Institute show. Salaries increased in the agriculture and processing industries and decreased in the construction, education sectors.

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

PRESIDENT TOOK STAND AGAINST SS-23 ENGINES INCINERATION

President Parvanov accepted the conclusion of the expert group from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Chemical Technology and Metallurgy University in Sofia against the destruction of the SS-23 missiles engines by burning. After studying the

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

ACTIVE INFO EXCHANGE WITH TRADE REPRESENTATIVES SOUGHT

Ways to secure assistance for Bulgarian producers in boosting exports and attracting investments were sought at a meeting of Bozhidar Danev, Chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Association with 35 representatives of the Services for trade and economic re

Business | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

BULGARIA'S SECOND GSM OPERATOR GLOBUL PLANS TO EXPAND THE COVERAGE OF ...

Bulgaria's second GSM operator Globul plans to expand the coverage of its network to Razlog, Dobrinishte, Gotse Delchev, Belitsa and Yakoruda till the beginning of September in an effort to respond to the strong interest in the region. The company started

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

CONFIDENCE IN ECONOMY DROPPED TO 18% BELOW ZERO IN JULY

The overall index of confidence in economy has been marking a continuous fall with one point every three months since October last year, falling to minus 18% in July 2002, the National Statistical Institute announced. The reduction during the last three m

Business | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

ELECTRICITY IN FOURTEEN VILLAGES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAVEL BANYA IN...

Electricity in fourteen villages in the municipality of Pavel Banya in the district of Stara Zagora was cut after strong wind and heavy rain. Many trees were uprooted.

Politics | August 13, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00
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