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Balkan Air Tour Kicks Off with 600 Employees

Some six hundred people will be appointed in the newly established Bulgarian carrier Balkan Air Tour if it starts operation with three planes. Deputy Transport Minister Lyubomil Ivanov said that for local Darik radio.

Business | November 4, 2002, Monday // 00:00

New Party Leads in Turkey

The first results in Turkey's parliamentary elections show that the Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AK) has taken an early lead. Elections were called 18 months early after the coalition government collapsed due to bitter in-fighting and Pri

World | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Moscow Launches New Operation in Chechnya

Russian troops have launched large-scale operations against separatist rebels throughout Chechnya, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has announced. He said he had information that more terror attacks were being planned inside and outside Chechen territory.

World | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Preferred Buyer Audits Bulgaria's Telco

Viva Ventures Holding, the preferred buyer for the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, have been auditing the company since Friday. The Vienna holding is a wholly-owned unit by British-based equity house Advent International especially for the purposes

Business | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Economy Minister: Faster Bulgartabac Sale Will Benefit Tobacco Growers

"It will be better for Bulgartabac and the tobacco growers, the privatization of the holding to take place as soon as possible. The new owner, no matter who he is, will have better financial resources to buy out the crop," Deputy Prime Minister and Econom

Business | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian Victim in Limburg Terror Act Buried

The Bulgarian sailor Atanas Atanassov, who died as the French oil tanker Limburg burst into flames off the coast of Yemen a month ago, was buried Sunday in his native village Banevo near seaside city Burgas. The coffin with the mortal remains of Atanas At

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Border Checkpoint Makaza Opens No Later than 2005

Border checkpoint Makaza will most probably open in 2005 the latest. Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said that in Kurdzali.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

San Giuliano di Puglia Laid its "Angels" to Rest

An emotional mass funeral was held in the devastated Italian village of San Giuliano di Puglia, which lost an entire class of children in Thursday's earthquake. Twenty-six small white coffins were lined up under a marquee as local community and political

World | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Majority of Novinite.com Readers Don't Fear Terror Acts in Bulgaria

Sixty percent of novinite.com readers said in the latest poll of the online news provider that they didn't fear terror acts in Bulgaria.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

UDF Confirm Demand for Resignation of Deputy PM Vassilev

"I sincerely hope that Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev will follow the example of Kostadin Paskalev," the spokesman of the Union of Democratic Forces Nikolay Mladenov said in Varna. Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev has r

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

PM Denies Plans for Ruling Coalition Changes

Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg denied that a change in the coalition agreement with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was being considered. He did not commit that the ministerial position of Kostadin Paskalev who resigned would be taken by a MRF representa

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Moscow Siege Survivor Back in Sofia for Further Treatment

Besarabian Bulgarian Yuri Gabrov arrived in Sofia Sunday. He is one of the survivors after the tragic Moscow siege, in which more than hundred innocent people lost their lives.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgaria Prepares Move to a New Camp

By Robert G. Kaiser,

Views on BG | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Kamov: Resignation Cleared Way for the "Left"

The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Paskalev, cleared the way for the Left in Bulgaria, according to Nikolay Kamov, social democrats leader. "New Left" is the alternative of the "New Time," he said in Varna.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Saxe-Coburg's Athens Visit Extremely Successful

"The visit of Saxe-Coburg in Greece was the most succesful one of a Bulgarian prime minister during the last five-six years," Dimitur Tsonev, governmental spokesman said. He added that the reached political decision on Burgas-Alexandroupolis was unexpecte

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Nearly 80% of Sofia Citizens Willing to Donor Organs

Seventy-two percent of the Sofia citizens would agree their organs to be transplanted, the rest say categorically they wouldn't become donors, the Bulgarian n ews agency reported. The survey was announced Saturday at a seminar in winter resort Borovets.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

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Society | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian Leader Heading for Berlin

DPA BERLIN - Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov visits Germany next weeks for talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder dominated by trade issues, the European Union and NATO, the government said Friday.

Views on BG | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian Roma: The Multiplication of Misery

Plamen Petrov World Press Review correspondent

Views on BG | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Deputy PM in Resignation Criticizes Ministers for Lack of Trust

"Most of my colleagues do not understand the governmental work that I was in charge of. That is the reason why this break-up took place.

Politics | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

Bulgarian Companies Will Soon Be Invited to Balkan Oil Project

The Regional Development Ministry will soon renew the bidding for Bulgarian construction companies who wish to participate in the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. Hasan Hasan, deputy regional development minister, who was on the de

Business | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00
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