Some BGN 110 M more for medical treatment will be earmarked of under the 2003 budget drafted by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The money will cover expenses for inpatient and outpatients treatment as well as medicines.
"We dream together" is the motto of the road show that starts Monday in Bulgaria to prove that good understanding between minorities in Bulgaria can be a reality. A mixed Bulgarian-Roma football team the Danubian town of Lom will play in friendly games ag
A second fundraising football match between the teams of the diplomatic corps in Bulgaria and the Interior Ministry will take place on October 4th in Bulgarian city Plovdiv, Maxim Behar, M3 Communications Group, Inc. CEO said.
Bulgaria's considerable progress in the reform of its judiciary was noted in Brussels, Euro-integration Minister Kuneva said upon her return from Brussels, where consultations with the European Commission (EC) on the preparation of the EC's annual report
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) demanded a moratorium on genetically modified foods in compliance with the practice in EU member states. BAS is to hold negotiations with the Agriculture Ministry for a 5-year ban on the imports and production.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is thought to have gained the edge over his conservative rival Edmund Stoiber in a live television debate, two weeks before Germany votes in general elections. The US-style duel, the second and final one to be held befo
Austrian far-right Vice-Chancellor Susanne Riess-Passer said on Sunday she was quitting the governing coalition over a party revolt led by rival Joerg Haider, raising the prospect of early elections. Riess-Passer, who is Freedom Party leader, said party c
The Bulgarian Socialist Party organized a rally to honor the 58th anniversary since the antifascist uprising. Socialist leader Sergey Stanishev addressed the participants in the rally.
Readings on the level of air pollution in the Danube town of Russe will be announced midday on September 9. The levels will show the level of air pollution registered September 8 when some three thousand tonnes of briquettes went on fire at port Russe-Eas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said his government is restarting supplies of subsidised oil to Cuba five months after they were suspended during a failed coup against him. The decision to resume the shipments of 53,000 barrels a day has been particu
A major earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has hit the coastal waters north of Papua New Guinea.
Bulgarian President Parvanov left for the United States early in the morning of September 9. The president's program start with a working visit in Iceland.
The four-star Tanne hotel was inaugurated in the high-altitude town of Bansko on Saturday by the Bulgaria-German company BD. The 70-bed Internet-wired facility boasts an indoor swimming pool and sauna.
Vratsa-based chemical plant Chimco reported a record-high 2001 loss of BGN 21,7 M, up BGN 9 M over the previous year. This was announced at the general shareholders' meeting September 7.
The memorandum for the construction of European transport Corridor VIII is expected to be signed today in Bari, Italy. The Bulgarian side will be represented by Transport Minister Plamen Petrov.
"I think Bulgaria is now very much on track to join the EU at the latest in 2007. ERT will continue to put pressure on the EU in favour of Bulgaria's early accession," Piet Steel, European Round Table Associate of Baron Daniel Janssen said in an interview
Brussels highly appreciates Bulgaria's position on the controversial International Criminal Court, Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said. EU-enlargement commissioner Verheugen said that during a meeting with Kuneva on Friday.
Some one thousand and five hundred tonnes of briquettes have gone on fire at port Russe- East on Sunday evening. Firefighters arrived immediately on the place of the accident and started to extinguish the fire.
Bulgaria insisted again to receive an updated EU accession roadmap and exact accession date at the summit in Copenhagen end-2002. Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva announced that upon her return from talks in Brussels on the coming European Commiss
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov will chair the September 11th session of the UN Secrity Council. Bulgaria took over the UN Security Council presidency on September 1.
Representatives of more that 20 countries take part in the European Working Meeting on Environmental Stress in the Black Sea resort of St. Constantine.
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