United Nations police, backed by Nato-led peacekeepers, have arrested a former ethnic Albanian guerilla leader on suspicion of murder and torture in Kosovo. Rustem Mustafa was detained in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, at 1600 local time (1400 GMT).
A daily tourist fee charged for every vacationer will be introduced on January 1,2003 under new amendments to the law on local taxes and fees, Deputy Economy Minister, responsible for tourism Dimitur Hadzhinikolov said during a seminar with the president
Colombia's new President Alvaro Uribe declared a state of emergency Monday to fight what the government described as a "regime of terror" following a surge of war violence. Uribe, who took office Wednesday accompanied by a salvo of leftist rebel mortar sh
US Airways Group Inc. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, the first such filing by a major carrier since the Sept.
The demolition of some of the components of Bulgaria's SS-23, Scud and Frog missiles at the Veliko Turnovo-based arm of TEREM defense company Ivaylo begins on Monday. The first to-be demilitarized components of the missiles were taken on Friday evening to
Bulgaria's Euro-integration Meglena Kouneva leaves for Copenhagen today to meet with her Danish counterpart Bertel Haarder. Kuneva and Haarder will discuss the progress in the accession negotiations between Bulgaria and the European Union, presided by Den
Talks are underway between President Parvanov and the Movement of Rights and Freedoms, which seeks the presidential veto on the new hunting bill, MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, coalition partner of the incumbents Simeon II National Movemen
The contract with BNP Paribas, the consultant on the sale of the seven local electricity distribution companies, is likely to be signed in the next few days, Pari Daily reported. According to Energy Minister Kovachev the sale is expected to bring in no le
Michael Haltzel, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on European Affairs with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Pardew had a meeting with General Kolev, Head of the Bulgarian armed forces in Varna to get acquaint
The News, the largest Bulgarian daily on-line newspaper in English, published by the news provider novinite.com, has a new layout as of today.
Foreign Minister Passy said that Bulgaria's relations with the Arab countries are very good and they are better than twelve years ago. He added that Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, leading a Bulgarian business delegation, was
The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has broken ranks with America's other European allies by saying that Germany will not participate in any military action against Iraq. Mr Schroeder went on to say that after America, Germany had the second-largest
Pope John Paul made an emotional appeal Sunday for peace in the Middle East, and gave his apparent support to an international peacekeeping forces in the region. "I cannot stop thinking with extreme concern about the Holy Land, which unfortunately has not
Supporters of the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, have begun collecting signatures to back his candidacy for the Serbian presidential elections. The party of the former leader declared on Saturday that it will nominate him to stand in the p
The widow of one of the 11 Israeli athletes and officials killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics has used a memorial service to criticise the German authorities' handling of the hostage-taking. At a commemoration in Munich, Ankie Spitzer, widow of the team's
Iran has handed over al-Qaeda fighters to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to co-operate with the US war on terror, the Saudi foreign minister says.
President Parvanov said that he intended starting from next year to invite on visits to Bulgaria many politicians, businessmen and journalists from countries whose citizens spend their holidays in Bulgaria. He added that he will invite Russian and Ukraini
Businessmen from Lebanon, interested in the construction of a plant for repairs of Airbus and Boeing planes in Sofia, will pay a visit this week. That was announced by Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev.
Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme demanded the Bulgartabac Holding deal to be discussed during a meeting of the Cabinet before the Privatization Agency announces the possible buyer of the holding. He denied disagreements with Deputy Prime Minister and Eco
Contraband goods worth nearly BGN 150,000 were detained on Sunday at the Kulata border check. A Bulgarian company has made the violation.
The Silistra district governors demanded from the Agriculture Ministry the former civilian airport near Silistra to be turned into a missiles firing ground for combat with hailstorms. The main motivation for the request was that for the May-July period th
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