UK Government rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's appeals for the UK to break off relations with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The issue came up when Sharon met UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London Monday.
"Our dialogue with Prime Minister Simeon-Saxe Coburg and leaders of the ruling Simeon II National Movement is unspoiled," Bulgaria's Kemal eyup, MP from the ruling coalition junior partner Movement for Rights and Freedom (MRF) said Tuesday. MRF leaders w
Fire that broke Tuesday morning at a nitrogen depot in the small factory town of Kazichane some 10 kilometers from Bulgarian capital Sofia was put out, police officials reported. The fire broke when a number of bottles with acetylene exploded.
The US may consider sending a small a small number of American personnel to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Liberia, US President George Bush said after meeting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. That was Bush and Annan's first meeting si
Bulgaria should wait for its second nuclear power plant in the town of Belene to be built before closing Units 3,4 of the country's only present N-plant in the town of Kozloduy. That was recommended by a workgroup that Bulgaria's Council of Ministers set
Cooperation and coordination will be Bulgaria's major priorities during its 2004 presidency over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said following his meeting with Yan Kubish, Secretar
A local consortium, including Risk Engineering, Enpro and Atomenergoproekt, will draft the terms of reference for the construction of Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant in the town of Belene, the National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) announc
Antoan Nikolov handed his resignation as a chairman of Sofia municipal council July 14 three days after he announced he is leaving right-wing United Democratic Forces (UDF). His resignation followed UDF's decision to withdraw its support to Plamen Oresha
Luxemburg voted yes to the Accession Protocols of Bulgaria and the other six countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia -invited to join NATO. Luxemburg became the eighth country to back the NATO entry of Bulgaria and the othe
French Foreign Ministry donated 25 cars to Bulgaria's Interior Ministry. The official ceremony took place July 14, France ‘s national holiday- the Bastille Day.
Bulgaria and Croatia are set to boost tourism cooperation in a bid of promoting the Balkan region as a tourist destination to the rest of the world, Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov and his Croatian counterpart Stjepan Mesic said following their July
The Philippines' government intends to open an embassy in Bulgaria. This was said following the meeting of a Philippine parliamentary delegation with Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy.
US Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Samuel Bodman, arrives in Bulgaria July 16 at the head of a delegation of U.S.
Kuwaiti Sheikh and Governor of the Al Jahra region Ali Jabir Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Ivan Dimitrov, governor of Bulgaria's Pazardzhik District signed Monday an agreement for friendship and cooperation between the two regions. Al-Sabah arrived Sunday on a f
Bulgaria's police in the city of Plovdiv has disclosed a printing house for counterfeit notes and documents. Two Bulgarians have been detained in connection to the case.
Legendary jazz pioneer and big band leader Benny Carter died on Saturday at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, aged 95, it was announced on Sunday. Carter had been hospitalised for about two weeks, complaining of bronchitis and fatigue.
Bulgaria is ranked second among the countries in the world producing counterfeit notes and first in disclosing such crimes, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov said July 14. Borissov insists on amendments to Bulgaria's Criminal code.
Representatives of eleven American companies will explore Bulgaria's business and investment opportunities. These companies will be part of the American delegation led by US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel W.
Iraq took its first step towards self-government since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the meeting of a governing council composed of Iraqi nationals Monday. The 25 members of the new body were chosen by the US-led coalition occupying Iraq and met amid t
The number of jobless people in Bulgaria dropped by some 104,000 January-June 2003 with 25,000 newly employed in June alone. State programs for fighting unemployment helped 7,000 people find a job.
The parents of a HIV-positive Libyan child have claimed USD 10,7 M of damages at common law from the Bulgarian medics, accused of intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV, Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry announced.
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