Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov called the National Security Service's surveillance operation codenamed "Gnome" a political show with many lapses. At the end of last week minister Petkanov admitted to the existence of the "Gnome" operation following a s
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed gratitude and best wishes to all Bulgarians in a thank-you letter to the head of National Fire and Emergency Safety Service Colonel Engineer Kiril Voinov. Mr.
The United Nations nuclear agency says its experts in Iraq are starting to interview key Iraqi scientists with "critical information" on the country's weapons programmes. In another development, an Iraqi fighter aircraft shot down an unmanned American sur
The United States has warned North Korea not to take advantage of the Iraq crisis amid further moves by Pyongyang to reactivate a nuclear plant. The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said Pyongyang would be making a mistake if it thought Iraq would d
Simeon II National Movement will take a decision for holding a referendum on the reforms in the judicial system at the very beginning of next year, the Bulgarian National Radio reported, citing ruling party lawmaker Atanas Shterev. Shterev was in the vill
Three foreign nationals - Turkish, Iranian and Palestinian citizens were arrested at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint while trying to cross illegally the border. They were found in the last compartment of a train.
German police arrested pick pockets from Bulgaria, German newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten reported. Three women and a man were detained on Saturday at a Christmas bazaar, which pushes the number of arrested pickpockets at such places up to fourteen.
The European Union will continue supporting efforts by Bulgaria and Romania to join its ranks following last week's EU summit which accepted 10 other states for membership by 2004, a senior European Commission official says.
Voters in Montenegro - the smaller of the two republics that make up Yugoslavia - have failed to elect a new president because of low voter turn-out, according to preliminary results. Independent election monitors say under 46% of the electorate took part
The Palestinian leadership has postponed general elections next month, since it was impossible to convene the election on 20 January because of "Israeli obstruction". The move is a blow to the reform process, though expectations that polls will go ahead i
An extensive manhunt is under way in southern France after a suspected senior member of the Basque separatist group ETA escaped from police custody. Ibon Fernandez Iradi was being held in the town of Bayonne, near the Spanish border, and was due to be tra
A large number of tourists have already been accommodated in the hotels and huts in the mountains in the region of Gabrovo, some 220 km north-east from the capital of Sofia. Some fifty volunteers have joined the Mountain Rescue Service, which will focus e
Bulgaria's Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov must demonstrate dignity and resign while the check of the wire-tap scandal is still underway. Supreme Court Chair Ivan Grigorov, who accused yesterday Minister Petkanov of a crime linked to the scandal, told t
Opportunities for investments in the Bulgarian business, employment and income policy issues are on the agenda of the meeting between of ruling party Simeon II National Movement leadership and members of the Employers Union in Parliament today.
The snow cover will stay all across Bulgaria during the Christmas and New Year's holidays particularly in the mountains, latest weather forecasts show. Heavy snowfalls are not expected, but conditions for ski sports will be good.
Ekaterina Dafovska won the women's 10-kilometer World Cup biathlon pursuit on Sunday in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia. Russia's Galina Koukleva was second and Germany's Martina Glagow was third.
Professor Dimitur Dimitrov, formed education minister in the government of Ivan Kostov, has died.
AP SOFIA, Bulgaria - The minister of energy said Friday that Bulgaria would remain a large exporter of electricity in southeastern Europe despite the imminent closure of two reactors at its only nuclear power plant.
An official of Advent International, the winning bidder in the sale of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, denied for the state radio the allegations that Viva Ventures has paid for a media campaign against the judiciary in Bulgaria. Joanna James,
Supreme Court Chairman Ivan Grigorov accused Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov of a crime with regard to the scandal that broke after an opposition politician accused police of illegally wiretapping lawmakers, magistrates and journalists. According to Gri
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