The Transport Ministry will move a proposal for closing the most loss-incurring destinations for passenger transport of the State Railways Company, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced. The decision for closing these activities is needed for fixing
British businessmen will visit Bulgaria in October to study the opportunities for investing in Bulgaria, Great Britain’s Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E.
In the beginning of next year in five towns in the country methadone programs will be launched. Besides in Sofia, such programs will start in Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Russe, Pleven and Plovdiv.
“I definitely see improvement in the Russian – Bulgarian political relations,” the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev said upon his return from Moscow where he participated in a seminar of the Moscow Academy for Political Sciences. I
Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said he expected a qualified company to be attracted as investor in flag carrier Balkan Airlines by October this year. He explained that for one year his ministry has managed to deal with the different interests involved i
Subsidies for export of agricultural products will be introduced this year, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said in Parliament without specifying exactly which products will be subsidized. He added that the subsidies had to be introduced in 2004.
The pending destruction of Bulgaria's SS-23 and Scud missiles and FROG missiles will take place as scheduled. That was announced by US ambassador to Bulgaria James Pardew after the meeting of Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov with the president of the CDI
The report of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg is too optimistic, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party said, commenting the PM’s address to the nation on the government's first year in office. Stanishev admitted he expected the repor
Ukrainian Alexander Rusov, charged with murder in the shooting of former Prima Minister Andrey Lukanov denied the charges and said he had nothing to do with the murder. He said that he was afraid whether he was going to survive till the end of the trial s
A French businessman wants to buy 6000 decares land to create three farms, where 5,000 horses will be taken care of. He also is interested in the airport near Stara Zagora, which was closed for flights ten years ago.
Bulgaria is ranked 62d out of 173 countries as a country in which it is best to live, a UN report released on Wednesday reads. The report notes that Bulgaria had rates of education but lagged far behind in universal goals to reduce infant mortality.
After the parliamentary elections, and the presidential ones later on, Bulgaria solved some of its most important problems and made great progress to its integration into the EU. We expect Bulgaria to make its decisive step to NATO by the year's end at th
The first group of experts who will conduct the independent ecological expertise of the demolition processes of the SS-23, Scud and FROG missiles via a pyrotechnical method leave today for the Zmeevo firing ground in the Stara Zagora region, the Bulgarian
The Scotsman The residents of Belitsa, a tiny Bulgarian mountain town, are convinced it is better to be a dancing bear than a person.
The Consular Service of the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow issues between 1,200 and 1,300 entry visas a day, 95 percent of which are tourist ones. The record so far is 1,650 visas granted in one day.
The Consular Service of the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow issues between 1,200 and 1,300 entry visas a day, 95 per cent of which are tourist ones, said Minister Plenipotentiary Alexander Itov, who heads the Consular Service. The record so far is 1,650 visas
Mexican media tycoon Mario Vazquez Rana made a one-hour interview with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg. Rana asked questions about the Bulgarian foreign policy, the economy, counter-crime and the country's aspirations for Euro-Atlantic integration.
Over 5,000 tonnes of wheat were dumped in the Danube by wheat producers from the Belene municipality near Pleven in protest at purchase prices as low as 0.13 leva/kg.
A donation of arms and ammunition was granted by the Bulgarian Government to Afghanistan at an official ceremony on July 20 in the Bulgarian Embassy in Kabul. Bulgaria's active role in strengthening security in the Balkans, as well as in Afghanistan was n
Foreign Minister Passy met on Tuesday with a three-member Australian delegation consisting of the Athens-based Australian Ambassador for Bulgaria Stuart Hume, Charles O' Hanlon, Executive General Manager of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) for E
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