The capital of state-owned Railways will be raised, the Cabinet decided on December 27. The move is part of the plan for restructuring the company into two separate entities next year.
The Prosecutor’s Office charged Eli Gerganova, Johnny Walker representative for Bulgaria, with illegally importing whisky into Bulgaria and not paying customs duties. The investigation into the case has been initiated by the Economic Police.
Bulgarian made cigarettes to go up with 42% on average and the foreign made brands to go up with 31%, the Cabinet decreed on December 26. The cigarettes with the old duty excise stamps will be sold at the old prices till the end of February, 2002.
The six Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV met on December 27 an official from the Qaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations, chaired by Seif al-Islam the son of the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddaf
Pakistan and India face war, MIGnews reported on December 27. Delhi holds nuclear weapons along the frontier, replying the dislocation of the Pakistani middle-range missiles, Daily Telegraph announced.
The young people of Bulgaria and the local governance are the two priorities of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Sergey Stanishev, leader of the party said, describing the party’s future policy. According to him the society and the party itself need a
Israeli forces Thursday entered the northern part of the city of Hebron, in an area under full Palestinian control, and arrested eight Palestinians, a statement from the Israel Defense Forces said. Those arrested were suspected of terrorist activity, and
The Indian government takes what it describes as "minimal" diplomatic steps against Pakistan, while urging the Pakistani government to crack down on terrorism. India wants Islamabad to take action against two Kashmir-based militant groups blamed for a sui
The documents on the Regeneration Process on which no decision has been taken so far consist of more than 2000 pages. According to members of the Commission of Disclosure of Records the materials have been submitted to the Prosecutor’s Office in 1991.
The energy concern RWE, which is based in the German province of Essen, is willing to help the Bulgarian N-plant Kozloduy for the transportation of the exhausted nuclear fuel to storages in Russia where it is further processed, German daily Berliner Zeitu
Anguel Nikolov, manager of the Indigo disco club, has been taken into custody for three days, the maximum period the Prosecutor’s Office can impose, the Prosecutor’s Office press center announced in connection with the release of the manager of Sofia disc
The Government approved a decree for the execution of the state budget for 2002.
Airport Varna was closed for several hours due to heavy fog, officials from the airport announced. Around 4pm, a business flight was not allowed to land at the airport and was returned to Sofia due to the bad weather conditions.
The State continues to place obstacles before the people who try to develop the middle-sized business companies, the regular annual report of the Center for Economic Development, reads. The report will be published in the middle of February.
The Cabinet appointed the members of a committee, which is to draw up a program on the protection of children and youth’s health and safety. Education Minister Vladimir Atanasov will head the Committee.
Boyko Borissov, the Chief Secretary of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry has highest rating among the Bulgarians, a survey of the National Center for Research of the Public Opinion shows. 64% of the Bulgarians approved Borissov’s activities.
President Stoyanov signed a decree on December 21 for the promulgation in the “State Gazette” the Budget Act for 2002 and the State Assistance Budget Act for 2002.
The subscribers of Mobikom and Globul will be able to exchange SMSs among each other, starting from December 27.
The ministers decided on December 27, prices of electricity and heating to go up with 10%, Milko Kovachev newly appointed Minister of Energy announced. The ministers decreed the increase in spite of the fact that the Court overturned that decision of the
EUR 70 M will be granted to Bulgaria for earlier decommissioning of the first four units of the nuclear plant Kozloduy under a financial memorandum, approved by the Cabinet. The funds under the program will be transferred to Bulgaria through the Internati
Plamen Mollov, chairman of the agriculture and forests committee with the Parliament presented to the Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev a report on the activities of the state fund “Agriculture.” In October, 2001 a special committee was established to inves
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
