United Nations weapons inspectors have begun ploughing through Iraq's massive weapons dossier to assess whether it complies with Security Council resolutions. Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons inspector, was on hand to receive the 12,000-page document as it
The Austrian businessman Josef Taus who took over the management of MobilTel in January might sell the mobile operator to Telekom Austria. That was announced by Radio Deutsche Welle, quoting the Austrian magazine Format.
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev projected economic growth of five percent as well as over USD 1 B foreign investments in 2003 in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
Viva Ventures Holding GmbH, that was selected preferred buyer for a 65 % stake in Bulgaria's landline monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC), will comply with the decision of the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office for suspending BTC privat
All the personnel of the recently established flag carrier Balkan Air Tour will be appointed till the end of the week, Lyubka Manova, Balkan Air Tour Executive Director told the Bulgarian National Radio. The staff will consist almost 100% of experts who w
Two people were killed in a heavy bus crash on the road from the town of Stara Zagora to Burgas on the Black Sea cost December 8. The slippery road covered with ice caused the crash as the bus bumped into a car near the village of Dulboki and toppled over
The Former Deputy Chairman of rightist Union of Democratic Forces sent an open letter to Interior Minister Anton Stankov, the Supreme Judicial Council and Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg alleging that Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev and his aides participate i
Iraq has challenged the United States to provide evidence that Iraq still possesses weapons of mass destruction. If they do, "they should come up [with the evidence] forthwith.
Talks between Venezuelan Government officials and opposition groups about ending the country's political turmoil have broken up without agreement. A national strike called by a range of business, labour and civic organisations in protest at President Hugo
Voter apathy marks Serbia's re-run of its presidential election after the original poll in October was declared invalid because of a low turnout. Under Serbian law, 50% of those eligible to vote need to cast their ballots for the result to stand.
If in Parliament, over 62% of novinite.com readers would not support a non-confidence vote against the Cabinet, the latest poll at novinite.
A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov, left on a two-day visit to Croatia December 8. Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov is to meet Croatia's PM Ivica Racan, President Stjepan Mesic and Foreign Minister
More than 800 Bulgarians from two villages in the Rhodope mountains protested against the citation of State Patrol to American Sarah Potts, who back in August slammed her SUV into the back of a stalled car and killed a family of four Bulgarian immigrants.
The first mass in commemoration of 130 clergymen killed during the communist regime was served at Plovdiv's Saint Ascension church December 8. The Orthodox clergymen were pronounced martyrs on October 24, 2002.
Bulgaria's Energy Minister Milko Kovachev left on Sunday for the Czech Republic at the invitation of his counterpart Jiri Rusnok. Minister Kovachev will visit Nuclear Power Plant Temelin.
Mr. Nikolay Vassilev is Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Violin-player virtuoso Vasko Vassilev, leader of "Laureate" group, will present in Bulgaria his new production "Voodoo Violin". He arrived in Bulgaria a week before the concerts, scheduled for December 13,14,15, together with Pamela Nicolson, Vanessa Mae'
Bulgaria's Interior Ministry will announce competitions for the posts of police attaches in Bulgaria's Embassies in Paris and Madrid in the middle of January 2003. Interior Chief Secretary General Boyko Borissov explained that the move aims to assist the
Some 280,000 decares of state-owned lands and 130,000 decares of municipal lands across the country have been marked to be given to landless Bulgarians. Following the big interest in the regions of Silistra and Pleven additional lands have been granted by
By Heather Grabbe Guardian Unlimited
World record holder Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria finished third in the women's 500 metres in World Cup short-track speed skating in Bormio, Italy. Radanova was third in 44.
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