The micro-crediting schema of the Government will be implemented in eighteen municipalities, the Social Ministry announced. The criteria according to which the eighteen municipalities were chosen were: unemployment rate, the share of the long term unemplo
The Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel reacted positively to the proposal of the French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine, Bulgaria to join the European Union with the first round of accession. Michel added that the French proposal will result in many po
The Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer congratulated Bulgarian President-elect Parvanov for his victory at the presidential elections, held on November 18.
The former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloshevic sent his congratulations to the leader of the Bulgarian socialists on the occasion of his election for Bulgarian President. “ I deeply believe that your victory at the presidential elections in Bulgaria wi
Canon officially presented new digital devices for image editing in Bulgaria on November 20. The new devices of the line “imageRUNNER” unite a network printer, a scanner, a copier and various opportunities for finishing operations and a fax function will
Under the amendments to the Law on Bank Deposit Guarantee, adopted by Parliament at first reading on November 20, bank deposits of up to BGN 10,000 will be guaranteed by the State in case of bank bankruptcy. The amount of guaranteed sums is expected to in
All carriers will organize national warning protests on November 21. The protests will be organized in Sofia, Plovdiv and Pazardzhik.
“Coalition for Bulgaria" will vote against budget bill 2002 at first reading,” Emiliya Maslarova, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Group (PG) of the Coalition, announced after the PG meeting on November 20. According to the MPs of "Coalition for Bul
Associated Press By VESELIN TOSHKOV
Turkish television channels’ coverage of Bulgaria’s presidential elections focused on the support the Turkish minority gave to the President-elect Georgi Parvanov and the blow the Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg has suffered. According to famous Turkish
The leader of the United Democratic Forces Ekaterina Mihaylova demanded the resignation of Evgeny Bakurdzhiev, leader of the Sofia organization of the United Democratic Forces. Bakardzhiev said that he is not to give in his resignation before he consults
“We expect over USD 1 B investments from Germany in the coming years,” Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister told representatives of the Club of German Economy in Bulgaria. “We hope that there will be bigger German interest for privatisation deals,”
A Bulgarian delegation, headed by Nikolay Vassilev, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy is leaving on a working visit to France. Lyubka Kachakova, Deputy Minister of Economy, Apostol Apostolov, Executive Director of the Privatization A
In its 20 November edition, Financial Times analyses the Bulgarian political and economic situation. “The excitement surrounding Mr Saxe-Coburg’s victory is fast evaporating in the harsh reality of governing one of eastern Europe’s poorer countries.
Financial Times By PHELIM MCALEER, THEODOR TROEV and STEFAN WAGSTYL
Two international tenders for Sofia airport reconstruction are to be opened till the end 2001, Vladimir Zhekov, Director of the Directorate for Reconstruction and Development of the Airport announced. The tenders will be for the construction of a new pass
The parliamentary group of the Simeon II National Movement had a meting on Novemebr 20. Stoayn Ganev, Chief of the Prime Minister’s Office briefed the MPs on the visit of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg to New York.
Bulgaria must adopt 85,000 more standards in order to comply with the European criteria on standardization and metrology, Ivelyn Burov, executive director of the State Agency for Standardization and Metrology announced at a press conference after the Cabi
The Bulgarian army is to receive USD 10 M from the NATO fund “Partnership for Peace,” Valeri Tsekov, MP from the Simeon II National Movement said in Plovdiv. The money is to be used for modernizations of the arms, USD 500,000 are envisaged for the weapons
Members of Parliament, medicine producers, importers and merchants discussed medicine production and trade in Bulgaria on November 19. Opinions strongly diverged on the issue of the role of the state in Bulgarian pharmaceutical industry.
Supply of short-term funds on Bulgaria’s interbank market marked a fall on November 18. Bank dealers explained that the outflow of Bulgarian levs from the banks to the budget led to the fall.
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
