A military delegation, led by the Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, General Nikola Kolev, and by Deputy Defence Minister Ivo Ivanov, will inspect today the Bulgarian Engineer Platoon, part of the NATO-led, UN-mandated Kosovo Force (KFO
A new Bulgarian-US consultancy has been established to promote Bulgaria's opportunities for investments and assist Bulgarian companies interested in doing business with USA. Miller & Behar Strategies is the first consultancy established for the purpose o
44 percent of Bulgarian magistrates and law officials would like the Parliament to introduce a shorter timeframe for resolving legal deputes that involve commercial corporations and individual plaintiffs. The data comes from a poll conducted by the Nation
The United Nations has charged Indonesia's former military chief with crimes against humanity over his role in the bloody violence during East Timor's 1999 vote for independence. However, Indonesian ministers said they would refuse to hand over former def
Transport Minister Plamen Petrov has fired the executive director of Balkan Air Tour Lyubka Manova and now the position is vacant. The minister fired her on the grounds that she is not qualified to do the job.
Crowds and participants attending the America's Cup yachting competition in New Zealand are being warned to take safety precautions after a terror alert. Counter-terrorism police are investigating three threatening letters, including one containing cyanid
Thousands of rescue workers in north-west China are digging through rubble to reach survivors of a major earthquake which killed more than 260 people. At least 4,000 people were injured in Monday's quake which rocked two counties in the Xinjiang region.
North Korea has fired a missile into the sea between Japan and the Korean peninsula just hours before South Korea's new president was sworn into office. In what correspondents called a provocative move, the missile hit international waters in the Sea of J
Bulgarian pimps have been mobilising armies of prostitutes to cash in on the arrival of US troops, GQ Magazine UK wrote February 24. According to the article hundreds of girls are being bussed across Bulgaria in an operation carried out with military-sty
Bulgaria's stand on the new Iraq resolution will be known after the other Security Council members voice their reaction, Stefan Tafrov, Bulgarian UN ambassador, told Info Radio.
LUKoil subsidiary Litasko landed the Exporter of the Year 2002 award of Bulgaria's Economy Ministry and the Trade Promotion Agency. Litasko exports for 2002 towered to USD 410,9 M.
The transborder dimension of environmental protection and the good example set by Bulgaria and Romania in the region were pointed by Romanian Waters and Environmental Protection Minister Petru Lificiu during a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Februa
The draft resolution on Iraq, which the US, UK and Spain submitted to the Security Council on Monday, deepened the rift within the UN as it was rivalled by a proposal to boost weapons inspections, backed by France, Germany and Russia.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will meet U.S.
What follows is the full text of a second draft resolution on Iraq to be put to the United Nations Security Council later on Monday by the United States and Britain, as released to the media and published by BBC.
Finnish President Tarja Halonen arrived late on Monday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of her Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov. This is the first trip to Bulgaria of a Finnish president since the fall of communism.
Justice Minister Anton Stankov has requested the extradition of Veska Medzhidieva, former governor of liquidated Bulgarian agrarian and industrial bank, from South Africa.
Turkey's government agreed on Monday to seek parliamentary approval for U.S.
The first Aids vaccine to be tested on humans does not protect the general population, but may protect black and Asian people, a US biotech company has announced. The company, VaxGen, has completed a three-year study involving more than 5,000 volunteers.
The Sofia Stock Exchange index Sofix hit record-high values of 234, 65 percentage points at the beginning of the week. The surge followed the big rise in Petrol share prices, which reached BGN 28,60.
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