Prime minister Saxe-Coburg leaves today for his first visit abroad, at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart, Ferhofstadt. The two-day business visit had to take place on September 12, but had to be postponed in relation with the terrorist acts in the
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom The Foreign Ministry is trying to verify a report that three Bulgarian reporters are being held hostage in Afghanistan.
Rompres Agency, Bucharest This year, Romania was for the first time included in the global competitiveness report drawn by the World Economic Forum, along with other 16 states, among which Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Transport and Communications Minister Plamen Petrov expressed a hope that the work on the construction of the second bridge over the Danube will be completed by 2006. He said at a talk show in the Bulgarian National Radio that Bulgaria also should develo
Hologram stickers will show the difference between the regular and the fake taxi cabs. By end-January, the special signs will be sticked on all cars in Sofia, sources from the Branch Chamber of Taxi Drivers and Carriers said yesterday.
Italian musician Zucchero will be a guest in the `Show of Slavi` at bTV channeltonight. He`ll present his new album `Shake`.
The town of Tsarevo, South East Black Sea coast, next to the boarded with Turkey, was swept by mass-scale disorders and fights between local residents during yesterday`s municipal session. It had to elect an interim mayor after the resignation of the acti
The town of Tsarevo, South East Black Sea coast, next to the border with Turkey, was swept by mass-scale disorders and fights between local residents during yesterday`s municipal session. It had to elect an interim mayor after the resignation of the actin
Georgi Milkov from 24 Hours daily, Stoyan Vitanov from Dnevnik daily and the cameraman Emilian Dinov from the Bulgarian National Television have been detained as hostages and have spent the last three days in the village Ostana in Afghanistan. The village
The first lady Antonina Stoyanova, who is also Chairperson of the Value Foundation, opened on October 20 a two-day forum on `Women Leaders in the 21st Century: Building Successful Local, Regional and International Partnerships for Democracy`. The forum, w
The Education Minister Vladimir Atanassov and Bulgarian students in France discussed the problems of young Bulgarians studying abroad. The meeting was part of the Minister`s visit to France on the occasion of the 31st General Conference of UNESCO in Paris
A new mission of the International Monetary Fund arrives on Monday to hold talks with the Bulgarian Government. It will only deal with budget discussions.
Thrusting the acting president upon the Bulgarian voters may make them think twice whether they have the reasons to like hi, Standart Daily says The almost unanimous response of all political forces indicates that the decision of the NMS to support Peter
The French Language School named after Alphonse de Lamartine plans to gather pupils of 36 years to the celebration of its 40th anniversary, the school headmaster announced. Teachers, former and current pupils of the school will attend a concert marking t
The Privatization Agency, PA, opened procedures for the sale of another six water intake systems and 21 independent water power plants, self-contained parts of the National Electricity Company. The six water intake systems are Petrohan, Rositsa, Asenitsa,
`Amendments to the Privatization Act envisage an opportunity for municipalities to set aside up to 10% of proceeds from sales of municipal enterprises in guarantee funds for lending to small and medium-sized businesses,` Deputy Prime Minister and Economy
`The alcohol excise is to increase six times by 2007 when Bulgaria is expected to become European Union member, ` Finance Minister Milen Velchev said for Darik Radio. `The cigarettes excise will go up four times , 3 times – the fuels and 5 times – the bee
`The September 11 events in the United States shook the world but did not mark the start of the era of terrorism,` Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy stated before the participants in the European conference devoted to the fight against terrorism. A
The Bulgarian opera star Gena Dimitrova will celebrate her 60th anniversary with a concert in the National Palace of Culture on October 23. Young opera singers that she has taught will sing some of her most famous roles.
Ivan Stanchov, former Bulgarian Ambassador to Britain from 1991 to 1994 and former Foreign Minister from the Reneta Indzhova Cabinet was elected member of the Supervisory Board of Bulbank. That was announced by bank officials after Bulbank`s general meeti
Greek Ambassador: Bulgaria is our Most Important Economic and Trade partner in the Region #AmbassadorTalks
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
