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The Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria will renew legal action against alleged mafia men who had lawsuits against them suspended. This is what Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Nikola Filchev pledged Thursday amid fierce public debates on the efficiency of crime c
Politics | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Bulgarian Cabinet ratified a protocol on a contract with Russia that will mutually encourage and protect investments. The protocol was signed during Russian President's Vladimir Putin visit to Bulgaria early March.
Politics | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov goes to Germany privately to attend the benefit performance of soccer star Krassimir Balakov. The show is thrown especially for the Bulgarian player by his long-time team - German Stuttgart.
Sports | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
The discovery of two Iraqi truck trailers equipped with fermenters is the strongest evidence yet that Saddam Hussein had a biological weapons program, a U.S.
World | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit British troops in Iraq on Thursday, to thank them for the role they played in the war. He will be the first western leader to set foot in the country since Saddam Hussein was swept from power.
World | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Two more people have died from SARS in Toronto, hours after the Canadian prime minister said the virus was under control. The latest victims, both women over 60, bring the total number of deaths from the flu-like disease to 29.
World | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Buildings rattled around the Algerian capital as the third major aftershock in less than a day and a half struck the north African country, officials said, putting a nervous populace further on edge. The tremor measured 5.
World | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Bulgaria postponed the consultations with Turkish officials over the discontinued Bulgarian electricity exports until early June. Sofia said it wouldn't send Energy Minister Milko Kovachev and Regional Development Minister Valentin Tserovski to Ankara on
Politics | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Bulgarian lawmakers are to vote today on the non-confidence motion against the country's prime minister tabled by rightist oppositions. If passed, the motion will result in governmental crisis.
Politics | May 29, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Heinz Sundt has resigned as member of the Supervisory Council of Bulgarian GSM operator Mtel. He is also a chief executive and chairman of Telecom Austria - one of the companies that has shown interest in the Bulgarian operator which goes for sale.
Business | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
US President George W Bush is hoping to meet the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers in Jordan next week, the White House has announced. Mr Bush's proposed meeting with Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas, along with King Abdullah of Jordan, is part of Ame
World | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Russia has confirmed that a 25-year-old man, who lives in a town bordering China, has become the country's first case of SARS. The Ministry of Health definitively diagnosed the patient from Blagoveschensk, a town of 170,000 and the capital of Russia's Amu
World | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
The Palestinian authority did not confirm its invitation to Bulgaria's foreign minister to visit Ramallah so the scheduled trip was abandoned. All meetings of Foreign Minister Solomon Passy in the Palestinian territories were cancelled.
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Young journalists from ten East European countries visited the office of novinite.com in a bid to learn more about online journalism in Bulgaria, the future plans of the media and marketing.
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Turkish companies have invested in Bulgaria over USD 150 M, Bulgaria's trade attach? to Istanbul Evgeni Genev said.
On a meeting of the Chamber of Industry and Trade in Bursa he underlined the importance of dialogue between Bulgarian and Turkish business
Business | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Two got suspended sentences and one was acquitted in Bulgaria's embargo exports case that ended on Wednesday. The defendants were part of the management of Bulgarian defence plant TEREM that intended to export dual-use goods to Syria.
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
The ancient Etruscan book made of 24-carat gold donated to Bulgaria's National Museum of History made world headlines. It was displayed at the museum together with a fragment from the tomb where it was found.
Society | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
The Cabinet has clear goals and will achieve it till the end of its mandate. Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said that during the debates on the non-confidence motion against him Wednesday.
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Over 55 percent of the Bulgarians approve of the non-confidence motion against Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, a poll of the National Center for Research of Public Opinion shows. According to the survey, 44.
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
Both Bulgaria and Russia's presidents voiced satisfaction that agreements achieved during Putin's visit to Bulgaria in early-March are getting implemented. President Parvanov called his Russian counterpart Wednesday on occasion of 300th anniversary of St
Politics | May 28, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00
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