Eminent scientist APJ Abdul Kalam has been elected India's new president. Announcing the result, India's election commission said Dr Kalam had defeated his only rival, Lakshmi Sahgal, with 89% of the vote being cast in his favour.
Israel is to freeze plans to lift some restrictions on Palestinians following Wednesday's double suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv that killed three bystanders and injured about 40 others.The unspecified plans, authorised hours before the attacks, were mean
The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has sacked Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping in a row over payments from the private sector. Only minutes before, Mr Scharping had said he would not step down.
The unemployment rate dropped to 17.24 % in June, which is 0.
A regulation on the state requirements for obtaining Bachelor, Master and Specialist degree was approved by the Cabinet July 18. The document will take effect in 2002-2003 academic year.
Sofia municipality budget deficit till end-June amounts to BGN 46 M, an analysis presented by Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski shows. The deficit for 2002 will total nearly BGN 79 M if the non-payments of the state budget departments to Sofia company for publ
Constanta court released from prison the two Bulgarian skippers from the fourth Bulgarian boat. On July 20 the two captains will join the other three captains who are on their boats at the military port in Constanta.
Former Finance Minister Muravey Radev filed a slander complaint against current Finance Minister Milen Velchev July 18. The complaint was lodged in Sofia District Court and claims a total of BGN 30,000.
Bulgaria celebrated July 18 the 165th anniversary of the birth of Vasil Levski, the Apostle of freedom. Vasil Levski is an exceptional personality in Bulgarian history and he will always live in the memory of every Bulgarian as a symbol of all that is sub
The reasons behind EU's requirement for the decommissioning of the first and second units of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant are purely political, Professor Andre Maisseu, president of WONUC (World Council of Nuclear Workers) said after his visit at the N-pl
The law allows foreign experts to participate in investigations about suspected illegal arms deals. Existing law has not allowed international officials to take part in such probes.
Bulgaria will grant armament to Afghanistan, the Cabinet decided July 18. Under the approved project of a draft agreement between the Bulgarian government and Afghanistan’s interim government Bulgaria’s aid includes armament, munitions and communication f
Commuters in London are facing a difficult journey to work on Thursday, as a strike by London Underground staff threatens to bring the Tube network close to a standstill. A limited service is running on a number of lines while queues for buses were growin
Bulgarians in the whole country will be able to apply for a low-interest rate credit under the Social Ministry program, starting August 1. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Shuleva the pilot program for microcrediting, launched in sev
The medium-term plans of Thomas Cook set the number of German tourists in Bulgaria in 2005 at 300,000, Peter Fankhauser, who is on the Board of Directors of the German tour operator, said. The results of Thomas Cook operations in Bulgaria over the last fi
Spain has said it will withdraw its troops from the disputed Mediterranean island of Perejil - so long as Morocco does not reoccupy it. According to the Associated Press news agency, Foreign Minister Ana Palacio said that Spain had no desire to stay on th
The check on the disclosure of the shorthand reports from the closed-door Cabinet meeting, where the contract with the British company Crown Agents was discussed has come to an end, Interior Minister Petkanov announced. No persons involved in the case has
Cases of corruption over the last year has decreased considerably and this will be registered in the regular international reports, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Vassilev said. He expects Bulgaria to be ranked with some ten places lower in th
An average of 25,000 students apply for jobs at the Students Employment Agency every year. Most of the job offers come from the private sector.
UN's Security Council cooperation between Bulgaria and the US in the light of the forthcoming Bulgarian presidency of UNSC in September was the basic point of discussion between Foreign Minister Passy and US Ambassador to Sofia James Pardew. The two offic
The results from the Safety Review Mission (SRM) which the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted at Bulgaria's Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant 440 MW Units 3 and 4 were on the agenda of a roundtable in Parliament. The future of the
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