Hundreds of schools have been closed and more than 1,000 people evacuated from their homes as the second storm in a week lashed eastern Japan. Typhoon Halong was downgraded to a tropical storm but sustained winds of 108 km/h (67 mph) continued to cause ch
US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is in Ankara for talks with Turkish Government and military leaders on American plans for action against Iraq. US officials insist that no decisions have yet been made on strategy.
Women protesters who have besieged an oil terminal in southern Nigeria for more than a week say they have reached a deal with the refinery owners to end their blockade. One of the protest leaders, Anunu Uwawah, told the Associated Press (AP) news agency:
A French magistrate has ruled that Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet must stand trial over a banking scandal, in a decision that throws doubt onto his ambitions to head the European Central Bank (ECB). Philippe Courroye, the magistrate probing a
The Kingdom of Thailand expressed interest in creating a joint venture in Bulgaria for computer spare parts, Deputy Speaker of Thailand’s House of Representatives, Somsak Prisananantakun, told the Bulgarian News Agency after a meeting on Monday with Parl
Bulgaria will use the Austrian experience in the setting up and functioning of hospices for incurables, Health Minister Bozhidar Finkov said after signing on Monday an action plan for cooperation in health care in 2002-2004.A delegation of the Austrian Mi
New York, July 16, 2002 Joint Human Rights Watch and Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Statement
The Arraignment Chamber in Benghazi postponed the case against the Bulgarian medics in Libya again since the prosecutor has asked for more time to interrogate the policemen who have interrogated the Bulgarians during the preliminary inquest. That was anno
The price of Bulgaria’s third GSM licence will not be factored in the final bids for Bulgaria’s telecom monopoly BTC, the Privatization Agency announced. If the future owner wants a GSM licence also, it will be issued after additional negotiations.
The possibility of introducing the euro as currency in Bulgaria before the country’s accession to the EU was among the topics discussed at the international conference “Bulgaria in Europe,” which took place July 15 in Sofia. Bulgaria must be ready to intr
The Bulgarian-Italian joint venture Promoest BG plans to build a business facility near Krumovo village in the Plovdiv district. The facility will comprise of three hotels, a bank and several light industry factories.
The Bulgarian steel plant Promet has won a USD 2,2 M contract to manufacture 9,500 of steel sections for the American company Houston Texas, Dnevnik daily reported. Thus it became the first metallurgical company with access to the North American market.
The Privatization Agency chose Russe-based company Pristisgroup-Vodno Stroitelstvo AD as the exclusive buyer of a seventy percent stake in Vidin-based tyre maker Vidachim. Pistisgroup will pay one lev for the bankrupt Vidachim but will assume its BGN 68,8
Bulgaria’s progress in fulfilling the economic and political criteria for EU and NATO accession topped the agenda of the international conference “Bulgaria in Europe,” organized by the Kokkalis foundation in Sofia. “Bulgaria is close to being a functionin
The Arraignment Chamber that convened on Monday to proceed with the case, in which six Bulgarian medics are charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus at a local hospital in 1998, postponed again its decision. The next mee
Alexander Semernyov, head of the Russia's representative office on the Balkans, announced that Russia will not withdraw its claims to assets of tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding and is ready to take legal steps to regain assets. "We have informed all B
Laza Kekic is Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe, at the Economist Intelligence Unit, London. Mr Kekic heads the EIU's largest regional team of analysts who provide economic, political and business coverage for the 27 countries of Eastern Eu
A Chinese company will invest in the production of air conditioners in Sofia or Varna, Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev announced. China is interested to invest in joint production of TV sets, domestic appliances and in the high-tech industry in
Bulgaria’s EU bid will top the agenda of Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva during her working visit in France. She will meet with many French officials.
One euro bought as much as one dollar on Monday for the first time since February 2000. The euro, which had once sunk 30 percent below its January 1999 launch rate, has risen six percent in just a month as the dollar has been battered by a succession of U
President Bush remains optimistic over U.S.
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