Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg supported the resolve of the Justice Ministry team to press ahead with the reform of the judicial system, Deputy Justice Ministers Tacheva and Dimitrov said after their meeting with the prime minister. The prosecuting aut
Greek police say they have seized a substantial amount of weapons belonging to the left-wing guerrilla group, November 17, during raids in central Athens. Officials say the weapons had been stolen from various army bases over recent years.
US adventurer Steve Fossett has landed his balloon in the Australian outback after a record-breaking around-the-world solo flight. The craft came down near the Australian outback town of Birdsville, in Queensland state, according to a member of his ground
Tens of thousands of angry Argentines have staged another demonstration outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. They accuse the government of murdering two unemployed workers who died in violent protests last week.
Forty-five people have been killed and 935 injured in 762 serious and 12,000 light road accidents since the beginning of the year, data of the Sofia Directorate of the Interior, said. A total of 70,763 traffic offences have been registered and 37,000 driv
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia until 15 July. The mission's mandate had been due to expire at 0400 GMT after the US refused to back a full renewal of the mission in a row over immunity for its
Military jets are set to patrol the skies, while thousands of extra police, troops and FBI agents are deployed across the United States to protect Americans celebrating Independence Day. It is the biggest security operation ever mounted on a Fourth of Jul
Ways of bolstering the economic contacts between South Africa and Bulgaria was on top of the agenda of during the visit of parliamentary delegation from the Republic of South Africa in Bulgaria. At his meeting with the delegation Foreign Minister Passy st
The Russian relatives of those killed in Monday night's mid-air collision are flying to Germany to visit the crash site and help with the identification of the victims. Seventy-one people, many of them children from the Russian republic of Bashkortostan,
The cost of the construction of a 2.5 Macedonian border and for installing the electricity infrastructure for the Sofia-Gyushevo railway, part of pan-European Corridor 8 will add up to EUR 120 M.
Bulgaria’s tour operator Balkantourist, owned by MG Corporation, expects to welcome thirty more vacationers than last year, Dnevnik Daily reported. The number of British and Scandinavian tourists is expected to rise by 48 percent, the company’s Executive
Bulgaria’s Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said she aimed at wrapping up the negotiations on the acquis communautaire chapters on energy, transport, customs union, justice and internal order and on financial control. She reported to the parliamen
State-owned company Bulgarian Posts is to address the Communications Regulation Commission on the types of services performed by express delivery services, which are the exclusive monopoly of the Bulgarian Posts. The company complains of the unfair compet
Kazakhstan can join the construction of the trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas –Alexandroupolis, Dnevnik Daily wrote, citing OANA-Khabar Agency. According to the report Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told visiting Greek counterpart Constantinos Steph
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company is interested in investing in Bulgaria, Deputy Prime Minister Nikolay Vassilev and the chairman of Hyundai Motor Company Mong-Koo Chung said after a meeting on Wednesday. Chung heads a Korean business delegation of 19 m
The Euro-integration Council with the government approved a report, noting the necessity for amendments in the Constitution in line with the country’s efforts to join EU. The report of the council notes that the proposed amendments need to be discussed by
Investors, among which US-based Entergy and Siemens are ready to invest over USD 90 M in the construction of small hydroelectric power stations at the Iskar river valley. That was announced by Vulcho Marinov, mayor of Roman, Ivan Tsenov, mayor of Mezdra
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government approved a plan Wednesday to lift daytime curfews in Palestinian areas that are quiet and may also allow as many as 5,000 Palestinians to enter Israel to work. In another development, Palestinian leader Yasser Araf
Russian investigators Wednesday toured the debris field from a collision between a Russian airliner flying children on a vacation and a cargo plane. The crash killed 71 people and touched off bitter recriminations over who was to blame.
AIDS will kill 70 million people over the next 20 years unless rich nations step up their efforts to curb the disease, the United Nations warned in a report showing the epidemic is still in its early stages. More than 40 million people worldwide have AIDS
Japan’s commitment to provide financial aid for Bulgarian projects was confirmed by Japanese Ambassador in Bulgaria Yasuyoshi Ichihashi at the 18th session of the Japanese-Bulgarian Economic Committee July 3. According to data presented by the Ambassador
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