A summit of European Union leaders began in the Spanish city of Seville, with immigration set to dominate the proceedings. Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg attends the summit, leading a country, which hopes to accelerate its negotiations with the Eur
Armed Palestinians have killed at least five Jewish settlers, including a mother and three of her children, in a raid on a settlement near the West Bank town of Nablus. The two gunmen who carried out the raid - the second on the Itamar settlement in less
The rights of Bulgarian homosexuals as treated in draft amendments to the Penal Code were debated by MPs for more than an hour June 20. One of the most controversial proposals was moved by MP of the ruling Simeon II National Movement under which explicit
By Thomas Fuller International Herald Tribune
Independent appraisers will evaluate the status and the work on the development of Phase One and Two from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Information system, NHIF management and World Bank officials agreed at a meeting. The company to conduct th
The French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) will fund the upgrade of Bulgaria’s thermal power plant Maritza East 3, an official fro
A total of 2,400 ha of wetlands in the Danube River basin will be resorted under a World Bank-financed project. Following the signing of an agreement by Environment and Water Minister Arsenova and the World Bank's Country Manager to Bulgaria, Oscar de Bru
The government decided to issue a guarantee for a 15-year, EUR 30 M EBRD loan for the modernization of heating utility Toploficaciya in Sofia. The loan is part of a EUR 120,6 M project to upgrade the infrastructure of the utility by replacing 62 km of pip
Three of the six Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children were interrogated again by the Prosecutor’s Office in Tripoli, private national television bTV reported, quoting diplomatic sources. These interrogations are part of a
All parties must make efforts so that the problem of nuclear power plant units decommissioning is solved in a way favourable for the Bulgarian economy, Kozloduy safety and the country’s relations with the EU, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Soci
A British banker was killed on Thursday in a car bomb explosion in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, Saudi and British officials said. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the victim, Simon John Veness, worked at Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi.
Permanent offices of the US “Secret Services” will be opened in Bulgaria, US Ambassador in Bulgaria James Pardew announced at a news conference. “I realize that Bulgaria fully deserves to become EU and NATO member,” Pardew declared.
The removal of trade barriers among the countries in Southeastern Europe is a prerequisite for attracting investments, production growth, and reduction of unemployment, Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, said
Representatives of the Qaddafi Foundation, on a visit to Bulgaria, announced that they had prepared a detailed report on the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV. The report was handed
Special customs units will have the right to stop road transport vehicles for the purposes of customs supervision and control over goods imported, exported or transited across Bulgaria's customs, a draft amendment to the Road Traffic Act, adopted by Parli
Bulgaria ranks first in high quality of counterfeit money according to a report of the Bulgarian bureau of Interpol. One of the most was the discovery of the printer's offices in Varna and Plovdiv, which forged banknotes.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg was given the award “Peacekeeper” of the "Path to Peace" foundation for his extraordinary contributions to the strengthening of the international peace and security. The award was conferred on Saxe-Coburg on June 19 i
Admission into institutions of higher education will go down by 20% over last year, the Cabinet decided June 20. The number of full time students to be admitted into Sofia university this year was set at 4170, for the University for World Economics - a t
The Cabinet issued an order regulating the state’s future purchase of Biochim and State Insurance Institute shares at the Bank Consolidation Company, the governmental body that manages the privatisation of state banks. The shares the state holds in the tw
Bulgaria’s President Parvanov warned at the Vroclav University in Poland that in case that the decision in Prague was against NATO enlargement that could lead to euro skepticism. Bulgaria is one the countries, which hope to get a NATO invitation at the su
The funeral of Danail Ivanov took place on June 20. Hundreds of people bid him last farewell.
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