Bulgaria and Italy have huge potential for cooperation in developing transport infrastructure, said Basilio Germana, MP and guarantee for Bulgaria in the Italian parliament within the Azzurri nel Mondo Association. In the opinion of Germana the good conne
Bulgargas, Bulgaria’s gas monopoly, has submitted a proposal to the State Agency for Energy Regulation for a reduction of 2,87 % in the natural gas sell price. Currently the price stands at BGN 294.
Up by some 8 per cent are the Bulgarians who expect nothing good in the coming few months, a representative survey of the MBMD polling agency, conducted June 15-19, shows. The spreading pessimism is affecting the ratings of the executive power representat
Four people have died and another 150 have been injured after a strong earthquake in northwest Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency. Many buildings have been damaged in villages near the epicentre in the province of Qazvin.
Six draft amendments to the Penal Code were adopted in principle by the Parliament June 21. The changes seek to improve the legislation on terrorism, human trafficking, organized crime, computer crimes and the production and use of chemical and biological
Leaders of the European Union are expected to produce a joint action plan against illegal immigration during the second day of their summit in Seville. Britain, Spain and Germany have been forced to give way on tough measures in the light of French and Sw
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
US-based Entergy and the funding institutions will complete the crediting of the upgrade of thermal power plant Maritza East 3 and start implementing the project in September 2002, Energy Minister Kovachev said. The minister has been assured the deadline
During the last couple of days speculations and untrue information is spread in the Bulgarian media on the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, charged with intentionally infecting children with HIV. The lawyer of the Bulgarian medics in Libya rec
Bulgaria suggests that three projects are funded by the Stability Pact, namely building a regional energy centre, Sofia-Nis highway, and Sofia- Skopje railway, Deputy Economy Minister Sofia Kassidova summed up the results of the two-day Working Table 2 of
The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office charged former Transport Minister Vilhelm Kraus with a criminal breach of trust, following the parliamentary report on Air Traffic Services Authority. After the one-hour interrogation of Kraus, he said he is going
The trial against Krasimir Dimitrov, one of the captains of the Bulgarian ships arrested in Romania, came to an end and he was released on bail. Unless the Prosecutor’s Office contests the decision of the court, the prosecutor at the Court of Appeals will
European Consortium Kozloduy signed on Friday with Bulgaria’s N-plant Kozloduy a memorandum for the modernization of third and fourth units of the nuclear power plant. Germany's Siemens AG, France's Framatome and Russia's Atomenergoexport are members of t
A claim for BGN 150,000 of damages from the Defence Ministry was filed in Sofia Military Prosecutor’s Office on behalf of the parents of Danail Ivanov. The conscript was seriously injured after being hit with a truck by a drunk sergeant on the training gr
Two car bombs have exploded in the southern Spanish resorts of Marbella and Fuengirola, injuring at least six people including three Britons. A British man is critically ill in hospital after the car bomb in Fuengirola, which also slightly injured two Bri
Israeli troops backed by tanks have moved into the West Bank town of Nablus, after Palestinian gunmen killed five Israelis in a Jewish settlement nearby. About 50 tanks and a number of armoured bulldozers entered the city from four directions just before
The European Commission (EC) will most probably not write in its regular annual report on Bulgaria’s progress that there is functioning market economy in the country. That was announced by Info Radio, quoting a source from the European Commission.
A summit of European Union leaders has opened in the Spanish city of Seville, but a controversial plan on immigration was on the rocks before talks even got under way. A proposal to punish countries which do not help to stem the flow of illegal migrants i
President Parvanov turned the first sod of the cultural-historical centre Saint Paisiy Hilendarski at the town of Bansko, where he was on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaiya. In his speech before the citizens President P
Bulgaria’s President Parvanov, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov and many other Bulgarian officials were among the thousands who bid last farewell on Friday to General Dobri Dzhurov. Bulgaria's former Defense Minister Dobri Dzhurov, a senior Communist who
US publishing magnate Steve Forbes on Friday praised the economic and political reforms Bulgaria has made since the fall of communism, expressing optimism in the country's future. "I think Bulgaria can eventually become the Ireland of Southeastern Europe,
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