Bulgarian Social Minister Lidia Shuleva and Dutch Ambassador to Bulgaria Henriet van Linden signed a memorandum for cooperation between the social ministries of the two countries. Bulgaria and the Netherlands will cooperate in the development of the labou
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy will pay a working visit to the United States. During his visit to Washington, which starts on December 4, Passy will meet Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Condoleezza Rice, National Security Council Assistant to the P
The Foreign Ministry is working to create a network of experts and diplomats from all political directorates of the Ministry, which will be involved in Bulgaria's activities as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The Foreign Ministry has wo
Analitik, Bulgaria’s electronic equipment plant, will produce 100,000 coin and note trays for European cash registers. This is provided under the contract Analitik signed with Italy’s DFG for production till the end of the year.
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) foreign exchange reserves in November 2001 marked an increase. The rise was triggered by the EUR 246 M Bulgaria received from the first Eurobond issue.
Finance Minister Milen Velchev and Crown Agents Executive Director David Philips signed on November 29 a three-year contract for the reform in the Bulgarian customs administration. An international team of 37 experts from Crown Agents, who have experience
Motorola, US Telecom equipment producer and supplier of Globul, Bulgaria’s GSM operator, plans to set up a research and development center in Bulgaria, Lyubomir Minchev, director of Motorola’s subcontractor in Bulgaria Telelink, said on November 29. The c
Bulgarian Chimimport trading company will be recommended to the Bank Consolidation Company (BCC) as a buyer of a 32,77% stake in the Central Cooperative Bank (CCB), Neli Kordovska, BCC executive director announced on November 29. The recommendation for ap
A state body will control the activities of the public administration officials as of 2002, Hristo Panayotov of the State Administration Directorate with the Cabinet announced. The status of the body is still to be discussed.
Lyubomir Nachev, former Interior Minister, had no information about threats against Andrey Lukanov. He said that on November 29 at the court’s sitting on the case of the ex PM’s murder.
The Libyan lawyer of the six Bulgarian medics, accused of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with HIV virus had a meeting with them in the Judeida prison. The Bulgarians condition is good, Bizanti told the Bulgarian Press Agency.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will attend a meeting of the European Council with the prime ministers of the countries applying for membership in the European Union. The meeting will be held within the framework of the European Council's two-day
The Bulgarian Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will make an official visit to Germany on December 13 and December 14. During the visit, Saxe-Coburg will meet Chancellor Gerhard Shroeder.
Bulgaria to hold negotiations with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for a EUR 41,1 M loan for the energy sector, the Cabinet proposed to Parliament. The funds will be used for the project “Rehabilitation and modernization of ele
The retired people will receive BGN 20 Christmas bonus, the Cabinet decided. BGN 48 M from the budget will finance the bonuses in total.
Compensatory instruments are to be traded on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, Compensatory Instruments Deals Bill, approved by the Cabinet on November 29, envisages. Compensatory papers and compensatory bonds come under the heading of compensatory instrument
Yordan Radichkov was born in 1929 in the village of Kalimanitsa in the Mihailovgrad region and graduated from high school in Berkovitsa. He has been on the staff of the newspapers Narodna Mladezh, Vecherni Novini, Literatouren Front.
The Bulgarian author Yordan Radichkov will be nominated for Nobel Prize in literature, Boyan Biolchev, rector of the Sofia University “St, Kliment Ohridski” announced. Biolchev received an invitation by the Nobel Committee to send a nomination for Bulgar
Greek President Konstantinos Stefanopoulos welcomed Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy at the entrance of the President’s palace in Athens. The first thing Stefanopoulos told Passy was that he was surprised by the presidential elections results.
Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov left on an official visit to Romania on November 29. He was invited by his Romanian counterpart Ioan Rus.
Parliament voted unanimously to terminate the credentials of Georgi Parvanov as MP of Coalition For Bulgaria in connection with his election as President of the Republic on November 18, 2001.
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
