The Bulgarian Transport and Communications Minsiter Plamen Petrov and his Romanian counterpart Tudor Mitrea agreed to reduce transit fees for cargo transport on October 20. They also decided to ease the regulations for the border crossing of trains, which
A special raid of the border police found 25 Afghans in the home of Dimitur Dalev in the village of Radovets, near Topolovgrad, on October 19. That was announced by Lieutenant Colonel Gospodin Hristov, Head of the Regional Border Sector in Svilengrad, a t
1266 Bulgarians who are of age 100 years and more will vote at the November 11 presidential elections. 970 of the voters were born in the 19th century.
The candidate presidential couple Georgi Purvanov - Anguel Marin met Defense Minister Svinarov on their request. They discussed the army reform.
October 20 is the World Day of the fight against ostereoposis. A survey of the Russe Hygiene Institute showed that every person smoking over 20 cigarettes a day may get the disease.
Obligatory audit to be held in companies with assets exceeding BGN 500,000 and more than BGN 1 M of income, required accounting experts at a meeting with Ivan Iskrov, head of the Budget Committee with the Parliament.
`The power price should be increased by 20,2%, the International Monetary Fund demands,` Nikolay Vassilev, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister said. According to him, the rise in the price of the power and central heating is due to the losses of th
Bulgaria hasn`t submitted a plan for implementing the Schengen legislation to the European Commission. This is stated in a report of the European Commission compiled for the summit of the EU in Gent.
A concert on the occasion of the Sofia Musical Academy 80th Anniversary will be held on October 22 in `Bulgaria` Hall in Sofia. Students of the Academy will take part in the concert to the accompaniment of Valya Dervenska (violin), Maria Hristova (viola),
Three men with weapons and masks burgled a branch of HebrosBank in Montana at 8.10 am and took BGM 71,000 with themselves.
`At this point there is no tangible risk of biological terrorist attacks in Bulgaria, `, Nedjet Mollov, the Head of the Standing Committee for Protection of the Population against Disasters and Accidents, says in a governmental statement to the media. `R
`The deadline for the preparation of a strategy on Bulgaria`s participation in the EU structural funds expires on December 31 this year,` Bulgaria`s chief negotiator with the EU Meglena Kouneva, told the press after a meeting of the Council on European In
Turkish companies may participate in road and energy facilities construction, ownership restructuring in the water and sewerage companies, and waste water treatment in Bulgaria. That was announced after a meeting of representatives of large Turkish constr
The American University of Blagoevgrad (AUBG) is hosting a conference of the Bulgarian Association for American Studies. The academic forum, which will end in October 21, is sponsored by the US State Department and is the first of its kind to be held in B
45% of 196 business people said that the macroeconomic environment in Bulgaria has remained unchanged as far as small and medium-sized enterprises are concerned. Conditions for doing business are improving according to 12 % of respondents, while nearly th
Customs Agency Director Emil Dimitrov will hand over to prosecutors 18 cases of contraband. That was announced after the meeting of Dimitrov with Prosecutor General Nikola Filchev and top prosecutors.
A working meeting on Link Diversity project of the Council of Europe opened in Sofia on October 19.
Second day of his visit Prince Andrew had a lunch with several members of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum. `It was extremely useful and business orientated conversation, which I do hope will turn to a long-term partnership`, Maxim Behar, BBLF Chairm
`The number of unemployed people in Bulgaria in 2002 is expected to be nearly 600 000, while those working – 3 119 000, `Deputy Prime Minister and Social Minister Lidia Shuleva announced on October 19 during the parliamentary control session.
As the trade representative of British Trade International, Prince Andrew visited two companies with British investments in Bulgaria. British Trade International is a governmental organization, responsible for the promotion of British trade and investment
The youth organization of the Simeon II National Movement launched a news web site with address novotovreme.bg.
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
