The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization has obtained a merited position in the region and is well accepted internationally, Bulgaria’s President Parvanov stated in his speech to the high-ranking delegates in the 10th meeting of heads of government
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, leaves June 25 for Crans Montana, Switzerland, to attend the 13th annual meeting of the Crans Montana Forum, which opens June 27. Prime ministers and pr
The poor socioeconomic development in the Vratsa region, its high jobless rate and low productivity were discussed at a working meeting in the Balkan Range near Vratsa as part of the Bulgaria Needs Everyone campaign. The meeting was attended by Deputy Pri
Bulgaria’s main opposition daily Demokratsiya will stop publishing because of lack of funds. Nadezhda Mihaylova, leader of rightist Union of Democratic Forces demanded in an open letter foundation Demokratsiya to exercise its rights of owner of UDF newspa
The American Peace Corpse volunteer Robin Weger made a donation of BGN 16,000 to the orhanage "Dimcho Debelyanov" in Silistra. Her two-year stay in Bulgaria ends in September.
The International Day of the SOS Kinderdorf organization, June 26, was marked with a party by the children in the SOS Kinderdorf village in Dren, one of the two such villages in Bulgaria. The International Day of the organization was celebrated for the fi
Bulgaria's President Parvanov takes part in the 10th meeting of heads of government and state and foreign ministers of countries from the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Istanbul. The meeting is devoted to the tenth anniversary of the BSEC establishment
Less than twenty percent would vote for Bulgaria's ruling party Simeon II National Movement, an article in the German daily die Welt reads. A year has passed since Simeon Saxe-Coburg even without a party and trained team achieved full majority at the parl
The harmonization of the transport legislation of Romania and Bulgaria as well as the progress en route to EU are being discussed by the parliamentary transport committees of both countries at a session in Bucharest. The cooperation in transport between B
Bulgaria is among the countries in Central and Eastern Europe with controlled levels of inflation in spite of the different external shocks and the changes in the structures of the relative prices. That is a conclusion of a report of the European Office o
Abridged from AP A major search involving helicopters, dogs, police and army units was launched for 150 illegal immigrants late Monday after they broke out of a police station near the border with Turkey.
The operating capital necessary to Varna Shipyard will be sought mainly from foreign investors, Transport Minister Petrov said during his visit in Varna, quoted by Pari Daily. The minister did not rule out the possibility certain parts of the ship to be s
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that the civil war in Liberia could derail the fragile recovery of its neighbour, Sierra Leone. Mr Annan gave the warning in a progress report on the UN's mission in Sierra Leone which follows a p
Metal output went down 80,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2002 over the same period of time last year, data of the branch chamber of metallurgy show. A fall was also registered in the production of cast iron with no more than 229,000 tonnes produced, d
Palestinians and Israeli leaders have expressed strongly differing views on US President George W Bush's long-awaited speech on the Middle East crisis. Mr Bush urged the Palestinian people to replace Yasser Arafat, who has led them for decades, with a lea
A decision on the acquisition of 20% stake in Unionbank will be taken today by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors, Dnevnik Daily reported. EBRD is to purchase a portion or the entire capital-raising share issue
The three-week period, which was given to reach an agreement on the privatization of Bulgaria’s fourth largest bank Biochim Bank expired on June 24. The Bank Consolidation Company (BCC), the governmental body that manages the privatisation of state banks
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev dismissed the Executive Director of Bulgartabac Holding Georgi Popov at a meeting of the company’s directors on Monday morning. Vassilev explained that the dismissal was triggered by some “not we
The mission of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started its five-day check of the safety of units 3and 4 of Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy June 24. The check of the mission, which is in Bulgaria at the invitation of the government, aims to get a co
In a couple of months, a Paneuropean movement will be set up in Bulgaria at the initiative of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, MPs from the ruling Simeon II National Movement, diplomats and businessmen. Everyone who wishes will be able to join.
The infection of children with HIV in Benghazi is not a result of conspiracy; it is a result of negligence, Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, son of the Libyan Leader Qaddafi and President of the Qaddafi International Foundation stated for radio BBC. The foundati
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