The Bulgarian Minister of Transport and Communications Plamen Petrov met OTE current managing director Nikolaos Manasis at the Thessalonica Fair. The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization OTE is still interested in the privatization of the Bulgarian Te
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew opened a two-day international conference on `Changing the Culture of Teaching on the Balkans` on September 9. The forum is within the framework of the Educational Project, which is the second part of the VLATADON initiati
Representatives from the Deutschebank corporate finance and investment banking will consult the government on the privatization of the Bulgarian Telecom, starting this week. That was announced by the deputy prime minister and economy minister Nikolay Vass
Deputy Ministers of Economy Lubka Kachakova, Dimitur Hadzhinikolov and members of Parliament participated in a round table, organized by the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow. They discussed the possibilities for improvement of the economic relations between Ru
First Investment Bank received $20 M credit from USAID. The money will be used for loans to Bulgarian firms, working in the spheres of tourism, transport, industry and information technologies.
The criteria for big taxpayers tax registration will be changed. Anton Tonchev, General Tax Director, already issued the order for the changes.
The Simeon II National Movement most probably will not support Peter Stoyanov candidacy for second presidential term. It is widely exoected that Simeon II National Movement and its leader, Simeon Saxe-Coburg will promote their own candidate for the presid
Bulgaria should have an anti-corruption agency or commission. It should be like the one, which the British government established years ago in Hong-Kong.
Prime minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg visited Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday. The Patriarch received him in the presidential suite of the `Hrankov` Palace hotel.
Georgi Stoychev, Radio Free Europe
The Emirates Group and Gulf Air are the two airlines that may invest in the Bulgarian Balkan airline, the management of the national carrier announced. Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg confirmed the information.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Louis Michel, was accused of concealing a scandal for corruption connected with the mass sales of entry visas for the European Union, the British Daily Telegraph reported. On Wednesday the minister testified in
The Confederation of the Independent Syndicates in Bulgaria will organize a nation-wide strike in case of unreasonable state administration layoffs. The confederation also demands at least 10% increase for the budget salaries.
The sports reporters of the nation wide bTV and of Nova TV had a car accident on the Trakiya highway. One was killed as a result of the crash.
A Swiss economic mission led by Swiss Secretary of State and Head of the State Economy Secretariat David Zits will visit Bulgaria from September 11 to September 13. The main goal of the mission will be to gather information about Bulgaria`s economic polic
Young artists from the children`s art school `Colorit` in Pleven, Northern Bulgaria, received thank-you letters from UN Secretary General and Prince Charles. The thank-you letters are for painted bottles with messages for peace and prosperity in the 21st
Culture Minister Bozhidar Abrashev will demand 3% for culture from the state budget for 2002 in order to get at least half. Deputy Culture Minister Roumen Dimitrov said that the current state subsidy of 0.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon Passy is in Brussels for an informal meeting with the foreign ministers of the EU countries and of the 13 candidate–countries. He is also invited to an official lunch with the Chairman of the EU Council, Louis Michel.
A 41-year old worker from the city of Stara Zagora died in an accident in the thermo-electric power station `Maritza Iztok 2`. Dimitur Georgiev was changing an iron sheet of a conveyer when the cement bearing under his feet gave in and he fell down from a
`We rely very much on our Las Vegas experience and we do believe the tourism in this beautiful country Bulgaria will grow up very soon and it will become a magnet for million of European and US citizens `, former Nevada governor (1989-1999) Bob Miller sai
Former US president Bill Clinton can come to Bulgaria to open an International Conference on tourism, Bob Miller, Nevada governor (1989-1999) announced. Governor Miller had a dinner with the former president in Las Vegas last week and Clinton expressed h
Greek Ambassador: Bulgaria is our Most Important Economic and Trade partner in the Region #AmbassadorTalks
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
