Evdokia Maneva was elected leader of the Sofia organization of the rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces at a conference on June 15. 361 delegates voted in favor of Maneva, the total number of the cast ballots was 721.
The Czech Republic looked to be heading for a new center-left coalition on Saturday after exit polls and early results showed the ruling Social Democrats topped the voting in two-day elections. If final results match the polls, the Social Democrats, led b
Center for space monitoring of natural disasters and industrial accidents will be created in Bulgaria with the assistance of Russia’s Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters. That was announced by Nejdet Mollov, Minister without Portf
Dolores Arsenova, Minister of the Environment and Waters, said that if all standards are kept in the destruction of the SS-23 missiles, no damages of nature should occur. She added that Bulgaria should follow the advice of the US experts the missiles liqu
The contract between the Bulgarian government and Microsoft signed February 13, 2002 that enables the state administration to use the Bulgarian version of MS Windows and MS office XP is one of the most advantageous contracts sealed in the country, State A
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy put an accent on the social price that Bulgaria needs to pay in case of closure of N-plant Kozloduy in his address to the delegates at the international conference “International Security and the Fight Against Terrorism”
New law on energy and energy resources is being prepared, which contains market conception for the sector’s development, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Milko Kovachev announced at a forum in the seacoast city Varna. Power distribution companies are to be put
Over eight hundred delegates of the Sofia organization of the rightist opposition Union of Democratic Forces elect their new leader today. The National Council of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) decided to expel the former leader of the Sofia organiz
Israeli forces launched an incursion into the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, imposing a curfew and searching for suspected militants. Palestinian witnesses said tanks, armoured vehicles, and jeeps, supported by two helicopter gunships had entered th
As France's political parties wind up their campaigns ahead of the final round of the legislative elections, latest opinion polls forecast a landslide victory for the allies of President Jacques Chirac. Surveys suggest Mr Chirac's UMP coalition could win
Afghanistan's grand assembly and Hamid Karzai, the man they elected president, wrangled on Saturday over the make-up of a government whose mission is to heal ethnic wounds and rebuild a war-shattered nation. Delegates to the Loya Jirga assembly insist the
The FBI joined Pakistani police Saturday hunting for possible al Qaeda links to a car bomb outside the U.S.
“We filed a claim against the stand of the European Commission on the Kozloduy N-plant issue since it is a shame to close a well working nuclear power plant,” Professor Andr? Ma?sseu, chairman of the World Council of Nuclear Workers “ WONUC ” explained. W
At the monument “Kambanite” (The bells) in the outskirts of Sofia was opened the fourth Child's assembly "Flag of peace." Children from all over Bulgaria participated in the holiday.
Bulgarian and Romanian Euro-integration ministers Meglena Kuneva and Hildegard Puvak held a working meeting in the Romanian town of Giurgiu. After the meeting, Kuneva said they had discussed bilateral cooperation, the accession talks and issues related to
Members of the Spanish parliamentary European Union Commission support the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the 2004 elections for European Parliament. If by then the two countries have not become members of the EU, their MPs will have the status
Parliament resolved to transform the Higher Institute for Officer Training and Research at the Ministry of the Interior into a university named Interior Ministry Academy. The new university will be training cadets and students for attainment of the academ
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, in his capacity as office holder authorized to exercise the rights of the state as owner of International Fair Co. of Plovdiv, announced that he had decided to transform the corporation into a p
Bulgarian companies showed interest in participation in the extension and upgrading of the Venezuelan railway network, it emerged after the final sitting of the First Session of the Bulgarian-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industria
The World Bank approved a Bulgarian project for restoration of wetlands and reducing pollution, the Bank's office for Eastern and Central Europe announced. The project is funded by a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund (7.
An Albanian and two Bulgarians were caught with ten kilograms of heroin at the Central Railway Station in Sofia Friday in a joint operation of the National Service for Organized Crime Control (NSOCC) and the Interior Ministry, NSOCC Deputy Director Veneli
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