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ISRAEL DECIDED WEDNESDAY ON THE EVE OF A NEW U.S. PEACE MISSION TO KEE...

Israel decided Wednesday on the eve of a new U.S.

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

NEW SELL-OFF PROCEDURE FOR BULGARIA'S BIGGEST INSURER OPENED

The Privatization Agency announced on March 13 competition for Bulgaria’s State Insurance Institute DZI. The candidate buyers will participate in a two-stage competitive bidding.

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT HAUNTED BY GHOST

The Bulgarian Parliament is haunted by a ghost – the influence of Former PM’s Chief of Staff Stoyan Ganev, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote. According to the article the same ghost roams in the ruling Simeon II National Movement a

Views on BG | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

BULGARIA BACKED UN RESOLUTION FOR PALESTINIAN STATE

The United Nations Security Council has for the first time passed a resolution calling for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Bulgaria as UN Security Council non-permanent member voted in favor of the resolution.

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HAS FOR THE FIRST TIME PASSED A RE...

The United Nations Security Council has for the first time passed a resolution calling for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The US-drafted document "affirming a vision" of a Palestinian state was backed by 14 out of 15 members of the Security Council

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

FINANCE MINISTRY: REPETITION OF ARGENTINA SCENARIO IMPOSSIBLE

The high inflation rate for the first two month of the year is not a tendency and will not lead to updating the budget, Deputy Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev said in his presentation of the budget execution till end-February 2002. He explained that such a

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

PM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT WORKING MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL

Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg leaves for Barcelona on March 14 to participate in the meeting of the European Council in Barcelona. For the first time presidents and prime ministers of EU candidate states will participate in a working meeting of the European

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

PARLIAMENT GAVE GREEN LIGHT TO START OF KEY SELL-OFFS

Parliament overruled President Parvanov's veto and ratified the act on privatisation and post-privatization control without amendments. Thus, Parliament gave green light to the start of key sell-offs vital for ensuring investment in Bulgaria.

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

MAJORITY RATIFIED DEBT RESTRUCTURING CONTRACTS, OPPOSITION WALK OUT

124 MPs of the Simeon II National Movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms ratified the contracts with JP Morgan and Salomon Smith Barney on Bulgaria’s foreign debt restructuring. Earlier in the day the parliamentary groups of the United Democrat

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

A SPECIAL AGENCY WAS SET UP WITH THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY TO HELP AND PR...

A special agency was set up with the Transport Ministry to help and promote abroad the Bulgarian IT companies. The new agency will seek contact with over 1,000 IT companies in Bulgaria, will present them abroad in search for investments in the sector.

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

FINANCE MINISTER HAS TO REPORT ON STATE OF CUSTOMS BY MAY

Parliament obliged the Finance Minister to report by April 30 on the state of Bulgaria’s customs. The report should include the measures recommended by Britain’s company Crown Agents in its recent analysis.

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: THE BALKANS WILL COMPLETE EUROPE’S PUZZLE

The Balkans are the last part of the puzzle, which will make the ideal of a whole and free Europe come true, Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said after meeting Foreign Minister Passy. Minister Passy gave her the honorary “Golden Laurel bra

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL FIGURES, THE LUFTHANSA GROUP POSTED AN OPERAT...

According to provisional figures, the Lufthansa Group posted an operating profit of 20 million euros in the 2001 business year.

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

IN ARGENTINA, THE PESO HAS SLIPPED TO A RECORD LOW AMID GLOOMY PREDICT...

In Argentina, the peso has slipped to a record low amid gloomy predictions that the country's worst ever economic crisis will deepen further this year. Until devaluation in January, the peso was tied to the US dollar at one-to-one for a decade.

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN HAS WARNED US VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY THAT ...

King Abdullah of Jordan has warned US Vice-President Dick Cheney that a US attack on Iraq could seriously destabilise the region. In a statement released by the royal palace following a meeting with Mr Cheney in the Jordanian capital Amman, King Abdullah

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HAS WON A FIFTH TERM IN OFFICE AMID...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has won a fifth term in office amid accusations of ballot irregularities and ruling party violence. He defeated rival Morgan Tsvangirai by a substantial margin in a presidential election described by foreign and local ob

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

US SECOND HIGHEST RANKING OFFICER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARMY REFORMS

Decision for NATO membership will be political but no matter what it is US will consider their Bulgarian colleagues as partners, General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Nation's second highest ranking military officer dec

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

BULGARIA TO TAKE UP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES IN GREECE

Bulgarian companies are willing to carry out construction projects for the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, it transpired after the meeting of Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev and Greek Minister of Macedonia –Thrace Georgios Paschalidis. Earlier this

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

RELIABILITY OF ALL TELECOM CANDIDATE BUYERS TO BE CHECKED

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry will research and make checks on all potential buyers of the Bulgarian Telecommunication Company, Deputy Transport Minister Nikolay Nikolov told the MPs from the transport and telecommunications committee with Parliament. The

Business | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

A TEXAS JURY FOUND ANDREA YATES GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER TUESDAY, REJE...

A Texas jury found Andrea Yates guilty of capital murder Tuesday, rejecting her claim that she was insane when she drowned her five children in a bathtub last summer. Yates, 37, met the verdict stoically, nodding, with the twitching of a jaw muscle her on

World | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

THE FIVE MPS WHO REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP OF THE RUL...

The five MPs who requested to leave the parliamentary group of the ruling Simeon II National Movement became independent MPs, the speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament announced.

Politics | March 13, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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