I would be extremely glad if we manage to help the children, Sweden’s Ambassador Sten Ask said about the upcoming fundraising football match in aid of 86 children of law enforcement officials, who died in exercise of their official duties. The charity act
Dozens of delegates have walked out of the second day of Afghanistan's traditional council gathering -- the loya jirga -- just hours after a brawl broke out outside the assembly. Around 60 to 70 delegates, frustrated over what they said was the lack of a
After signing a new $4.6 billion bioterrorism bill into law Wednesday, President Bush called for speedy passage of legislation creating his proposed Department of Homeland Security.
The Associated Press The European Commission told EU governments Wednesday their dispute over funding the EU's long-awaited eastward expansion was undermining confidence in candidate nations that are to join in 2004.
Colorado officials have issued a plea for 800 more firefighters to join 500 battling what they call the largest wildfire in state history. Flames already have scorched around 90,000 acres.
At least 205 people are dead, and hundreds more are missing, in catastrophic floods in north-western China which some local reports describe as the worst in the area for more than a century. The area has seen a week of torrential rain, and in the worst af
A federal judge in New York is to hear a plea for the release of an American citizen accused of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in the US. The suspect's lawyer has challenged the arrest, questioning the legal basis for classifying Abdullah al-Muhajir as an
The case against the twenty-nine Bulgarians who were detained by the Turkish police while entering the country on May 10 was postponed to July 31. The Bulgarian nationals were arrested at the Kapi Kule border checkpoint during a large-scale raid.
There are no obstacles for Muslims in Bulgaria to preach their religion freely, The Chief Mufti Selim Mehmed commented the statement of Ali Iliksoy, Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. In the town of Razgrad Ali Iliksoy said the proper
Rear Admiral Neiko Atanassov, the new service chief of the Bulgarian Navy, was presented by the Head of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces General Nikola Kolev June 12. General Kolev, who recently took over from General Miho Mihov as Chief of
No more than 20% of the Bulgarians think that Bulgaria is on the right track, an opinion poll in the countries from Southeastern Europe, financed by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, shows, Deutsche Welle reported. In Romania the people who are optimistic a
More than ten million euros were gathered in Bologna at a fund-raising dinner for the Bulgarian orphanages. Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, on a visit to Italy, attended the event.
A report on the progress in the enlargement negotiations of the EU aspirants was presented at the afternoon session of the European Parliament. The report takes note of Bulgaria’s concerns about being "left behind" in the accession process and supports th
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy handed to Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze a note, in which the Bulgarian side says it has completed all domestic procedures for the entry into force of an intergovernmental agreement on the exchange of citi
The internal control department with State Savings Bank DSK has been making a check for a month already on the case concerning the draining of clients’ accounts in the bank’s branch in Kostinbrod, DSK announced in a statement to the media. The bank confir
The final protocol of the session of the joint Bulgarian-Slovak intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation was signed on June 12. Slovakia expressed the wish to participate in the upgrade of a Bulgarian hydroele
A grand rock festival is to take place on June 14,15, the Bulgarian Rock foundation announced. The event is the first of a series of initiatives of the foundation for reviving the Bulgarian music.
International efforts to combat money counterfeiting will top the agenda of the two-day second Balkan conference that begins on June 20 in Sofia.
The case of the twenty-nine Bulgarians who were detained by the Turkish police while entering the country on May 10 began at 10:30 am in Edirne. The Bulgarian nationals were arrested at the Kapi Kule border checkpoint during a large-scale raid.
The assets managed by the domestic pension funds reached BGN 204 M at the end of Q1 in 2002, up from BGN 187 M in late 2001. Data released by the State Insurance Supervision Agency covers only the funds accrued by the supplementary voluntary pension insur
Euroins insurance company plans to raise its share of the domestic insurance market to 3% till end-year. The rise will follow an expected 70% increase in the company’s premium revenue.
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