The current Bulgarian President Petur Stoyanov, who is to run for second presidential mandate, has a good chance to win at the first round of the presidential elections on November 11. The data of a research, made by the Alpha research Sociological Agency
`The Central Electoral Commission /CEC/ admitted to the presidential elections and registered Reneta Indzhova and Krastyo Ilov, supported by the Democratic Alliance,` CEC spokesman Biser Troyanov said. On the last day of the term for submitting documents
`The most difficult part of the construction of the Sofia subway is yet to come,` Mayor Stefan Sofianski told his Belgrade counterpart Radmila Hrustanovic on October 8. Hrustanovic heads a four-member delegation, visiting Sofia to exchange experience in t
The government abandoned its plans to introduce a zero tax rating for reinvested profit, PARI Daily wrote. During the weekend, after consulting with different ministries, the Cabinet removed this measure from its program for economic policy.
More than 120 countries voted in favor of Bulgaria`s joining the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. On October 8, the UN General Assembly elected Bulgaria as a non-permanent member of the Security Council of the East-European regional group, s
More than 120 countries voted in favor of Bulgaria`s joining the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member. On October 8, the UN General Assembly elected Bulgaria as a non-permanent member of the Security Council of the East-European regional group, s
Text from the Bulgarian National Radio [Announcer] We have [Northern Alliance] Afghan Ambassador Mohammed Fazil Saifi on the line.
In 2002, 10,000 officers and sergeants will be laid off,`Defense Minister Svinarov announced. The 2002 annual governmental program for NATO accession was approved at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee for Bulgaria`s Integration in the Alliance.
`The security measures were tightened at the Bulgarian borders, airports and ports, `Valeri Grigorov, Director of the National Police Border Services said. The measures were enhanced after the start of the military operation in the United States.
`The Bulgarian government is to soon prepare a program on the fight against terrorism, `the Bulgarian Foreign Minister said, quoted by Info Radio. The program will be in implementation of Resolution 1373 of the United Nations Security Council, which requi
Additional measures were introduced in the Bulgarian nuclear plant Kozluduy after the start of the military operation in Afghanistan that was launched after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11. That was announced by the manage
The Bulgarian President Stoyanov summoned the Consultative Council on National Security. The meeting will take place on October 9 at noon.
Colonel Minko Braykov Braykov is the new deputy director of Directory National Services `Police,` the press center of the police announced. The Interior Minister Petkanov appointed Braykov on October 5.
According to Defense Minister Svinarov, it is too early to make any assessments on the US military operation in Afghanistan. `I think that the strike has been sufficiently well planned and measured and will achieve its entire goal within a relatively brie
Text of report by Bulgarian radio on 7 October [Announcer] We have just learned that the meeting at the presidency has ended.
`An update of the Bulgarian Army Reform Plan 2004, a completion of the review of structures and combat power and a revision of the regulatory framework are among the priorities of the military reform,` Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov said in a National
62 refugees from Afghanistan tried to cross the Bulgarian border near the villages Shtit and Cernodub and Ruzhintsi in the Svilengrad region for 24 hours, Dnevnik daily wrote. Border patrols in the Svilengrad –Elhovo border line catch an average of 40 il
The Bulgarian government will have the unique opportunity to negotiate on at least a partial remission of the debts to the Paris Club, Standart Daily wrote. `The Paris Club may have to get involved in covering the accumulating now financial needs of some
Transport Minister Plamen Petrov demanded 12 resignations of directorates` and agencies` directors with the Transport Ministry, sources from the ministry said, quoted by Standart Daily. The heads of Civil Air Administration and Air Traffic Management will
Customs inspectors have seized two bags of amphetamine tablets each weighing 1,933 grammes, the National Customs Agency announced. The synthetic narcotic was found in a compartment of the Istanbul-Bucharest international train at the Passenger Railway Sta
Italy`s Pinerolo Mechanized Brigade began an exercise at the Koren Military Training Ground near Haskovo on October 6. `A total of 678 soldiers, 50 commissioned officers and 63 non-commissioned officers will hold daytime and nighttime drills in simulated
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
