Foreign Minister Passy will award Petya Yaneva, winner in the painting competition "For a safer world", at an official ceremony at the Ministry of Education and Sciences on December 17. The competition was organized as an initiative accompanying the NATO
More than 100 people are feared dead after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in north-west Liberia. The wooden boat was packed with mourners heading to the funeral of a popular local footballer.
The Vatican has approved a revised plan to combat child sex abuse in the US Roman Catholic Church in a letter from Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re to the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Wilton Gregory. US bishops drew up a plan to
There is a little bit over a week till Christmas! Christmas is coming and it's time to feel the Christmas spirit! A good way to do that is to decorate your home for the holiday. Following are several easy ways to decorate for Christmas.
Bulgaria's alternative synod has filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg December 11 over the refusal of three successive Bulgarian governments to register legally the synod. This transpired at a news conference on Bulgaria's
Five candidates have so far confirmed their interest in the privatization of Bulgaria's last state owned credit institution DSK Bank and have sent letters of intent to the Bank Consolidation Company. That was announced by Neli Kordovska, head of the body
Bulgaria will demand a large-scale peer review at Kozloduy Nuclear Power plant, encompassing all aspects of safety, Energy Minister Milko Kovachev told Radio Free Europe. He underlined that Kozloduy Nuclear Power plant technical and exploitation safety ha
22,500 Bulgarians from 33,000 who work in the mines work in unfavorable conditions. Hardly five percent of the enterprises in the chemical industry have created safe conditions for their workers.
Professor Boyan Biolchev is the first rector of Sofia University who is awarded with the honorary sign of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences "Marin Drinov." The award is for significant contribution in literature.
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The contract for the construction of Lot B1 - new passengers' terminal and the adjacent infrastructure of the Sofia Airport was signed in the Transport Ministry. This project is part of the "Reconstruction, development and expansion of Sofia Airport" proj
Bulgarian IT students can apply for fellowships in the form of tuition coverage, secured by the INTRACOM Group of companies, for studies in the Athens Information Technology education and research center (www.ait.
Financial Times The Copenhagen summit could go down in history as one of the European Union's finest moments.
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The Union of Free Democrats, headed and founded by Sofia Mayor Sofianski celebrates the first anniversary since the establishment of the organization in Plovdiv. Stefan Sofianski and members of the Managing Board are guests of the celebrations.
A family of four died in Sofia district Slatina as a fire burst out in their apartment. A man, 50 years old, his wife, 58 years old, their 18-year-old daughter and her grandfather died in the flames.
Twenty-six MPs from the ruling Simeon II National Movement want an urgent meeting of the parliamentary group today at 11 am. They demand the meeting to discuss how to present the proposed by the majority amendments to the privatization and post-privatizat
Former US Vice President Al Gore has decided not to run for the White House in 2004. In a television interview, Mr Gore said that although he wanted to contribute to changing the Bush administration, he did not believe that running for the presidency was
The mission of IMF, led by Jerald Schiff, and the experts from the Finance Ministry renew the negotiations on the fiscal policy of the government today. The mission will stay in Bulgaria only four days.
More ski runs and lifts will be built in the Rhodopi winter resort Chepelare. The three-year project, worth EUR 11 M, envisages the construction of new runways for cross country biathlon and alpine skiing, roads, four lifts and tows.
The majority of the novinite.com readers (57 percent) who voted in the latest poll of the news provider say they start their Christmas shopping in mid-December.
Google Street View Cars Return to Bulgaria for Major Mapping Update
Housing Prices Soar in Bulgaria’s Major Cities as Demand and Supply Strain Increase
