A new row has broken out over the United States' Middle East policy after Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested the possible creation of a provisional Palestinian state. Mr Powell made his remarks in an interview with the Arabic newspaper al-Hayat, du
A 90,000-acre wildfire moved closer to Denver's southern suburbs Wednesday, and fire officials called the prospect of a 200,000-acre fire "very realistic" if weather conditions worsened. The Hayman fire is one of at least eight currently ravaging Colorado
A US military transport plane has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing three of the 10 people on board. The plane crashed at 2130 local time (1700 GMT) during take-off from an airbase about 55 kilometres (35 miles) southwest of Gardez in Paktia provinc
No secondary tremors have been registered after an earthquake with a magnitude of 3,1 on the Richter scale was felt late in the evening on June 12 in Sofia. The epicentre was between Sofia and Vitosha Mountain and was felt in two neighbourhoods of the cap
Enena yoghurt ranks first with 11,7% market share of domestic yoghurt consumption, a survey conducted by Market test agency in May shows. A total of 7,2% of the 1,400 respondents expressed preferences for Danone Familia, followed by Danone Classic with 6,
Bulgaria has been granted by the European Union a three-year grace period for introducing the minimal excise duty on cigarettes. Under the agreement the EU’s minimum excise duty levels – EUR 64 per 1000 pieces will be reached in 2010.
The six Bulgarian medics, charged with infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus, will be questioned by a prosecutor again, their Libyan lawyer Osman Bizanti told private National Television bTV. According to the report the Arraignment Chamber orde
A plan for Cooperation in the HealthCare system with the United Kingdom over the 2002-2003 period was signed by Healthcare Minister Finkov and the British Ambassador in Sofia, Ian Soutar. The document provides for cooperation in the organization and manag
Amendments to the Obligations and Contracts Act were adopted by Parliament, which aim to align the Bulgarian legislation with the provisions of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations. The amendments envisage the revoking of the Co
Turkey is ready to increase the number of one-off permits issued to Bulgarian road carriers, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said. The move has been proposed by his Turkish counterpart Oktai Vural in a telephone conversation.
Bulgaria will close five more EU accession chapters during the Danish Presidency, Deputy Finance Minister Gati al-Jebouri announced. Denmark will take over for the sixth time the presidency on July 1 this year.
The first Boeing aircraft, one of two leased by Bulgaria's flag carrier Balkan Airlines from Lufthansa landed at Sofia airport. The Boeing 737-300 is quite new and will be used by Balkan for ten months.
Parliament ratified in a closed session the memorandum with US, concerning the technical and financial assistance in the destruction of Bulgaria's SS-23 missiles. All of the MPs from the United Democratic Forces and the Movement for Rights and Freedom vot
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.
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