Rightist Opposition Alarms of Institutional Crisis
Bulgaria witnesses "institutional crisis." Ekaterina Mihaylova, Deputy Chair of the rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces said that while on visit to Pleven.
Bulgaria witnesses "institutional crisis." Ekaterina Mihaylova, Deputy Chair of the rightist opposition party Union of Democratic Forces said that while on visit to Pleven.
Twenty municipal officials from Greece, the district governor of Drama, Kavala and Ksanti among them, arrived in Smolyan invited by the Association of the Rhodopes municipalities. In the mountain resort of Pamporovo, Greek and Bulgarian mayors, district g
Bulgaria marked 123d anniversary of the National Police Service. President Parvanov took part in the celebrations in the Southern park in Sofia.
Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad has made his first appearance in a Virginia court at the start of a process which could lead to his execution if found guilty. Muhammad, 41, faces murder and terrorism charges in connection with the three-week shooting s
Bulgaria will not close the Energy Chapter of the EU pre-accession negotiations till end-year if the European Commission does not agree to new peer review in units 3 and 4 of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant that may postpone closure deadline. Energy Minister
Hundreds of thousands of protesters from across Europe have joined a rally in the Italian city of Florence to voice their opposition to any war with Iraq. The march, which had been due to start at 1400 (1300 GMT), started early because the massive number
In spite of the storm of criticism, Finance Minister Velchev does not question the 2003 draft budget. He told local Darik radio that the direction is right.
Resigning Deputy Prime Minister and Regional Development Minister Kostadin Paskalev said that Regional Development Deputy Minister Hassan Hassan was the most deserving possible successor of the post. In an interview for local Darik radio he said that the
Bulgarian figure skaters Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviyski won the Bofrost Cup after top performances in all three categories. The competition in German town Gelsenkirchen is the third of six on the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix program le
Israeli forces say they have killed a senior member of the Islamic Jihad militant group, in a pre-dawn raid on a house in the West Bank town of Jenin. Iyad Sawalha, 32, was suspected of masterminding at least two bomb attacks on Israeli buses.
The ruling party's junior partner Movement of Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that the Council of Ministers' structure should be amended. Emel Etel, deputy chair of MRF, said that in an interview for local NET radio.
The Royal Navy Type 42 Destroyer HMS Southampton arrived for a courtesy visit to Bulgarian Black Sea capital Varna November 9. In Bulgaria, the sailors will mark British Remembrance Day, commemoration of the end of World War I celebrated on November 10.
A group of diverse nationality including Bulgarians squatted a historic house in downtown London worth millions. The house is built in 1716 and its current value is estimated to some GBP 20 M.
The prizewinners of the most prestigious European film festivals feature on the agenda of movie fiesta Kinomania that started November 8 in Sofia. It opened with Bulgarian-Macedonian co-production "Warming Up Yesterdays' Lunch".
Iraqi television opened its evening news bulletin by describing the Security Council resolution as "unnecessary" and "pointless". The newsreader said Saddam Hussein's government had always intended to let the UN weapons inspectors back in.
Bulgaria should push on with demands for EU-commissioned peer review in the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. President Parvanov said that upon his arrival from Germany where he paid a four-day visit.
"Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg is immensely pleased with the UN Security Council resolution on Iraq," spokesman of the government Dimitur Tsonev said. "He sees its adoption as categorical proof that the Bulgarian position is justified," Tsonev pointed
The Bush administration still hasn't decided which countries to back in Prague but Bulgaria is among the serious candidates for NATO membership. That emerged after the meeting of Foreign Minister Passy with US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns in Brussels
Around 150,000 Muslim faithful people flocked peacefully to Jerusalem for the first weekly prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, as two Palestinians were shot dead in the West Bank. "At least 150,000 people were on the Temple Mount plaza but it has al
Custom officers intercepted seventy-eight sham bank-notes of EUR 50 at the Kalotina border-checkpoint. The forged money was found in the underwear of a Bulgarian national who was trying to leave the country by a car.
The United Nations Security Council on Friday approved a resolution that demands that Baghdad allow U.N.
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