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THREE AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN TURKEY HAVE BEEN FORMALLY REMANDED...

Three al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Turkey have been formally remanded in custody for using fake documents to enter the country, the semi-official Anatolia news agency has reported. They were allegedly heading for Israel on a suicide bomb mission.

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

RUSSIA'S LUKOIL PLANS 14-FOLD GAS OUTPUT HIKE

Reuters Russia's biggest oil firm LUKOIL is planning a 14-fold jump in natural gas production by 2010 with the aim of raising exports 50 times over, according to a senior company executive.

Views on BG | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

BULGARIA TO SEEK QUICK DEALS FOR AIRPORT CONCESSIONS

Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said Bulgaria will seek to speed up a procedure for granting concessions for its three major airports in order to meet investment interest by leading European airport operators. "There are seven major European companies op

Business | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

FORMER YUGOSLAV LEADER SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC HAS STRUCK HIS FIRST VICTORY...

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has struck his first victory in his war crimes tribunal after judges refused to hear evidence from a key prosecution witness. Judge Richard May said the evidence from Kevin Curtis concerning alleged war crimes aga

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

THE CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGH, BUT THERE ARE ALSO MANY VACANCI...

The current unemployment rate is high, but there are also many vacancies, Social Minister Lidia Shuleva said at the opening of the round table “ Active policies on the labour market. Incentives for Employers”.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

CRAFTS CHAMBER ORGANIZES NATIONAL PROTEST FEBRUARY 28

A national protest will take place on February 28 in front of the building of the Parliament, organized by the Bulgarian Crafts Chamber. That was nnounces by the chairman of the organization Ranguel Cholakov.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

BULGARIA RECEIVED USD 632 M FROM DONOR COUNTRIES IN 2000, THE REPORT P...

Bulgaria received USD 632 M from donor countries in 2000, the report presented by Marta Ruedas, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), show. According to “International Cooperation for Development - Bulgaria 2000” loan

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

IRAQ HAS ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES OF STATE TERRORISM AMID SIGNS THAT ...

Iraq has accused the United States of state terrorism amid signs that the war of words between the two countries is heating up. In a report submitted to a United Nations committee which is examining the strength of counter-terrorism legislation around the

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

SOME TWO MILLION MUSLIMS HAVE GATHERED IN SAUDI ARABIA'S HOLY CITY OF ...

Some two million Muslims have gathered in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca to begin the rites of the Hajj. The annual pilgrimage, which takes them to the barren plain of Mina and the slopes of Mount Arafat, is the biggest yearly mass movement of people o

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN ARE CONTINUING TO POUR IN TO PAKISTAN DESPIT...

Refugees from Afghanistan are continuing to pour in to Pakistan despite the end of the conflict, BBC reported. "What's more worrisome is that the new arrivals say that many more Afghans are behind them," Kris Janowski, UNHCR spokesman told BBC.

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

NEARLY FOUR MILLION PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF...

Nearly four million people in Southern Africa are in desperate need of food aid, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned. The FAO said that harvests fell by up to 25% last year and said the situation was particularly acute in Malaw

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

TRADE EXCHANGE BETWEEN BULGARIA AND ROMANIA IN 2001 REACHED USD 351 M ...

Trade exchange between Bulgaria and Romania in 2001 reached USD 351 M according to data, provided by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Romanian export for Bulgaria is USD 202.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

BULGARIA’S PRESIDENT PARVANOV APPOINTED WITH A DECREE NIKOLA IVANOV KA...

Bulgaria’s President Parvanov appointed with a decree Nikola Ivanov Kaludov to the position Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Italy. For more than thirty years, Kaludov has worked in the Foreign Ministry.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

GREECE MAY GRANT EUR 550 M FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BALKANS

EUR 550 M for the reconstruction of the Balkans after the damages inflicted by the war – that is the essence of the bill presented by the Greek government in Parliament, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.The bill emphasizes on the procedures and crite

Views on BG | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

NEW MEMBER ON ELECTRONIC MEDIA COUNCIL ELECTED

Ana Hadzhieva, a journalist from Radio Plovdiv, was elected member of the Council on Electronic Media (CEM) from the parliamentary quota. The election was preceeded by heated debates.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

NIKOLA KALUDOV IS BULGARIA’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO ITALY

Bulgaria’s President Parvanov appointed with a decree Nikola Ivanov Kaludov to the position Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Italy. For more than thirty years, Kaludov has worked in the Foreign Ministry.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

CUSTOMS AGENCY CHIEF HANDED IN HIS RESIGNATION

Emil Dimitrov, Customs Agency Director, submitted his resignation in the Council of Ministers administration February 20. Upon leaving the building he said he has not slept for six months.

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

LIBYA DROPS AIDS CASE AGAINST BULGARIANS AND PALESTINIAN

VOA News A Libyan court for national security cases has dropped conspiracy charges against six Bulgarians and a Palestinian accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS.

Views on BG | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

NATIONAL THEATRE PREPARES FOR ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

"The Argonauts or the First European Boat", by Jean-Claude Carrier is one of the international co-productions on the programme marking the centennial anniversary of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia. The programme started in 2001 and will end in 20

Society | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

AP: HUNDREDS RAMPAGE IN BULGARIAN GYPSY SLUMS

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - Shopkeepers swept up glass and replaced windows with plywood Tuesday after hundreds of people rioted and looted stores in Bulgaria's largest Gypsy slum. The crowd stoned policemen and beat a bus driver in Plovdiv, 160 kilometers (100

Politics | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

AT LEAST 250 PEOPLE - MANY OF THEM CHILDREN - HAVE DIED AFTER THE CROW...

At least 250 people - many of them children - have died after the crowded train they were travelling in was consumed by flames south of Cairo, Egyptian officials said. The death toll, earlier reported at 100, rose as rescuers, aided by villagers, combed t

World | February 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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