Pope John Paul II comes to Bulgaria in order to pay his respects to Bulgaria’s contribution to preserving and passing the legacy of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius on to the other Slav people, Bulgarian Ambassador to the Holy See Vladimir Gradev said in an i
During the last ten years the Fulbright Program invested in Bulgaria some USD 9 M for the education of 436 Bulgarians, the newly appointed US ambassador to Bulgaria James Pardew said in his opening speech at the fifth Fulbright conference. The conference
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Employees of the state railways company protested in front of the Transport Ministry. They demanded their wages since February to be paid.
Six more British troops are being forced home from Afghanistan due to a contagious fever, bringing the total returning to eight.About 350 soldiers at a medical hospital in Bagram are under quarantine while health officials investigate the cause of the ill
BY Nicholas Kralev REYKJAVIK, Iceland — NATO, brushing aside Russian opposition, officially opened its new round of enlargement yesterday by meeting with the nine former communist countries that will be considered for membership at the alliance's Prague
Polish researchers are to deliver lectures on the life of Pope John Paul II today during a session dedicated to the Head of the Roman-Catholic Church and organized by Sofia University. “Bigger Europe – Paul John II’s Slav idea” is among the titles, while
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The Bulgarian National Radio will focus on live reports in its coverage of the Pope’s visit to Bulgaria (www.popeinbulgaria.
The Bulgarian National Television is the only television authorised to broadcast the mass, which Pope John Paul II will serve in Plovdiv May 26 during his visit to Bulgaria (www.popeinbulgaria.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Solvay headquarters in Belgium negotiate for renewing the bank’s participation in the Devnya-based Solvay Sodi, John Chomel-Doe, the EBRD country director for Bulgaria said. On June 27, 1
About seven hundred and sixty journalists from forty countries have been accredited so far to cover the visit of Pope John Paul II in Bulgaria, Maxim Minchev, Director of the international press center for the historic event, said. The deadline for fillin
The first center in Bulgaria for accommodation of asylum seekers opened doors in the village of Lyubimets. Luise Druke, Bulgaria’s coordinator of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/UNHCR/ and the director of the National Border Police Servi
Talks are under way in the Netherlands on who will form the country's next ruling coalition following a swing to the right in the polls. The new government could include the fledgling anti-immigration party of murdered politician Pim Fortuyn, whose shock
Gross foreign debt fell by a net USD 217,7 M in the first quarter of this year mainly due to principal payments, preliminary figures from the central bank (BNB) showed. Gross foreign debt stood at USD 10.
BNP Parisbas – Bulgaria announced at its annual news conference that it had made BGN 3 M in pre-tax profit, flat from the previous year. The bank’s loan portfolio rose by 22 percent to BGN 86 M at end-2001.
The unions and the management of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company signed a new collective bargaining agreement. The agreement aimed to handle the problem with the lay-offs that are necessary so that the company stays competitive when the monopoly
NATO foreign ministers, at a summit in Reykjavik, announced that they would continue to observe closely the reforms in the applicant states even after some of them are invited to join the Alliance at the Prague summit this autumn. The ministers decided th
Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev and the newly appointed US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Pardew discussed the possibilities to improve the business environment in the country at a working breakfast on Wednesday. They
Bulgaria's football team Levski won the 23rd Ford Moto Pfoe Bulgaria Cup after beating its all-time rival CSKA 3-1. Some 20,000 people watched the game at the Sofia stadium "Slavia".
The decision on the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) membership in the Socialist International will be taken at its November Congress, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said upon his return from a two-day visit in Stockholm. Accord
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