`A new tender for Business Bank will be opened,` Ivan Panchev, Trustee of the bankrupt institution, said. The Agency for Government Claims is dissatisfied with the failed tender and does not approve the evaluation.
The European Union will provide to the Bulgarian customs a modern X-ray equipment for a precise border control of trucks and containers. The devices will give the opportunity to control the vehicles in any place on the country`s territory.
The latest round of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) begins with the public opinion sharply divided on two key issues, a survey conducted from 6 to 13 October, 2001 by the agency `Alpha research`, published by Dnevnik Daily shows. M
`The prices of the Bulgarian tourist packages sold abroad will rise in the range of 15% to 30% in case that Value Added Tax (VAT) is imposed on them. Thus, the packages will become non-competitive on the European market,` the Bulgarian representatives of
The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and Communications will open a tender for a consultant on the strategy for the Bulgarian national carrier, Balkan airlines. That was announced by Transport Minister Plamen Petrov.
The candidate for Vice President from `Coalition for Bulgaria`, Angel Marin, said for Trud Daily that the concept `national security` should be redefined because as it stands, it only points to armed attack, political dictatorship and economic pressure. M
According to sources of the campaign headquarters of the candidate presidential couple Bonev-Zhelezchev, as President, Stoyanov spent funds that are seven to eight times more than his predecessor Zhelyu Zhelev, and used 30 cars of the National Bodyguard S
The offers of the companies proposing rehabilitation plans for the Varna shipyard will be opened at the ministry of economy today, it emerged from a statement of vice premier Nikolay Vasilev in Varna. By the Saturday deadline offers were submitted by six
Prime minister Saxe-Coburg leaves today for his first visit abroad, at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart, Ferhofstadt. The two-day business visit had to take place on September 12, but had to be postponed in relation with the terrorist acts in the
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom The Foreign Ministry is trying to verify a report that three Bulgarian reporters are being held hostage in Afghanistan.
Rompres Agency, Bucharest This year, Romania was for the first time included in the global competitiveness report drawn by the World Economic Forum, along with other 16 states, among which Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Transport and Communications Minister Plamen Petrov expressed a hope that the work on the construction of the second bridge over the Danube will be completed by 2006. He said at a talk show in the Bulgarian National Radio that Bulgaria also should develo
Hologram stickers will show the difference between the regular and the fake taxi cabs. By end-January, the special signs will be sticked on all cars in Sofia, sources from the Branch Chamber of Taxi Drivers and Carriers said yesterday.
Italian musician Zucchero will be a guest in the `Show of Slavi` at bTV channeltonight. He`ll present his new album `Shake`.
The town of Tsarevo, South East Black Sea coast, next to the boarded with Turkey, was swept by mass-scale disorders and fights between local residents during yesterday`s municipal session. It had to elect an interim mayor after the resignation of the acti
The town of Tsarevo, South East Black Sea coast, next to the border with Turkey, was swept by mass-scale disorders and fights between local residents during yesterday`s municipal session. It had to elect an interim mayor after the resignation of the actin
Georgi Milkov from 24 Hours daily, Stoyan Vitanov from Dnevnik daily and the cameraman Emilian Dinov from the Bulgarian National Television have been detained as hostages and have spent the last three days in the village Ostana in Afghanistan. The village
The first lady Antonina Stoyanova, who is also Chairperson of the Value Foundation, opened on October 20 a two-day forum on `Women Leaders in the 21st Century: Building Successful Local, Regional and International Partnerships for Democracy`. The forum, w
The Education Minister Vladimir Atanassov and Bulgarian students in France discussed the problems of young Bulgarians studying abroad. The meeting was part of the Minister`s visit to France on the occasion of the 31st General Conference of UNESCO in Paris
A new mission of the International Monetary Fund arrives on Monday to hold talks with the Bulgarian Government. It will only deal with budget discussions.
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
