The insurance burden shared between an employer and an employee to keep its current proportion of 75:25 in the coming two years. This is to be proposed to the social partners by the Social and Finance Ministries and the National Insurance Institute, Socia
All institutions and political formations in Bulgaria must coordinate their efforts for NATO invitation at the Prague summit, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said in the town of Plovdiv. According to him the Socialist Party is t
Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria's best sportsman for 2001, became gold medalist on the rings at the men's European Gymnastics Championships April 28. won the silver medal in the all-around competition of the men's European Gymnastics Championships April 27.
The installment of a jet - vortical condenser at Unit 3 of Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy starts on April 30. The equipment, to be installed by Enemona AD, is unique and is an innovation in the world practice for preventing failures of Nuclear Power Plant’s
A teacher in Germany has told of his chilling encounter with a teenage killer who had just shot dead 16 people at a school. Rainer Heise was confronted by the masked youth in a corridor.
Former Russian presidential candidate Alexander Lebed has died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash in Siberia. The Mi-8 helicopter is said to have hit a power line in poor weather conditions at 0615 local time before crashing near Abakan, about
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Business will support stronlgy Bulgarian presentation at Europalia 2002, Maxim Behar, M3 Communications Group, Inc. (m3bg.
Students threatened to boycott the test matriculation exam on Bulgarian language and literature, scheduled for May 8. ?ccording to Stoyan Monev, chairman of the Initiative Committee for clarity on the Bulgarian education, all students will hand back blank
More than 3,000 supporters of the rightist opposition Union of Democratic forces April 27 to protest against the Classified Information Act. The rally was held under the motto “In the name of the truth”, which was opened by UDF leader Nadezhda Mihaylova.
There are no guarantees that Italy’s Enel Power will participate in Gorna Arda project, Ismet Sever, Executive Director of Gorna Arda Hydro Power Company said. He said it is still not clear what term of the concession and what electricity price will be of
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania justified convincingly their wish to join NATO, says a resolution on NATO enlargement, drafted by Germany’s governing social-democratic and green coalition and adopted by the German P
World record-holder Georgi Markov pumped a combined total of 367.5 kilograms (808.
Inflation grows at a higher pace than expected, Piritta Sorsa, IMF Resident Representative, said, commenting the upcoming mission of the International Monetary Fund in May. She attributed this to the administrative rise of prices and taxes.
Pope John Paul II has signed a decree to beatify and declare as martyrs three Bulgarian Catholic priests slain by communists in 1952 (popeinbulgaria.com).
There are not sufficient grounds for placing restrictions on travels to neighboring countries, an official statement of the Health care ministry, released April 26, reads. The announcement followed reports of infections with the unidentified virus that hi
Chimko fertilizer plant is to sign a memorandum on rescheduling its debt payment over a ten-year period with the National Electricity Transmission Company and Bulgargaz till May 1, a representative of majority –owner Cyprus off-shore company A.V.
EADS is ready and willing to carry out the upgrade MiG-29 fighter aircraft, representatives of the European concern EADS in Sofia announced in a letter to the Defense Ministry. The letter points out once again that EADS considers the Russian company RSK M
Rival motorcycle gangs clashed in a southern Nevada casino early Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, 11 wounded and an entire town in lockdown, authorities said. Two men identified as shooters were among the wounded, according to Larry Tunforss o
The latest French opinion poll gives French President Jacques Chirac a potential landslide 81 percent of the vote in the May 5 runoff for president. Controversial far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is on 19 percent -- just two points higher than in the fi
Bulgaria celebrated the most representative spring maidens’ holiday – Lazaritsa on April 27, in which only girls who are not married yet participate. On this day they gather together at their leader’s house, all dressed up in traditional local costumes an
UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings
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