A total of 5,287,049.82 euros of Bulgaria's official debt to France will be swapped for future private investments by French and other foreign companies in Bulgaria under a bilateral agreement on Conversion of Debt into Investment.
Police in the western Austrian city of Linz said Monday they busted an Eastern European prostitution ring that allegedly smuggled women from Bulgaria and other countries and forced them to work in brothels. Authorities arrested nine men, including a Bulg
The participation of more Turkish companies in construction projects like Gorna Arda hydropower project under bilateral agreements was urged by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz at his meeting with Energy Minister Milko Kovachev in Ankara. Ankara
Chimimport, part of Varna-based TIM group, was the only bidder for a majority stake in insurance company Armeets. It offered BGN 4,3 M for the 91% stake held by the largest insurer State Insurance Institute (DZI), Apostol Apostolov, Privatisation Agency (
China’s state telecommunications company China Telecom and a consortium between Korea’s second-largest mobile phone operator KTF and Samsung electronics producer are interested in the planned sell-off of the Bulgarian telecom monopoly, BTC, Transport Mini
A second 400- kWh power line from Bulgaria to Turkey will start operating in May, it transpired at the meeting of Energy Minister Milko Kovachev and his Turkish counterpart Zeki Cakan in Ankara. Ways of boosting the cooperation between the two countries o
Bulgaria hopes to conclude accession talks with the European Union by the end of the next year, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said April 29. A date for its ultimate accession to the European Union is expected in December at the Copenhagen EU summit, h
The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) to run IT educational programs, based on IBM know-how and methodology under a contract it signed with IBM Bulgaria. The agreement gives Bulgarian students the possibility to get a high-level IT knowledge and corr
General Nikola Kolev, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, will replace Miho Mihov, current Chief of General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, after June 11 when his term expires. The announcement was made by President Parvanov after his meeting with Pri
The tremblor of an earthquake with an epicenter some 140 kilometers southwest of Sofia was felt in the region of Kyustendil at 1,10 p.m.
President Parvanov's idea to decommission Units 1 and 2 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, modernize them and recommission them is feasible, Emil Vapirev, head of the Committee for the Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes, said. The first two gene
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A curfew for all Sofia students under 14 years of age are to be introduced right after the Easter holidays, under amendments to the Regulation on Trade Activity. The amendments prohibit students to be served alcohol after 8 p.
Radio Free Europe By Julia Geshakova
Hong kong rates as among the world's most spectacular city skylines but, more often than not, the view of Hong Kong is obscured by a filthy haze. Tourists are bewildered when they can't make out Kowloon from Victoria Peak, residents complain and pollution
Police in Paris are bracing for a second week of protests against far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen ahead of Sunday's final vote. Thousands of students returning from spring break are expected to stage a mass rally in the French capital o
American and UK security experts are due to arrive in the West Bank city Ramallah as part of a deal with Israel to ease the siege on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters. They will discuss the technical details of transferring six militants, wh
Madagascar opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana has been declared the winner of last December's disputed presidential elections, after a recount. The High Constitutional Court (HCC) said that he had received 51.
A terminally ill British woman has lost her final legal bid to be allowed to die. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday that the refusal of the British courts to allow Diane Pretty's husband to help her to die did not contravene her human rig
Bulgaria leads Romania in the process of aligning domestic to EU environmental legislation, Romanian Environment Minister Petru Lificiu said after a working meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Dolores Arsenova. Arsenova and Lificiu discussed the idea t
The Czech republic is interested in participating in the construction of Bulgaria's second nuclear plant, the country's ambassador said Monday.
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