Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right candidate for the French presidency, is taking his anti-Europe message to the heart of the European Union on Wednesday. The National Front leader - who shocked France by coming second in the opening round of the election -
By Nicholas Kralev THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Bulgaria wrapped up negotiations on three more chapters on Monday : social policy, economic and monetary union and institutions. Bulgaria has closed seventeen out of thirty-one EU chapters so far.
The implementation of the two-year agreement between the IMF and Bulgaria and the corruption combat in particular were positively assessed at the meeting of IMF Managing Director Horst Koehle and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg, who is on an official vi
The Sofia City Court decided on April 23 to proceed with the case of the Zeevi Holding subsidiaries ZBI and Balkan Airline Holdings (BAH). They claim they are owed BGN 49 M by the insolvent carrier.
Decommissioned armaments and military equipment in Bulgaria’s ground and air forces will exceed by 30% - 40% those envisaged in the plan for military reform till 2004, Defense Minister Svinarov said at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels A
Financial Times; Apr 23, 2002 By KERIN HOPE and THEODOR TROEV
US energy company AES is to build a new 670 MW unit at the Bulgarian thermal power plant Maritsa East 1. AES is expected to sign today a contract to hire US Alstom Power, a global supplier of heat transfer equipment for the power generation industry.
US President George Bush recommended that Bulgaria continue its efforts in the preparations for NATO entry till the summit in Prague, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg said after his half an hour meeting with the US President at the White House. In the wo
Karen Hughes, the closest adviser to President Bush who accompanied him on every step of his journey to the White House, said on Tuesday she will resign to spend more time with her family in Texas. The tall, forceful former spokeswoman who began working f
Nepal ground to a halt on Tuesday as citizens observed a five-day national strike ordered by Maoist rebels fighting to overthrow the king and government. Normally bustling streets and shops in Kathmandu were deserted by people reluctant to defy the rebels
The term for placing bids for Bulgaria’s tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac was extended by four days from May 3 to May 7. That was necessitated due to the Easter holidays – the government decided last week the days between May 1 and May 6 to be non-working day
Bulgaria’s Chief Negotiator with the European Union Meglena Kuneva briefed the members of the foreign policy committee with the European Parliament on Bulgaria’s energy strategy at a regular meeting in Brussels on April 23. She pointed out that Bulgaria i
Peng Peiyun, deputy speaker of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress and president of the All-China Women's Federation, met in Beijing on Tuesday with a Bulgarian women's delegation. The delegation was headed by Emilia Maslarova, Bu
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev met with Bulgarian students in Beijung, the Economy Ministry announced. The meeting took place in the Bulgarian Embassy there.
Pope John Paul II, in his first words about child abuse in the U.S.
Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme presented the governmental strategy for subsidizing the agriculture producers to the parliamentary groups of the Simeon II National Movement and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. The strategy envisages higher aid for
Some BGN 1,5 B will be allocated for modernization of the Bulgarian army till 2007, Deputy Defense Minister Georgi Paskov told reporters. The plan for the modernization is expected to be approved in the coming few days.
China’s Datang Telecom Technolog is the second after the China Telecom which showed interest in Bulgaria’s key-sell off this year the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC). Datang Telecom Technolog is interested not as a buyer but as a supplier of te
Macedonia banned import of swine and pork meat from Bulgaria because of the recent outbreak of classical swine fever in Bulgaria. The outbreak of the classical swine fever is already under control, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said on April 22.
Vatican officials started an unprecedented meeting on Tuesday with leaders of the scandal-ridden U.S.
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