The business journalist Tanya Mitova from Bulgaria’s daily Monitor was appointed director of the press center of the Finance Ministry, the ministry announced. Mitova replaces Olya Gencheva who has been press attach? of Finance Minister Velchev so far.
Short-track champion Evgenia Radanova was named Monday honorary citizen of Sofia. The decision to designate Radanova was taken by the Sofia City Council in a view of her performance at the Winter Olympics.
Twenty-eight Bulgarian companies of various industries are taking part in Days of Bulgarian Business in Jordan, which opened on April 14. The business delegation is accompanying Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev.
Bulgarians prefer local products because of their good quality and acceptable price, a survey of Alfa Research agency ordered by Business Centre Bulgaria, shows. Business Centre Bulgaria is the organizer of the Choose Bulgarian! Exhibition that opened at
"We expect a clear signal from the Seville European Council concerning the completion of Bulgaria’s EU negotiations," Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev said at the seminar "Enlargement, Decentralization and Institutional Reform,"
Pope John Paul II has summoned leaders of the Roman Catholic church in the United States to the Vatican to discuss recent disclosures of sex scandals, which have rocked the church. The Vatican says the meeting with American cardinals will probably take pl
Massive security precautions are in place in the German city of Frankfurt for the most important terrorism trial since the 11 September attacks. Five men suspected of links to Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network are due to go on trial on Tuesday.
Israeli tanks and armoured cars have re-entered the West Bank city of Tulkarm, one week after pulling out, in what Israeli military sources say is a limited operation to arrest Palestinian militants. The Israeli army said this was not a reoccupation, but
Hundreds of British troops have begun combat operations in south-eastern Afghanistan. "Significant numbers" of Royal Marines from 45 Commando - part of 3 Commando Brigade - are targeting a former Taleban and al-Qaeda strongpoint, BBC reported.
Roseximbank started conducting due diligence at state-owned to be privatized Biochim Bank. Rosseximbank in consortium with Russia’s Mezhprombank will bid for the 99,6% state stake, which was offered for sale.
The Transport Ministry has asked the receivers of Bulgaria’s indebted flag carrier to disclose details about Balkan’s deal to hire two Boeings 737s aircraft from Germany’s Lufthansa, Dnevnik Daily reported. Balkan Airlines paid an installment of EUR 320,0
Pan-European consortium Eureko will not bid for Bulgaria’s state-owned insurer State Insurance Institute (DZI), a Eureko official said, reported by Dnevnik Daily. According to him there exists a possibility of his taking part in the sell-off procedure via
The Finance Ministry’s debut issue of 10-year, fixed interest T-bonds yielded 7,77% at the April 15 auction as the full amount on offer was sold, underscoring investor interest. The BGN 15 M of T-bonds on offer were the first part of a BGN 90 M issue that
Bulgarian Railways transport of passengers and goods went down by 15 percent for the first quarter of the year in comparison with the same period last year, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov announced. No changes in railways tariffs are expected, but any c
Two big events will mark the end of May in Bulgaria’s capital – the visit of Pope John Paul II (www.popeinbulgaria.
The Privatisation Agency opened the tender for the sale of a 100% of the capital of Pharmachim Holding and about 45% of the capital of the Chemical Pharmaceutical Research Institute. The start price in the open bidding is set at nearly BGN 5 M, the deposi
Officials from Libya’s Security Services confessed that they had tortured the Bulgarian medics in Libya during the first months of their arrest, Bulgaria’s Trud daily reported quoting sources close to foundation “Qaddafi.” Five Bulgarian nurses and one do
Israeli forces have arrested the West Bank chief of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, one of Israel's most wanted men. Mr Barghouti, 41, sought by Israel since it launched its West Bank offensive on 29 March, was arrested in the city of Ra
Bulgaria’s position on the Middle East conflict is balanced and I hope all political powers will continue to support it in the future, Israeli Ambassador to Bulgaria Emanuel Zisman said at his meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov. The amba
Oil prices rebounded on Monday after pro-OPEC president Hugo Chavez was reinstalled in Venezuela after a failed military coup last week. Crude prices were also helped by a renewed call by Iran for an oil embargo against Israel and its allies.
European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to consider a German peace plan for the Middle East as well as possible trade sanctions against Israel for its military offensive in Palestinian areas. The talks come after Germany became the firs
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