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New Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has presented his new cabinet to the country's President, Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Sezer's approval for the new team paves the way for a vote on the government's programme in parliament.
World | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
President George W Bush is to have emergency talks with British and Spanish leaders on Sunday amid diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council over their plans for disarming Iraq. The three countries co-sponsored a draft resolution that would have give
World | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria's Prime Minister said that he didn't discuss the beginning of possible military actions in Iraq with US President Bush. On Friday, Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer announced that the US President had a phone conversation with Saxe-Coburg in connectio
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Bulgaria some time in September, Lyubomir Todorov, spokesman of the foreign ministry announced. The visit, which was confirmed in principle, is in connection with the 100th anniversary since the establishment
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Channel 4 News
The Prince of Wales is continuing his tour of Bulgaria with the knowledge he will have to live without his right hand man Michael Fawcett.
Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme urged in Parliament that the new Bulgartabac owner purchase Bulgarian tobacco and that tobacco imports to Bulgaria are stopped.
Business | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Regional Development Minister Valentin Tserovski will represent the Bulgarian government at the burial of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on Saturday, who was assassinated in Belgrade Wednesday.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Nadezhda Mihaylova will not run for Sofia mayor, local Info radio reported. The leader of rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), Nadezhda Mihaylova, commented that only a small political party could raise its leader's candidacy at local elections.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
An attempt to smuggle heroin worth BGN 2 M was prevented by the customs officers at Vidin border checkpoint. The drug was found in a Croatia-registered car, heading from Turkey to Netherlands.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria will participate as an observer in the 59th UN Commission for Human Rights from April 17 -25 in Geneva as a monitoring, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lyubomir Todorov said. The Bulgarian delegation will be headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Petko Dra
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Japan has come out strongly in favour of the US and UK position on Iraq in recent days. The prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has been calling Security Council members to try to persuade them to support a new resolution.
World | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
More than BGN 11 M will be invested in the construction of lifts and runways at Pamporovo ski resort. The project has been presented to representatives of hoteliers associations in the resort.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
At a general assembly, the employees of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) decided to stop broadcasting temporarily till midnight on Friday. This is unprecedented in the 105th history of the state news agency.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
At least five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin. Witnesses said about 10 Israeli tanks - backed by armoured vehicles and jeeps and two combat helicopters - surrounded a house used by Islamic
World | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Bulgarian President Parvanov summons the Consultative Council on National Security on Monday. The risks that Bulgaria faces as well as the consequences in case of war against Iraq will be top on the agenda.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Prince Charles touched down at midday sharp at the airport of the Black Sea port of Varna, 469 kilometers northeast of Sofia. Varna mayor Kiril Yordanov welcomed the guest, together with former Bulgarian Ambassador to London, district governor Yani Yanev,
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Excerpts from HRH's Speech at the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum Event
* I am delighted to be back in Sofia, in the very room where I launched the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum four and a half years ago.
Speech by the Prime Minister the Hon. Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha at the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum Conference on "Practical Management of Business Ethics" with HRH The Prince of Wales
The Cabinet approved the appointment of Iliya Vassilev as head of the Privatisation Agency March 14. Stanislav Ananiev, Deputy Head of the Agency for Post-privatisation Control, will be appointed deputy chief of Bulgaria's sale body.
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
The renovated Doctor's Monument in downtown Sofia was officially opened on Friday by US Ambassador James Pardew, Russian Ambassador Vladimir Titov, Sofia Mayor Sofianski and Dian Kavrakov, CEO of Bulgarian realtor A.D.
Society | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, assessed highly the work of the units for drugs combat in the Bulgarian customs and the National Service for Organized Crime Combat.
"The drugs enforcement divisions of Bulgarian Customs and the National Service f
Politics | March 14, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Novinite 2025 in Review: A Year That Tested Bulgaria and the World
A Disgraceful Betrayal: Bulgaria's Shameful Entry into Trump's Board of Peace