Bulgarian President Parvanov left for the United States early in the morning of September 9. The president's program start with a working visit in Iceland.
The four-star Tanne hotel was inaugurated in the high-altitude town of Bansko on Saturday by the Bulgaria-German company BD. The 70-bed Internet-wired facility boasts an indoor swimming pool and sauna.
Vratsa-based chemical plant Chimco reported a record-high 2001 loss of BGN 21,7 M, up BGN 9 M over the previous year. This was announced at the general shareholders' meeting September 7.
The memorandum for the construction of European transport Corridor VIII is expected to be signed today in Bari, Italy. The Bulgarian side will be represented by Transport Minister Plamen Petrov.
"I think Bulgaria is now very much on track to join the EU at the latest in 2007. ERT will continue to put pressure on the EU in favour of Bulgaria's early accession," Piet Steel, European Round Table Associate of Baron Daniel Janssen said in an interview
Brussels highly appreciates Bulgaria's position on the controversial International Criminal Court, Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said. EU-enlargement commissioner Verheugen said that during a meeting with Kuneva on Friday.
Some one thousand and five hundred tonnes of briquettes have gone on fire at port Russe- East on Sunday evening. Firefighters arrived immediately on the place of the accident and started to extinguish the fire.
Bulgaria insisted again to receive an updated EU accession roadmap and exact accession date at the summit in Copenhagen end-2002. Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva announced that upon her return from talks in Brussels on the coming European Commiss
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov will chair the September 11th session of the UN Secrity Council. Bulgaria took over the UN Security Council presidency on September 1.
Representatives of more that 20 countries take part in the European Working Meeting on Environmental Stress in the Black Sea resort of St. Constantine.
Those who believe that Bulgartabac's tender was managed properly outnumber with a few votes those who think the opposite, the last weekly poll of novinite.com showed.
Hundreds of pilgrims poured into the Rozhen Monastery on Sunday so they could touch the wonder-working icon of Mother Mary. The sacred image preserved within a special ark in the monastery's church is carried out for a traditional religious procession eve
"We will expect support for the changes in the Constitution not only on behalf of all parties but by the entire civil society," Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg said on Sunday. "Everyone is welcome to participate in the discussion on the Constitution changes,"
Israeli security forces were on high alert Sunday following warnings that Palestinian militants were planning attacks over the Jewish New Year holiday.
After thirty years of excavations, Bulgarian archeologist penetrated into another Hellenistic necropolis on cape Chirakman near the Black Sea town of Kavarna. The scientists came across ancient funeral with a skeleton, lamp and pottery.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein plans to hold a referendum in mid-October to endorse his presidency, the official Iraqi News Agency said Sunday. The move comes as the United States pushes for a "regime change" and Saddam's ouster in Baghdad.
United Press International By William M.
Deputy Prime Minister Kostadin Paskalev was appointed chairman of the Bulgarian Tourist Union. That took place during the 47th congress of the union.
According to Bulgarian craftsmen and entrepreneurs, the shadow economy will grow with another 10 percent if patent taxes such as the proposed by the Finance Ministry are introduced. Data, announced by Yossif Avramov, leader of one of the entrepreneurs' or
Most of the schools in Bulgaria are not ready to start the school year, syndicate leaders say. In Silistra region teachers will go on strike in protest for unpaid salaries, Yanka Takeva of the teachers' syndicate with the Confederation of the Independent
The Bulgarian financial-industrial group Ray Holding has filed in the Transport Ministry a demand to be granted concessions for maintaining and exploitation over seven secondary railway lines. The demand is related to the intention of the ministry to clos
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