After years of preparation and months of maneuvering, China finally made Hu Jintao its president on Saturday, handing power to a new generation of leaders expected to continue liberal economic policies while maintaining tight Communist Party political con
Russia is still undecided over its participation in the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, according to Vladimir Titov, Russia's ambassador to Bulgaria. He told local radio NET that Russia's Energy Ministry was making calculations whether it wo
The protesting journalists of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) met on Saturday with politicians from right wing Union of Democratic Forces and leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party.
At a meeting of Saturday, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, persuaded key members of the party that the adoption of a declaration condemning war in Iraq was not an appropriate move. Some of the members of the ruling body of the p
Mass for peace was served at the church "St. Nikolay Chdotvorets" in seaside city Burgas.
Bulgaria's stance on Iraq does not hamper the country's negotiations with EU, Dimitris Kourkoulas, head of the delegation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, said. He explained that the European Commission continued to work in line with the decisions
Serbia has asked Bulgaria's cooperation in connection with the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. The Serbian authorities have given information to the border police about twenty-five people, supected of involvement in the murder.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks today St. Todor's Day.
The Netherlands will not re-introduce visas for Bulgarians, Boyko Borissov, chief secretary with the Interior Ministry told local radio NET. He is in the Hague at the invitation of the Europol director.
Serbian police have so far arrested 181 people and seized large amounts of weapons and drugs in connection with the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Djindjic, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Many nights of little sleep - fewer than six hours a night have worse effect on the brain than getting no sleep for two nights in a row, new research of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia shows.
China is making the final preparations for the formal appointment of Hu Jintao as President. Hu, 60, is set to take over from Jiang Zemin in the final move of a carefully orchestrated transfer of power announced at the Communist Party Congress in November
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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