The Bulgarian special services have no facts about stay in Bulgaria of members of the terrorist organization Al-Qaida, or about an alleged meeting of terrorists on Bulgarian territory, Interior Minister Georgi Petkanov said. Petkanov said that he treats t
US-based software supplier AremisSoft Corp. closed its Bulgarian branch and dismissed all employees on March 28.
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski suggested that a declaration in support of Corridor VIII construction is signed at a trilateral meeting of the presidents of Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania in Ohrid after a month and a half. The proposal was made at
Thailand will be the venue for historic face-to-face talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said on Friday. "Both parties to the conflict have agreed to holding the talks in Thailand," said a statement read out by Thai F
About 30 Israeli tanks moved into the West Bank town of Ramallah early on Friday, surrounding the offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Gun battles have broken out between Israeli troops and Mr Arafat's bodyguards and four Palestinians were reporte
Expected preferences for Bulgarian goods and services in the public procurement were dropped out of the amendments to the Public Procurement Act after heated debate of the parliamentary economic committee. According to the draft amendments Bulgarian produ
Representatives of the Italian company Enel Power, a potential strategic investor in hydropower Gorna Arda project, and the National Electricity Transmission Company visited the sites where the constructions of the three dams under Gorna Arda project will
Hungary’s telecom Matav and its parent company Deutsche Telecom have not ruled put the possibility of Matav’s participation in the planned privatization of Bulgaria’s telecom monopoly BTC, Imre Bolcskei, Matav’s regulatory director said, quoted by Interfa
Bulgaria's strategy for speedy EU accession was on top of the agenda of all Paris meetings of Bulgaria’s chief negotiator with the EU Meglena Kuneva. During her talks with Paskal Andreany, chief of the European Cooperation directorate with the French Fore
Bulgaria does not plan to open its power and gas market to foreign suppliers at least for the time being to give time to domestic players to get used to liberalised market conditions, Reuters reported. The agency quaoted a statement of the government that
Bulgaria won't refuse to grant air corridors and military airports for attacks against Iraq if NATO demands these, Bulgaria’s Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov has told Romania’s news agency Mediafax. Gerdzhikov pays an official visit to Romania.
The Associated Press KENOSHA, Wisconsin - Police arrested an 18-year-old Bulgarian exchange student after she allegedly used counterfeit dlrs 100 bills to pay for purchases.
The shorthand report from the closed governmental meeting about the controversial contract with Britain's Crown Agents, published in Bulgaria's daily Trud is authentic, Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Petkanov said. Asked who are the people who took out from
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat announced on Thursday he was ready to implement an immediate, unconditional cease-fire but Israel said it wanted actions not words. Arafat told a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah he had informed U.
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui if a jury finds the French citizen guilty of conspiring to kill thousands in the Sept. 11 attacks on America, according to court papers filed on Thursday.
Arab leaders meeting in Beirut have unanimously endorsed Saudi Arabia's peace plan for the Middle East. Israel, however, has rejected the peace initiative, which offers it "normal relations" and full peace with Arab states, if it pulls out of all Arab lan
“The assessment of the reform in the Bulgarian army is extremely positive,” Sonya Yankulova, Deputy Defense Minister upon her return from Brussels where she participated in the Political-Military Steering Committee of NATO meeting under the format 19+Bulg
The Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union demanded the resignations of the prime minister and the parliamentary speaker because of the controversial contract with Britain’s company Crown Agents.
“With common efforts illegal trafficking should be stopped, so that the negative image of the Balkans is “cleaned up,""Bulgaria’s President Parvanov said in his address to the participants in the 5th Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit i
Leftist opposition party “Coalition for Bulgaria” walked out of the plenary hall on March 28. The parliamentary group of the leftist coalition protested against the ratification of an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EB
“During the passed five years, the possibility to sell the golden reserves of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) hasn’t been discussed,“ BNB governor Svetoslav Gavriiski said at a news conference, commenting allegations in the press. He explained that as o
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