The Serbian authorities reopened the Vrushka Chouka border crossing to two-way traffic at midnight Friday to Saturday. The unilateral ban on the passage of trucks, buses and vans via Vrushka Chouka as well as Oltomantsi and Strezimirovtsi lasted two days
`Some 60% of the fields under maize in Dobrudja (North-eastern Bulgaria), known as Bulgaria`s breadbasket, will produce no harvest, while 25% will yield between 500 and 1,000 kg/ha`, Dimiter Katrandjiev, Chairman of the Union of Grain Farmers in Bulgaria,
`Socialists are not likely to have their own candidate at the upcoming presidential elections`, Socialist Party leader Georgi Purvanov stated before the regular meeting of the Executive Board of the Party`s Supreme Council. He also specified that the part
24 prisoners from the Sofia Central Prison climbed on the roof of its building. They hang signs saying `This is not mutiny, this is a protest` and `We want the media`.
Iinvestments in the infrastructure can bring lasting peace in the Balkans, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy said ater meeting here with Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva in Sofia. Passy added he hopes that `the political will expressed b
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Russia starts negotiations on paying off her debt to Bulgaria, the Russian newspaper `Vedomosti` wrote. Russia is to negotiate with creditors outside the London and Paris clubs whom she owes liabilities inherited by the USSR.
The exchange rates BGN/US dollar will be down to some 1.9 levs by the New Year, said for Standart daily Bisser Manolov, the Bulbank`s chief dealer on the grounds of the fact that from January 1, 2002, the euro pegged Bulgarian lev will become equal to the
Dean Cain arrives for a second time in Bulgaria today. The actor who gained popularity with his part in `Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman` arrives for the shooting of `The Dragon`.
Bulgarian coach Stoicho Mladenov included Celtic`s Stilian Petrov, who has recovered from a broken leg, when he named 13 foreign-based players on Friday for World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Denmark next month. `His condition is very good, he has pla
At least 400 fans of Galatasaray will not have a chance to cheer up their favorite team during the return game with Levski in Sofia, that will be played on Wednesday at the `Georgi Asparouhov` stadium. The reason is that the fans want to arrange their tri
Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov told reporters that Bulgaria had not been asked to provide military aid to the Republic of Macedonia. He added that the Bulgarian government was prepared to discuss this issue during the 18 August visit of Macedonian Fore
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom Forty to fifty thousand 000 Bulgarians, most of them young people, are regular heroin abusers; 50 per cent of them take the narcotic every day.
Famous Serbian actor Ljubisa Samarzic will be the special guest to the `Love is Madness` film festival this year. `He is to promote his new picture `Natasha` on September 4 and will probably stay till the end of the festival`, Alexander Grozev, president
Nobel laureate for literature Dario Fo is to arrive in Plovdiv on October 12. The famous playwright is arriving to promote before the Bulgarian public the co-production of `The Barber of Seville` directed by him.
Interviewed for BTA, the new director of the National Customs Agency, Emil Dimitrov, said that the reform he is planning is tantamount to a revolution in the customs system. Dimitrov's appointment as director of the National Customs Agency, which is subor
The customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing intercepted a shipment of 24 kg of marijuana. A sniffer dog discovered the drug in an incoming Mercedes car with Albanian registration bound for Turkey.
Unit 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear plant will be switched off for a planned repair and refueling at 00:00hrs on August 19, the press office of the company said. The 440MW unit will be modernized and its operational safety will be upgraded.
Minister of Finance Milen Velchev approved a mechanism for extending financial aid to municipalities in 2001. The mechanism is based on the active legislation and the current capacity of the budget.
The Privatisation Agency announced three new sites in Sunny Beach resort for sale-the `Trakiya` administrative building, the `Oasis` canteen, and the `Aquarama` water amusement facility. The sale will be realized through an open bidding tender.
`Goroubso-Madan was granted two concessions for 30-year exploitation of the Petrovitza and Krushev Dol deposits`, Subi Kichukov, Deputy Director of the company, announced. The annual fees for the concessions will depend on the quantity of ore extracted.
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
