The Cabinet approved a national Action Plan against the heavy forms of children’s labour aiming to return the children who do not study back to the schools. More strict sanctions against employers who employ children without permission are envisaged under
Czech company ZS Brno completed the reconstruction of the railway section Voluyak – Vakarel on Sofia – Plovdiv line. Following its upgrade, in which Bulgarian suppliers and construction workers took part, the top speed allowed on the railway section will
3,399,700 people, or 50,3 percent of the total number of the Bulgarians are economically active, data from a survey of the National Statistical Institute show. The economic activity coefficient is with 1,8 points higher compared to March and almost the sa
The chairman of the State Securities Commission Lyubomir Velkov has resigned on Monday afternoon. He told reporters that he had personal reasons to quit the job.
The report of the justice ministry on the level of corruption will be ready by end-August, Deputy Justice Minister Mario Dimitrov said before the regular governmental meeting on Thursday. He explained that almost all ministries have already presented thei
The Czech government agreed on Thursday to sell a majority in national phone firm Cesky Telecom to a consortium of Deutsche Bank and Denmark's TDC in the largest private equity deal ever seen in eastern Europe. The German bank's venture offered 1.
The committee on population’s protection against disasters has allotted BGN 5 M to mend damages from the recent floods. That was announced by Nejdet Mollov, Minister without Portfolio who heads the committee.
President Saddam Hussein said on Thursday he was not frightened by U.S.
All four bidders for 80% stake in Bulgartabac are to supply more information on the parameters of their offers by answering about 84 questions till August 20, Minister Dikme said before the regular weekly Cabinet's meeting. After the answers are forwarded
Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry denied recent media publications that the Bulgarian authorities encountered problems in the issuing of visas for Russian and Ukrainian nationals. Bulgaria and Russia introduced a visa regime on October 1, 2001.
The Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan - The Bulgarian prime minister on Wednesday met with his Jordanian counterpart over the Mideast crisis and bilateral relations, the official Petra news agency reported.
Asked to comment the statement of ruling party floor leader that there was a schema, under which all firing grounds in the country will be used for the destruction of the SS-23 missiles, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov confirmed that such a plan was bei
The offers of candidate consultants on Danube Bridge 2 project will be opened in public today at the Transport Ministry. According to preliminary information five companies have been shortlisted to bid for the consulting contract for Danube Bridge 2, span
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and Jordan's King Abdallah II discussed on Wednesday evening ways to boost bilateral relations between the two countries. Saxe-Coburg was a special guest at an official dinner, hosted by king Abdallah II and Queen Ran
John Brown, the recent replacement of Jim Williams, board chairman of Crown Agents in Bulgaria said that during the last couple of months there was a significant progress in the administration of the Bulgarian customs. He has been chief of the Crown Agent
The new Czech Government has won a vote of confidence in parliament, scraping through by 101 votes to 98. The vote was a test of the government's razor-thin majority, which has set itself the tasks of bringing the country into the European Union and stren
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to lend Brazil an extra $30bn, hoping that this will help pull the country and the region out of crisis. About $24bn of this will be distributed next year, Horst Koehler, the IMF managing director said in a
The Cabinet will release additional BGN 40 M for settling outstanding liabilities of municipalities, under a draft regulation on the additional funds earmarked for municipal budgets, to be discussed by the Cabinet at its session today. The decision comes
Countries in East and Central Africa may move to ban the civilian ownership of small arms in a bid to fight insecurity in the region. It is estimated that there are 100 million illicit small arms in Africa, crippling development in many areas of the conti
At least 13 people have been killed and nearly 30 wounded in explosions in the Colombian capital Bogota, minutes before Alvaro Uribe was sworn in as the country's president. Several of the explosions took place in poor Cartucho district a few streets away
Relatives of the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing have given a cautious welcome to a statement by Libya that it is ready, in principle, to pay them compensation. The announcement was made by Libyan Foreign Minister Abderrahmane Chalgam, after talks b
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