Bulgarian and Romanian Euro-integration ministers Meglena Kuneva and Hildegard Puvak held a working meeting in the Romanian town of Giurgiu. After the meeting, Kuneva said they had discussed bilateral cooperation, the accession talks and issues related to
Members of the Spanish parliamentary European Union Commission support the participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the 2004 elections for European Parliament. If by then the two countries have not become members of the EU, their MPs will have the status
Parliament resolved to transform the Higher Institute for Officer Training and Research at the Ministry of the Interior into a university named Interior Ministry Academy. The new university will be training cadets and students for attainment of the academ
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev, in his capacity as office holder authorized to exercise the rights of the state as owner of International Fair Co. of Plovdiv, announced that he had decided to transform the corporation into a p
Bulgarian companies showed interest in participation in the extension and upgrading of the Venezuelan railway network, it emerged after the final sitting of the First Session of the Bulgarian-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industria
The World Bank approved a Bulgarian project for restoration of wetlands and reducing pollution, the Bank's office for Eastern and Central Europe announced. The project is funded by a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund (7.
An Albanian and two Bulgarians were caught with ten kilograms of heroin at the Central Railway Station in Sofia Friday in a joint operation of the National Service for Organized Crime Control (NSOCC) and the Interior Ministry, NSOCC Deputy Director Veneli
So far, forty-three schools have been closed or re-organized, some of them being in the cities, Education Minister Vladimir Atanassov announced. He pointed out that the schools were being closed under a plan for optimization and comes after an investigati
Rossitsa Zhelyazkova, who was brutally killed in Syria by her husband, was buried in an Orthodox graveyard in Damask. The mother of Rossitza Zhelyazkova, who is in Syria, attended the funeral, her grandchildren though were not allowed to bid final farewel
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy and Ambassador Stephen Minikes discussed the Bulgarian candidacy for the presidency of OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)in 2004 at a meeting in the framework of the international conference on Int
Xinhua The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention launched a new project Friday to strengthen the ability of southeast European countries to fight drug trafficking and organized crime.
An expert group of the Union of Automobile Importers in Bulgaria will sum up the EU requirements for car exhaust and will move them to Parliament and Government so that they be introduced in the Bulgarian legislation, the head of the union Stefan Hadzinik
BY Milena Hristova According to the first reactions we received the international media events Television World 2002 in Albena was a very successful and useful event, George Kouzmov, CEO of the festival, said in an exclusive interview for novinite.
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minster Passy who is in Vienna for the international conference on International Security and the Fight Against Terrorism, met with the US ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns. Passy briefed Ambassador Burns on the Bulgarian preparation f
Over BGN 33,000 of corporate donations were raised at a fundraising football match between the teams of the diplomatic corps in Bulgaria and the Interior Ministry on Friday. The money was raised in aid of eighty-six children of law enforcement officials,
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President Parvanov signed the decree for promulgating in the State Gazette the memorandum between US and Bulgaria on the destruction of the SS-23 missiles June 10. Parliament ratified in a closed session the memorandum with US, concerning the technical an
There is a tendency for political stabilization and overthrowing of the ideological problems that used to exist in the near past, Bulgaria’s President Parvanov said after a meeting with the former head of state Zhelyu Zhelev (1992 – 1996). Parvanov and Zh
Bulgaria’s slated for privatization tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding has registered decline in the sales revenues for the first months of this year. The Exceutive Director Georgi Popov announced that the company had revenues of BGN 172,375,000 for the
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev has been summoned next week at Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office to be interrogated on “Soiuzcontract Tabac” allegations of bribe against Bulgartabac Managing Director, Minister Vassilev told the Bu
Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will pay a working visit to Denmark June 19. His one-day visit is at the invitation of his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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