Balkan Airline will resume the negotiations for the sale of the carrier with the representatives of Tokuda on Wednesday, wrote Dnevnik Daily. A letter with Dr.
Kyustendil municipality and Chinese businessmen have agreed to establish two joint ventures for the production of detergents and for timber processing. The capital and the technologies will be provided by the Chinese partners.
Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov will not be able to attend, due to a very busy schedule, the meeting in Slovakia of ten heads of states in Central and East Europe, convened by the Slovak President Rudolf Schuster in September. 10 presidents were invite
A council made of foreign experts will assist in the reforms of the Bulgarian customs, Emil Dimitrov, Head of the Customs Agency with the Ministry of Finance said. The prerogatives of the council are still to be specified.
Bulgarian authorities have extradited to Moldovan police one of the most dangerous suspected criminals, Iurie Radulov. Radulov is believed to be the leader of the largest criminal group in Moldova specialized in contract killings.
Romania Libera, Bucharest No Bulgarian politician has mentioned the existence of a tandem between Bulgaria and Romania [for EU accession], said the Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Meglena Kuneva, chief negotiator with the European Union.
The tax cut package, unveiled by Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg on Sunday, has been greeted with mixed reactions by politicians and experts. Nikola Nikolov, who chaired the Economic Policy Committee of the previous parliament, finds the package `exceed
For the celebration of the Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Principality of Bulgaria on September 6, 1885, there will be four days off. The ministers decided that Friday after the official feast will be a day off, too.
The ministers appointed 28 regional governors yesterday, en bloc and without any arguing. It took place at a close-door sitting of the cabinet.
Stoyan Ganev was appointed August 21st Chief of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, former President of the 47th UN General Assembly and Adjunct Professor of Social Scien
Stoyan Ganev, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs till 1992, was appointed Tuesday Chief of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg.
A second tender will be called on the privatization of Hydrostroy Invest JSC because the Supreme Administrative Court revoked the order of Evgeni Chachev, former Minister of Regional Development, ruling that the management-and-employee team is the buyer o
The Council of Ministers appointed Tuesday the 28 regional governors, who will take office on August 22, 2001. The new regional governors are:
The mandates of the Bulgarian ambassadors to foreign countries, appointed by the previous government, might be terminated, sources from the foreign ministry announced. The ambassadors will be treated as political appointees and that is why they will be ca
Foreign Minister Solomon Passy discussed with the ambassadors of the Balkan countries and Italy to Bulgaria the further improvement and development of regional cooperation. Special attention was paid on the construction of corridor No 8.
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom Kozloduy (on the Danube), The radiation situation remains unchanged after an incident at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant.
Financial Times; Aug 21, 2001 The inevitable period of adjustment for Nikolai Vassilev, who`s quit Lazard capital markets in London to be Bulgaria`s economy minister.
Contrary to this year`s budget projection, wages in the public-financed sphere will not be increased as from October 1, 2001 because inflation does not warrant such a move, Deputy Prime Minister and Labour and Social Policy Minister Lidia Shouleva said Mo
At the Council of Ministers, Ministers Lidiya Shuleva, Nikolay Vasilev, and Milen Velchev met reporters. The meeting deals with the measures Simeon Saxe-Coburg marked as the most efficient for ensuring implementation of the government programme.
Hundreds of officials have been urgently appointed by the cabinet `Kostov` just before the general election, Minister of State Administration Dimitar Kaltchev revealed for Standart daily. From early 2001 till June, 600 employees have been entered on the p
President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma is coming to Bulgaria for a two-day official visit on September 4-5, informed yesterday ambassador of Ukraine, Vyacheslav Pohvalski. The aim of the visit is to strengthen economic ties between the business circles of Ukr
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
