The French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) will fund the upgrade of Bulgaria’s thermal power plant Maritza East 3, an official fro
A total of 2,400 ha of wetlands in the Danube River basin will be resorted under a World Bank-financed project. Following the signing of an agreement by Environment and Water Minister Arsenova and the World Bank's Country Manager to Bulgaria, Oscar de Bru
The government decided to issue a guarantee for a 15-year, EUR 30 M EBRD loan for the modernization of heating utility Toploficaciya in Sofia. The loan is part of a EUR 120,6 M project to upgrade the infrastructure of the utility by replacing 62 km of pip
Three of the six Bulgarian medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children were interrogated again by the Prosecutor’s Office in Tripoli, private national television bTV reported, quoting diplomatic sources. These interrogations are part of a
All parties must make efforts so that the problem of nuclear power plant units decommissioning is solved in a way favourable for the Bulgarian economy, Kozloduy safety and the country’s relations with the EU, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Soci
A British banker was killed on Thursday in a car bomb explosion in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, Saudi and British officials said. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the victim, Simon John Veness, worked at Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi.
Permanent offices of the US “Secret Services” will be opened in Bulgaria, US Ambassador in Bulgaria James Pardew announced at a news conference. “I realize that Bulgaria fully deserves to become EU and NATO member,” Pardew declared.
The removal of trade barriers among the countries in Southeastern Europe is a prerequisite for attracting investments, production growth, and reduction of unemployment, Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, said
Representatives of the Qaddafi Foundation, on a visit to Bulgaria, announced that they had prepared a detailed report on the trial against the Bulgarian medics in Libya, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV. The report was handed
Special customs units will have the right to stop road transport vehicles for the purposes of customs supervision and control over goods imported, exported or transited across Bulgaria's customs, a draft amendment to the Road Traffic Act, adopted by Parli
Bulgaria ranks first in high quality of counterfeit money according to a report of the Bulgarian bureau of Interpol. One of the most was the discovery of the printer's offices in Varna and Plovdiv, which forged banknotes.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg was given the award “Peacekeeper” of the "Path to Peace" foundation for his extraordinary contributions to the strengthening of the international peace and security. The award was conferred on Saxe-Coburg on June 19 i
Admission into institutions of higher education will go down by 20% over last year, the Cabinet decided June 20. The number of full time students to be admitted into Sofia university this year was set at 4170, for the University for World Economics - a t
The Cabinet issued an order regulating the state’s future purchase of Biochim and State Insurance Institute shares at the Bank Consolidation Company, the governmental body that manages the privatisation of state banks. The shares the state holds in the tw
Bulgaria’s President Parvanov warned at the Vroclav University in Poland that in case that the decision in Prague was against NATO enlargement that could lead to euro skepticism. Bulgaria is one the countries, which hope to get a NATO invitation at the su
The funeral of Danail Ivanov took place on June 20. Hundreds of people bid him last farewell.
None of the six medics, charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV, has been interrogated yet, the Libyan lawyer of the Bulgarians told the Bulgarian National Radio. The Palestinian doctor, accused with the same charges has been interro
Representatives of the Qaddafi Foundation, on a visit to Bulgaria, discussed joint humanitarian projects with the Bulgarian Red Cross. The case against the Bulgarian medics, charged with infecting Libyan children with HIV was not touched upon.
The cooperation among the countries of Central and South-eastern Europe is a prerequisite for the economic integration of the Balkan countries in the European structures, Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister said in his opening address to the delegates in the
A meeting between the governmental economic teams of Bulgaria and Poland to take place in the near future, Poland’s Prime Minister Leszek Miller and Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov agreed in Warsaw. The meeting will most probably be at the level of m
In line with Bulgaria’s negotiations with the European Union, changes in the constitution related to the magistrates’ immunity and the possibility for land sale to foreigners have to be made, Euro-integration Minister Meglena Kuneva said for the Bulgarian
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