The parliamentary majority rejected for the second time the demand of the United Democratic Forces that Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and the ministers present in Parliament their views on the disclosed shorthand record of an Oct. 25 Cabinet meeting o
Thousands of people from across the country rallied in downtown Sofia on Friday, demanding that the government either improve its economic and social policy or step down. Confidence in the new Bulgarian government has been falling precipitously since the
Financial Times By Arkady Ostrovsky
The owners of two dogs that attacked and killed a neighbor in their San Francisco apartment building were found guilty Thursday of all charges against them, including involuntary manslaughter and having a mischievous animal that kills. One of the owners,
US soldiers in Afghanistan say they have found 10 bodies after American planes responded to an attack near an airfield in the east of the country, BBC reported. A military spokesman said they had also detained one person after the attack, near the town of
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has married a 24-year-old computer engineer in a break with tradition that is seen as a step towards modernising the country. It is the first time in Morocco that a royal wedding has been publicised, with the bride named and he
The Israeli security cabinet has agreed to show restraint following the latest suicide bombing in central Jerusalem. The Palestinian bomber and three Israelis died in the attack, which also injured more than 40 people.
The struggling Japanese economy is continuing to deteriorate, but the decline shows signs of slowing down, the country's central bank said on Friday. The bank of Japan's March report said the economic deterioration was expected to moderate steadily as pro
The opposition’s decision to contest in the Constitutional Court the act which ratifies the contracts on foreign debt restructuring did not reflect negatively on the investors in Europe, Finance Minister Milen Velchev said upon his arrival from London, wh
German-Russian company MAPS (MiG Aircraft Product Support GmbH) was selected by the Defense Ministry as a subcontractor in the project on upgrading Bulgaria’s MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The company did not participate in the tender for upgrading Bulgaria’s
Italian consortium Salgit may be awarded a concession for building two highway stretches in Bulgaria, Deputy Regional Development Minister Ivan Saev said. The proposals on the highway construction, part of pan-European road network, linking Western Europe
President Bush will welcome Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg to Washington on April 23, 2002, the White House Press Office reported. “Bulgaria is a good partner and friend of the United States which has actively supported the war on terrorism a
Mr. Roderick Moore is serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.
“All Bulgarians -- not just politicians and judges -- need to take responsibility for the high level of tolerance of white collar crime,” Roderick Moore, deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Sofia said in an exclusive interview for novinite.com.
The United Democratic Forces insisted that the Child allowances act be vetoed in a letter to President Parvanov. Parliament passed the Act March 20.
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and at least one woman on Thursday when he blew himself up on a busy Jerusalem shopping street, an Israeli rescue worker at the scene said, quoted by Reuters. "Other than the bomber, at least one woman
1998 Olympic champion, Bulgaria's Ekaterina Dafovska finished second after shooting clean in at the 7.5-kilometer World Cup race at Holmenkollen, Norway.
Following are the key points of Bulgaria's strategy for the privatisation of state telecoms monopoly BTC, as published by Reuters. SUBJECT OF SALE
The government should leave office in case that the disclosed data from the meeting of the Council of Ministers is true, Nadezhda Mihaylova, floor leader of the rightist opposition United Democratic Forces declared. “If what has been disclosed is true, it
The Cabinet decided to increase the state-owned stake in the daughter companies of Balkancar Holding by BGN 4,2 M, Kaloyan Ninov, Deputy Economy Minister, announced. The money will be earmarked from the budget and most of them will be back in the budget w
Parliament approved the initiation of legal proceedings against former Agriculture Minister Ventsislav Vurbanov. A total of 156 MPs voted for stripping Ventsislav Vurbanov of immunity from prosecution, after debating the demand of Chief Prosecutor Nikola
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