The largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Bulgaria Balkanpharma plans to exceed the already committed investments in the privatisation of the pharmaceutical plants in Razgrad, Troyan and Dupnitsa. That was announced by Sindri Sindrason, Chief Executive O
One fifth of the members of the Supreme Judicial Council, besides the Chief Prosecutor, will be allowed to demand lawyers, prosecutors and magistrates to be stripped of immunity, Parliament decided July 10, as part of the final adoption of the amendments
Greasy heat insulation of a heated piping in an engine room of Unit 2 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant was found smouldering shortly after 8:30 p.m.
An agreement for cooperation in the fight against organized crimes, terrorism and the illegal traffic of drugs was signed by the Interior Ministries of Bulgaria and Romania Georgi Petkanov and Ioan Rus. Rus and Petkanov agreed to move to their governments
In two weeks at the initiative of the national council for narcotic substances, a coalition Anti-drugs will be set up, Healthcare Minister Bozhidar Finkov announced. The coalition will unite organizations, working in the field, aiming at exchange of expe
Justice Minister Anton Stankov and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Barandy signed a memorandum for cooperation between the ministries that they head. Barandy commented at the news conference after the signing that the problems faced by the justice ministr
There are great prospects for the development of parliamentary ties between Bulgaria and Iran, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani said at his meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov, which marked the end his official visit to Bulgaria.
The “gray market” in Bulgaria reached 65 percent, Social Minister Lidia Shuleva said in Sliven where she met with representatives of the local authorities. She specified that “gray market” meant people who have labor contracts but declare that receive low
Constanta court postponed the hearings of the case against the two skippers arrested by the Romanian authorities scheduled for July 10. The Bulgarians who hold captain's licences were detained on May 3 and 4 in Romania's exclusive economic zone on charges
The Parliament allowed the stay of foreign military ships, planes and military men with their personal weapons on the territory of Bulgaria for a ten-day period, starting July 20. The decision was taken in relation with the naval forces exercise “in the s
Over 120 unemployed start working at “Beautiful Bulgaria” sites in Gabrovo, the Bulgarian National Radio announced. BGN 340,000 were allotted for six sites.
A helicopter crash has killed the commanders of both the Cyprus national guard and the island's air force. The aircraft carrying guard commander General Evangelos Florakis and air force head Vassilis Dervenagas went down near Paphos, in the west of the is
Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme voiced support for the proposed amendment to the Constitution, which will allow foreigners to purchase land in Bulgaria. According to the minister this would increase the price of the land and act as an incentive for prod
Bulgaria is far from having functioning market economy, the father of the currency board said in an interview for Radio Free Europe. The country should preserve the currency board arrangement such as it is and to join efforts to achieve functioning market
An international military exercise, codenamed Cornerstone 2002, is currently under way in the regions of Plovdiv and Pazardzhik as part of an action plan of the multinational peacekeeping forces in Southeastern Europe. Cornerstone is a series of multinati
Bulgaria granted refugee status to 42 people from seven countries and humanitarian protection status to 418 people from eight countries, including six children, in the first half of 2002, the Agency for Refugees announced. A total of 2,055 persons from 31
The Mayor of Stara Zagora Evgeni Zhelev, and the Chairman of the Stara Zagora Municipal Council Prof. Ivan Bozhkov declared that they want an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the SS-23 missiles demolition to be made.
Bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Israel and the situation in the Middle East will be on the agenda of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who arrives on an official visit to Bulgaria July 10. Meetings with Foreign Minister Passy and Presiden
A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to three years hard labour for corruption. Ms Bhutto was tried in absentia by a court in the city of Rawalpindi for receiving kickbacks for awarding a contract to a Dubai-based company t
Several thousand people have taken to the streets of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the anniversary of violent street protests three years ago. The protesters defied a government ban on any gathering to commemorate the riots, which were sparked by a
Ailing Turkish premier Bulent Ecevit met his ministers and coalition partners on Wednesday as signs mounted he might yet bow to pressure for the early elections he argues would damage the country's frail economy. Ecevit chaired a meeting of his cabinet, h
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