Employers with signed employment agreements, not registered with the National Social Security Institute will be fined BGN 1,000, draft amendments to the Labour Code envisage.
There has been no training in the night of July 17, Neyko Atanassov, Chief of the General Staff of the Naval Forces, said commenting AFP reports that an American yacht has been under fire in Bulgarian waters. AFP cites Romanian port authorities.
The Privatization Agency signed a contract for the sale of Ledenik hydro-power plant to Raiter-Veliko Tarnovo for BGN 166,000. The Ledenik plant is a contained part of the National Electricity Transmitting company.
Abstracted from AP At a White House state visit brimming with bonhomie, President George W.
As much as 2,306 kg of drugs and 1,574 metric tonnes of precursors were hauled in an international operation from June 10 through July 10, 2002 aiming to prevent drugs traffic along the Balkan Route. Undeclared gold jewellery adding up to 25 kg, over EUR
A regional centre for coordination of energy projects will be set up in Bulgaria within the Stability Pact. The energy centre will coordinate the distribution of electricity and seek opportunities to bring down electricity distribution losses.
A federal judge rejected attempts Thursday by Zacarias Moussaoui, indicted in connection with September 11 attacks, to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges during a court hearing. "I am guilty," Moussaoui said at a federal court hearing.
The Social Ministry will come up with detailed estimates of the funds needed for retraining of Bulgartabac employees to be laid off after the tobacco monopoly goes private, it transpired at a discussion entitled The Social Consequences of Bulgartabac Priv
The Supreme Administrative Court repealed the texts of three regulations on calculating the prices and tariffs of electricity, heating and natural gas. Under the court ruling the inclusion of “other expenses” in the formulations is prohibited.
Morocco's foreign minister is to travel to Europe later on Friday to discuss his country's dispute with Spain over the tiny island of Perejil. Mohamed Benessai will hold talks in Paris and with the European Union in Brussels on the row, which was sparked
Harold Shipman is expected to be confirmed as Britain's worst mass murderer by an official report into his killings published on Friday. An inquiry into the case headed by Dame Janet Smith will publish its conclusions from the first phase of its investiga
A USD 800 M deal on the construction of an oil pipeline under the European Union INOGATE program will be signed in November by Serbia, Romania and Croatia, Dejan Trifofonovic of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce said quoted by Pari Daily. The pipeline will
Abstracted from XINHUA news agency The southeast European countries pledged on Thursday to improve their business environment to attract more investors home and abroad.
By Paul Anderson In the accident simulator room of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, alarms ring and warning lights spring to life.
Prices of real estate properties increased by 1,4 % in the second quarter of 2002, reaching BGN 324 per sq m. Homes in the capital are most expensive – BGN 675 per sq m, which is an increase of 15% over the first quarter.
In an effort to improve the cohesion between Bulgarian and EU marine law, domestic marine shipping industry has proposed that the vessels of companies with predominantly foreign ownership are allowed to be listed in the Bulgarian ship register. The same h
Acting defence attache of the US Embassy in Sofia Pete Hoffmann visited the Defense Ministry July 18 in order to get a definitive position on the agreed destruction of Bulgaria’s SS-23, Scud and Frog missiles, Dnevnik Daily reported. The visit was prompte
The future owner of tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holidng will be barred form using the equity in the company for loan collateral, Nikola Nikolov, deputy chairman of the parliamentary economic committee, announced. Bulgartabac new owner will be able to col
The decision for closing the branches of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) aims to improve efficiency, BNB governor Svetoslav Gavriiski said after his meeting with 13 Burgas MPs from all parliamentary groups July 18, where the protests of the people in Bu
The European Investment Bank will release EUR 60 M for the upgrade of the electricity transmission system in Bulgaria. The Cabinet moved to Parliament a proposal for holding negotiations and signing of financial contract between Bulgaria, the National Ele
The Bulgarian side has presented evidence of its right to the possession of the assets and property of tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac, claimed by Russia. This was announced by Foreign Minster Passy, who underlined that the case has been carefully studied an
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