In its third attempt to offload Agromashinaimpex, an exporter of farming equipment and spare parts, the Privatization Agency sold the ten-unit company to Sofia-based Gasmobil EOOD for the asking price of BGN 1,1 M. The two pervious attempts failed to attr
Microsoft Bulgaria will invest some USD 1 M in the setting up of a national network for training of 30,000 state employees, Teodor Milev, Executive Director of the company announced in the framework of the Day of the Open Doors organized by Microsoft Bulg
The deadline for placing bids to the Transport Ministry for the project for building new runway system and the adjacent equipments at Sofia Airport expires at 2 p.m.
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Bulgaria enjoys bigger chances for NATO entry than ever, President Parvanov says in an interview for the Slovakian newspaper SME. Asked about Sofia’s possible contribution to NATO the president expresses the view that this would enhance in a political and
The Dutch government will release EUR 2,25 M of aid for Sofia municipality project for the development of transport facilities, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Mini
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to open trade and political talks with Iran, a country still branded by the US as part of a global "axis of evil".
The new cabinet, announced on Monday evening by Mr Chirac's office, closely resembles Mr Raffarin's interim administration, with no changes to the major ministries. Nicolas Sarkozy remains at the head of a superministry of the interior and public security
At least 14 people have been killed and around 40 injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem. The blast took place at 0800 local time (0500 GMT) during morning rush hour at a crowded intersection in the southern Pat district.
Support for all initiatives, concerning the peace process, was confirmed, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said after his meeting with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg. The regional peace conference to take place in July, ways to boost cooperation i
Experts from the nuclear safety inspectorate of the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy started on Monday a check on the readiness of Kozloduy N-plant's unit 3 to be brought back on stream. The unit was shut down on February 15, 2002 for plan
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg will pay a day's visit to Denmark at the invitation of his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Prime Minister's tentative programme includes a meeting with the chairman of the parliamentary committee on Euro
The six Bulgarian medics accused of intentionally infecting with HIV about 400 Libyan children are well and their condition remains unchanged, their Libyan lawyer Osman Bizanti told the Bulgarian News Agency on Monday. He met with the Bulgarians early las
The Finance Ministry announced that it will offer BGN 20 M of 12-month discount T-bills at an auction next Monday. The issue will mature on June 26 next year.
Three consortia and four companies placed offers to build a motorway tunnel under the Bulgarian-Greek border that is to link the towns of Gotse Delchev and Drama, Dnevnik Daily reported quoting sources from the Regional Development Ministry. Greec and the
The Sofia City Council banned on Monday at the initiative of Mayor Sofianski the construction of mobile petrol and gas filling stations and car washes until September 30, 2002 to check compliance with land ownership regulations and building permits. The c
Twelve out of the nineteen invited investment companies and banks submitted offers for consultant in the privatization of State Savings Bank DSK before the deadline on June 17 expired. Among them are ABM AMPO, Commerzbank, JP Morgan, BNP Parisbas, Raiffe
Slovakia is interested in projects in the energy sector, railway infrastructure, Danube Bridge 2 spanning over Vidin and Calafat and privatization projects on the Black Sea coast, Slovakia’s President Rudolf Schuster said after his meeting with President
The Privatization Agency is to announce whether the five bidders for Bulgartabac have submitted the deposit of BGN 5 M for the second stage of the competition on June 21. The term for submitting the deposit was extended from June 10 till June 14.
The Safe Use of the Nuclear Energy Inspection started checks of the readiness of the 3 unit of the N- plant to be exploited after the planned annual repair of the unit, when the system for localization of the damages was modernized. The check is to end on
Czech President Vaclav Havel asked center-left leader Vladimir Spidla Monday to form a new government, a move which would bolster the small ex-Communist country's drive toward European Union membership. Spidla's ruling Social Democrats, strongly pro-EU, w
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