A plan for Cooperation in the HealthCare system with the United Kingdom over the 2002-2003 period was signed by Healthcare Minister Finkov and the British Ambassador in Sofia, Ian Soutar. The document provides for cooperation in the organization and manag
Amendments to the Obligations and Contracts Act were adopted by Parliament, which aim to align the Bulgarian legislation with the provisions of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations. The amendments envisage the revoking of the Co
Turkey is ready to increase the number of one-off permits issued to Bulgarian road carriers, Transport Minister Plamen Petrov said. The move has been proposed by his Turkish counterpart Oktai Vural in a telephone conversation.
Bulgaria will close five more EU accession chapters during the Danish Presidency, Deputy Finance Minister Gati al-Jebouri announced. Denmark will take over for the sixth time the presidency on July 1 this year.
The first Boeing aircraft, one of two leased by Bulgaria's flag carrier Balkan Airlines from Lufthansa landed at Sofia airport. The Boeing 737-300 is quite new and will be used by Balkan for ten months.
Parliament ratified in a closed session the memorandum with US, concerning the technical and financial assistance in the destruction of Bulgaria's SS-23 missiles. All of the MPs from the United Democratic Forces and the Movement for Rights and Freedom vot
I would be extremely glad if we manage to help the children, Sweden’s Ambassador Sten Ask said about the upcoming fundraising football match in aid of 86 children of law enforcement officials, who died in exercise of their official duties. The charity act
Dozens of delegates have walked out of the second day of Afghanistan's traditional council gathering -- the loya jirga -- just hours after a brawl broke out outside the assembly. Around 60 to 70 delegates, frustrated over what they said was the lack of a
After signing a new $4.6 billion bioterrorism bill into law Wednesday, President Bush called for speedy passage of legislation creating his proposed Department of Homeland Security.
The Associated Press The European Commission told EU governments Wednesday their dispute over funding the EU's long-awaited eastward expansion was undermining confidence in candidate nations that are to join in 2004.
Colorado officials have issued a plea for 800 more firefighters to join 500 battling what they call the largest wildfire in state history. Flames already have scorched around 90,000 acres.
At least 205 people are dead, and hundreds more are missing, in catastrophic floods in north-western China which some local reports describe as the worst in the area for more than a century. The area has seen a week of torrential rain, and in the worst af
A federal judge in New York is to hear a plea for the release of an American citizen accused of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in the US. The suspect's lawyer has challenged the arrest, questioning the legal basis for classifying Abdullah al-Muhajir as an
The case against the twenty-nine Bulgarians who were detained by the Turkish police while entering the country on May 10 was postponed to July 31. The Bulgarian nationals were arrested at the Kapi Kule border checkpoint during a large-scale raid.
There are no obstacles for Muslims in Bulgaria to preach their religion freely, The Chief Mufti Selim Mehmed commented the statement of Ali Iliksoy, Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. In the town of Razgrad Ali Iliksoy said the proper
Rear Admiral Neiko Atanassov, the new service chief of the Bulgarian Navy, was presented by the Head of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces General Nikola Kolev June 12. General Kolev, who recently took over from General Miho Mihov as Chief of
No more than 20% of the Bulgarians think that Bulgaria is on the right track, an opinion poll in the countries from Southeastern Europe, financed by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, shows, Deutsche Welle reported. In Romania the people who are optimistic a
More than ten million euros were gathered in Bologna at a fund-raising dinner for the Bulgarian orphanages. Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, on a visit to Italy, attended the event.
A report on the progress in the enlargement negotiations of the EU aspirants was presented at the afternoon session of the European Parliament. The report takes note of Bulgaria’s concerns about being "left behind" in the accession process and supports th
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy handed to Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze a note, in which the Bulgarian side says it has completed all domestic procedures for the entry into force of an intergovernmental agreement on the exchange of citi
The internal control department with State Savings Bank DSK has been making a check for a month already on the case concerning the draining of clients’ accounts in the bank’s branch in Kostinbrod, DSK announced in a statement to the media. The bank confir
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