Bulgarian commercial banks have reduced their investment in short-term deposits held with foreign banks due to a fall in global interest rates and have channeled funds into high-yielding Global bonds issued by the government to swap part of the country’s
The shortlisted bidders for the second stage of the sell-off of Incoms Telecom Holding have to place their offers by June 10. The bidders will be able to draft a due diligence of the company by June 7 and will be required to deposit BGN 500,000.
Inter Press Service PLODIV - The ailing Pope John Paul II concluded a physically gruelling but spiritually invigorating three-day visit to orthodox Christian Bulgaria with a mass for the country's Catholic minority in Plodiv Sunday.
Power Trade Limited has acquired a 12,6977 percent equity in Bulgaria’s biggest oil refinery LUKOIL Neftochim, the Central depository announced. The transaction involved 1,72 million shares, which changed hands at BGN 5,40.
Nearly BGN 6 billions are about to be invested in a two-stage modernization of the Bulgarian army, General major Subi Subev from the General Staff of the Bulgarian army said. Subev announced that during the visit of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring
The American company Westinghouse selected the Bulgarian company “Enemona” as subcontractor for the modernization of units 5 and 6 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. The modernization begins in early July and will include installation of new information
Upon leaving Bulgaria on May 26, His Holiness John Paul II sent a telegram to Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov. “Please, accept my gratitude for the hospitality in your country where I had times of high spiritual joy from my contact with the Bulgarian
Dear Mr. Chairman,
Declaration of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Bulgaria The Government of Republic of Bulgaria accepts with satisfaction and gratitude Pope John Paul II’s statement that he had never believed in the so called “Bulgarian connection” in the attemp
EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen arrives on a two-day official visit to Bulgaria. On May 30, Verheugen will confer with Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg and will attend a meeting of the Council on European Integration with the Council of Ministers.
The incoming international peace envoy for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lord Ashdown, has pledged to make the fight against crime and the creation of jobs his top priority. Speaking to the Bosnian parliament, the former UK Liberal Democrat party leader also urged
The Israeli army has swept into the Palestinian town of Bethlehem and surrounding areas for the second time in two days. Dozens of Palestinians have been seized, including the local head of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Ahmed Moghrabi, during house-to-house s
The Canadian Press Pope John Paul ended his 96th foreign tour with the Vatican suggesting he may not make many more.
The traditional beer festival that will mark the beginning of summer begins on June 2 and ends on June 16, the organizers announced. The festival will be on square “Batenberg.
Police have detained a telephone terrorist who has threatened during the mass of Pope John Paul II in Plovdiv that a bomb has been set in several buildings in the center of the city, General Boyko Borissov, Chief Secretary with the Interior Ministry annou
Neshka Robeva, president of "Levski" rhythmic gymnastics club as well as choreographer of “Twin Kingdom” and her team donated BGN 2,000 for the urgent liver transplantation of Lyubomir Karagyulev. So far, BGN 140,000 have been gathered for the boy under t
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Bozhidar Finkov will pay May 26-29 an official visit to Israel at the invitation of the Israeli Health Ministry and will sign a cooperation plan for the 2002-2006 period. The plan is based on the existing intergovernmental agree
The Sofia City Court registered the party Simeon II National Movement on May 23. The registration papers of Simeon II National Movement were submitted to Sofia City Court April 25.
“The blessing of Pope John Paul II for Bulgaria’s full membership in the European Union is a clear sign for the West, which will be considered by the member states,” Foreign Minister Passy commented. According to him, Bulgaria is much closer to its strate
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY- Pope John Paul II ended his 96th foreign tour with the Vatican suggesting he may not make many more.
The dockers from the Burgas port continue to protest for a seventh day in a row. The dockers have threatened to continue the strike in Burgas Harbour till the delivery of their 11 requirements, among which the first is the firing of the two executive dire
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