Turkey’s Ceylan Holding declined to withdraw from its join venture with the Bulgarian National Electricity Transmission Company (NETC) that was set to implement the key Gorna Arda project in Southern Bulgaria. Ceylan proposed to draw another Turkish compa
The investigation, ordered by the Arraignment Chamber on the case against the six Bulgarian medics in Libya, may start within the next two days, the medics’ Libyan lawyer Osman Bizanti told the Bulgarian News Agency. In his opinion this investigation is a
The European Parliament urged Bulgaria and Romania to do more to fight corruption at a session on June 13. The European Union's Parliament urged EU governments Thursday to stick to their pledge to conclude membership talks with 10 candidate countries by t
Fees at state universities will go up by more than 8% in 2002-2003. The Cabinet fixed the fees for entrance and education in state-owned institutions for higher education June 13.
Electricity bills will increase with an average of 15% for half of the Bulgarian population, starting July 1, Energy Minister Milko Kovachev, said. His statement followed syndicates’ reports on planned electricity and heating price hikes.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has no doubt Pakistan would take action against al-Qaeda militants if they were found to be operating in Kashmir. But Mr Rumsfeld, apparently rowing back on earlier comments, said he had no direct evidence that
Georgi Popov, the Managing Director of tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac Holding, and Georgi Tassev, partner in “Soiuzcontract Tabac”, were interrogated by a city prosecutor June 13. This is the second time that Popov comes to the Prosecutor’s Office, after he
On June 14, General Kolev, the newly appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, will hand a list of directions for the release of over seven thousand servicemen. That was announced by Kolev himself when he presented to journalists
The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s office will receive signals for corruption from citizens. A special sector with a reception has been established.
The World Council of Nuclear Workers “ WONUC ” and the five syndicates with Bulgaria’s Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy filed a claim on June 10 against the statement of the European Commission, related to the decommissioning of the N-plant third and fourth u
Playboy Magazine, Bulgarian version, Volume #3, 2002 Q: What is the fastest way to turn BGN 100 to BGN 150?
All elements of the Bulgarian missiles SS-23 will be destroyed on the territory of Bulgaria except for liquid fuel that will be done away with in a special device in Romania, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov announced before the regular meeting of the Co
Food products on sale in Bulgaria are required to have labels in Bulgarian that are visible, indelible and comprehensible. The requirement became mandatory after the deadline of the one-year transition period envisaged in an ordinance on nutritional label
Licenses and permits for the exploitation of nuclear utilities, import and export of nuclear material and transport of radioactive material are to be issued to legal and natural persons, the Safe Use of Nuclear Energy Act envisages. Under the amendments a
Bulgaria’s biggest bank Bulbank launched a new bilingual customer oriented website www.bulbank.
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Representatives of thirty Dutch companies gathered at Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan to participate in the business fair “Be in Touch with the Dutch”, officially opened by H.E.
German and United States investigators have identified a German citizen of Syrian origin who is believed to have played a key role in the 11 September terror plot. The whereabouts of Mohammed Haydar Zammar, 41, are unknown.
Bloomberg Bulgaria completed talks with the European Union on taxes, trade and free movement of labor, bringing it closer to its goal of joining the bloc in about 2006.
Ways of attracting more Italian investments topped the agenda of Prime Minister’s visit in Italy and his meeting with the President of Italy's largest producer of dairy products Parmalat Calisto Tanzi. The prime minister made a tour of the company and had
A United States diplomat who led an international observer mission in Kosovo has clashed with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague. William Walker, former head of the Kosovo Verification Missio
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