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
The final protocol of the session of the joint Bulgarian-Slovak intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation was signed on June 12. Slovakia expressed the wish to participate in the upgrade of a Bulgarian hydroele
A grand rock festival is to take place on June 14,15, the Bulgarian Rock foundation announced. The event is the first of a series of initiatives of the foundation for reviving the Bulgarian music.
International efforts to combat money counterfeiting will top the agenda of the two-day second Balkan conference that begins on June 20 in Sofia.
The case of the twenty-nine Bulgarians who were detained by the Turkish police while entering the country on May 10 began at 10:30 am in Edirne. The Bulgarian nationals were arrested at the Kapi Kule border checkpoint during a large-scale raid.
The assets managed by the domestic pension funds reached BGN 204 M at the end of Q1 in 2002, up from BGN 187 M in late 2001. Data released by the State Insurance Supervision Agency covers only the funds accrued by the supplementary voluntary pension insur
Euroins insurance company plans to raise its share of the domestic insurance market to 3% till end-year. The rise will follow an expected 70% increase in the company’s premium revenue.
Lithuania has formally agreed to close an ageing Soviet-built nuclear power station under pressure from the European Union. The Ignalina plant is of the same design as Ukraine's Chernobyl power station, scene of the world's worst civil nuclear disaster in
A week of torrential rain has caused widespread flooding and heavy loss of life in western China. At least 60 people are reported to have been killed, thousands have been made homeless, and road, rail and telephone links have been severely damaged.
Police in Peru have seized 1.76 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of more than $70m bound for the US and Europe via Mexico, the interior ministry has said.
A medical charity has accused the Angolan Government of criminal and chronic negligence of its own people, which it said had left nearly half a million Angolans facing starvation. Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) said at a news conference in Luanda that mal
The American citizen accused of plotting a "dirty" bomb attack in the United States has challenged the legality of his detention. The arrest of Abdullah al-Muhajir on 8 May at Chicago's O'Hare international airport was announced by the US Government on Mo
The National Forestry Administration will offer for lease 110 hunting grounds in order to ensure sustainable levels of game populations after their regress in the last twelve years, Deputy Agriculture Minister Meglena Plugchieva announced. She added that
Bulgaria’s demand for a clear roadmap and EU accession date was presented by Deputy Foreign Minister Draganov before a visiting delegation of the European Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament. The delegation is in Bulgaria on a three-day visit and i
An international regional forum on fighting terrorism will be held on June 27 in Sofia. It will be attended by representatives of ten countries of the region and of the US Department of State, the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe, the Council of Europe
Fighting international terrorism, enhancing the efficiency of UN Security Council sanctions, conflict prevention, peacekeeping operations and peace building measures are Bulgaria's priorities as nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council, Vladimir Sot
A delegation of the European Integration Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament will hold a joint session with the European Integration Committee in the Romanian Parliament on June 13 in Bucharest. The delegation, led by chairman of the committee Daniel Vu
Bulgaria and Romania will be unable to join the European Union with the first accession wave, DPA quoted German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder saying at the annual conference of the Union of the German Industrialists. The two Balkan countries will have to s
The US government on Tuesday announced that it grants USD 20 M to the liberal arts American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), providing immediately USD 5 M of the sum. The rest of the grant, provided by USAID, to the university will be paid out over the next
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