Bulgaria?s government decided to abolish the visa requirements for the citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia between May 1 and September 30, 2002 when is the peak of the tourist season in Bulgaria. The decision will apply to permanent residents of the
The government could not realize its initial plans to sell between 10% - 15% in state ?owned DSK Bank to EBRD as part of its privatization strategy for the bank. That emerged after a statement of Deputy Finance Minister Kiril Ananiaev.
An explosion during a Victory Day military parade has killed at least 32 people and injured at least 130 others in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. Among those killed were 12 children and 15 servicemen.
More than 300 people are reported to have been killed in western Nepal as Maoist rebels and government forces battle for control of a guerilla stronghold. In a statement Thursday Nepal's defense ministry estimated that some 250 rebels had been killed, alo
E-services as a newly emerging market is the main topic of the fourth international conference Business in Internet (www.bconf.
The International Monetary Fund is optimistic about the growth indices of the Bulgarian economy, which will be higher than the average for the region, IMF deputy managing director Ann Krueger, said at her meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Min
Europe and especially Western Europe went through ages of conflicts and bloody wars, but the peace project for European Integration proved to be the model of the continent and probably for other regions in the world, Mr Dimitris Kourkoulas, Head of the De
Drinking water price will be higher if more than the planned norm is consumed, amendments to the Act on Waters envisage. The preliminary figures put the daily norm at 90-130 litres per person.
Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg is to meet Greek Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Yeoryios Paskhalidhis after his arrival in Thessaloniki. Bulgarian delegation leaves for Holy Mount Athos on May 10 where they will meet with governor Stavros Psycharis an
Serena Williams bruised to German Open Quarterfinals beating Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva to reach the quarter-finals of the German Open with a 7-6 6-4 win. Fourth seed Williams, warming up in Berlin for the French Open starting on May 27 moved past the un
A contract, providing guarantees for Bulgarian workers’ rights in Portugal will be signed by the Portugal’s President during his visit to Bulgaria. The construction, agriculture, and health care sectors will be a priority in the international contract.
The documentary Afghanistan 1381, a film of the Bulgarian National Television, was nominated for the grand award at the most prestigious Monte Carlo television festival in the category news productions. The film was shot at the end of February in Kabul an
Bulgaria and its armed forces have proven that they are a reliable partner in joint exercises and operations of NATO ,General Miho Mihov, Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, said in Brussels on Tuesday. General Mihov is in Brussels for the 1
”John Paul II a long journey toward Bulgaria -Between the fear and hope" is th etitle of the 52 minutes documentary film to be transmitted on Channel One on the Bulgarian National TV 10 May 2002. The film is made in March this year in Vatican City and Ro
Recovery crews are searching for the wreckage of the China Northern Airlines plane which crashed into the sea near Dalian in north-east China on Tuesday night with the loss of all 112 passengers and crew. Less than 70 bodies have been recovered and boats
Dutch mourners are expected to pay their last respects to the murdered politician Pim Fortuyn in Rotterdam's Roman Catholic cathedral on Thursday, one day before his funeral. Fortuyn, who had been due to lead his controversial anti-immigration party into
At least 20 people have been killed by an explosion in the town of Kaspiysk in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. The blast ripped through the main square of the town in the region bordering Chechnya at about 0945 local time (0545 GMT).
Plans to end the five-week stand-off at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity have hit last-minute snags after a resolution appeared imminent on Thursday morning. Final arrangements were being made for a group of Palestinian militants to go into exile, after
The meetings concerned the energy development, concluding the negotiations on Chapter 14, as well as the acceleration of the whole negotiation process, Meglena Kuneva, Chief negotiator with the EU said about her visit in Great Britain. The assessment, whi
A military expert and an advisor for European security and defense has disclosed to the Saudi daily al-Watan in its Tuesday's issue that American military coordination has started with each of Bulgaria and Hungary to use military bases and fuels and energ
A bomb that had been dropped but did not explode during an air force practice went off Wednesday, killing two men and wounding three women searching for scrap metal at a defunct shooting range in northeastern Bulgaria, an official said. The accident happ
Bulgaria's Strategic Role in the EU's Drone Wall Defense Initiative
When Politics Means Violence
