The three-week period, which was given to reach an agreement on the privatization of Bulgaria’s fourth largest bank Biochim Bank expired on June 24. The Bank Consolidation Company (BCC), the governmental body that manages the privatisation of state banks
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nikolay Vassilev dismissed the Executive Director of Bulgartabac Holding Georgi Popov at a meeting of the company’s directors on Monday morning. Vassilev explained that the dismissal was triggered by some “not we
The mission of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started its five-day check of the safety of units 3and 4 of Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy June 24. The check of the mission, which is in Bulgaria at the invitation of the government, aims to get a co
In a couple of months, a Paneuropean movement will be set up in Bulgaria at the initiative of Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg, MPs from the ruling Simeon II National Movement, diplomats and businessmen. Everyone who wishes will be able to join.
The infection of children with HIV in Benghazi is not a result of conspiracy; it is a result of negligence, Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi, son of the Libyan Leader Qaddafi and President of the Qaddafi International Foundation stated for radio BBC. The foundati
Floods caused by rain-swollen rivers in southern Russia have killed more than 50 people and left thousands homeless. Hundreds are reported missing in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the region since the 1930s.
Firefighters struggling to block a monster Arizona wildfire from consuming the remote mountain town of Show Low said on Monday they had managed to slow the blaze -- but that it could flare back with fury at moment's notice.
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Riots in a Roma neighborhood near the town of Vidin left houses burnt to the ground and two dead - a boy and a man, aged 19 and 41. General Boyko Borissov, Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry went to Vidin to deal with the crisis.
Survivors of an earthquake in north-west Iran have spent a second night in the open, in near-freezing temperatures. Villagers complain that they are still waiting for tents, food and medicines to reach them, following Saturday's earthquake which killed ab
High numbers of people in Africa and other developing countries do not realise that HIV/Aids can kill. Even in countries with high infection rates a large majority of men and women believe they are not at risk of contracting Aids, the UN Population Divisi
The Israeli army says a leading member of the Islamic militant group Hamas, identified as Yasser Rizek, was among the dead. At least four missiles slammed into a car in Rafah, near Gaza's border with Egypt, killing the passengers and driver, Palestinian h
More than 50% of the total turnover in the country passes through illegal market places, the manager of a Bulgarian-German project for the construction of market places, said. Amendments to the Act on Market Goods and Market Places were suggested, under w
The probation measure - the suspension of an offender's imprisonment and his involvement in socially useful labour – will be introduced in Bulgaria at the beginning of next year, Justice Minister Anton Stankov announced at the international conference on
China will donate computer equipment for some USD 650,000. Priority will be given to municipality schools as well as culture and social services.
Four national electronic media – the Bulgarian National Radio, the Bulgarian National Television, private bTV and Darik radio will work on a joint media project that aims at uniting the efforts of the Bulgarian community, citizens and institutions concern
Italy full heartedly supports Bulgaria’s entry in NATO, Gustavo Selva, chairman of the foreign affairs committee with the Italian Parliament stated after meeting Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Passy. Italy’s stand is that Bulgaria should be invited to join t
In 2003, the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Development Agency with the Transport Ministry will invest EUR 6 M in IT projects, the head of the agency Orlin Kouzov announced. The agency will assist the participation of Bulgarian companie
Riots in a Roma neighborhood near the town of Vidin left three houses burnt to the ground and four people injured. Currently the whole neighborhood is surrounded by police, who are searching the houses of the two clans.
If elections were held in June, 19.2 percent of the Bulgarians would vote for the Bulgarian Socialist Party and 13.
Each country must choose a probation model adequate to its traditions and culture, John Walter, General Secretary of the European Conference on Probation, said before the start of the international conference on the European probation system. The two –day
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