The initial assessment of Bulgaria's achievement in the field of nuclear safety included in the second national nuclear safety report is extremely positive, the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy announced. Britain, Spain and Turkey congratu
Bulgaria’s Deputy Economy Minister Milen Keremedchiev and Chinese Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Zhou Keren opened the 9th meeting of the Bulgarian-Chinese Joint Commission in Beijing on Friday. The Chinese officials reported co
Consultations on issues from the agenda of the UN Security Council and such related to cooperation within OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) were held here between the Russian and Bulgarian foreign ministries in Moscow. Bulgaria’s
Italy’s Enel Power has urged the withdrawal of Ceylan Holding from the Gorna Arda project to be able to carry further the construction of the Gorna Arda Hydropower in Southern Bulgaria. Two months ago Enel and Bulgaria’s state National Electricity Transmi
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send a fact-finding mission to look into Israeli military action at the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin. But after heavy diplomatic pressure from the US and Israel, the resolution do
The director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Hristo Pimpirev will attend the April 23 meeting of the European Polar Board (EPB) in Groningen. Bulgaria is expected to be granted full membership to join the Antarctica-exploring nations of Austria, Bel
Foreign Minister Passy will pay a two-day visit to Canada, starting from April 25. This will be the first visit ever of a Bulgarian foreign minister after the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations in 1966.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg pays a five-day visit visit to the United States, starting from April 20. This is the first visit to the United States by a Bulgarian head of government at the invitation of a US President.
A German military helicopter flew in the prohibited zone (with radius of 30 kilometers) over Bulgaria's Nuclear Power Plant Kozloduy on Thursday noon. The helicopter UH-1D, in a flight for the KFOR peacekeepers in Kossovo steered out of its course and des
Pollsters say the outcome of the French presidential election is wide open, with less than three days to go before the first round. The incumbent conservative President, Jacques Chirac, has a lead which is so small that it may not be significant, they say
Italian investigators are looking into the background of an elderly Swiss pilot who crashed his light aircraft into Milan's largest skyscraper killing three people. The crash initially caused panic, as people feared it was a terrorist attack similar to th
The worst violence for a month has flared up in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli troops continue their partial withdrawal from Palestinian towns in the West Bank. Three Palestinian men were shot dead during an incursion by Israeli tanks and troops into the town
Greek, Bulgarian and Romanian leaders on Friday discussed regional cooperation on security and NATO enlargement. The meeting brought together Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, and Romanian President Ion Iliescu.
President Parvanov insisted Bulgaria to have “worthy” share in the trans-Balkan oil pipeline Burgas –Alexandroupolis at a meeting with Greece’s Prime Minister Costas Simitis. The two high-ranking politicians agreed the working group on the pipeline projec
Over 50,000 people have been collaborators of the former State Security, the commission “Andreev” announced at the last news conference before disbanding. 500,000 Bulgarians have been under investigation by the former State Security.
Balkan Universal Bank has drained from the country some USD 50 M, Vladimir Ivanov, Chief of Economic Police announced. The customs had losses of USD 20 M out of this sum, he added.
“Bulgaria has never been that close to NATO membership,” Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg stated in Parliament, answering to a question of the rightist opposition United Democratic Forces. According to him, high-ranking officials like NATO Secretary General Lor
The state will not compensate the farmers for the losses that they had due to the classical swine fever outbreaks, Agriculture Minister Mehmed Dikme said in Parliament. He explained that the state had already paid for the vaccination and the veterinarians
Greece’s Prime Minister Costas Simitis confirmed his country’s unequivocal support for Bulgaria’s NATO and EU bids at a meeting with Bulgaria’s President Parvanov. The two officials met in the framework of the trilateral summit of the presidents of Greec
The five planets visible to the naked eye are lining up in the sky. Astronomers say the rare grouping of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn may not be seen again for a century.
The authors of the latest Deutsche Bank report believe that 2007 is a realistic year for Bulgaria's entry in the EU. At the end of 2001 the new government tightened the fiscal policy as it faced an increasing current account deficit, as a result of which
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